Arnold Motorsports

Arnold Motorsports was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team operated by Don Arnold, owner of Arnold Development Companies and Arnold & Arnold Real Estate.

History

Arnold Motorsports was formed in 2003 after the purchase of the race shop and equipment of Melling Racing. because the sanctioning body didn't believe it "projected the proper image of [the] sport." After twelve starts, Cope was replaced by Mike Wallace at Dover. Wallace, along with P. J. Jones, Jeff Fuller and Todd Bodine, finished out the year.

In 2005 Jimmy Spencer drove the car in what was a limited schedule due to lack of sponsorship. The team announced Allied Buildings as the sponsor for the rest of 2005 and all of 2006 at the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Arnold also owned a share of a Craftsman Truck Series team with Germain Motor Company as the No.30 Toyota. But Arnold sold the interest in that team to focus on Cup. The team's only attempt in 2006 came at the Daytona 500 with Larry Foyt as driver, but the team missed the race. In May 2006, the team announced it was shutting down. The shop later housed Spraker Racing in the ARCA Re/MAX Series. Team founder Don Arnold died in December 2015.

In other media

The team's 50 car is featured in the video game NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup driven by Cope, and in NASCAR 06: Total Team Control driven by Jimmy Spencer. Germain Racing's truck series cars in the latter game were listed under Arnold Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Car No. 50 results

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan="42" | NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 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

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! Pts

! rowspan=2| 2003

! Billy Bigley

! rowspan=2| 79

! rowspan=10| Dodge

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| TAL

| MAR

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IND DNQ

| GLN

| MCH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI DNQ

| DAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH DNQ

| NHA

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV DNQ

| TAL

| KAN

| CLT

| MAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL DNQ

| PHO

| CAR

! rowspan=2| 58th

! rowspan=2| 147

! rowspan=2| Derrike Cope

| colspan=35|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOM DNQ

! rowspan=5| 2004

! rowspan=8| 50

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY 30

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR 30

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS 33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI 26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX 37

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR 33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL 38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL 31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH 29

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT 34

| colspan=24|

! rowspan=5| 37th

! rowspan=5| 1958

! Mike Wallace

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV 35

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY 41

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA 32

| colspan=17|

! P. J. Jones

| colspan=13|

| style="background:#cfcfff;"| POC 22

| style="background:#efcfff;"| MCH 25

| style="background:#efcfff;"| SON 39

| style="background:#efcfff;"| CHI 39

| style="background:#efcfff;"| POC 43

| colspan=16|

! Todd Bodine

| colspan=20|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IND 41

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN 41

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH 43

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI 23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH 43

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA 23

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAN 39

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR 43

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 39

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO 43

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR 39

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOM DNQ

! Jeff Fuller

| colspan=24|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL 43

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV 43

| TAL

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 42

| colspan=5|

! rowspan=2| 2005

! nowrap| Jimmy Spencer

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL 29

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI 21

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| TAL

| DAR

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 42

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IND DNQ

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI 28

| CAL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH 36

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA 39

| DOV

| TAL

| KAN

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT DNQ

| MAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX 39

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO 36

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM 31

! rowspan=2| 47th

! rowspan=2| 674

! Jorge Goeters

| colspan=21|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN 35

| MCH

| colspan=13|

! 2006

! Larry Foyt

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| CAL

| LVS

| ATL

| BRI

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| CAL

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| KAN

| TAL

| CLT

| MAR

| ATL

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 74th

! 10

References

External links

Jayski

History

In other media

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Car No. 50 results

See also

References

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