CJM Racing was a NASCAR Nationwide Series team. It fielded the No. 11 car for a variety of drivers.
Sprint Cup Series Businessmen Bryan and Tony Mullet formed Victory Motorsports in 2006 when they purchased the Sprint Cup equipment of Shepherd Racing Ventures from Morgan Shepherd. After failing to make the field for each of the early attempts, Shepherd and the team went their separate ways and the team changed its name to CJM Racing. Kertus Davis and David Gilliland, and Brent Sherman took over the newly renumbered Dutch Quality Stone No. 72 car. Mike Skinner drove the car for two races that season.
Car No. 72 results NASCAR Nextel 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 2006 Kertus Davis 72 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV DAY CHI NHA POC IND 56th 317 Brent Sherman POC MCH David Gilliland SON Dale Quarterley GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL Mike Skinner Chevy CLT MAR ATL TEX Brandon Whitt PHO HOM 2007 DAYDNQ CALDNQ LVSDNQ ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 62nd 32
Nationwide Series The team announced that Brandon Whitt would be the team's Cup driver for 2007, but after three races, it switched to the Busch Series and the No. 11. Jason Keller served as the team's driver and Force Protection Inc. and vehicle history company Carfax signed as sponsors. Keller was moderately successful in the No. 11, with four of his five top 10 finishes for 2007 coming in that car. Keller also made his historic 418th start in the No. 11, beating the record set by Tommy Houston.
CJM started 2008 unsponsored, but negotiated a one race contract for Las Vegas with America's Incredible Pizza Company, which turned into a race by race sponsorship and eventually a season long sponsorship. Desiring new direction, the team released Keller after the fall Richmond race, heading to Baker Curb Racing. The team signed former Chip Gannasi Racing driver, Scott Lagasse Jr. for the rest of 2008 and 2009.
The team switched to Toyota with support from Joe Gibbs Racing for 2009. After the U.S. Cellular 250, it released Lagasse and replaced him with Trevor Bayne, Kelly Bires, Mike Bliss, Denny Hamlin, Andrew Ranger, and Brian Scott. With the driver's release, America's Incredible Pizza left as well, leaving Ridemakerz and FedEx to assume sponsorship. The team also fielded the No. 14 Lofton Cattle Toyota to Justin Lofton in the Carfax 200, starting 19th and finishing 16th in Lofton's series debut.
Car No. 11 results (primary entry)
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 Pts 2007 Jason Keller 11 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR14 CLT DOV13 NSH6 KEN NHA26 DAY CHI35 GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH22 BRI24 CAL RCH10 DOV8 KAN16 CLT34 MEM8 TEX22 PHO35 HOM28 39th 1672 Marc Mitchell MLW20 2008 Jason Keller DAY36 CAL14 LVS18 ATL14 BRI15 NSH18 TEX12 PHO32 MXC17 TAL21 RCH19 DAR7 CLT17 DOV16 NSH15 KEN10 MLW9 NHA11 DAY18 CHI14 GTY3 IRP24 CGV23 GLN32 MCH17 BRI12 CAL14 RCH16 17th 3801 Scott Lagasse Jr. DOV31 KAN20 CLT13 MEM24 TEX25 PHO20 HOM37 2009 Toyota DAY43 CAL12 LVS9 BRI13 TEX16 NSH10 PHO32 TAL8 RCH17 DAR22 CLT32 DOV27 NSH11 KEN13 MLW16 NHA16 DAY18 CHI20 GTY33 IRP37 IOW9 15th 3951 Denny Hamlin GLN34 MCH32 HOM5 Brian Scott BRI30 KAN14 Andrew Ranger CGV3 Kelly Bires ATL32 Trevor Bayne RCH7 CAL19 Mike Bliss DOV2 CLT2 MEM4* TEX10 PHO8
Car No. 12/14 results (secondary entry)
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 Pts 2007 Marc Mitchell 12 Chevy 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 MEMDNQ TEX PHO HOM N/A - 2009 Justin Lofton 14 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH16 BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 70th 115
Suspending operations
On December 18, 2009, the team announced that it would suspend operations for 2010.
References
External links CJM Racing