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Bob Whitcomb Racing
Owner(s)Bob Whitcomb
BaseCharlotte, North Carolina
SeriesWinston Cup
Race driversKen Bouchard, Derrike Cope
SponsorsSimoniz
Purolator[1]
ManufacturerChevrolet
Ford
Pontiac
Opened1988
Closed1993
Career
Debut1988 Daytona 500
Latest race1992 Hooters 500
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories2[2][3]

Bob Whitcomb Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. As a successor to DiGard Motorsports, the team achieved its most prominent victory in the 1990 Daytona 500 with driver Derrike Cope. In the same year, they secured a second race win with Cope at the wheel. From at least 1989 until 1990, the team had a technical alliance with Hendrick Motorsports.[4] The team shut down in 1993.[5]

  1. ^ "Driver Season Stats: Derrike Cope". Racing-Reference.
  2. ^ "NASCAR Statistics: Whitcomb Racing". DriverAverages.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  3. ^ "Bob Whitcomb Ownership stats". Racing-Reference.
  4. ^ "The History of Hendrick Motorsports 1990–1999". Jeff Gordon Online. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "Cope's NASCAR team shut down". The Roanoke Times. January 29, 1993. p. B6 – via Newspapers.com.

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