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This article is about the former NASCAR team. For the former Australian Touring Car team, see Pinnacle Motorsport. For the current Irish licensed-Asian based single seater team, see Pinnacle Motorsport (auto racing team).
FILMAR Racing/Davis & Weight Motorsports
Owner(s)Fil Martocci, Gil Martin, Jerry Davis, Anthony Weight
BaseNorth Carolina
SeriesWinston Cup, Busch Series
Race driversDavid Green, Jeff Burton
SponsorsSquare D
ManufacturerFord, Oldsmobile
Opened1989
Closed2003
Career
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories9

FILMAR Racing is a former NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series team. It was owned by Fil Martocci and crew chief Gil Martin. The team was sold in 1999 to the Pinnacle Motorsports Group and then to Davis & Weight Motorsports.

Beginnings

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FILMAR began racing in 1989 when they fielded the No. 8 Oldsmobile driven by Bobby Hamilton in the Busch series, winning in September at Richmond. Originally unsponsored, they picked up sponsorship from TIC Financial Industries in June 1990, starting at Orange County Speedway. Hamilton had seven top-fives and finished eleventh in points, but departed for the Winston Cup series and was replaced by David Green. Despite missing a pair of races early in the season, Green won the pole for the season-opening Goody's 300 and won at Lanier Raceway. He finished thirteenth in points and finished runner-up to Jeff Gordon for Rookie of the Year honors. At the end of the season, Green was replaced by Jeff Burton. Burton had four top-fives, including a win at New Hampshire International Speedway, and finished ninth in points.

In 1993, Baby Ruth became the team's sponsor as they switched to Ford, and despite winning at Myrtle Beach Speedway, Burton and the team dropped to fourteenth in points. The team also made its Cup debut that year with Burton at New Hampshire, starting 6th but finishing 37th after their No. 0 Ford wrecked in a lap 3 incident.

Kenny Wallace years

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The 81 car from 1996-1997.

After Burton left to run for Stavola Brothers Racing's Cup program, Kenny Wallace was hired as the team's new driver for 1994. Wallace won a pole at Nazareth Speedway and won at Bristol, Martinsville, and Richmond late in the year and finished fourth in points. They also ran a Cup race at Michigan, finishing nineteenth in the No. 81 car.

In 1995, FILMAR and Wallace split time between the Cup and Busch Series. In Cup, the team ran 11 races, finishing in the top-30 three times. In Busch, the team ran fifteen races with sponsorship from Red Dog and won at Richmond and finished 27th in points. In addition to winning again at Richmond in 1996, the team moved up to the Cup series full-time with sponsorship from Square D. Wallace had a seventh-place finish at North Carolina Speedway and finished 28th in points. The following season, FILMAR ran its last Busch race at Richmond as the No. 12 Graybar Ford, starting 27th and finishing 26th. That year, Wallace won his first two career poles in Cup at Martinsville and Bristol. Despite two top-tens, Wallace and the team dropped to 33rd in the standings.

In 1998, Wallace posted seven top-tens but failed to qualify twice, finishing 31st in points.

Davis & Weight

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Towards the end of 1998, Wallace announced he and Square D would be departing FILMAR and join Andy Petree Racing. After rumors spread that Todd Bodine or Willy T. Ribbs would be the team's new driver for 1999,[1] Marcotti sold the team to an organization called the Pinnacle Motorsports Group. The team planned to run that year's Daytona 500 with Morgan Shepherd driving, but failed to qualify. The group was sold again to Davis & Weight Motorsports late in the season. The team made its Busch debut at the Food City 250 with Brandon Sperling driving the No. 55 Pontiac Grand Prix with sponsorship from the University of Florida. He started and finished 27th. Michael Ritch ran a pair of races for D&W that year, at Rockingham and Memphis Motorsports Park, his best finish a 35th.

D&W hired Ritch to compete full-time in the Busch Series in 2000 competing for Rookie of the Year honors. In addition, they announced they would run the No. 81 in Cup in five races that season to move up full-time in 2001. Ritch made 21 starts that season and had five top-twenty finishes in the UoF/Kleenex Ford Taurus, and finished 33rd in points, but the team did not attempt any Cup races. In 2001, Mark Green took over, and had a best finish of sixteenth at Darlington Raceway when the team announced it was closing its Busch program to focus on Cup. After announcing they would attempt the Brickyard 400, the team laid off all of its employees and did not attempt a race again.

