High Caliber Motorsports

High Caliber Motorsports is one of the original teams that has competed at FAST. Founded as Jeremy Murray Motorsports in 2006, the team has competed at STAR, NASRA, USRT, AMRL, RRL, and FAST. The team took on its current name with a merger between JMM and Kevin Klein Racing in 2007. Klein became co-owner of the team until his departure in late 2008.

The team has been a Chevrolet team since its inception.

The team has several championships over the years with several drivers. Team owner and driver Jeremy Murray has 2, winning the STAR McDonald's Charged Up Series championship in 2006 and the USRT Stock Pro Series championship in 2007. Kevin Klein won the USRT KFC Truck Series championship in 2007. David Calhoun picked up the team's final championship in 2008 by winning the USRT O'Reilly Auto Parts Precision Cup Series.

Car #17 History
The #17 Chevrolet started out as the #08 ACDelco Chevrolet SS driven by Colton Harmon in the 2013 Spring Season. Harmon came home with an 8th place finish in his debut at Daytona and backed that up with a 7th place at Darlington. Personal problems sidelined Harmon and the #08 team after that.

For the 2013 Fall Season the team will change numbers to #17 and will be sponsored by Dunkin Donuts. No official date has been set for Harmon's return.

Car #19 History
The current #19 Chevrolet team started out as a part of Joshua Hawkins Motorsports as the #3 car. Joshua Hawkins joined the Precision Cup Series for the 2013 Spring Season and served as an owner/driver. Part way into the season, Hawkins shut down the team and merged it into High Caliber Motorsports.

For the 2013 Fall Season, the team will switch to #19 and Hawkins will run a part time schedule.

The #19 is one of the original numbers for HCM as part of the formation of the team in 2006. Bryan Kosiba served as the team's original driver with sponsorship from GM Goodwrench before later being replaced by Ryan Himmelwright. Kevin Klein joined the team in 2007, merging his Kevin Klein Racing team with the team then known as Jeremy Murray Motorsports to form HCM. Klein would serve as the team's longest and most successful driver in the #19 and would stay with the team until 2008 when the team moved to the Revolution Racing League.

The car went to a part time schedule at RRL. Mario Chambers would sign to drive the #15 Chevrolet for the 2010 Winter Season but would move to the #19 shortly after. Red Bull joined the team to share sponsorship with Goodwrench. Chambers would drive until the end of the 2010 Summer Season.

The #19 would then sit vacant until late in the season when Buddy Taylor would join the team. Taylor would drive the first 2 races of the 2011 Winter Season before moving to Lee Racing South Inc. Arturo Littfack would join the team late in the season with sponsorship from National Guard. He would continue with the team through the first two races of the 2012 Winter Season before being removed from the league by officials for inappropriate action.

The #19 was not used by HCM when the team moved to FAST in February 2013. It was revived for the 2012 Fall Season where Dana Hamilton drove the #19 STP Chevrolet at Bristol. The team had not run since then.

Car #29 History
The #29 Chevrolet will be a new team to High Caliber Motorsports that will compete part time during the 2013 Fall Season. Jacob Krause will drive for the team on a part time status with sponsorship to be determined at a later date.

Car #71 History
The #71 Chevrolet will also be a new team to High Caliber Motorsports for the 2013 Fall Season. Robbie Jackson will be the driver with sponsorship from STP and Champion Spark Plugs.

Car #81 History
What is now the #81 car started as the #1 car in 2006. Team founder Jeremy Murray served as driver of the #1 Budweiser Chevrolet in the STAR Coca-Cola Challenger Cup Series. The team later changed sponsorship to Coca-Cola. When STAR shut down in 2007, the team moved to USRT, where Murray continued to drive the Coca-Cola Chevrolet. In 2008, Murray picked up sponsor National Guard, which has served as primary sponsor ever since. He would pick up a victory at USRT in the Cup Series in the #1, taking victory at Gateway.

The team moved to RRL when USRT ended. Murray was expected to return to the #1 Chevrolet but personal problems sidelined him. The team would later hire Danny Hogue to drive the #1 with sponsorship from Quaker State. Hogue drove a season for the team before moving on to his own race team.

Murray later returned to the team for a couple of races in 2011.

Michael Bergh would later join High Caliber Motorsports in 2011 and would drive the #1 Chevrolet as a substitute for Murray.

The team moved to FAST upon its creation in 2012 and changed numbers to 81. Murray would return to the team full time and make the Chase for the Precision Cup the first two seasons. Personal problems again sidelined him for part of the 2013 Spring Season. Murray made his return at Talladega, finishing second to Randal Coleman. Murray would go on to compete in the final 7 races of the season.

Murray will return to the #81 Chevrolet along with sponsor National Guard for the 2013 Fall Season.

