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| Owner(s) | Randy MacDonald Pat MacDonald |
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| Base | Thomasville, North Carolina |
| Series | Nationwide Series K&N Pro Series East |
| Manufacturer | Toyota Dodge |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2000Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Trucks) 2003Koolerz 300 (Nationwide) |
| Latest race | 2012Ford 300 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
MacDonald Motorsports (MMS) was aNASCAR team owned by former NASCAR Sprint Cup series driverRandy MacDonald, his mother, Pat MacDonald and his daughter Jenifer MacDonald.
MacDonald made its NASCAR debut in2000 atDaytona International Speedway. Randy MacDonald drove the No. 723MChevrolet Silverado to a sixth-place finish. MacDonald drove the truck full-time for the rest of the season and finished nineteenth in points. MacDonald’s bid for the championship the next season ended early when he suffered aneck injury in a wreck at Daytona.Rob Morgan took over for the next race atHomestead-Miami Speedway, where he finished 27th, beforeSteve Portenga,Jerry Hill, andJimmy Hensley finished out the year in the truck, which finished 18th in owner’s points. Throughout the season, the team also got sponsorship from theLeft Behind book series as well.
Randy MacDonald returned to the driver’s seat of the 72 in2002, where he had ten top-twenty fishes and finished nineteenth in points. He followed that up with a fifteenth-place points finish in2003. During the 2002 season,Teri MacDonald made two races for the team, one in the new No. 71 truck, and the other in the No. 72 while Randy raced forTroxell Racing. MacDonald made his final Truck race in2004 at Daytona, where he finished 21st withDrill Doctor sponsorship.Jerry Hill and Teri MacDonald then took over for two races apiece in the 2004 season, where Macdonald, had a best finish of 25th atMansfield Motorsports Speedway, and Hill a 26th atAtlanta Motor Speedway. The team soon stopped running the Truck Series following that season.
MacDonald’s Nationwide Series team made its debut in2003 at theKoolerz 300. Randy MacDonald finished 22nd in the 72Pontiac Grand Prix. He ran five more races that season, with the Koolerz 300 garnering his best result. In2004,Larry Gunselman ran the first three races for MacDonald, finishing 22nd at Daytona, beforeLance Hooper, MacDonald,Jason White, andJamie Mosley began running select races.Kevin Lepage andStan Boyd finished out the year for the team.
For2005,Donnie Neuenberger began the year as driver at Daytona, where he finished 38th after suffering an engine failure, thenEric Norris andRuben Garcia Novoa ran the next two races.Geoffrey Bodine was then announced as the team’s full-time driver, but left the team after theFederated Auto Parts 300.Wade Day, Lepage, andDale Quarterly were among those who finished out the year for the team. At the end of the season, the team announced it was closing down and selling its equipment and shop, but that was soon retracted.
D. J. Kennington ran eleven races for MacDonald in2007, with a best finish of twenty-third at Dover. MacDonald switched to Dodges and the No. 81 in 2008 and attempted a full schedule, with Kennington running about 20 races. During the races Kennington missed he was racing in theNASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He was signed on for another season in 2009, but left after nine races to focus on his Canadian Tire championship bid. After his departure, many drivers took over for the rest of the season, includingPatrick Sheltra,Bobby Hamilton Jr.,Kevin Hamlin,Sean Murphy,J. J. Yeley,Jeff Green,Mike Bliss,Bobby Hillin Jr.,Blake Koch, andAlex Tagliani.
In 2010, Michael McDowell drove the 81 for MMS, finishing 21st in points. McDowell left forHP Racing at the end of the year, and MacDonald signed on Neuenberger for 10 races in the 81 while Koch returned to drive 20 races for ROTY honors. However, Koch's sponsorship fromDaystar Television Network was expanded to the rest of the year, putting Koch in the 81 for the rest of 2011. Koch lost the Rookie title toTimmy Hill by a single point.Reed Sorenson was hired on the weekend of the Kansas race to drive the team's second car after being released from theTurner Motorsports team. Sorenson stayed with MacDonald the rest of 2011 and ended up 5th in points at the end of the year. At one point during the 20
K&N West Series championJason Bowles drove the No. 81 with sponsorship from American Majority and PledgeToVote.com during the 2012 racing season and finished 13th in points.
Starting in 2012, the daughter of Randy, Jenifer became a K&N Pro Series car owner fielding No. 49 and No. 94Dodges andToyotas for Scott Saunders,Jason Bowles,Sean Caisse,Akinori Ogata,Harrison Rhodes andAustin Hill. The best finish of the team was 8th with Rhodes behind the wheel at CNB Bank Raceway Park.
The team returned in 2013, now with only Toyotas.Ray Courtemanche, Jr,Jordan Anderson, Harrison Rhodes,Josh Reaume andClint King drove for the team that year.
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