Wauters Motorsports was an American professionalstock car racing team that competed in theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fielding the No. 5Toyota Tundra part-time. The team also competes in late models. The team is primarily owned by Wauters, with former NASCAR team ownersBilly Ballew andJames Finch also part of the organization as co-owners since 2020.

In January 2012, veteran NASCAR crew chief Richie Wauters reformed the team after buying the remnants of theRandy Moss Motorsports team and its owner points.

Wauters Motorsports debuted in 2011 as the number 51 Ford, in a joint venture with Richie Wauters' longtime teamBilly Ballew Motorsports. The truck utilized the paint scheme Ballew ran early in their history, and Wauters served as crew chief.Colin Braun drove the truck in two races with sponsorship from Bullet Liners, scoring a ninth-place finish in the team's debut.

The No. 5 truck began racing in 2012 with formerDrive for Diversity memberPaulie Harraka, who intended to contend forRookie of the Year in the No. 5 Ford. Midway through the season the team chose to skip races atMichigan International Speedway andBristol Motor Speedway to regroup;^[1] but before the race atAtlanta Motor Speedway Harraka was released from the team.^[2] Harraka had an average finish of 23.8 in 11 races, with a best finish of 17th at Dover and Kentucky. After the split with Harraka,Aric Almirola drove the truck at Atlanta, Talladega and Texas II,John King at Kentucky II and Phoenix, Josh Richards at Martinsville II, andRyan Reed at Las Vegas. Only Almirola would earn a top-5 and top 10 (twice) finish in the year, the best results for the team during the year.

In 2013, formerRichard Childress Racing development driverTim George Jr. announced his addition to the team for the season, bringing sponsorship fromApplebee's.^[3] In May after four races, the team switched manufacturers fromFord toChevrolet, with engines coming fromECR Engines.^[4]Jason Bowles drove a single race at Eldora withValvoline sponsorship,^[5] and after 11 races the team shut down.^[6]

In 2014, the team signedJohn Wes Townley, who brought longtime sponsorZaxby's fromRed Horse Racing. The team also switched toToyota, with engines fromJoe Gibbs Racing.^[7][8] Prior to the Iowa race, Townley moved toAthenian Motorsports owned by his father.^[7] Wauter's team shut down for the remainder of the season.^[7]

For 2015, the team planned to return to competition with driverGermán Quiroga at Kansas in May, with funding coming from aKickstarter campaign. The campaign, however, failed to raise the desired amount of money.^[9][10]K&N Pro Series East driverDalton Sargeant, who also runslate models for Wauters, made his Truck Series debut with the team in 2015 at Bristol in August.^[11] Sargeant did well in his races, including a 9th-place finish at Bristol.

After being absent for most of 2016, the team returned for the round of Talladega in October withKorbin Forrister driving.

On February 22, 2017, Wauters announced a deal with Forrister to drive the full 2017 season.^[12] After crashing in the first two races of the season, Forrister and Wauters split and Wauters focused on hisSuper Late Model program withMason Mingus,Trevor Noles, andSpencer Wauters for the remainder of 2017.^[13] The arrangement with Mingus continued into 2018 with only him driving it in select events.^[14]

The team returned to the Truck Series in 2020 withErik Jones at Charlotte. They did not qualify.

Noah Gragson was scheduled to drive the No. 18 truck fromKyle Busch Motorsports, but since KBM wanted to focus their assets onWilliam Byron andChristopher Bell in their 2016 championship bids, Wauters fielded the No. 18 truck for Gragson in the final two races of the season finishing 16th and 15th respectively.

• 1.Snowball Derby won bySteven Wallace in Circa. December 2004
• 2.All American 400 won byMason Mingus on November 3, 2019

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