Who owns nascar teams

Team Penske. ThorSport Racing. Wood Brothers Racing. Teams mostly utilize one manufacturer Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota for all of their cars, but have a different car number and crew chief for each driver.

Different teams that share the same manufacturer often work together in an alliance. Yearning for Year 2: Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse look ahead Brian Wilson to serve as crew chief for No.

The season begins with the Daytona on February We're going worldwide. Welcome to the House, pitbull. It was first awarded to Ganassi in when it was piloted by Kyle Larson who drove the car until April Matt Kenseth drove it for the remainder of that season.

What is now the No. Ryan Preece drove it in Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The No. Alex Bowman is driving the No. This charter was originally assigned to HScott Motorsports in Clint Bowyer drove the No.

It was sold to Jay Robinson's Premium Motorsports outfit in and remained with that team until it was purchased by Rick Ware Racing in advance of the season. Awarded: HScott Motorsports No. This charter is currently owned by Joe Gibbs Racing and has been associated with the No. What is now the Spire Motorsports No. It was immediately leased to HScott Motorsports in It was sold to Furniture Row Racing so that organization could field a second car for Erik Jones in That relationship expired after three years and Braun took the charter to Spire Motorsports in advance of the season.

This is also the reason Ryan Preece and the No. Awarded: Premium Motorsports No. What began as the Furniture Row Racing No. Awarded: Furniture Row Racing No. What is currently the Front Row Motorsports No.

Car Life. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Icon Sportswire Getty Images. First, understand that the value of all 36 charters are not equal. There is also a collective bargaining element to the charter system. The creation of the system created a demand for charters -- resulting in an economic ecosystem. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Chip Ganassi Racing No.

Jared C. Tilton Getty Images. Team Penske No. I know Justin Marks has been pretty vocal about their goals to do that, too.

Currently Trackhouse fields the No. Next year, thanks to the Ganassi purchase, there will be two cars on track for the team, although the second driver has yet to be named. Marks also sees the present rise in new ownership as a sort of competitive evolution. Seeing so many younger team owners is a natural and positive sign of progression.

And it bodes well not just for a couple of upcoming seasons but potentially for decades to come. This is exactly what they were trying to do with the new car. The business model of the sport made the barrier of entry for new ownership higher and higher and higher every single year and it was going to take something like this to ignite a movement like this.

But I think the promise of the new car and the model of the new car is that opportunity for a lot of owners.