Specialty Racing, LLC was an auto racing team that competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Based in Statesville, North Carolina, it was owned by Doug Taylor and Charles Shoffner. In 2011, Specialty Racing planned to field the No. 61 Ford Mustang, but sponsorship was not found, and the team closed.

Team history to 1990s Team owner Doug Taylor's first race as an owner came in 1994 at Dover when Patty Moise drove the No. 40 Dial/Purex Ford to a 19th-place finish. The team would run five more races that season achieving a season best 12th place at Michigan in just their third race. In 1995 Specialty/Doug Taylor Motorsports would continue to build in the foundation laid the previous year by racing in 22 races with Moise behind the wheel for all of them. The highlights of the season came at the Red Dog 300 in Charlotte when the team earned its first top-ten stating spot as it qualified eighth and finished the race 18th. Another milestone came at the Humminbird Fishfinder 500K at Talladega when Moise drove the car to its first top-ten finish, a seventh place showing.

Moise was released as the team's driver at the end of the 1995 season and Tim Fedewa was hired to serve as driver for the 1996 campaign. Kleenex signed on to sponsor the Number 40. Fedewa drove the car to five top-ten starts and two top-ten finishes, with a season-best 4th-place finish in Indianapolis at the Kroger 200. The finish at IRP would mark the team's first top-five finish. In 1997, a total of seven drivers sat in the seat of the car, including Doug Taylor himself for the March Las Vegas race. The best finish for the year was put forth when Ted Musgrave drove to a 12th-place finish at Darlington.

1998 was the last year of Doug Taylor Motorsports. The team raced in 31 out of 32 races with Kerry Earnhardt, Rick Fuller, Jack Sprague, Taylor and Lepage sharing driving duties. Lepage drove the car in 24 of the races. Full-time sponsorship was provided by Channellock and manufacturers were switched from Ford to Chevrolet. The team earned its first pole award with Lepage driving at the MBNA Platinum 200 at Dover. Also, it posted ten top-ten finishes, six top-five finishes and the highlight of the season at the Food City 250 in Bristol when Kevin Lepage led 13 laps and came away with Doug Taylor Motorsports' first victory. At the end of the season, the team was bought out by Galaxy Motorsports.

Car No. 04 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 Owners Pts 1997 Doug Taylor 0 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS41 DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 1998 Rick Fuller 04 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH Doug Taylor PPR41 GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV Kerry Earnhardt CLTDNQ GTY CAR ATL HOM

Car No. 40 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 Owners Pts 1994 Patty Moise 40 Ford DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA CLTDNQ DOV19 MCH12 DOV42 CLTDNQ MAR CAR Chevy GLN20 MLW SBO RCH25 Pontiac TALDNQ HCY BRI24 DAR Dale Williams Chevy NZH22 MYB25 IRPDNQ 1995 Patty Moise Ford DAY42 CAR14 RCH23 ATL24 NSV28 DAR30 BRI22 HCYDNQ NHADNQ NZH24 CLT18 DOV42 MYB22 GLN38 MLW37 TAL7 SBO27 IRP22 MCH27 BRI31 DAR13 RCHDNQ DOV24 CLTDNQ CAR23 HOMDNQ 1996 Tim Fedewa DAYDNQ CAR25 RCH27 ATL22 NSV25 DAR28 BRI26 HCY12 NZH8 CLT17 DOV39 SBO16 MYB20 GLN18 MLW26 NHA38 TAL15 IRP4 MCH40 BRI21 DAR42 RCH41 DOV21 CLT17 CAR19 HOM23 1997 Doug Heveron DAY CAR RCH ATL Jerry Robertson LVS HCY TEX TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN Ted Musgrave DAR12 Curtis Markham BRI42 NSV Rick Fuller MLW MYB GTY IRP Chevy HOM David Bonnett Ford MCH39 BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL Jeff Fuller Chevy CAR40 1998 Rick Fuller DAY CAR Kevin Lepage LVS13 NSV29 DAR21 BRI14 TEX40 HCYDNQ TAL16 NHA3 NZH14 CLT23 DOV13 RCH7 MLW18 CAL2 IRP20 MCH4 BRI1 DAR4 RCH7 DOV13 CLT7 CAR2 ATL25 HOM20 Stanton Barrett PPR31 Jack Sprague GLN6 Kerry Earnhardt MYB23 SBO26 GTY39

Current team history Specialty Racing returned to the NASCAR Busch Series on October 27, 2007 at the Sam's Town 250, Memphis Motorsports Park. The driver of the car, Matt Carter, drove to a 39th-place finish. The team then signed Lepage, and made plans to run the entire 2008 Nationwide Series Schedule. After failing to qualify for the opening race of the season, the Camping World 300 at Daytona International Speedway the team qualified for every race for the rest of the season. Specialty posted two top twenty finishes with a 17th-place finish in the Sam's Town 300 and an 18th-place finish in the Sharpie Mini 300. Matt Carter returned to the team in 2009 and gave the team two top-20s at Bristol and Daytona, enough to lock the team into the top-30 in owners points for 2010. That year, Carter was released and was replaced by Josh Wise. Wise would run with the team until May, when a handful of drivers, including Carter, J. J. Yeley, Chase Miller, and Pierre Bourque took over the reins of the No. 61. The team cut back to a limited schedule due to a lack of funds.

Car No. 61 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 Matt Carter 40 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 80th 46 2008 Kevin Lepage 61 DAYDNQ CAL23 LVS17 ATL27 BRI18 NSH29 TEX31 PHO28 MXC24 TAL35 RCH29 DAR26 CLT26 DOV35 NSH29 KEN24 MLW26 NHA24 DAY24 29th 2638 Brandon Whitt CHI41 GTY28 IRP35 CGV GLN MCH32 BRI33 CAL25 RCH28 DOV23 KAN27 CLT21 MEM28 TEX40 PHO30 HOM38 2009 DAY37 CAL23 LVS24 BRI24 TEX23 NSH30 PHO26 TAL30 RCH30 DAR25 CLT29 DOV20 NSH20 KEN24 MLW30 29th 2855 Matt Carter NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT D. J. Kennington CGV32 Kenny Hendrick MEM37 TEX37 HOM38 Jason Bowles PHO31 2010 Josh Wise DAY39 CAL37 LVS19 BRI23 NSH20 PHO24 TEXDNQ TALDNQ RCH37 DAR34 DOV36 CLT42 ROA41 NHA41 DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW 44th 985 Matt Carter NSH KEN Chase Miller GLN39 MCH J. J. Yeley BRIDNQ Pierre Bourque CGVDNQ ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM

Car No. 62 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 Brandon Whitt 62 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV38 GLN40 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 77th 92

References

External links Official Team Website NASCAR SceneDaily Article about Specialty Racing Doug Taylor Owner Statistics Charles Schnoffer Owner Statistics