Motorsports results

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Winston Cup

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Car No. 81 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
1993 Jeff Burton 0 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA
37 		POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 52
1994 Kenny Wallace 81 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH
19 		DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 106
1995 DAY
DNQ 		CAR
20 		RCH
DNQ 		ATL
DNQ 		DAR
DNQ 		BRI NWS
DNQ 		MAR
21 		TAL
36 		SON CLT
31 		DOV
18 		POC MCH
36 		DAY
DNQ 		NHA POC
37 		TAL IND
36 		GLN MCH
24 		BRI
DNQ 		DAR RCH
20 		DOV MAR
DNQ 		NWS CLT
DNQ 		CAR PHO
26 		ATL 878
1996 DAY
21 		CAR
7 		RCH
15 		ATL
37 		DAR
17 		BRI
34 		NWS
18 		MAR
14 		TAL
14 		SON
27 		CLT
32 		DOV
20 		POC
37 		MCH
33 		DAY
38 		NHA
19 		POC
36 		TAL
20 		IND
33 		GLN
31 		MCH
37 		BRI
15 		DAR
13 		RCH
38 		DOV
20 		MAR
10 		NWS
15 		CLT
30 		CAR
19 		PHO
37 		ATL
DNQ 		28th 2694
1997 DAY
22 		CAR
41 		RCH
40 		ATL
29 		DAR
14 		TEX
13 		BRI
41 		MAR
6 		SON
36 		TAL
26 		CLT
39 		DOV
27 		POC
34 		MCH
43 		CAL
DNQ 		DAY
11 		NHA
19 		POC
34 		IND
30 		GLN
27 		MCH
32 		BRI
39 		DAR
24 		RCH
24 		NHA
27 		DOV
38 		MAR
6 		CLT
28 		TAL
15 		CAR
37 		PHO
35 		ATL
30 		33rd 2496
1998 DAY
DNQ 		CAR
38 		LVS
42 		ATL
7 		DAR
9 		BRI
42 		TEX
34 		MAR
22 		TAL
7 		CAL
19 		CLT
25 		DOV
40 		RCH
23 		MCH
39 		POC
39 		SON
22 		NHA
10 		POC
35 		IND
43 		GLN
26 		MCH
DNQ 		BRI
42 		NHA
6 		DAR
10 		RCH
11 		DOV
43 		MAR
43 		CLT
16 		TAL
40 		DAY
35 		PHO
8 		CAR
16 		ATL
34 		32nd 2656
1999 Morgan Shepherd DAY
DNQ 		CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL 79th 1

Busch Series

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Car No. 8 results (FILMAR era)

