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JAY ROBINSON - 11-07-1959 –
formerly called ay Robinson Racing (JRR), is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, and the Truck Series. The team competed for most of its history in the Xfinity Series, before moving to the Cup Series in 2014. The team folded in late 2012 and Robinson moved into a partner role at NEMCO Motorsports (renamed NEMCO-JRR Motorsports), and later was a partner in the successor team Identity Ventures Racing. Mike Hillman's 40 team was absorbed by Premium in January 2016. Premium Motorsports started racing in the Xfinity series in 2000. But didn't field a team with a single full time driver until Derrike Cope drove for them in 2004. Before that time a long list of drivers wheeled their cars with only Andy Kirby able to get a top ten finish (a sixth at Talladega in 2002). In 2005 Premium Motorsports added a second car to the team with Steve Grissom driving while retaining Cope in the other car. well; at least part of the year. After a year and a half of driving for the team with only two finishes inside the top 20; Premium fired Cope and spent the remainder of the year using various drivers. It wasn't until 2008 that Premium was able to garner their first top ten finish and it came when Kenny Wallace drove to a third place finish at Memphis. Wallace

drove the car in 2008 - 2010, He posted two other top ten finishes; both in 2009. Seventh at Iowa and tenth at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The Xfinity team ceased operations at the end of the 2013 season and started racing in the Cup series in 2014. They followed the model they had used when they started their Xfinity team with a variety of drivers taking control of the car their first year. Six different drivers drove that season with Joe Nemechek driving the most races (14). The best finish was posted by Michael Waltrip when he finished 19th at Daytona. The team only qualified for 17 of the 36 races in 2015. Brendan Gaughan finished 28th on two occasions to provide the teams best results of the season. 2016 saw the team expand to two teams even all through it's existence Premium Motorsports has had problems

attracting sponsors and was greatly underfunded. The creation of the Charter system in NASCAR in 2016 guarantees teams a certain amount of money guaranteed and helps teams determine and budget their fiances in a more predictable way. Reed Sorenson and Cole Whitt were tabbed to drive in 2015 with a fill-in driver here and there. Whitt finished 18th at Talladega while Michael Waltrip finished 12th. In the July race at Daytona finished 11th giving the owners the best finish to date. In 2017 Premium Motorsports fielding two cars most of the season; Reed Sorenson made the most starts (28) and had a best finish of 25th (twice - they came at each of the two Kansas races). Derrick Cope drove the teams second car the most times (13). Cope would have a best finish of 31st; coming at Bristol. Ross Chastain would give the organization their best finish of the year placing 20th at Dover, Meanwhile in the Truck Series Wendell Chavous

would run 21 of the 23 races with a best finish of 14th at Las Vegas. Premium Motor sports would run two cars full time in the Cup series in 2018. Ross Chastain drove 34 races driving the #15. Running with the underfunded team, he wasn't able to get a single top ten finish. Reed Sorenson drove the most starts in the second car having 13 starts. Nine other drivers shared 15 additional starts in the #7 car. Not a single top ten finish for any driver was able to be produced. Robinson did provide the car for Danica Patrick's final Cup start. She ran well but got caught up in "the big one" at about half way. She finished 35th. Surprisingly Jeffery Earnhardt would produce the teams best result by finishing eleventh in the July race at Daytona. Premium Motorsports also raced two Truck series teams in 2018. They were driven by a variety of drivers. Wendell Chavous had the most starts with 19. He also posted the teams best finish with a fifth at Talladega. Ross Chastain posted the teams only other top ten with a

seventh at Las Vegas. No word on who the drivers for 2019 would be. At the end of 2018 Premium Motorsports announced it would shut down it's Truck series teams so it could concentrate exclusively on it's Cup Series cars. For 2019 Ross Chastain was hired to wheel the #15 full time while a variety of drivers drove the #27 car. Chastain kicked off the season with a tenth place finish in the Daytona 500. Being a low budget team it was hard to expect much out of the team; and they usually beat the teams they were 'supposed' to beat. Ie; teams low budget like them; having limited equipment and resources. Chastain usually managed to bring home the car in the

mid-20's finishing positions. The tenth place finish at Daytona was the only Top 10 they had for the year; but Chastain did post a 12th place finish at Talladega. That would be the only two results inside the Top 20. Much like the season before several drivers drove the second team car with Reed Sorenson making the most starts (14). He was able to have a season best finish of 18th at Talladega. Quin Houff; Joe Nemechek; Ryan Sieg and Garrett Smithley all also drove the car. Premium Motor Sports was all but out of racing in 2020. They fielded two cars in the Daytona 500. Reed Sorenson finished 31st while Brennan Poole finished 16th. The team would run the next three races and shut down for the season. In May Premium Motorsport was acquired by Rick Ware Racing and Jay Robinson shut his team down for good.