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Go Green Racing
Owner(s)Archie St. Hilaire
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race driversTBA. TBA
SponsorsTBA. TBA
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2009
Career
DebutSprint Cup Series:
2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington)
Xfinity Series:
2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis)
Latest raceSprint Cup Series:
2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Xfinity Series:
2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Races competedTotal: 122
Sprint Cup Series: 7
Xfinity Series: 115
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Sprint Cup Series: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 0
Sprint Cup Series: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Pole positionsTotal: 0
Sprint Cup Series: 0
Xfinity Series: 0

Go Green Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that is currently on hiatus in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team debuted in NASCAR competition in 2009, competing in the Nationwide Series, before adding a part-time Sprint Cup Series team in 2012. The team, which raced with 14 different drivers in the 2011 season,[1] is headquartered in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, but operates from a shop in Mooresville, North Carolina. In 2014, St. Hilaire closed down his Nationwide Series operation to merge the team into Go FAS Racing with Frank Stoddard. In 2018, the team returned to the Xfinity Series with driver Joey Gase, but parted ways with Gase at the end of the year.

Xfinity Series

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Car No. 35 history

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On January 5, 2018, Go Green Racing announced that they would be returning to the Xfinity Series full time with Joey Gase. The number was announced as No. 35, and Sparks Energy as the primary sponsor. Go Green fielded cars out of the same shop as SS-Green Light Racing, although the two organizations remained separate.[2] Gase ultimately finished 20th in the final point standings at season's end.

At the end of 2018, MBM Motorsports took over the No. 35 team with Gase still as the driver, and Go Green has been inactive ever since.[3]

Car No. 35 results

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Owners Pts
2018 Joey Gase 35 Chevy DAY
33 		ATL
26 		LVS
20 		PHO
24 		CAL
16 		TEX
20 		BRI
16 		RCH
22 		TAL
21 		DOV
20 		CLT
17 		POC
19 		MCH
39 		IOW
21 		CHI
22 		DAY
32 		KEN
33 		NHA
22 		IOW
17 		GLN
22 		MOH
24 		BRI
18 		ROA
19 		DAR
21 		IND
15 		LVS
15 		RCH
22 		CLT
23 		DOV
30 		KAN
15 		TEX
22 		PHO
22 		HOM
23 		21st 495

Car No. 79 history

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The No. 39 in 2011

Owned by Archie St. Hilaire, Go Green Racing was founded in 2009, making its debut in the Nationwide Series with the No. 39 Ford in the Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park with driver Eddie MacDonald, finishing 22nd.[4] The team ran three races in 2010 with Charles Lewandoski and Sean Caisse driving, before running the full Nationwide Series schedule for the first time in 2011 with Josh Wise, Lewandoski, Danny O'Quinn, Jr., Danny Efland, Luis Martinez, Jr., Will Kimmel, Matt Frahm, Joey Gase, Casey Roderick, Fain Skinner, and Matt Carter all sharing time in the No. 39 car.[4] The No. 39 posted a best finish of 13th, at Road America with Wise driving,[4] and finished 26th in owner standings at the end of the 2011 season.[1]

The No. 39 car started the 2012 season with Joey Gase as its regular driver, competing for Rookie of the Year in the Nationwide Series; however, a lack of funding meant that Gase was released from the ride after the fifth race of the year, with Bires and Frahm each running a race in the car before Josh Richards took over regular driving duties starting at Talladega Superspeedway.[4] Grand-Am driver Matt Bell drove the car at Road America, Jeffrey Earnhardt drove the No. 39 as a Chevrolet at Indy and Charlotte, while Tim Andrews, Carter and Canadian driver Dexter Stacey finished out the season. For 2013, Earnhardt was drive the newly numbered 79 car full-time. However, the team later scaled back to a partial schedule. Earnhardt would leave for JD Motorsports at season's end, and Hilaire subsequently shut down the Nationwide program upon the team's merger with FAS Lane in the Cup Series.

Car No. 39/79 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Owners Pts
2009 Eddie MacDonald 39 Ford DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM
22 		TEX PHO HOM
DNQ 		132nd 97
2010 Jason Bowles DAY CAL LVS BRI
DNQ 		NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR N/A N/A
Danny O'Quinn Jr. DOV
DNQ 		CLT NSH KEN ROA
Charles Lewandoski NHA
31 		DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH
Sean Caisse BRI
34 		CGV ATL RCH GTY
33 		TEX PHO HOM
DNQ
Alan Tardiff DOV
DNQ 		KAN CAL CLT
2011 Josh Wise DAY
31 		PHO
18 		LVS
34 		BRI
18 		TAL
31 		CHI
26 		ROA
13 		DAY
24 		26th 604
Charles Lewandoski CAL
25 		RCH
31
Danny O'Quinn Jr. TEX
27 		NSH
26
Danny Efland DAR
16 		DOV
23 		CLT
19 		MCH
33 		NSH
26
Luis Martinez Jr. IOW
31 		CGV
19 		RCH
25
Will Kimmel KEN
35
Matt Frahm NHA
26 		IRP
25 		PHO
43
Joey Gase IOW
20 		CHI
23 		KAN
29 		CLT
26 		TEX
29
Casey Roderick GLN
25
Fain Skinner BRI
30 		DOV
23 		HOM
42
Matt Carter ATL
17
2012 Joey Gase DAY
29 		PHO
25 		LVS
37 		BRI
36 		CAL
23 		IOW
32 		31st 544
Kelly Bires TEX
22
Matt Frahm RCH
32
Josh Richards TAL
30 		DAR
25 		IOW
34 		CLT
34 		DOV
22 		MCH
30 		ROA
31 		KEN
20 		DAY
16 		NHA
24 		CHI
20 		BRI
19 		KEN
21
Jeffrey Earnhardt IND
21 		CLT
27
Matt Bell GLN
36
Tim Andrews CGV
17 		DOV
29 		TEX
35
Matt Carter ATL
30
Dexter Stacey RCH
27 		CHI
24 		KAN
27 		PHO
30 		HOM
43
2013 Jeffrey Earnhardt 79 DAY
22 		PHO
20 		LVS
26 		BRI
32 		TEX
22 		TAL
16 		DOV
21 		MCH
31 		ROA
26 		DAY
33 		NHA
25 		MOH
18 		RCH
28 		KEN
25 		CLT
30 		PHO
20 		27th 600
Paulie Harraka CAL
35
Joey Gase RCH
30 		IOW
27
Kyle Fowler DAR
34 		CLT
26 		CHI
26 		IND
20 		IOW
28 		BRI
29 		ATL
26
Bryan Silas KEN
26 		GLN
23 		KAN
23 		TEX
29 		HOM
22
Maryeve Dufault CHI
31
T. J. Duke DOV
25

