Buckshot Racing Explained

Buckshot Racing
Owners:Billy Jones
Series:Winston Cup, Busch Series
Drivers Champ:0
Wins:4
Numbers:00
Drivers:Buckshot Jones, Todd Bodine
Sponsors:Aquafresh, Cheez-It
Manufacturer:Chevrolet, Ford, Pontiac
Base:Spartanburg, South Carolina
Opened:1995
Closed:2002

Buckshot Racing is a former NASCAR team owned by Billy Jones and competed in the Winston Cup and Busch Series. The team compiled a total of four wins throughout its history.

The team debuted in 1995 with Jones' son Buckshot driving. Jones made his debut at The Milwaukee Mile with Longhorn Steakhouse sponsorship. Jones ran a total of nine races that season, finishing ninth at South Boston Speedway. The following season, they ran a total of eighteen races with Aquafresh sponsoring. Jones won his first career race at Milwaukee and a pole at North Carolina Speedway, finishing 25th in the final points. He failed to win another race in 1997, but he finished a career-best seventh in points, and made his Winston Cup debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The team qualified 32nd but finished last due to a wreck by Jones early in the race.

In 1998, Bayer/Alka-Seltzer became the team's new primary sponsor, and Jones picked up his second career win at the Gumout Long Life Formula 200, but dropped to ninth in points. Buckshot Racing also ran five Cup races under a partnership with Stavola Brothers Racing, and had an eighth-place finish at Dover International Speedway. Jones moved up to Winston Cup full-time in 1999, racing the 00 but without major sponsorship. Larry Pearson replaced him in the team's Busch Series operation, with Cheez-It sponsorship. Jones struggled running the Cup series, and after several DNQs, he left Cup to replace Pearson in the Busch car, who had only one top-ten finish. Jones had two tenth-place finishes out of nineteen starts. In 2000, Jones won his final pole at Michigan International Speedway and improved to 21st in the standings.

Jones returned to Cup for Petty Enterprises in 2001, and Todd Bodine was hired as the team's new driver. Despite driving without major sponsorship and switching to Chevrolet, Bodine won two of the first three races of the season. When sponsorship forced the team to cut back to a part-time schedule, Buckshot and Tim Fedewa returned to drive a limited races with Georgia Pacific funding, posting four top-ten finishes between them. Jason Schuler also drove the No. 04 for a pair of races, his best finishes of 36th. The lack of funding caused Buckshot to sell the team in 2002.

Winston Cup

Car No. 00 results

YearDriverNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334Pts
1997Buckshot Jones00PontiacDAYCARRCHATLDARTEXBRIMARSONTALCLTDOVPOCMCHCALDAYNHAPOCINDGLNMCHBRIDARRCHNHADOVMARCLTTALCARPHOATL
43
64th34
1998DAYCARLVSATLDARBRITEXMARTALCALCLTDOVRCHMCHPOC
SONNHAPOCINDGLNMCHBRINHADARRCHDOVMARCLTTALDAYPHOCARATL47th406
1999DAY
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
TEX
BRI
MAR
TAL
CAL
RCH
CLT
DOV
MCH
POCSONDAY
NHAPOCIND
GLNMCHBRIDARRCHNHADOVMARCLTTALCARPHOHOMATL
47th779
2000DAYCARLVSATLDARBRITEXMARTALCALRCHCLTDOVMCHPOCSONDAYNHAPOCINDGLNMCHBRIDARRCHNHADOVMARCLTTALCARPHOHOMATL
59th52

Busch Series

Car No. 00 results

YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233Pts
1995Buckshot Jones00FordDAYCARRCH
ATLNSVDARBRIHCYNHANZHCLTDOVMYB
GLNMLW
TALSBO
IRP
MCH
BRI
RCH
DOV
CLT
CARHOM
ChevyDAR
1996FordDAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
NSV
DAR
BRI
HCY
NZH
CLT
DOV
SBO
MYB
GLN
MLW
NHA
TAL
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CLT
HOM
PontiacCAR
1997DAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
LVS
DAR
HCY
TEX
BRI
NSV
TAL
NHA
NZH
CLT
DOV
SBO
GLN
MLW
MYB
GTY
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CAL
CAR
HOM
7th3487
FordCLT
1998PontiacDAY
CAR
LVS
NSV
DAR
BRI
28*
TEX
HCY
TAL
NHA
NZH
CLT
DOV
RCH
PPR
GLN
MLW
MYB
CAL
SBO
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CLT
GTY
CAR
ATL
HOM
11th3453
1999Larry PearsonDAY
25
CAR
13
LVS
DNQ
ATL
20
DAR
23
TEX
30
BRI
30
TAL
7
CAL
27
RCH
25
NZH
30
CLT
DNQ
SBO
25
16th2935
Buckshot JonesNSV
NHA
DOV
GLN
MLW
MYB
PPR
GTY
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CLT
CAR
MEM
PHO
HOM
2000DAY
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
NSV
TAL
MYB
GLN
22nd2952
ChevyCAL
RCH
NHA
CLT
DOV
SBO
MLW
NZH
PPR
GTY
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CLT
CAR
MEM
PHO
HOM
2001Todd BodinePontiacDAY
38
TAL
4
26th2804
CAR
1*
LVS
1*
ATL
5
DAR
34
BRI
19
TEX
35
NSH
10
CAL
17
RCH
35
NHANZHCLT
4
Buckshot JonesDOV
CHI
KAN
CLT
MEMPHOCAR
HOM
Tim FedewaKEN
36
MLW
31
GTY
40
PPR
10
IRP
7
MCH
9
BRI
41
DARRCHDOV
Tom HubertPontiacGLN
28

Car No. 04 results

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