Brewco History

Founding

Central City, Kentucky businessman Clarence Brewer Jr. began the construction of his racing enterprise, Brewco Motorsports, in 1994 with one racecar and a small shop.  This year, Brewer begins his tenth season as a car owner in the NASCAR Busch Series.  Let’s take a look at the highlights of Brewco Motorsports in the Busch Series:

1995 - Brewco Motorsports fielded its first entry in a NASCAR Busch Series race at Indianapolis Raceway Park.  Mark Green started 28^th and finished 18^th as Brewer’s racing vision became a reality.

1996 - Swedish Match North America, through its Timber Wolf Brand of moist snuff, joined forces with Brewco Motorsports for ten races.

1997 - Mark Green drove the #37 Timber Wolf Chevrolet in 30 Races, earning the team’s first top-five finish with a 5^th-place finish at Charlotte on October 4^th.  Another Swedish Match product, Red Man chewing tobacco, was the primary sponsor of a Craftsman Truck Series entry from Brewco Motorsports in a limited schedule.

1998 - Both the Timber Wolf Busch Series and Red Man Truck Series teams competed full-time on their  respective tours.

1999 - Brewco Motorsports grew to three teams with the truck team converted to a full-time Busch team and a third Busch team added with Castrol GTX sponsorship.  Casey Atwood scored the first win and pole award for Brewco Motorsports at Milwaukee in July and finished the season with two wins and two poles.

2000 - Brewco fielded two Busch teams with Casey Atwood finishing eighth and Kevin Grubb finishing 13^th in the overall point standings.

2001 - Brewco went through a “season of change” as Atwood moved to Winston Cup and Jamie McMurray and Williams TravelCenters joined Brewco to team with Kevin Grubb and Timber Wolf.  Together, they scored three top-five finishes and ten top-ten finishes.

2002 - Jeff Purvis joined Brewco Motorsports to drive the Timber Wolf car and team with McMurray.  On April 6^th, Purvis gave the #37 Timber Wolf team their first Busch Series victory at the Texas Motor Speedway.  Kevin Lepage, substituting for Purvis after the Tennessee driver was injured in an accident at Nazareth in May, scored the first career Bud Pole awards for Timber Wolf Racing at Michigan and Dover.  Jamie McMurray scored wins at Atlanta and Rockingham and finished a Brewco career-best sixth in the overall standings.

2003 - David Green joined Brewco Motorsports to drive the #37 Timber Wolf Racing Pontiac.  En route to a 2^nd place finish in final points, Green recorded three wins, 11 top-fives, 21 top-tens, and two poles.  The Jason Ratcliff led Timber Wolf Racing Team won the 2003 PowerAde Pit Crew Championship, while Green took home Bud Pole honors.

2004 – David Green returns to drive the No. 37 Timber Wolf Chevrolet.  Johnny Sauter joins Kleenex in a new partnership with Brewco Motorsports.  Both teams are considered favorites to win the 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Championship, yet fall short at the end. Green makes Brewco Motorsports history by driving in BMI's first ever Nextel Cup race (Richmond).

2005 – In their 10th year of NASCAR Busch Series competition, Brewco Motorsports had a banner year of competition, with two wins, 19 top-five and 28 top-10 finishes between the No. 27 Kleenex Ford Taurus and No. 66 Duraflame Ford. Cup veteran Greg Biffle and newcomer Aaron Fike shared time in the No. 66 Ford, while David Green drove the No. 27 Ford.

2006 – Brewco began the year with David Green in the No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion, then put Casey Atwood in the car for the final ten races of the season. The No. 66 Yard-Man/Cub Cadet Ford featured several drivers including Greg Biffle, Scott Wimmer, Ken Schrader, and Bobby Labonte.

2007 – Brewco looks to return to its winning ways with veteran drivers Ward Burton in the No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion and Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray in the No. 37 Yard-Man/Cub Cadet Ford Fusion.

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Brewco Motorsports Career NASCAR Busch Series Statistics

1995-2006

	Races	Wins	Poles	Top-5s	Top-10s	Winnings
BMI Totals	539	10	10	66	155	$14,174,148

Brewco Motorsports Career
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Statistics

2004

	Races	Wins	Poles	Top-5s	Top-10s	Winnings
BMI Totals	1	0	0	0	0	$56,565

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