Sharp Gallaher Racing

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::summary Former NASCAR team ::

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Field	Value
Team_name	Sharp Gallaher Racing
Logo	Sharp_Gallaher_Racing_logo.jpg
Owner_names	Eddie Sharp
Bill Gallaher
Base	Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	Camping World Truck Series
Drivers	6. Justin Lofton/Danny Efland

8. Max Gresham | | Manufacturer | Chevrolet | | Year Opened | 2005 | | Year Closed | 2013 | | Debut | 2010 Mountain Dew 250 | | Final | 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 | | Races | 118 | | Drivers_champ | 0 | | Wins | 2 | | Poles | 1 | ::

| Team_name = Sharp Gallaher Racing | Logo =Sharp_Gallaher_Racing_logo.jpg | Owner_names = Eddie Sharp Bill Gallaher | Base = Mooresville, North Carolina | Series = Camping World Truck Series | Drivers = 6. Justin Lofton/Danny Efland 8. Max Gresham | Manufacturer = Chevrolet |Year Opened = 2005 |Year Closed = 2013 | Debut = 2010 Mountain Dew 250 | Final = 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 | Races = 118 | Drivers_champ = 0 | Wins = 2 | Poles = 1 Sharp Gallaher Racing (formerly known as Eddie Sharp Racing) is a disbanded NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina that competed in the ARCA Racing Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fielded the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado for Justin Lofton and various other drivers and the No. 8 Chevrolet for Max Gresham.

History

ARCA

The team was formed by former driver and crew chief Eddie Sharp in 2005, who had formerly fielded his own ASA team and was the crew chief for Bill Baird during his championship-winning 1999 ARCA season. The team made its debut in 2006 with former Grand-Am driver Michael McDowell running a limited schedule. McDowell and Sharp ran full-time in 2007, running the No. 2 Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge. McDowell grabbed four wins in his rookie season but finished second in the championship to Frank Kimmel. ESR also fielded the No. 22 Dodge, with Josh Wise and Ken Butler III sharing the ride, with Butler winning at Toledo Speedway. With McDowell moving on to Michael Waltrip Racing, Sharp expanded to three teams and switched to running Toyotas, hiring former Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Scott Speed to drive the No. 2, while retaining Butler for the full season and fielding a third car (No. 93) in a number of races for Canadian NASCAR driver Pierre Bourque. The team soon changed numbers to the No. 20 with Justin Lofton for the rest of the year. ESR dominated the season, with Speed winning four races en route to a second-place finish in the championship and Lofton won at Michigan.

With Speed heading to the Sprint Cup Series, ESR gained a reputation of fielding championship-caliber drivers. In 2009, Lofton stayed on with ESR for the full season as the team expanded to a fourth car, the No. 81 for Camping World Series East driver Craig Goess. The No. 2 would be driven by another Grand-Am driver, Tim George Jr., and the No. 20 would be driven by Canadian Steve Arpin on a part-time basis. Lofton won ESR's first ever championship that season, grabbing an impressive four wins, while Goess and Arpin impressed many. Like his predecessors, Lofton moved to Red Horse Racing to run for the Camping World Truck Series title in 2010, while Goess returned for the full season. ESR ran only Goess' 81 for the full season, while continuing to field the 6 for a bevy of drivers, including another former F1 driver, Nelson Piquet Jr., Blake Koch, Brandon McReynolds (son of Fox broadcaster Larry McReynolds), and others. Goess had a solid season, winning only once at Pocono but finishing second in points to Patrick Sheltra.

NASCAR Truck Series

2006: Woodard & Sharp Racing

ESR made its first foray into NASCAR in 2006, when he partnered with co-owner Rick Woodard to field a full-time Truck Series team that year with former Hendrick Motorsports development driver Boston Reid running full-time in the No. 25. Woodard did not join Sharp's existing ARCA team as a co-owner, and their Truck team was operated separately from it. After the first four races of the season, Sharp left WSR, leaving Woodard as the team's only owner. Reid would be replaced by ARCA driver Damon Lusk as the team's driver with five races to go in the season. Although the team supposedly was preparing to return for at least the Daytona season-opener, Woodard Racing closed down before the start of the 2007 season.

Truck No. 25 results

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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	Owners	Pts	2006	Boston Reid	25	Dodge	27th	2262	Damon Lusk
DAY
36	CAL
34	ATL
24	MAR
31	GTY
16	CLT
16	MFD
14	DOV
33	TEX
17	MCH
17	MLW
26	KAN
28	KEN
14	MEM
24	IRP
24	NSH
14	BRI
28	NHA
33	LVS
33	TAL
29
	MAR
36	ATL
17	TEX
18	PHO
26	HOM
18
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2010: Sharp-Hartman Racing

Sharp would not be an owner in the Truck Series again until 2010, where he returned to the series with another co-owner, Carl Hartman, to field a No. 41 Toyota Tundra for Steve Park in two events.

