MRD Motorsports is an American NASCAR team. The team is owned by Dave Malcolmson but has been inactive as of 2009.https://au.motorsport.com/nascar-truck/news/mrd-motorsports-signs-driver-jay-sauter/1152080/
Malcolmson originally started the team in the Allison Legacy Series as a driver before retiring as an owner. Malcolmson would debut his team in the Goody's Dash Series before moving up to the Truck Series in 2003. The team would field the No. 06 for Regan Smith in 2004 and 2005, with his best finish being 9th at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Smith would leave the team for the Busch Series, and Malcolmson tapped ARCA RE/MAX Series driver Chad McCumbee for the 2006 season. McCumbee and MRD struggled, missing the season opening GM Flex Fuel 250. After a few races, McCumbee left the team for Green Light Racing. The operation would run out of money after Dover. Malcolmson would revive the team for the 2007 season in a partnership with Nextel Cup Series team Haas CNC Racing. MRD fielded another ARCA driver, this time for Rookie of the Year Blake Bjorklund in 12 races because of a driver development partnership with Haas CNC Racing. However, owner Gene Haas decided to move Bjorklund up to the Busch Series to pilot Jay Robinson Racing's No. 28. Chad McCumbee would return to MRD after struggling with Green Light Racing, taking his sponsors The GPS Store and Garmin with him. His best finish with MRD was a 10th place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. McCumbee took the team to a near upset victory at Texas before spinning his tires which led to being spun on a green-white-checkered finish and finishing 13th.
For 2009, MRD cut back to a partial schedule with Dennis Setzer driving starting at Atlanta. The team grabbed a few top tens and was sitting in the top 10 in points when was forced to miss six races due to sponsorship issues. Todd Kluever drove for the team at Gateway, but nothing has been heard of the team since.
Truck No. 8 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 Owners Pts 2003 Jay Godley 68 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO22 TEX MAR20 PHO HOM 64th 200 2004 Derrick Kelley 06 DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV26 TEX MEM 38th 785 Erik Darnell Ford MLW26 KAN Jay Sauter Chevy KEN31 GTW MCH IRP NSH21 BRI15 RCHDNQ NHA LVS CAL TEXDNQ MAR PHO DAR26 Regan Smith HOM9 2005 Jimmy Kite DAY CAL ATL19 MAR GTY18 MFD CLTDNQ DOV TEX24 MCH MLW KAN22 KEN MEM IRP NSH 39th 835 Mike Bliss BRI11 RCHDNQ NHA LVS MAR Regan Smith ATL29 TEX33 PHO HOM32 2006 Chad McCumbee DAYDNQ CAL25 ATL27 MAR21 GTY11 CLT15 MFD31 DOV23 TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 38th 709 2007 Blake Bjorklund 8 DAY25 CAL31 ATL20 MAR19 KAN34 CLT20 MFD32 DOV16 TEX19 MCH21 MLW27 MEM25 KEN33 IRP27 NSH13 29th 2322 Chad McCumbee BRI35 GTW15 NHA26 LVS10 TAL24 ATL27 TEX13 HOM22 Travis Dassow MAR31 PHO29 2008 Chad McCumbee DAY7 CAL18 ATL5 MAR32 KAN7 CLT2 MFD24 DOV12 TEX6 MCH9 MLW27 MEM15 KEN30 IRP31 NSH10 BRI11 GTW11 NHA11 LVS11 TAL10 MAR24 ATL15 TEX23 PHO12 HOM13 13th 2999 2009 Dennis Setzer DAY CAL ATL28 MAR7 KAN15 CLT10 DOV2 TEX17 MCH9 MLW2 MEM15 KEN10 IRP4 NSH8 BRI21 CHI6 IOW NHA11 LVS MAR7 TAL8 TEX PHO HOM 21st 2416 Todd Kluever GTW12
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