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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 Owners Pts
1989 Bobby Hamilton 8 Buick DAY
19 		CAR MAR
28 		HCY
23 		DAR
24 		BRI
24 		NZH
20 		SBO
14 		LAN
24 		NSV
2 		CLT
21 		DOV
29 		ROU
19 		LVL
20 		VOL
16 		MYB
3 		SBO
16 		HCY
24 		DUB
6 		IRP
17 		ROU
23 		DAR
27
Olds BRI
24 		RCH
1 		DOV
24 		MAR
22 		CLT
17 		CAR
3 		MAR
8
1990 DAY
11 		RCH
9 		CAR
35 		MAR
5 		HCY
26 		DAR
12 		BRI
11 		LAN
4 		SBO
7 		NZH
8 		HCY
6 		CLT
36 		DOV
25 		ROU
4 		VOL
3 		MYB
23 		OXF
27 		NHA
38 		SBO
3 		DUB
20 		IRP
29 		ROU
6 		BRI
7 		DAR
21 		RCH
14 		DOV
5 		MAR
24 		CLT
5 		NHA
42 		CAR
34 		MAR
8
1991 David Green DAY
30 		RCH
DNQ 		CAR
13 		MAR
DNQ 		VOL
5 		HCY
DNQ 		DAR
23 		BRI
2 		LAN
1* 		SBO
17 		NZH
4 		CLT
37 		DOV
14 		ROU
3 		HCY
14 		MYB
9 		GLN
10 		OXF
17 		NHA
8 		SBO
12 		DUB
4 		IRP
23 		ROU
12 		BRI
13 		DAR
30 		RCH
26 		DOV
11 		CLT
27 		NHA
29 		CAR
22 		MAR
25
1992 Jeff Burton DAY
20 		CAR
19 		RCH
31 		ATL
26 		MAR
23 		DAR
15 		BRI
14 		HCY
14 		LAN
7 		DUB
26 		NZH
27 		CLT
14 		DOV
2 		ROU
10 		MYB
22 		GLN
9 		VOL
22 		NHA
1 		TAL
20 		IRP
11 		ROU
5 		MCH
34 		NHA
8 		BRI
3 		DAR
17 		RCH
6 		CLT
34 		MAR
6 		CAR
23 		HCY
18
Ford DOV
18
1993 DAY
6 		CAR
31 		RCH
3 		DAR
39 		BRI
7 		HCY
20 		ROU
8 		MAR
7 		NZH
28 		CLT
9 		DOV
3 		MYB
1* 		GLN
33 		MLW
6* 		TAL
21 		IRP
8 		MCH
27 		NHA
24 		BRI
33 		DAR
24 		RCH
35 		DOV
11 		ROU
26 		CLT
18 		MAR
22 		CAR
22 		HCY
23 		ATL
39
1994 Kenny Wallace DAY
8 		CAR
23 		RCH
2 		ATL
21 		MAR
3 		DAR
4 		HCY
27 		BRI
20 		ROU
3* 		NHA
4 		NZH
8 		CLT
43 		DOV
38 		MYB
2 		GLN
25 		MLW
5 		SBO
23* 		TAL
24 		HCY
2 		IRP
8 		MCH
34 		BRI
1* 		DAR
21 		RCH
1* 		DOV
18 		CLT
15 		MAR
1 		CAR
6
1995 DAY
4 		CAR RCH
1* 		ATL
18 		NSV
4 		DAR BRI
4 		HCY NHA NZH CLT
40 		DOV MYB GLN MLW
11 		TAL
3 		SBO IRP MCH
26 		BRI
30 		DAR
14 		RCH
8 		DOV CLT
10 		CAR
42 		HOM
16*
1996 DAY
DNQ 		CAR RCH ATL NSV
28* 		DAR BRI
3 		HCY NZH CLT
DNQ 		DOV
13 		SBO MYB GLN
9 		MLW
4 		NHA
30 		TAL
37 		IRP MCH
22 		BRI DAR RCH
1* 		DOV CLT CAR HOM
14
1997 12 DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY
DNQ 		IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
26 		DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 76th 119

Car No. 55 results (Davis & Weight era)

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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 Owners Pts
1999 Brandon Sperling 55 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI
27 		81st 149
Ed Berrier DAR
DNQ
Michael Ritch RCH
DNQ 		DOV
DNQ 		CLT CAR
35 		MEM
37 		PHO HOM
2000 Ford DAY
DNQ 		CAR
16 		LVS
39 		ATL
DNQ 		DAR
39 		BRI
DNQ 		TEX
DNQ 		NSV
39 		TAL
13 		CAL
DNQ 		RCH
42 		NHA
22 		CLT
DNQ 		DOV
15 		SBO
25 		MYB
24 		GLN
DNQ 		MLW
16 		NZH
43 		PPR
32 		GTY
22 		IRP
20 		MCH
DNQ 		BRI
25 		DAR
42 		RCH
DNQ 		DOV
23 		CLT
DNQ 		CAR
21 		MEM
42 		PHO
35 		HOM
DNQ 		37th 1828
2001 Mark Green DAY
20 		CAR
20 		LVS
32 		ATL
41 		DAR
16 		BRI
40 		TEX
41 		NSH
21 		TAL
17 		CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN
16 		MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 46th 838

References

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  1. ^ "Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Past News Page". Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
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