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MB2 Motorsports
Owner(s)
Nelson Bowers Tom Beard Read Morton James Rocco (MBV) Bob Sutton (MB Sutton) Jay Frye (CEO and Team Director) Bobby Ginn Thomas Ginn (Ginn Racing)
Base
Mooresville, North Carolina
Series
NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series
Race drivers
Sterling Marlin, Mark Martin, Ken Schrader, Ernie Irvan, Scott Riggs, Boris Said, Regan Smith, Jerry Nadeau, Joe Nemechek, Johnny Benson Jr., Kraig Kinser, Bill Elliott
Sponsors
United States Army, Waste Management, Inc., Mars Candy, Valvoline, Centrix Financial, Ginn Resorts, Panasonic, CertainTeed, USG Sheetrock
Manufacturer
Chevrolet, Pontiac
Opened
1997 (as MB2 Motorsports) 2007 (as Ginn Racing)
Closed
2007 (as Ginn Racing; merged with DEI)
Career
Drivers' Championships
0
Race victories
2
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MB2 Motorsports was a NASCAR Cup Series team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near the sport's hub in Charlotte. The team was founded by Read Morton, Tom Beard, and Nelson Bowers, from which the original team name derived. Bowers was the longest tenured of the original owners, and the listed owner of the teams' entries when resort and real-estate developer Bobby Ginn bought out the team (with his family having 80% ownership; longtime team director Jay Frye owned the remaining 20% of the rebranded team)[1][2] in 2007, renaming it to Ginn Racing for that season only.[1][2] The Valvoline corporation co-owned the No. 10 (later the No. 14) car with the principal owners from 2001 to 2005 as MBV Motorsports, while the No. 36 entry (later the No. 13) was co-owned by Centrix Financial, LLC owner Robert Sutton as MB Sutton Motorsports in 2005.
Throughout the existence of the team in both MB2 Motorsports and Ginn Racing iterations, the organization ran General Motors brands.
The logo of Ginn Racing under Bobby Ginn ownership
^ abCite error: The named reference USA2Day-Ginn-Feb-2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abHinton, Ed (July 26, 2006). "Ginn buys NASCAR team: Real estate magnate Bobby Ginn says he will turn MB2 Motorsports into a winning outfit". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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his 2004 team, the No. 01 for MB2Motorsports, early, as well. For the 2004 season, Nemechek returned to MB2Motorsports, taking over the No. 01 U.S. Army-sponsored...
substituted for the injured Ernie Irvan to drive the No. 36 Pontiac at MB2Motorsports for the remainder of the season. In thirty-four races, he had two Top...
but would later fall to 30th in the final standings. Marlin joined MB2Motorsports for 2006 to drive the Waste Management Chevy, running with the No....
the No. 10 car at MB2. Nemechek won at Richmond in 2003 but was let go before the end of the season so he could join MB2Motorsports as the replacement...
announced that he would pilot the No. 36 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for MB2Motorsports in the 2006 Daytona Speedweeks events. This included the Budweiser...
professional racing driver. He was previously a developmental driver for MB2Motorsports/Ginn Racing, and while with them, competed in both the NASCAR Craftsman...
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and replaced by rookie driver Kenny Irwin, Jr. In 1998, Irvan joined MB2Motorsports to drive the No. 36 Skittles Pontiac. During the year he scored 11...
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in alliances with Ultra Motorsports and the Valvoline corporation. The organization was renamed Gillett Evernham Motorsports in 2007 after former Montreal...
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shut down after the 1996 season, Cope signed on with the fledgling MB2Motorsports operation, driving the No. 36 Skittles-sponsored Pontiac to a 27th-place...
Sadler and then by David Gilliland, and an associate sponsor for the MB2Motorsports No. 36 Pontiac driven by Derrike Cope, Ernie Irvan, Ken Schrader, and...
driving for Hendrick Motorsports at Richmond in 2003. Finally, his 4th and final career win was in the 01, driving for MB2Motorsports in this race at Kansas...
with MB2Motorsports to drive the team's second car for 2006. The team was unable to retain the No. 10 (which was to be used by Evernham Motorsports for...
for R3 Motorsports, with a best finish of 13th at Darlington. In 2004, Riggs signed to drive the No. 10 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for MB2Motorsports. Qualifying...
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