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Team Rensi Motorsports

Owner(s)	Ronnie Russell Ed Rensi Gary Weisbaum
Base	Concord,North Carolina
Series	Xfinity Series
Manufacturer	Ford Motor Company
Career
Debut	1999Textilease / Medique 300
Latest race	2011O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
Races competed	434
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	5
Pole positions	2

Team Rensi Motorsports was aNASCARNationwide Series team owned byRonnie Russell,Ed Rensi,Gary Weisbaum, and formerlySam Rensi. The team has also competed in theWinston Cup Series,Craftsman Truck Series, andARCA racing series.

Ed Rensi, who was president and CEO ofMcDonald's USA from 1991 to 1997, has been Team Rensi Racing's Chairman and CEO since October 1998.^[1][2][3]

Jason Keller (2005)

The No. 24 team debuted in 2005 as the No. 35 being driven by veteranJason Keller with sponsorship fromMcDonald's.^[2] Despite a ninth-place finish in points, Keller struggled to run up front, and he left forPhoenix Racing at the end of the season.

Regan Smith (2006)

Regan Smith took his place in2006, and had one top-ten finish. Smith departed from the ride forGinn Racing. Hamilton returned to Rensi to drive the No. 35 for the 2007 season, finishing sixth in points.

Bobby Hamilton Jr. (2007)

During the 2007–08 offseason,McDonald's ended its sponsorship of the No. 35 andDavid Gilliland took theFreeCreditReport.com sponsorship of the No. 25 car to theNASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Team Rensi signedSmithfield Foods as prime sponsor of the No. 25 car, allowing Hamilton to move to that team. The 35 returned late in 2008 withDanny O'Quinn driving, but he failed to finish both races he ran.

Eric McClure (2009–2010)

The car made a return to full-time racing in 2009, withEric McClure bringing bothHefty sponsorship and the No. 24 over fromFront Row Motorsports.

In 2010, McClure and Hefty remained with the team. After surgery on his foot, McClure was relieved by driverChris Cook at Road America.D. J. Kennington raced the car at Montreal to an 11th-place finish, as McClure sat out of the race due to a concussion the prior week from Bristol. McClure andHefty will leave the team for 2011, citing performance issues and a lacking budget from Team Rensi.

Kevin Lepage (2011)

For 2011,Kevin Lepage drove the car for the first several races of the season. Lepage ran full races initially, but was forced to withdraw from Bristol after a practice crash and did not arrive at Talladega. They were last seen at Texas.

Early years (1999–2000)

The team, then known asTeam Rensi Motorsports first joined the Busch Series in1999, fielding the No. 25Dura LubeChevrolet Monte Carlo for Jeff Finley. They finished 13th at the season openingNAPA Auto Parts 300, but Finley failed to qualify for the next few races, and he and the team drifted apart.Kenny Wallace took over atNashville, and drove 18 races that season for the team, posting nine finishes of seventh or better.Rick Fuller,David Blankenship andScott Lagasse drove two races a piece for the team as well, and they finished eighteenth in owner's points that season. Wallace returned again in 2000 with new sponsorLance Snacks, and posted eight top-ten finishes, his best finish was 4th twice atBristol races. Blankenship andAndy Santerre drove in the races that Wallace did not run, with Santerre finishing 3rd atPikes Peak.

Chad Chaffin (2001)

In 2001, theU.S. Marines signed on as sponsor. Since Wallace had moved ontoInnovative Motorsports,Chad Chaffin began the year with the team, but after he couldn't finish higher than 16th at Atlanta, he was released. RookieDavid Donohue took over at thePepsi 300 Presented by Mapco/Williams, but he too, struggled in the ride, and was released after 12 starts.Randy Tolsma finished the season for the team, who finished 29th in points that year.

Bobby Hamilton Jr. (2002–2004)

After 2001, Rensi switched toFord Tauruses and signedBobby Hamilton Jr. to drive. After a slow start, the two began to gain momentum, and they picked up their first win at theBusch 200, and finished eighth in points. This success carried over into the next season as well, as Hamilton won four races and finished fourth in points. They would not be able to win in 2004, and after theCabela's 250, Hamilton left to drive forPPI Motorsports at the Nextel Cup level, andMike McLaughlin took over for the rest of the season, finishing second at theStacker 200 Presented by YJ Stinger.

Ashton Lewis (2005–2006)

In2005, Rensi signedAshton Lewis to drive the 25 car. Lewis had five top-ten finishes and a fourteenth-place finish in points. After many poor performances, however, Lewis was released and theMarines left as a sponsor.

David Gilliland and Richard Johns (2007)

For2007,credit report siteFreeCreditReport.com signed on as sponsor, with Nextel Cup driverDavid Gilliland and head engineerRichard Johns originally slated to share the ride. During theRoadLoans.com 200 weekend, Gilliland announced his departure from the No. 25, citing that he needed to focus on hisYates Racing No. 38 Cup ride. Johns drove for the remainder of the season.

Bobby Hamilton Jr. (2008)

The team returned Hamilton to the ride for the 2008 season in the newly renamedNationwide Series, as his No. 35 team had folded.Smithfield Foods served as the sponsor for 30 races, and Hamilton drove to a fifteenth-place points finish with two top-ten finishes.Boris Said drove the 25 for two road course races withNo Fear sponsorship.

Part-time (2009–2011)

The No. 25 returned for one race in 2009, at ORP with Hamilton Jr. driving.

In 2010, the No. 25 raced at Richmond and Charlotte withKelly Bires behind the wheel andRaybestos as the sponsor.

For 2011, the No. 25 team, with driver Kelly Bires, qualified for the Daytona race, but lack of funding caused them tostart and park, only completing a few laps.

The last time they were seen at a racetrack was at Michigan which was going to be the Nationwide debut for Chad Finley. Unfortunately, Finley crashed the car in practice and the team did not have a backup, so they were forced to withdraw.

Team Rensi began fielding a Craftsman Truck team in 2000, after purchasing equipment fromDale Earnhardt, Inc. DriverJimmy Hensley drove the mostly unsponsored No. 16Chevrolet Silverado to a 13th-place finish in points. In 2001, Donohue began running the No. 16, but after three races, the team shut down due to sponsorship issues.Randy Tolsma drove the No. 61 that year and was tenth in points when his team closed as well due to financial problems. He ran one final Truck race for Rensi in 2002 (driven byButch Miller), finishing 18th in a Marine-sponsored truck atMartinsville Speedway, the last race for Rensi's truck program.

• Team Rensi Motorsports
• Ed Rensi Owner Statistics
• Sam Rensi Owner Statistics
• Gary Weisbaum Owner Statistics

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