MacDonald Motorsports (MMS) was a NASCAR team owned by former NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver Randy MacDonald, his mother, Pat MacDonald and his daughter Jenifer MacDonald.
Craftsman Truck Series MacDonald made its NASCAR debut in 2000 at Daytona International Speedway. Randy MacDonald drove the No. 72 3M Chevrolet Silverado to a sixth-place finish. MacDonald drove the truck full-time for the rest of the season and finished nineteenth in points. MacDonald’s bid for the championship the next season ended early when he suffered a neck injury in a wreck at Daytona. Rob Morgan took over for the next race at Homestead–Miami Speedway, where he finished 27th, before Steve Portenga, Jerry Hill, and Jimmy Hensley finished out the year in the truck, which finished 18th in owner’s points. Throughout the season, the team also got sponsorship from the Left Behind book series as well.
Randy MacDonald returned to the driver’s seat of the 72 in 2002, where he had ten top-twenty fishes and finished nineteenth in points. He followed that up with a fifteenth-place points finish in 2003. During the 2002 season, Teri MacDonald made two races for the team, one in the new No. 71 truck, and the other in the No. 72 while Randy raced for Troxell Racing. MacDonald made his final Truck race in 2004 at Daytona, where he finished 21st with Drill Doctor sponsorship. Jerry Hill and Teri MacDonald then took over for two races apiece in the 2004 season, where Macdonald, had a best finish of 25th at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, and Hill a 26th at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The team soon stopped running the Truck Series following that season.
Truck No. 71 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 Owners Pts 1995 Kenji Momota 71 Chevy PHO TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT IRP FLM RCH MAR NWSDNQ SON MMR PHO37
Truck No. 72 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 Owners Pts 1997 Randy MacDonald 72 Chevy WDW TUS HOM25 PHO POR EVG I70 NHA33 TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV Tammy Jo Kirk GLNDNQ RCH30 MARDNQ SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 2000 Randy MacDonald DAY6 HOM20 PHO29 MMR17 MAR32 PIR16 GTY17 MEM25 PPR15 EVG23 TEX25 KEN20 GLN20 MLW23 NHA30 MCH27 IRP19 NSV28 CIC31 RCH22 TEX14 CAL25 Dodge NZH26 DOV22 2001 Chevy DAY30 Rob Morgan HOM27 Steve Portenga MMR32 KAN14 Jimmy Hensley MAR25 GTY13 DAR33 PPR14 DOV26 TEX32 MEM15 MLW26 KEN13 CIC25 TEX14 Dodge NZH14 RCH16 SBO25 LVS15 PHO20 CAL30 Jerry Hill Chevy NHA28 IRP24 Lance Hooper NSH12 2002 Randy MacDonald DAY14 DAR19 MAR32 GTY24 PPR24 DOV22 TEX23 MLW20 KAN18 KEN23 NHA21 MCH29 IRP14 NSH36 RCH27 TEX17 SBO18 LVS22 Teri MacDonald MEM29 HOM34 Aaron Daniel CAL29 Blake Mallory PHO27 2003 Randy MacDonald DAY32 DAR22 MMR23 MAR20 DOV14 TEX16 MEM36 MLW14 KAN17 KEN16 GTW17 MCH28 IRP13 NSH21 BRI20 RCH18 NHA28 CAL21 LVS24 SBO25 TEX23 MAR23 PHO25 HOM24 Dodge CLT19 2004 Chevy DAY21 Jerry Hill ATL26 MAR DOV32 TEX Teri MacDonald MFD25 CLT MEM32 MLW Ryck Sanders KAN32 KEN GTW32 MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM
Nationwide Series MacDonald’s Nationwide Series team made its debut in 2003 at the Koolerz 300. Randy MacDonald finished 22nd in the 72 Pontiac Grand Prix. He ran five more races that season, with the Koolerz 300 garnering his best result. In 2004, Larry Gunselman ran the first three races for MacDonald, finishing 22nd at Daytona, before Lance Hooper, MacDonald, Jason White, and Jamie Mosley began running select races. Kevin Lepage and Stan Boyd finished out the year for the team.
For 2005, Donnie Neuenberger began the year as driver at Daytona, where he finished 38th after suffering an engine failure, then Eric Norris and Ruben Garcia Novoa ran the next two races. Geoff Bodine was then announced as the team’s full-time driver, but left the team after the Federated Auto Parts 300. Wade Day, Lepage, and Dale Quarterly were among those who finished out the year for the team. At the end of the season, the team announced it was closing down and selling its equipment and shop, but that was soon retracted.
D. J. Kennington ran eleven races for MacDonald in 2007, with a best finish of twenty-third at Dover. MacDonald switched to Dodges and the No. 81 in 2008 and attempted a full schedule, with Kennington running about 20 races. During the races Kennington missed he was racing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He was signed on for another season in 2009, but left after nine races to focus on his Canadian Tire championship bid. After his departure, many drivers took over for the rest of the season, including Patrick Sheltra, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Kevin Hamlin, Sean Murphy, J. J. Yeley, Jeff Green, Mike Bliss, Bobby Hillin Jr., Blake Koch, and Alex Tagliani.
In 2010, Michael McDowell drove the 81 for MMS, finishing 21st in points. McDowell left for HP Racing at the end of the year, and MacDonald signed on Neuenberger for 10 races in the 81 while Koch returned to drive 20 races for ROTY honors. However, Koch's sponsorship from Daystar Television Network was expanded to the rest of the year, putting Koch in the 81 for the rest of 2011. Koch lost the Rookie title to Timmy Hill by a single point. Reed Sorenson was hired on the weekend of the Kansas race to drive the team's second car after being released from the Turner Motorsports team. Sorenson stayed with MacDonald the rest of 2011 and ended up 5th in points at the end of the year. At one point during the 20
K&N West Series champion Jason Bowles drove the No. 81 with sponsorship from American Majority and PledgeToVote.com during the 2012 racing season and finished 13th in points.
K&N Pro Series East Starting in 2012, the daughter of Randy, Jenifer became a K&N Pro Series car owner fielding No. 49 and No. 94 Dodges and Toyotas for Scott Saunders, Jason Bowles, Sean Caisse, Akinori Ogata, Harrison Rhodes and Austin Hill. The best finish of the team was 8th with Rhodes behind the wheel at CNB Bank Raceway Park.
The team returned in 2013, now with only Toyotas. Ray Courtemanche, Jr, Jordan Anderson, Harrison Rhodes, Josh Reaume and Clint King drove for the team that year.
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