Sam Hunt Racing (SHR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, fielding the No. 24 Toyota Supra full-time for Harrison Burton and the No. 26 Toyota Supra full-time for Dean Thompson.
The team is currently based in Mooresville, North Carolina, although they have Virginia roots and their original shop was located in Chester, Virginia.
History The team, first known as DRIVE Technology, was founded in 2013 by Sam Hunt and Virginian Shayne Lockhart, a former NASCAR driver-turned crew chief. In 2013 they acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's ARCA Menards Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races.
At the end of 2019 Hunt announced the team would move up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with their driver Colin Garrett in the season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Joe Gibbs Engines under the hood.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series They started fielding the No. 26 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2019 in the season finale at Homestead–Miami Speedway for Colin Garrett, he started 15th and would end up finishing 21st.
For the 2020 season, SHR formed a partnership with Toyota Racing Development in continuation with their partnership on engines with Joe Gibbs Engines.
In 2022, SHR began operating out of The Motorsports Group's former shop just up the road from the shop they had rented from Rette Jones Racing from 2020-2021 as well as forming a larger partnership with TRD on the technical side.
Car No. 24 history Part-time (2021–2022)
Starting at the Indy RC, SHR started fielding a second entry in the No. 24 for Will Rodgers with continued Partnership from GoodRx where he finished 28th after starting in ninth.
Jeffrey Earnhardt would drive the No. 24 at Daytona and would finish fifteenth. Joe Nemechek would attempt to race against his son John Hunter Nemechek however, due to qualifying being cancelled due to rain, the elder Nemechek did not qualify. He was originally entered for the Talladega race, but his entry was withdrawn because of the high chance of qualifying being rained out.
Connor Mosack and others (2023)
Connor Mosack would anchor the No. 24 for the 2023 season by driving in 22 races. Cup series driver Tyler Reddick and Truck Series driver Corey Heim, among others, would also drive in the car for the team.
Part-time (2024–2025)
The first race in 2024 that Sam Hunt Racing entered the No. 24 into was the race at COTA, with Ed Jones serving as driver. Ryan Truex was announced as the driver for the 2025 Daytona 300.
On February 23, 2025, it was announced that Corey Heim would drive the No. 24 part-time in 2025, with support from 23XI Racing.
Patrick Staropoli, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Christopher Bell, Kaz Grala, and Alon Day also competed for the team in 2025.
Harrison Burton (2026)
On October 25, 2025, Sam Hunt Racing announced that Harrison Burton will drive the No. 24 full-time in 2026.
Car No. 24 results YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233Pts 2021 Will Rodgers 24 Toyota DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLNIND28 MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO47th9 2022 Jeffrey Earnhardt DAY15 CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN 47th 22Joe NemechekDAYDNQDARKANBRITEXTALCLTLVSHOMMARPHO2023Parker Chase DAY16 TAL38 ATL27 TEX16 25th 447Tyler ReddickCAL36LVS13Connor Mosack PHO24 ATL 30 COA 19 RCH28MAR33 CLT23 PIR8 SON32 NSH35 CSC35 NHA26 MCH36 IRC26 GLN5 DAY37 KAN14 BRI14 ROV24 LVS19 HOM31 MAR31 PHO34Corey Heim DOV35 DAR10 POC37 DAR15Sage Karam ROA4 2024 Ed Jones DAY ATL LVS PHO COA35 RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR5 SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 45th 35 2025 Ryan Truex DAY17 ATL DOV18 IND IOW 36th 284 Corey Heim COA31 PHO LVS HOM37 BRI8 CAR Patrick Staropoli MAR16 DAR ATL35 KAN22 MAR17PHO Jeffrey Earnhardt TAL32 TEX CLT NSH19 BRI27Christopher Bell MXC39 POC Kaz Grala CSC22 SON GLN11DAY ROV4 Alon Day PIR20 GTW Trevor Bayne LVS22 TAL 2026 Harrison Burton DAY29 ATL35 COA29 PHO23 LVS17 DAR22 MAR26 ROC13 BRI17 KAN28 TAL26 TEX22 GLN17 DOV16 CLT38 NSH27 POC11 COR9 SON18 CHI20 ATL38 IND18 IOW9 DAY8 DAR20 GTW35 BRI12 LVS14 CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM
Car No. 26 history Part-time (2019–2020) On October 28, 2019, the team announced that they would field an Xfinity team for the first time in 2020, the No. 26 Toyota, with Garrett driving. Brian Keselowski became the team's crew chief, moving over from the Brandonbilt Motorsports No. 68 car. They later attempted the season finale at Homestead in 2019, where they qualified fifteenth and finished twentieth in preparation for their 2020 schedule of races.