Car No. 04 history

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The No. 04 Ford made its debut as Go Green's second car at the 5-hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway in the spring of 2011. Primarily running as a start and park car, Lewandoski, Kelly Bires, Efland, O'Quinn, Benny Gordon, Tim Andrews, and Roderick competed in the car during the year;[4] The No. 04 car posted a best finish of 28th at Bristol Motor Speedway in August with Gordon driving, the only race the car completed all season,[4] and finished 49th in the series owner standings.[5]

For 2012, it was planned for Andrews to make semi-regular starts in the No. 04 car, sharing it with several other drivers;[6] However it never ended up attempting any races.

Car No. 04 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Owners Pts
2011 Charles Lewandoski 04 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV
42 		IOW 49th 73
Kelly Bires CLT
42 		CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN DOV
37
Danny Efland NHA
40
Danny O'Quinn Jr. NSH
42 		IRP
36 		IOW GLN CGV CHI
39 		KAN
DNQ
Benny Gordon BRI
28 		ATL
Fain Skinner RCH
DNQ
Tim Andrews CLT
38 		TEX
40 		PHO
42
Casey Roderick HOM
27

Sprint Cup Series

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Car No. 52 history

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Paulie Harraka drove the No. 52 Ford at 2013 Sonoma, using Brian Keselowski Motorsports' owners points to make the field. Harraka crashed his car before the start of the race but the team was able to make repairs and finished 39th.

Car No. 52 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts
2013 Paulie Harraka 52 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
39 		KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 46th 17

Car No. 79 history

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For the 2012 season, Go Green Racing added a part-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team to their racing efforts, with driver Tim Andrews being hired to drive and his father Paul Andrews acting as crew chief; they were the first father and son driver and crew chief combination in the series since 1987.[1] The team planned to attempt 10 to 12 races over the course of the season.[1] Andrews failed to qualify in the team's first effort at the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway; veteran Scott Speed was hired to drive the No. 79 Ford, qualifying for the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway for the team's first race, where he finished 42nd; at Dover later that spring, he qualified for the team's second straight race, only to be caught up in an early wreck and finish 43rd.[7]

Car No. 79 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts
2012 Tim Andrews 79 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN
DNQ 		RCH TAL 52nd 14
Scott Speed DAR
42 		CLT DOV
43 		POC MCH SON KEN DAY
Kelly Bires NHA
42 		BRI
DNQ 		ATL RCH CHI NHA
43 		DOV
DNQ 		TAL CLT KAN
38 		MAR TEX
DNQ 		PHO
Mike Skinner IND
42 		POC GLN MCH
Reed Sorenson HOM
DNQ

Car No. 32 history

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Main article: Go Fas Racing

In late 2013, Go Green and FAS Lane Racing announced that they were entering into an alliance to jointly field the No. 32 in the Sprint Cup Series in 2014.[8]

K&N Pro Series East

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Go Green Racing has also operated a racing team in the development series K&N Pro Series East; in 2012 they announced plans to have a "Young Guns" competition to select a Maine driver to drive the team's car at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September,[9] the selected driver was Austin Theriault. The team also regularly enters cars in the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, considered by racers to be the premier auto race held in the state of Maine; Jeffrey Earnhardt and Kevin Lepage have driven for the team in the event.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Mahoney, Larry (January 27, 2012). "Old Orchard Beach's St. Hilaire fielding NASCAR Sprint Cup team". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  2. ^ Albino, Dustin (2018-04-18). "Eyes on XFINITY: Joey Gase Enjoying Career-Best Start With Go Green Racing". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. ^ DeGroot, Nick (January 16, 2019). "Joey Gase joins MBM Motorsports for Xfinity season, Daytona 500". Motorsport.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Archie St. Hilaire (owner) - NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  5. ^ "2011 Owner Standings". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  6. ^ "Update: Gase to run full-time on Nationwide Series for Go Green Racing". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. January 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  7. ^ "Archie St. Hilaire (owner) - NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  8. ^ Estrada, Chris (December 26, 2013). "Terry Labonte to drive in Daytona 500 for FAS Lane/Go Green joint venture - Motorsports Talk". NBC Sports Motorsports Talk. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  9. ^ Mahoney, Larry (January 4, 2012). "Young Guns competition to put Maine youngster in car at Loudon speedway". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  10. ^ "Earnhardt grandson to race in TD Bank 250". Maine Sunday Telegram. Portland, ME. July 9, 2010. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
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