FILMAR Racing is a former NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series team. It was owned by Fil Martocci and crew chief Gil Martin. The team was sold in 1999 to the Pinnacle Motorsports Group and then to Davis & Weight Motorsports.

Beginnings FILMAR began racing in 1989 when they fielded the No. 8 Oldsmobile driven by Bobby Hamilton in the Busch series, winning in September at Richmond. Originally unsponsored, they picked up sponsorship from TIC Financial Industries in June 1990, starting at Orange County Speedway. Hamilton had seven top-fives and finished eleventh in points, but departed for the Winston Cup series and was replaced by David Green. Despite missing a pair of races early in the season, Green won the pole for the season-opening Goody's 300 and won at Lanier Raceway. He finished thirteenth in points and finished runner-up to Jeff Gordon for Rookie of the Year honors. At the end of the season, Green was replaced by Jeff Burton. Burton had four top-fives, including a win at New Hampshire International Speedway, and finished ninth in points.

In 1993, Baby Ruth became the team's sponsor as they switched to Ford, and despite winning at Myrtle Beach Speedway, Burton and the team dropped to fourteenth in points. The team also made its Cup debut that year with Burton at New Hampshire, starting 6th but finishing 37th after their No. 0 Ford wrecked in a lap 3 incident.

Kenny Wallace years

After Burton left to run for Stavola Brothers Racing's Cup program, Kenny Wallace was hired as the team's new driver for 1994. Wallace won a pole at Nazareth Speedway and won at Bristol, Martinsville, and Richmond late in the year and finished fourth in points. They also ran a Cup race at Michigan, finishing nineteenth in the No. 81 car.

In 1995, FILMAR and Wallace split time between the Cup and Busch Series. In Cup, the team ran 11 races, finishing in the top-30 three times. In Busch, the team ran fifteen races with sponsorship from Red Dog and won at Richmond and finished 27th in points. In addition to winning again at Richmond in 1996, the team moved up to the Cup series full-time with sponsorship from Square D. Wallace had a seventh-place finish at North Carolina Speedway and finished 28th in points. The following season, FILMAR ran its last Busch race at Richmond as the No. 12 Graybar Ford, starting 27th and finishing 26th. That year, Wallace won his first two career poles in Cup at Martinsville and Bristol. Despite two top-tens, Wallace and the team dropped to 33rd in the standings.

In 1998, Wallace posted seven top-tens but failed to qualify twice, finishing 31st in points.

Davis & Weight Towards the end of 1998, Wallace announced he and Square D would be departing FILMAR and join Andy Petree Racing. After rumors spread that Todd Bodine or Willy T. Ribbs would be the team's new driver for 1999, Marcotti sold the team to an organization called the Pinnacle Motorsports Group. The team planned to run that year's Daytona 500 with Morgan Shepherd driving, but failed to qualify. The group was sold again to Davis & Weight Motorsports late in the season. The team made its Busch debut at the Food City 250 with Brandon Sperling driving the No. 55 Pontiac Grand Prix with sponsorship from the University of Florida. He started and finished 27th. Michael Ritch ran a pair of races for D&W that year, at Rockingham and Memphis Motorsports Park, his best finish a 35th.

D&W hired Ritch to compete full-time in the Busch Series in 2000 competing for Rookie of the Year honors. In addition, they announced they would run the No. 81 in Cup in five races that season to move up full-time in 2001. Ritch made 21 starts that season and had five top-twenty finishes in the UoF/Kleenex Ford Taurus, and finished 33rd in points, but the team did not attempt any Cup races. In 2001, Mark Green took over, and had a best finish of sixteenth at Darlington Raceway when the team announced it was closing its Busch program to focus on Cup. After announcing they would attempt the Brickyard 400, the team laid off all of its employees and did not attempt a race again.