In 2020 Colin Garrett ran select races for the team with a best finish of fourteenth at Homestead-Miami in June of that year.
Brandon Gdovic would join the team for two races at the Indianapolis Road Course and Daytona Road Course finishing twelfth and 28th respectively.
On October 26, 2020, it was announced that TD2 driver Mason Diaz would drive the No. 26 Toyota for the final two races of the 2020 season at Martinsville and Phoenix.
Multiple drivers (2021–2022)
In 2021 the team ran the full schedule with a huge rotation of drivers Brandon Gdovic, Kris Wright, Santino Ferrucci, Colin Garrett, John Hunter Nemechek. Grant Enfinger, Will Rodgers, and Dylan Lupton splitting the seat.
The team recorded their first ever top-ten with Brandon Gdovic at the season opener at Daytona.
In September at Richmond the team scored their first ever top-five with John Hunter Nemechek battling for the win in the closing laps with Justin Haley and eventual race winner Noah Gragson going on to score a 3rd-place finish.
On January 13, 2022 Ryan Truex was announced to drive the No. 26 at Daytona as well as several other races throughout the season and the next day Jeffrey Earnhardt was announced to compete in at least seven races bringing sponsorship from ForeverLawn.
On January 25, 2022, it was announced John Hunter Nemechek would drive the car at both races at Las Vegas in the season with sponsorship from Berry's Bullets. Other drivers such as Parker Chase, Derek Griffith, and Chandler Smith would also drive the No. 26.
On October 27, 2022, it was announced that Kaz Grala would drive the car in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway on November 5, 2022, marking Grala's Toyota Racing debut. On December 8, the team announced that Grala would drive the No. 26 full-time for the 2023 season.
Kaz Grala (2023)
Kaz Grala drove the No. 26 to two top-five finishes at Richmond and the Charlotte Roval, as well as nine top-ten finishes during the season. Grala finished the season seventeenth in points. In late November, SHR announced that Grala wouldn't be returning to the No. 26 Supra in 2024. No replacement driver(s) were announced at that point.
Multiple drivers (2024)
In January 2024, the team announced Corey Heim, Jeffrey Earnhardt, and Sage Karam, would be driving the No. 26 in multiple races throughout the season.
In May 2024, it was announced that Truck Series regular, Dean Thompson, would make his debut in the Xfinity Series at Charlotte's spring race.
Dean Thompson (2025–2026)
On January 7, 2025, SHR announced that Dean Thompson would drive their No. 26 car full time for the 2025 Xfinity Series season. Thompson started out his rookie season well, with an eighth place result at Daytona. After several average finishes, Thompson scored his second top-ten finish at Martinsville, finishing sixth. Two weeks later, a third top-ten finish was scored at Bristol with a tenth place finish. Then next week at Rockingham, Thompson scored SHR's first ever stage win by winning the second stage, which was also the first stage win of his own career.
Thompson started his 2026 campaign with a 35th-place DNF at Daytona. On August 8, 2026, it was announced that Thompson will leave the team to join Haas Factory Team.
Sheldon Creed (2027–) On October 3, 2026, it was announced that Sheldon Creed would drive their No. 26 full-time from 2027 onwards.
