D'Hondt Motorsports was a NASCAR Nationwide Series and ARCA RE/MAX Series team owned by current Spire Motorsports spotter Eddie D'Hondt. The team most notably fielded the Nos. 90 and 91 cars in the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.
Owner Eddie D’Hondt began his career in NASCAR in 1981 driving Street Stocks at Islip Speedway and Riverhead Raceway on Long Island. In 1986, he moved to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, then moving south to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1996 to begin a career in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He started his Cup career working for famed owner Harry Ranier. After climbing his way up within the Cup series, managing and owning teams, he now serves as a full-time spotter for the Spire Motorsports No. 7 car driven by Justin Haley.
NASCAR Nationwide Series D'Hondt entered NASCAR in 2007 as a partner in Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports with Bill and Bob Riley and Jim Matthews as co-owners. They made their debut at Richmond International Raceway in the Busch Series with Bobby Santos III qualifying seventh in the No. 91 Toyota Camry and finishing thirtieth. David Green drove the next three races in the 91 and had a best finish of eleventh before Santos drove the car at Loudon, starting 4th and finishing 33rd. Santos also drove two races in a second car, the No. 92, in two races but did not finish either of them. In addition, Marc Goossens drove in the Sprint Cup Series at Infineon Raceway, where he finished 36th. After the season, Riley left leaving D'Hondt as the sole owner. The team's only start in 2008 came at Watkins Glen International, where Kyle Busch finished second in the No. 92 Zippo Toyota.
In 2010, D'Hondt formed a partnership with Randy Humphrey of Prism Motorsports and fielded two Nationwide Series entries that were owned by MSRP Motorsports, Prism's former nome de pleur. Danny O'Quinn, Jr. drove the No. 90 for 20 races and David Gilliland drove the No. 91 for 16 races, with Chase Miller driving the car for 7 races. Both teams started and parked for the season and did not continue beyond 2010.
Car No. 90 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 35 Owners Pts 2008 Steve Grissom 90 Chevy DAY43 38th 1505 Scott Lynch CAL41 Todd Bodine LVS37 Johnny Chapman ATL38 BRI38 NSH39 TEX39 PHO38 TAL39 RCH42 DAR38 CLTDNQ DOV39 NSH37 KEN36 MLW39 NHA38 DAY40 CHI37 GTY35 IRP41 MCH39 BRIDNQ CAL39 RCH43 DOV38 KANDNQ CLT41 MEMDNQ TEX39 Chris Cook MXC40 GLN43 Don Thomson Jr. CGV40 Terry Cook PHO40 HOM42 2009 Johnny Chapman DAYDNQ CAL39 LVS42 BRI41 TEX43 NSH43 TALDNQ RCH43 DAR42 CLT42 DOV40 NSH38 KEN39 MLW43 NHA43 DAY43 CHIDNQ GTY39 IRP41 IOW42 MCH39 BRI43 ATL42 RCH42 DOV40 KAN42 CAL42 CLT43 MEMDNQ TEX40 PHO40 HOM42 43rd 1319 Dave Blaney PHO43 Mike Bliss GLN43 Chris Cook CGV41 2010 Danny O'Quinn Jr. DAY CALDNQ LVS38 BRI41 NSH43 PHO42 TEX39 TAL RCHDNQ DAR40 CLT38 NSH38 KEN41 NHA37 DAY CHI41 GTY37 IRP38 IOW38 GLN MCH ATL38 RCH DOV37 KAN39 CAL35 CLT GTY42 TEXDNQ PHO37 HOMDNQ 39th 1249 Chase Miller DOV40 BRI40 CGV Patrick Long Toyota ROA14
Car No. 91 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 35 Owners Pts 2007 Bobby Santos III 91 Toyota DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH30 DAR NHA33 DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 55th 431 David Green CLT28 DOV NSH11 KEN26 MLW 2008 Larry Gunselman Ford DAYDNQ TAL43 40th 1328 Chevy CAL42 LVS38 ATL39 BRI39 NSH42 TEX41 PHO39 MXC41 Kenny Hendrick RCH43 CLT41 Terry Cook DAR41 DOV41 MLW41 IRP43 CLT42 Justin Hobgood NSH41 KEN38 NHADNQ DAYDNQ CHIDNQ GTY39 MCH40 BRI43 CAL38 RCH41 DOV42 KAN42 MEM40 TEXDNQ PHO41 Scott Steckly CGV41 Michael McDowell GLN42 Todd Bodine HOM43 2009 Terry Cook DAYDNQ CAL37 LVS41 BRI40 TEX42 NSH42 PHO42 RCH41 DAR41 CLT40 DOV41 MLW39 DAYDNQ CHI41 IRP40 MCH38 BRI42 KAN41 CAL41 CLTDNQ TEX41 PHO39 HOM40 41st 1472 Justin Hobgood TALDNQ RCH39 MEM41 Kelly Bires NSH37 NHA41 Jeff Green KENDNQ Chase Miller GTY42 IOW40 DOV39 Dave Blaney GLN13 ATL43 Tom Hubert CGV43 2010 Stephen Leicht DAY CALDNQ LVSDNQ 42nd 1109 David Gilliland BRI42 PHO41 TEX41 TAL RCH39 DAR41 DOV43 CLT41 NHA38 DAY CHI39 BRI41 CGV DOV38 KAN41 CAL36 CLT TEX40 PHO39 HOM40 Chase Miller NSHDNQ NSH39 KEN39 ROA GTY36 IRP37 IOW41 GLN MCH ATL37 RCH GTY36
Car No. 92 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 35 Owners Pts 2007 Bobby Santos III 92 Toyota DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH37 KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT39 MEM TEX PHO HOM 74th 98 2008 Kyle Busch DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN2 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 65th 175
ARCA RE/MAX Series On October 24, 2008, D'Hondt Motorsports announced 20-year-old female Alli Owens would drive for them part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2009 with sponsorship from ElectrifyingCareers.com. Owens had career best finishes in 9 of the 10 races she ran for the team then left to join another team in October 2009.
On September 10, 2009 D'Hondt Motorsports announced that they would be running the ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Rockingham Speedway on October 11, debuting 17-year-old Johanna Long, sponsored by Grandma Ruby's. They also announced that Owens would not be returning in 2010.
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