Truck No. 41 results

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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	Owners	Pts	2010	Steve Park	41	Toyota	55th	197
DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI
18	KEN
25	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM
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2010–2013: Eddie Sharp Racing

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Justin_Lofton_Eddie_Sharp_Racing_Chevrolet_Rockingham_2012.jpg" caption="[[Justin Lofton]] in the No. 6 at [[Rockingham Speedway]] in 2012"] ::

Late in the season, ESR had purchased the assets of Team Gill Racing No. 46 and had intended to run Craig Goess for Rookie of the Year in 2011. After only 9 races, Goess was released from the team and Sharp was reunited with Lofton, who had sponsorship from CollegeComplete.com and a new crew chief in Daniel Bormann.

For 2012, Eddie Sharp purchased the spun-off assets of Kevin Harvick Incorporated that were not acquired in the race team's merger with Richard Childress Racing, specifically the 8 and 33 trucks driven by Piquet and Ron Hornaday. Cale Gale drove the 33 in 2012 with sponsorship from Rheem, and a technical alliance with Childress. The 8 truck was driven by Mike Skinner at Daytona, but he wrecked early alongside Gale. In Martinsville, Eddie Sharp sold the No. 8 Truck's owners points to Jennifer Jo Cobb, who swapped manufacturers and numbers (Cobb had the No. 8 as a Dodge, while Chris Lafferty drove the No. 10 Chevrolet). Sharp then gave the owners points to Cobb for the rest of 2012 in order to allow the truck to eventually be used part-time if a third driver was necessary. On May 18, 2012, Justin Lofton won his first race in the No. 6 truck. Gale would win the season finale at Homestead in a photo finish.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Tyler_Young_Eddie_Sharp_Racing_Chevrolet_Rockingham_2013.jpg" caption="Tyler Young]], at [[Rockingham Speedway]] in 2013"] ::

For 2013, Lofton would reduce his schedule to only a few races, while Gale and Rheem departed for Turner Scott Motorsports. Max Gresham would run the full schedule for the team, with Truck Series veteran crew chief Gary Showalter.

2013: Sharp Gallaher Racing

In August of that year, Eddie Sharp announced a partnership with California businessman Bill Gallaher, changing the team name to Sharp Gallaher Racing. Soon after this, it was also announced that the team would relocate from Denver, North Carolina to the stock car racing hotbed of Mooresville, North Carolina. On December 17, 2013, reports arose that the team had shut down with immediate effect until later in the day when it was confirmed that the team had shut down with the remaining staff being laid off.

Truck No. 6 results

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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	Owners	Pts	2010	Craig Goess	46	Toyota	21st	2445	Jason Bowles	Steve Park	2011	Craig Goess	16th	684	Justin Lofton	6	Chevy	2012	9th	710	2013	22nd	437	Jared Landers	Mike Skeen	Daniel Hemric	Austin Dillon
DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTW	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL
10		HOM
12
	TEX
28
	PHO
19
DAY
16	PHO
23	DAR
19	MAR
24	NSH
9	DOV
24	CLT
22	KAN
23	TEX
18
	KEN
15	IOW
12
	NSH
15	IRP
20	POC
16	MCH
15	BRI
7	ATL
26
	CHI
15	NHA
13	KEN
11	LVS
19	TAL
11	MAR
17	TEX
10	HOM
18
DAY
3	MAR
4	CAR
10	KAN
7	CLT
1	DOV
10	TEX
9	KEN
14	IOW
5	CHI
21	POC
9	MCH
12	BRI
10	ATL
14	IOW
31	KEN
7	LVS
20	TAL
24	MAR
19	TEX
22	PHO
10	HOM
9
DAY
4	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT
10	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW		BRI
14		IOW
19	CHI
15	LVS
18	TAL
20		TEX
5
	ELD
12	POC	MCH
	MSP
13
	MAR
32		PHO
13
	HOM
20
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Truck No. 8 results

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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	Owners	Pts	2012	Mike Skinner	8	Chevy	37th	150	Max Gresham	2013	18th	579
DAY
33	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI
	ATL
22	IOW	KEN
23	LVS	TAL	MAR
11	TEX
12	PHO	HOM
23
DAY
24	MAR
30	CAR
16	KAN
25	CLT
3	DOV
28	TEX
22	KEN
31	IOW
15	ELD
10	POC
13	MCH
18	BRI
15	MSP
24	IOW
13	CHI
19	LVS
10	TAL
8	MAR
11	TEX
18	PHO
15	HOM
22
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Truck No. 33 results

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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	Owners	Pts	2012	Cale Gale	33	Chevy	14th	634	2013	John King	59th	26
DAY
32	MAR
15	CAR
17	KAN
11	CLT
19	DOV
5	TEX
8	KEN
25	IOW
26	CHI
6	POC
14	MCH
20	BRI
28	ATL
15	IOW
5	KEN
19	LVS
7	TAL
10	MAR
35	TEX
15	PHO
7	HOM
1
DAY
18	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
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Truck No. 45 results

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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	Owners	Pts	2011	Mike Skinner	45	Toyota	62nd	20	Chad McCumbee	Tim George Jr.	Chevy
DAY
DNQ	PHO
24
	DAR
DNQ	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX
	HOM
DNQ
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References

References

1. "2007 Truck Series Team/Driver Chart". [[ESPN]].
2. Elkins, Ken. (September 23, 2013). "Sharp-Gallaher Racing to spend $3.1 million to move shop to Mooresville from Denver". [[Charlotte Business Journal]].

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