Car #2 History
RCR has fielded this entry in the Nationwide Series since the fall North Carolina Speedway race in 1999, moving the entire team from the Craftsman Truck Series. Kevin Harvick was the first driver of the #2 AC Delco Chevy, winning three races and winning Rookie of the Year, despite missing the spring race at North Carolina Speedway. He went on to win the championship in the Busch Series in 2001 while running full time in Winston Cup as well. In 2002, rookie driver Johnny Sauter won at Chicagoland, and finished 14th in points. The next year, Ron Hornaday drove the car full-time, winning once and posting a third place finish in points. Hornaday followed up that performance with another win and a drop to 4th in points the following year. In 2005, Clint Bowyer took the reins, in a program headed up by veteran crew chief Gil Martin, winning at Nashville Speedway and Memphis Motorsports Park, finishing second in points. Bowyer was back in the #2 car in 2006 with crew chief Dan Deeringhoff, while Martin moved up to run the 07 Jack Daniels program. Bowyer ran the full Nextel Cup schedule for RCR in the #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet, also running the full BGN season with the #2 car where he finished 3rd in points. 2006 was the final year for AC Delco, as the 2007 sponsor for the #2 will be BB&T. Bowyer will run about 17 races in the #2 for the 2007 season and he will run full-time in 2008 season. Kenny Wallace drove for the team in a one-race deal at Gateway International Raceway, sponsored by sandwich chain Jimmy John's.

Car #21 History
The 21 car also debuted in 2000, with Rockwell Automation as the sponsor and Childress' son-in-law Mike Dillon driving. Dillon posted two top 10 finishes and finished 23rd in points that year. Six races into 2001, Dillon was injured at Bristol Motor Speedway, and it was announced at the time he would be out for the rest of the year. Since then, he has taken on other roles with the team. His replacement was Mike Skinner, but after his injury, Jeff Purvis took over briefly, winning at Pikes Peak, before Skinner returned. After Skinner's release, Robby Gordon had the driving duties for the balance of the season. The next year, Jeff Green and Jay Sauter drove the car. In 2003, Harvick returned to the car, driving all races he could afford to, while Johnny Sauter took over on the weeks Harvick was unable to race, winning the owner's championship and causing the first ever owner and championship team split in Busch Series history. Harvick has been the anchor driver ever since, with Clint Bowyer doing the co-driving honors in 2004 and Brandon Miller in 2005. Jeff Burton drove the car at Bristol in 2005. In 2006, Harvick and Jeff Burton split the driving duties in the car with United States Coast Guard sponsorship. Burton won at Atlanta, and Harvick won three more races, pulling out to an over 700-point lead in the points standings with 5 races to go in the 2006 season. AutoZone replaced the Coast Guard sponsorship in 2007, and Harvick drove along with development driver Timothy Peters, until Peters was replaced by Sprint car driver Tim McCreadie. Beginning in 2008 Bobby Labonte will drive the 21 car for 15 races of the season. In May 2008, the team shut down due to financial problems.

Car #29 History
The 29 car was first run by Johnny Sauter in 2003 at Homestead-Miami Speedway as a thank you from Richard Childress (because Johnny shared the 21 car with Kevin Harvick in 2003 and they won the owners championship).

The 29 car appeared in 2005 at Bristol Motor Speedway as part of a promotion for Reese's Chocolate and Peanut Butter Lovers Cups. The promotion involved the 29 painted as the Chocolate Lovers car and the 21 painted as the Peanut Butter Lovers car. The plan was for Jeff Burton to drive the 29 while Kevin Harvick would drive the 21. Qualifying was rained out, so the entries were switched to assure that both cars would make the field (Harvick was a past champion and the #29 was not locked in). Burton drove the 21 while Harvick drove the 29. Harvick won the race in this car with Burton finishing second in the 21. Later in the season, Mayflower Transit sponsored this car in at least one race run by Jeff Burton.

On March 17, 2006, Holiday Inn announced its sponsorship of the 29 for ten races with Burton returning as its driver. The new car made its 2006 debut at Richmond. Burton finished in the top ten all four times the car raced in 2006, including a win at Dover in June.

In 2007, the 29 will go full time, with Scott Wimmer and Jeff Burton sharing the racing duties. Wimmer has shown the potential for victory with this car, including many top 5 finishes. Burton has driven to victory lane in this car four times throughout the season, those coming at Vegas, Atlanta, Fontana, and Charlotte. The team had to just start the race to win the owner's championship, they did that and won the race at Homestead

Camping World Truck Series
In the infant years of the CTS, RCR fielded its own truck team, always the #3 Goodwrench Chevy. Mike Skinner, drove the truck the initial two years, winning the series first championship in 1995 along with 16 races. After he left, Jay Sauter hopped on board, winning four times and finishing in the top 10 in points all three years. After 1999, Childress moved the program up the NASCAR Busch Series. The team is now the #2 Busch car. In 2010 Richard Childress brought back there truck operation with Austin Dillon driving the #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet.