Red Horse Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team was based in Mooresville, North Carolina. It was co-owned by former Mobil 1 marketing executive Tom DeLoach and Fox NASCAR broadcaster Jeff Hammond, who bought the team from the family team of Brandon Whitt, Clean Line Motorsports. The team last fielded the No. 7 Toyota Tundra full-time for Brett Moffitt, and the No. 17 Tundra full-time for Timothy Peters. The team was noticeably known for often having no sponsors on their trucks despite fielding multiple competitive full-time entries for many seasons. This situation could only last so long as on May 22, 2017, DeLoach announced that the team would shut down effective immediately due to a lack of funding.
Camping World Truck Series Truck No. 1 history The No.1 team originated in 2009 at Daytona with 2008 Truck Series champion, Johnny Benson behind the wheel. Benson would score 4 Top 10 finishes with a best of 2nd at Kansas. He would be released after a 4th place finish at Texas due to lack of sponsorship. He was 7th in the Standings. Caitlyn Shaw would drive the No. 1 at Indianapolis Raceway Park to a 24th place finish. Timothy Peters would move from his usual No. 17 to the No. 1 to win the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway.
Truck No. 1 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 Pts 2007 Aaron Fike 1 Toyota DAY16 CAL18 ATL12 MAR7 KAN8 CLT14 MFD24 DOV10 TEX11 MCH17 MLW21 MEM5 8th 3120 David Green KEN5 IRP15 NSH14 BRI16 GTW20 NHA19 LVS18 Jason Leffler TAL4 MAR23 TEX9 PHO4 HOM5 Brandon Whitt ATL23 2009 Caitlin Shaw DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP24 NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 70th 91
Truck No. 7 history The No. 7 team originated in 2012, when John King drove the No. 7 to win the NextEra Energy 250, despite him being in two crashes. On March 23, 2015, Gray Gaulding joined the team on a limited schedule, making his debut at Martinsville. That race would be his only start with the team. The No. 7 took the place of the No. 11 entry in 2017, with Brett Moffitt driving.
Truck No. 7 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 Pts 2010 Justin Lofton 7 Toyota DAY18 ATL20 MAR31 NSH20 KAN13 DOV3 CLT15 TEX23 MCH18 IOW15 GTY27 IRP29 POC5 NSH9 DAR20 BRI5 CHI5 KEN11 NHA11 LVS8 MAR13 TAL33 TEX22 PHO9 HOM9 12th 2948 2011 Miguel Paludo DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM 20th 651 2012 John King DAY1 MAR9 CAR33 KAN13 CLT33 DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC 18th 530 Parker Kligerman MCH4 BRI2 ATL4 IOW23* KEN2 LVS19 TAL1 MAR9 TEX2 PHO27 HOM7 2013 John Wes Townley DAY21 MAR32 CAR11 KAN32 CLT8 DOV11 TEX15 KEN11 IOW12 ELD22 POC17 MCH7 BRI30 MSP12 IOW11 CHI6 LVS7 TAL7 MAR13 TEX9 PHO27 HOM6 14th 641 2014 Brian Ickler DAY33 MAR10 KAN27 CLT23 DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS5 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 34th 122 2015 Gray Gaulding DAY ATL MAR17 KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 52nd 27 2017 Brett Moffitt DAY22 ATL11 MAR6 KAN7 CLT18 DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 33rd 126
Truck No. 11 history
The No. 11 truck debuted in 2009 as the No. 1 truck with defending champion Johnny Benson at the wheel. On June 8, 2009, the team announced that the No. 1 truck would be shut down due to a lack of sponsorship, leaving Benson without a ride to defend the title he won in 2008. Peters would join Red Horse after the Texas race after merging his team, Premier Racing with Red Horse. The team returned in 2010 as the No. 7 Tundra, fielding 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series champion Justin Lofton who competed for Rookie of the Year honors. Lofton would finish second to Austin Dillon in ROTY points, but was released at season's end. He was replaced by Brazil native Miguel Paludo, who brought sponsorship from Stemco Duroline. Paludo managed a few top tens but was outpaced mostly by Peters. Paludo left after 2011 to join Turner Motorsports. Paludo was replaced by rookie John King for the 2012 season. During the first race of the season, the NextEra Energy Resources 250, King won his first Camping World Truck Series race. After the first five races, Red Horse was forced to shut down the No. 7 team due to a lack of sponsorship. The team was revived to field Parker Kligerman after his release from Brad Keselowski Racing. Kligerman would score his first career win at Talladega and finished 5th in points. Kligerman moved up to the Nationwide Series with Kyle Busch Motorsports, and would be replaced by John Wes Townley for 2013. As Townley moved to the Wauters Motorsports No. 5 Zaxby's Toyota Tundra for 2014, Brian Ickler took over the seat of the No. 7 truck with Bullet Liner as the primary sponsor. However, on May 20, the team announced the No. 7 will be suspended due to lack of funding, and to increase focus on Quiroga and Peters' teams. Ickler returned for one-race deal in Las Vegas.
On December 17, 2014, Red Horse announced Ben Kennedy would drive in 2015, reviving the No. 11. Kennedy left the team on April 15, 2016. Five days later, Matt Tifft was announced as Kennedy's replacement in the No. 11. Tifft would run a few races before being sidelined with disc problem in his back, as well as having surgery to remove a tumor in his brain. German Quiroga drove at Texas in June. Brett Moffitt also drove the No. 11 and won his first career Camping World Truck Series race at Michigan, passing his teammate Timothy Peters and William Byron on the final lap of the race.
Truck No. 11 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 Pts 2003 Brandon Whitt 38 Chevy DAY DAR MMR19 MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN26 KEN30 GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL13 LVS26 SBO TEX34 MAR PHO HOM35 42nd 592 2004 Ford DAY22 ATL20 MAR14 MFD18 CLT18 DOV31 TEX22 MEM15 MLW15 KAN23 KEN14 GTW23 MCH28 IRP20 NSH17 BRI31 RCH17 NHA19 LVS13 CAL35 TEX15 MAR12 PHO20 DAR14 HOM26 22nd 2569 2005 Toyota DAY28 CAL23 ATL15 MAR29 GTY33 MFD30 CLT23 DOV32 TEX15 MCH34 MLW13 KAN16 KEN6 MEM1 IRP24 NSH23 BRI20 RCH33 NHA27 LVS9 MAR3 ATL8 TEX15 PHO19 HOM29 21st 2602 2006 David Starr 11 DAY14 CAL12 ATL15 MAR1* GTY8 CLT26 MFD3 DOV11 TEX18 MCH13 MLW8 KAN8 KEN8 MEM11 IRP4 NSH20 BRI5 NHA5 LVS20 TAL24 MAR2 ATL11 TEX16 PHO6 HOM7 5th 3355 2008 DAY4 CAL13 ATL21 MAR6 KAN27 CLT17 MFD2* DOV6 TEX27 MCH26 MLW23 MEM5 KEN5 IRP16 NSH9 BRI29 GTW28 NHA7 LVS22 TAL19 MAR33 ATL14 TEX12 PHO13 HOM22 14th 2929 2009 T. J. Bell DAY11 CAL5 ATL12 MAR31 KAN22 CLT30 DOV23 TEX14 MCH18 MLW28 MEM18 KEN23 IRP15 NSH10 BRI8 CHI15 IOW7 GTW24 NHA12 LVS12 MAR30 TAL29 TEX23 PHO13 HOM10 19th 2767 2010 Nelson Piquet Jr. 1 DAY6 ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL 48th 352 Miguel Paludo 11 TEX33 PHO HOM9 2012 Todd Bodine DAY6 MAR25 CAR31 KAN5 CLT3 DOV1 TEX30 KEN28 IOW12 CHI18 POC26 MCH24 BRI31 ATL21 IOW3 KEN30 LVS5 TAL33 MAR22 TEX8 PHO28 HOM11 16th 574 2015 Ben Kennedy DAY28 ATL3 MAR19 KAN26 CLT16 DOV6 TEX10 GTW7 IOW13 KEN16 ELD12 POC11 MCH25 BRI15 MSP3 CHI12 NHA23 LVS3 TAL25 MAR14 TEX9 PHO24 HOM4 14th 690 2016 DAY23 ATL15 MAR11 7th 2150 Matt Tifft KAN14 DOV12 CLT5 CHI12 LVS15 TAL9 MAR16 TEX17 PHO8 HOM12 Germán Quiroga TEX8 IOW14 GTW7 Brett Moffitt KEN31 POC3 BRI2 MCH1 MSP16 NHA8 Jake Griffin ELD4
Truck No. 17 history
Midway through 2009, Timothy Peters joined RHR from Premier Racing with Strutmasters sponsorship, and earned his first win at Martinsville Speedway. Peters returned to the team in 2010 and scored his second win at Daytona en route to finishing 6th in points for the year. Peters returned to the team for 2011 but had Butch Hylton as crew chief. The team won at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and finished fifth in points. For 2012, Peters stayed in the top 5 in points for the whole season scoring wins at Iowa and leading flag-to-flag at Bristol. Peters would finish 2nd in points. In 2013, Peters had a rough season, finishing 10th in points only winning at Iowa. He rebounded the following year, leading the point standings for three weeks in the early stages of the year and triumphing at Talladega Superspeedway en route to a fifth place finish in points. Taking on a leadership role within the organization in 2015 as the veteran on the team, Peters rebounded from early-season struggles to record two wins (one from the pole) and again finish fifth in points. Driving alongside a varying driver rotation in 2016, Peters qualified for the inaugural Truck Series Chase, made it to the final round, and finished fourth.
