Team Bristol Motorsports was a former NASCAR Busch Series team owned by Rick Goodwin and was based out of Bristol, Virginia.
Cup Series 2002 The team entered their only Cup race at the spring Richmond race with Kevin Grubb driving. They were 36th fastest in practice, which would've been fast enough to make the race, however during qualifying, Grubb spun out on his second lap and they would only record the 37th fastest time. Without any owner provisionals, they would be the only team that would fail to qualify for the race. The team had plans to run full time Cup in 2003 with Grubb, but the plans would fall through.
Car No. 54 results NASCAR Winston Cup Series 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 36 Pts 2002 Kevin Grubb 54 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCHDNQ CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 74th 31
Busch Series 2001 The team was formed early in the 2001 season, Kelly Denton was picked as the driver, with sponsorship coming from a local toy maker company, General Creation. They made their debut at California, finishing 34th. They would run a total of 20 races in their first season, with a pair of 13th-place finishes being the best result. Tom Hubert, Steadman Marlin, and Tim Fedewa all made a start late in the year.
2002 Denton drove the first two races in 2002, but would be released from the team after qualifying in Las Vegas. Kevin Grubb was named his replacement and would drive the remainder of the season. The team would also announce Toys "R" Us as their primary sponsor starting at the spring Bristol race. Grubb would secure the teams first top five finish a few weeks later at Richmond and would follow that up with another top ten in Loudon. A 3rd-place finish later in the season at Gateway would end up being the teams best result. After crashing out in back to back weeks, Grubb would sit out a few races due to dizziness symptoms he experienced while practicing in Kansas, Fedewa and Jerry Nadeau would fill in. At the end of the season, Grubb and the team would part ways.
2003 The team announced plans on having Deborah Renshaw drive full time for the 2003 season, however, after breaking her leg in a wreck that fatally killed Eric Martin, the deal fell through. Prior to the accident, she had plans on making her debut with the team in late 2002 at Memphis. Hermie Sadler would end up signing with the team to drive full time. Despite finishing a season best 11th at Richmond, Sadler asked for his release due to the team struggling financially. The team had lost their primary sponsorship and were going to skip the next few races. They would shut down soon after.
Car No. 54 results NASCAR Busch Series 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 2001 Kelly Denton 54 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL34 RCH41 NHA NZH24 CLT42 DOV16 KEN13 MLW13 GLN25 CHI40 GTY21 PPR25 IRP MCH38 BRI37 DAR27 RCH42 DOV30 KAN CAR28 HOM 39th 1405 Tom Hubert CLT35 Steadman Marlin MEM42 Tim Fedewa PHO26 2002 Kelly Denton DAY16 CAR27 LVSQL 23rd 3273 Kevin Grubb LVS41 DAR32 BRI12 TEX24 NSH16 TAL11 CAL19 RCH5 NHA10 NZH32 CLT8 DOV10 NSH39 KEN35 MLW30 DAY9 CHI16 GTY3 PPR11 IRP30 MCH31 BRI20 DAR14 RCH33 DOV35 KANQL MEM29 ATL25 CAR31 PHO13 HOM35 Tim Fedewa KAN25 Jerry Nadeau CLT20 2003 Hermie Sadler DAY32 CAR20 LVS21 DAR29 BRI29 TEX21 TAL22 NSH19 CAL37 RCH11 GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 43rd 907
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