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TOM DELOACH - 08-11-1947
RED HORSE RACING - an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team is based in Mooresville, North Carolina. It was co-owned by former Mobil 1 marketing executive Tom DeLoach and Fox NASCAR broadcaster Jeff Hammond. Red Horse Racing debuted in 2004 as Clean Line Motorsports. It was owned by Daniel Whitt and fielded the #38 Ford for his son Brandon. The team debuted at Mesa Marin Speedway finishing 19th. Clean Line was purchased by retired Mobil Oil executive Tom DeLoach, and championship crew chief/sports commentator Jeff Hammond before the 2005 season and was renamed Red Horse Racing. Whitt grabbed the team's first win at Memphis from the pole. For the 2006 season, David Starr, former driver of the #75 Spears Chevy Silverado, drove the team's Toyotas, which switched from #38 to #11. Starr then won the fourth race of the season at Martinsville and finished fourth in the standings. Despite their success, the team was forced to release Starr at the end of the year due to a lack of sponsorship. He was replaced by Aaron Fike in 2007, and the team switched numbers again, to #1. After Fike was arrested in Ohio for use, Xfinity

depart the team, taking new sponsor Zachry Holdings with him to HT Motorsports. The No. 11 truck debuted in 2009 as the No. 1 truck with defending champion Johnny Benson at the wheel (picture at right). It should be noted that the number style was used as a tie-in to DeLoach's connection to Mobil 1. Mobil 1 has always had a black box with the #1 inside it; so Red House Racing used that same style for all their truck numbers.. On June 8, 2009, the team announced that the #1 truck would be shut down due to a lack of sponsorship, leaving Benson without a ride to defend the title he won in 2008. It would run one race

champion Justin Lofton who competed for Rookie of the Year honors. Lofton would finish second to Austin Dillon in ROTY points, but was released at season's end. He was replaced by Brazil native Miguel Paludo, who brought sponsorship from Stemco Duroline for the #7 race machine. Paludo managed a few top tens but was outpaced mostly by Peters. Paludo left after 2011 to join Turner Motorsports. Peters returned to the #17 team for 2011 but had Butch Hylton as crew chief. The team won at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and finished fifth in points. For 2012, Peters stayed in the top 5 in points for the whole season scoring wins at Iowa and leading flag-

Klingerman would score his first career win at Talladega and finished 5th in points. Klingerman moved up to the Nationwide Series with Kyle Busch Motorsports, and would be replaced by John Wes Townley for 2013. Also in 2012 the #77 would be revived with Todd Bodine as the driver. Though the deal was originally intended for Daytona, the team ran the full season with limited sponsorship, with Bodine returning to victory lane at Dover. At the end of the season, Bodine was unable to come up with the sponsorship to return, and left the team. In 2013, Peters had a rough season in the #17, finishing 10th in points only winning at Iowa. For 2013, 3-time NASCAR Toyota Series champion Germán Quiroga would replace Bodine in the renumbered 77 truck, with Net10 Wireless

moved to the Wauters Motorsports #5 Zaxby's Toyota Tundra for 2014, Brian Ickler took over the seat of the #7 truck with Bullet Liner as the primary sponsor. However, on May 20, the team announced the #7 will be suspended due to lack of funding, and to increase focus on Quiroga and Peters' teams. Quiroga scored three top fives and 10 top tens en route to a 6th-place points finish. Quiroga didn't return with Red Horse Racing in 2015, and moving the #77 points to the #11 points. Peters claimed one win in 2014 and was able to finish fifth in the points. In 2015 Ben Kennedy was brought on board to drive the #11 posting three third place finishes as Quiroga departed the team. Peters found victory lane twice and once again finish seventh in the points standings. The #17 was the only

after his return. Plans were set for 2017 for Peters to again drive the #17 while Brett Moffit would wheel the #11 as Tift moved up to race in the Xfinity series. The team was noticeably known for often having no sponsors on their trucks despite fielding multiple full-time entries for many seasons. This situation could only last so long as on May 22, 2017, DeLoach announced that the team would shut down effectively immediately due to a lack of funding. DeLoach fielded trucks for a variety of drivers over a span of 13 years (532 races). During that time they posted 16 wins and saw Timothy Peters finish second in the points in 2012. 10 of the wins also can with Peters at the keyboard. Brett Moffitt, Todd Bodine, Parker Klingerman, Brandon Whitt, David Starr and JohnKing all posted one win each. Peters and King both won the season opening race at Daytona.