Motorsports results Winston Cup Car No. 81 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts 1993 Jeff Burton 0 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA37 POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 52 1994 Kenny Wallace 81 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH19 DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 106 1995 DAYDNQ CAR20 RCHDNQ ATLDNQ DARDNQ BRI NWSDNQ MAR21 TAL36 SON CLT31 DOV18 POC MCH36 DAYDNQ NHA POC37 TAL IND36 GLN MCH24 BRIDNQ DAR RCH20 DOV MARDNQ NWS CLTDNQ CAR PHO26 ATL 878 1996 DAY21 CAR7 RCH15 ATL37 DAR17 BRI34 NWS18 MAR14 TAL14 SON27 CLT32 DOV20 POC37 MCH33 DAY38 NHA19 POC36 TAL20 IND33 GLN31 MCH37 BRI15 DAR13 RCH38 DOV20 MAR10 NWS15 CLT30 CAR19 PHO37 ATLDNQ 28th 2694 1997 DAY22 CAR41 RCH40 ATL29 DAR14 TEX13 BRI41 MAR6 SON36 TAL26 CLT39 DOV27 POC34 MCH43 CALDNQ DAY11 NHA19 POC34 IND30 GLN27 MCH32 BRI39 DAR24 RCH24 NHA27 DOV38 MAR6 CLT28 TAL15 CAR37 PHO35 ATL30 33rd 2496 1998 DAYDNQ CAR38 LVS42 ATL7 DAR9 BRI42 TEX34 MAR22 TAL7 CAL19 CLT25 DOV40 RCH23 MCH39 POC39 SON22 NHA10 POC35 IND43 GLN26 MCHDNQ BRI42 NHA6 DAR10 RCH11 DOV43 MAR43 CLT16 TAL40 DAY35 PHO8 CAR16 ATL34 32nd 2656 1999 Morgan Shepherd DAYDNQ CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL 79th 1

Busch Series Car No. 8 results (FILMAR era) Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Pts 1989 Bobby Hamilton 8 Buick DAY19 CAR MAR28 HCY23 DAR24 BRI24 NZH20 SBO14 LAN24 NSV2 CLT21 DOV29 ROU19 LVL20 VOL16 MYB3 SBO16 HCY24 DUB6 IRP17 ROU23 DAR27 Olds BRI24 RCH1 DOV24 MAR22 CLT17 CAR3 MAR8 1990 DAY11 RCH9 CAR35 MAR5 HCY26 DAR12 BRI11 LAN4 SBO7 NZH8 HCY6 CLT36 DOV25 ROU4 VOL3 MYB23 OXF27 NHA38 SBO3 DUB20 IRP29 ROU6 BRI7 DAR21 RCH14 DOV5 MAR24 CLT5 NHA42 CAR34 MAR8 1991 David Green DAY30 RCHDNQ CAR13 MARDNQ VOL5 HCYDNQ DAR23 BRI2 LAN1* SBO17 NZH4 CLT37 DOV14 ROU3 HCY14 MYB9 GLN10 OXF17 NHA8 SBO12 DUB4 IRP23 ROU12 BRI13 DAR30 RCH26 DOV11 CLT27 NHA29 CAR22 MAR25 1992 Jeff Burton DAY20 CAR19 RCH31 ATL26 MAR23 DAR15 BRI14 HCY14 LAN7 DUB26 NZH27 CLT14 DOV2 ROU10 MYB22 GLN9 VOL22 NHA1 TAL20 IRP11 ROU5 MCH34 NHA8 BRI3 DAR17 RCH6 CLT34 MAR6 CAR23 HCY18 Ford DOV18 1993 DAY6 CAR31 RCH3 DAR39 BRI7 HCY20 ROU8 MAR7 NZH28 CLT9 DOV3 MYB1* GLN33 MLW6* TAL21 IRP8 MCH27 NHA24 BRI33 DAR24 RCH35 DOV11 ROU26 CLT18 MAR22 CAR22 HCY23 ATL39 1994 Kenny Wallace DAY8 CAR23 RCH2 ATL21 MAR3 DAR4 HCY27 BRI20 ROU3* NHA4 NZH8 CLT43 DOV38 MYB2 GLN25 MLW5 SBO23* TAL24 HCY2 IRP8 MCH34 BRI1* DAR21 RCH1* DOV18 CLT15 MAR1 CAR6 1995 DAY4 CAR RCH1* ATL18 NSV4 DAR BRI4 HCY NHA NZH CLT40 DOV MYB GLN MLW11 TAL3 SBO IRP MCH26 BRI30 DAR14 RCH8 DOV CLT10 CAR42 HOM16* 1996 DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL NSV28* DAR BRI3 HCY NZH CLTDNQ DOV13 SBO MYB GLN9 MLW4 NHA30 TAL37 IRP MCH22 BRI DAR RCH1* DOV CLT CAR HOM14 1997 12 DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTYDNQ IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH26 DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 76th 119

Car No. 55 results (Davis & Weight era) Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts 1999 Brandon Sperling 55 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI 81st 149 Ed Berrier DAR Michael Ritch RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 2000 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 37th 1828 2001 Mark Green DAY20 CAR20 LVS32 ATL41 DAR16 BRI40 TEX41 NSH21 TAL17 CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN16 MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 46th 838

References

External links Fil Martocci Winston Cup Owner Statistics Fil Martocci - NASCAR owner Jayski No. 81 page Davis & Weight Motorsports Home Page