Car No. 26 results YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233Pts2019Colin Garrett26ToyotaDAYATLLVSPHOCALTEXBRIRCHTALDOVCLTPOCMCHIOWCHIDAYKENNHAIOWGLNMOHBRIROADARINDLVSRCHCLTDOVKANTEXPHO HOM2147th162020 DAYDNQLVSCALPHO DAR37CLTBRIATL HOM21 HOM14 TAL35POC KAN16ROA 38th 127Brandon Gdovic IND12KENKENTEX DAY28DOVDOVDAYDARRCHRCHBRILVSTALCLTKANTEXMason Diaz MAR20 PHO24 2021 Brandon Gdovic DAY8 MAR17 DAR36TEX23 NHA16 BRI21 23rd 485 Kris Wright DAY18COA32 MOH32 ROA25 GLN17 IND30 Santino Ferrucci HOM30LVS13 PHO15 ATL15 POC14 ATL33 TAL17 Colin Garrett TAL15 MCH20 DAY37 DAR17 MAR14 John Hunter Nemechek DOV32 RCH3 Grant Enfinger CLT36 Will Rodgers NSH14 CLT29 Dylan LuptonLVS35 TEX38 KAN27PHO15 2022Ryan Truex DAY12 18th 624 Jeffrey EarnhardtCAL29 ATL13 TEX19 CLT37 NSH7 ATL19 BRI12 TEX38 John Hunter Nemechek LVS12 PHO5 DAR4 ROA18 MCH19 DAY35 DAR9 LVS16 Parker Chase COA19 PIR27 Derek Griffith RCH26 MAR21NHA18 KAN27 TAL23 MAR15 Chandler Smith TAL38 DOV21 HOM7Santino FerrucciPOC 35IND17Connor MosackGLN 15 Daniil Kvyat CLT15 Kaz Grala PHO232023 DAY32 CAL13 LVS23 PHO34 ATL 35 COA18 RCH 4 MAR23 TAL24 DOV12 DAR9 CLT16 PIR26 SON20 NSH16 CSC10 ATL14 NHA13 POC25 ROA7 MCH21 IRC9 GLN28 DAY20 DAR28 KAN10 BRI10 TEX29 ROV5 LVS35 HOM30 MAR28 PHO10 19th 6172024Sage Karam DAY28 COA PIR CSC 19th 537 Jeffrey Earnhardt ATL8 TAL37 MCH21 DAY28 BRI35 PHO35 Corey Heim LVS13 PHO22 RCH4 MAR35 TEX17 DOV35 IOW3 NHA10 POC16 DAR25 ATL5 KAN31 LVS11 John Hunter Nemechek DAR23 Dean Thompson CLT34 TAL20 Ed Jones SON15 GLN24 ROV37 Tyler Reddick NSH14 Conor Daly IND14 Ryan Truex HOM21 Bubba Pollard MAR31 2025 Dean Thompson DAY8 ATL35 COA18 PHO38 LVS15 HOM13 MAR6 DAR18 BRI10 CAR11 TAL18 TEX27 CLT5 NSH33 MXC12 POC17 ATL11 CSC14 SON18 DOV16 IND10 IOW31 GLN13 DAY7 PIR32 GTW16 BRI12 KAN10 ROV35LVS28 TAL29 MAR8 PHO17 18th 690 2026 DAY35 ATL11 COA26 PHO25 LVS31 DAR21 MAR7 ROC28 BRI24 KAN11 TAL6 TEX16 GLN35 DOV20 CLT14 NSH14 POC13 COR28 SON28 CHI17 ATL14 IND21 IOW8 DAY27 DAR11 GTW12 BRI9 LVS16 CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM
K&N Pro Series Car No. 18 history 2013 In 2013, Sam Hunt along with former-driver turned crew chief Shayne Lockhart formed DRIVE Technology after they had acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East No. 18 team, which was closing down after the 2012 season. Sam Hunt, ran the full season, moving over from Precision Performance Motorsports. They kept using the No. 18. The team picked up sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation for most of the races. The team later ended up running only part-time, skipping the races at Five Flags, Winston-Salem, both Iowa races, and New Hampshire. Also, Sergio Peña drove the car at the season-finale at Road Atlanta instead of Hunt.
2014 In 2014, Hunt ran another part-time schedule. One of his races was set to be Daytona, but after full-time driver Brandon Jones failed to qualify in his own No. 33 car for Turner Scott Motorsports, he replaced Hunt in the No. 18. Other drivers for the team that year were Mason Massey in two races at the Langley and Columbus Speedways. Venezuelan female driver Milka Duno drove the No. 18 at the season-finale, now at Dover as a result of Road Atlanta being taken off the schedule.
2015 The team attempted fewer races in 2015. Peyton Sellers drove two races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and at Dover. Full-time ARCA Series driver Sarah Cornett-Ching drove the car at Bristol in a partnership between DRIVE Technology and her ARCA team, RACE 101. Justin LaDuke made his only start of the year at Bowman Gray Stadium. Hunt returned for two races at tracks in his home state of Virginia: Langley and Richmond.
2016