AM Racing

AM Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fielding the No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for Austin Wayne Self, and the No. 32 Chevrolet SS part-time for Howie DiSavino III.

AM Racing
Owner(s)Tim Self
Kevin Cywinski
BaseStatesville, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Camping World Truck Series
ARCA Menards Series
Race driversTruck Series:
22. Austin Wayne Self
ARCA Menards Series:
32. Howie DiSavino III
SponsorsTruck Series:
22. AM Technical Solutions, TBA
ARCA Menards Series:
32. Front Runner Boats, Bud’s Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Electric
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2016
Career
Debut2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Latest race2020 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Races competed76
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0
Pole positions0

AM Racing merged into Niece Motorsports for the 2018 season, but split back up from them in 2019 and fielded its own entries again. In 2020, the team moved to the former Front Row Motorsports race shop in Statesville, North Carolina, which they shared with Jordan Anderson Racing and Win-Tron Racing, although the three teams did not merge and remained separate organizations.[1] However, on January 14, 2021, it was announced that AM and Win-Tron would be merging for 2021.[2]

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 22 history
Austin Wayne Self in the No. 22 in 2018

In December 2015, it was announced that AM Racing would enter one truck in the Camping World Truck Series field, the No. 22 Toyota Tundra full-time for Austin Wayne Self.[3] The team's first race was the season opener at Daytona, where Self qualified the truck 19th and finished in that same position, one lap down. In the second race at Atlanta, Self qualified twentieth and finished sixteenth. Self failed to qualify for the third race at Martinsville, but raced with the No. 44 after Tommy Joe Martins crashed his only truck in qualifying and had no backup.[4] Self had variable runs throughout the first half of the season until he broke through for his first top ten, a ninth at the Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby.[5]

The team's operations were taken over by Win-Tron Racing after twelve races. The Self family retained an ownership stake in the team.[6]

After the merger with Win-Tron, performance remained nearly the same, with Austin Wayne Self turning in runs from the teens to twenties. At Martinsville, the team replaced Self with Justin Fontaine, who would be making his Truck debut. [7] Fontaine qualified on owner points in 29th and moved up three places during the race to finish 26th. Self then took over the truck for the Striping Technology 350, finishing 22nd. For the Phoenix race, Self was again swapped out, this time for the son of NASCAR on NBC broadcaster Marty Snider, Myatt Snider. Snider qualified 19th and finished 17th. Self closed out the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing 25th.[8] The No. 22 truck finished 22nd in owner points in its debut season.[9]

For the 2017 season, AM Racing announced a partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing for engine power.[10] On February 10, 2017, it was announced that J. J. Yeley would drive the No. 22 Legrand Tundra at the season opener at Daytona, while Self would drive the No. 32 truck. The team would run five races in total during the year under the AM Racing banner, the other four with Self behind the wheel. AM partnered with Niece Motorsports and Martins Motorsports to run Self in most of the remaining races.

In October 2017, it was announced that Self would move to Niece Motorsports for the 2018 season.[11]

AM Racing reopened in 2019, with Self in the No. 22 for another full season. However, Self was suspended in April of that year due to violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and Bubba Wallace filled in for 2 races (at Martinsville and Texas in March) before Self was reinstated.[12]

Truck No. 32 history

Austin Wayne Self piloted a second entry for the team, the No. 32, at the 2017 season-opener at Daytona. He finished a career-best second after avoiding the big one on the last lap.

Truck No. 66 history

Using Bolen Motorsports' owner points, Justin Fontaine drove the No. 66 truck in one race in 2017.

ARCA Menards Series

Car No. 32 history
For the history of this team prior to 2021, see Win-Tron Racing.

Following Win-Tron Racing's merger into AM Racing for the 2021 season. Howie DiSavino III, who drove the car part-time in 2019 and 2020, continued to do so in 2021. He made his first start at Daytona that year.[2]

References
  1. "Jordan Anderson Racing, AM Racing to share race shop". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  2. Knight, Chris (January 14, 2021). "Howie DiSavino III set to embrace ARCA superspeedway debut". AM Racing. ChrisOwens62. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  3. McCubbin, Ashley. "AM Racing, Austin Wayne Self Join Truck Series Field". Popular Speed. Popular Speed. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  4. "Austin Wayne Self 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  5. "2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  6. "Win-Tron Racing, AM Racing Announce New Partnership – POPULAR SPEED". www.popularspeed.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  7. "Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - NASCAR News Archives". www.jayski.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  8. "Tim Self's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  9. "Owner Points Following Race # 23 Homestead-Miami Speedway 21st Annual Ford EcoBoost 200" (PDF). Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. ESPN. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  10. Wilson, Steven B. "AM Racing to utilize Joe Gibbs Racing engines in 2017". Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  11. "Austin Wayne Self to join Niece Motorsports in 2018". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  12. "Self issued Substance Abuse Policy penalty". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  • AM Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference
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