Truck No. 17 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 Pts 2009 Johnny Benson Jr. 1 Toyota DAY26 CAL12 ATL9 MAR4 KAN2 CLT23 DOV20 TEX4 5th 3433 Timothy Peters 17 MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS TAL TEX PHO HOM 1 MAR 2010 17 DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 8th 3343 2011 DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM 6th 832 2012 DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2nd 802 2013 DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 12th 683 2014 DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 8th 746 2015 DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 5th 804 2016 DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 9th 558 2017 DAY17 ATL9 MAR8 KAN13 CLT5 DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 30th 170
Truck No. 77 history Red Horse Racing debuted in 2004 as Clean Line Motorsports. It was owned by Daniel Whitt and fielded the No. 38 Ford for his son Brandon. The team debuted at Mesa Marin Speedway finishing 19th. Clean Line was purchased by retired Mobil Oil executive Tom DeLoach, and championship crew chief/sports commentator Jeff Hammond eight races into the 2005 season and was renamed Red Horse Racing. Whitt grabbed the team's first win at Memphis from the pole.
For the 2006 season, David Starr, former driver of the No. 75 Spears Chevy Silverado, drove the team's Toyotas, which switched from No. 38 to No. 11. Starr then won the fourth race of the season at Martinsville and finished fourth in the standings. Despite their success, the team was forced to release Starr at the end of the year due to a lack of sponsorship. He was replaced by Aaron Fike in 2007, and the team switched numbers again, to No. 1. After Fike was arrested in Ohio for drug use, Busch Series drivers David Green and Jason Leffler rounded out the season for the team, and Whitt returned at Atlanta. For 2008, David Starr returned to RHR after departing for Circle Bar Racing, with the team running the No. 11. The team's reunion would garner them four top fives and eight top tens but only a 12th-place points finish. Starr would again depart the team, taking new sponsor Zachry Holdings with him to HT Motorsports. Red Horse would bring along former ARCA driver T. J. Bell, who had five top-tens and finished fifteenth in points. The team switched to the No. 1 and hired former Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr. briefly. The team returned as the No. 11 truck in 2012, with Todd Bodine. Though the deal was originally intended for Daytona, the team ran the full season with limited sponsorship, with Bodine returning to victory lane at Dover. At the end of the season, Bodine was unable to come up with the sponsorship to return, and left the team.