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Alpha Prime Racing
Owner(s)Craig Martins
Tommy Joe Martins
Caesar Bacarella
Principal(s)Tommy Joe Martins (President)
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race driversXfinity Series:
43. TBA
44. Brennan Poole
45. TBA (part-time)
SponsorsXfinity Series:
43. TBA
44. Finance Pro Plus, Macc Door Systems, Prime Bites, CW & Sons Infrastructure, Frontline Fire Protection, Toxic Waste Energy Drink, Members 1st, Yxngxr1, Hackett Truck Sales, E-Z Lift Garage Doors
45.TBA
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2009
Career
DebutXfinity Series:
2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Phoenix)
Truck Series:
2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Lucas Oil Raceway)
Latest raceXfinity Series:
2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Truck Series:
2017 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Races competedTotal: 217
Xfinty Series: 174
Truck Series: 41
ARCA Racing Series: 2
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 0
Pole positionsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 0

Alpha Prime Racing (formerly Martins Motorsports) is an American stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team was founded in 2009 by Craig Martins, and fields the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro SS for TBA full-time, the No. 44 for Brennan Poole full-time, and the No. 45 part-time for multiple drivers. The team was inactive from 2018 to 2019 and changed to their current name starting with the 2022 season.

Xfinity Series

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Car No. 43 history

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Ryan Ellis in the No. 43 at Auto Club Speedway in 2023

On September 15, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Ryan Ellis would return for an increased number of races in 2023 with specific partnership announcements coming at a later date.[1] On December 20, the team announced it would be starting a third car with Ellis being the primary driver in 25 races with potentially more races being announced at a later date. He would complete 30 of the 33 races in the 43.[2] Caesar Bacarella drove the car to a sixth-place finish at Talladega. Leland Honeyman finished 28th at Portland, while Dylan Lupton finished 24th at Sonoma.

On August 4, 2023, APR announced that Ellis will run full-time in 2024.[3]

Car No. 43 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 NXSC Pts
2023 Ryan Ellis 43 Chevy DAY
35
CAL
34
LVS
27
PHO
19
ATL
23
COA
20
RCH
15
MAR
28
DOV
25
DAR
33
CLT
27
NSH
28
CSC
31
ATL
25
NHA
19
POC
18
ROA
35
MCH
23
IRC
29
GLN
30
DAY
32
DAR
29
KAN
17
BRI
18
TEX
13
ROV
36
HOM
24
MAR
24
PHO
26
28th 393
Ford LVS
27
Caesar Bacarella Chevy TAL
6
Leland Honeyman PIR
28
Dylan Lupton SON
24
2024 Ryan Ellis DAY
11
ATL
25
LVS
22
PHO
21
COA
33
RCH
27
MAR
26
TEX
26
TAL
26
DOV
13
DAR
38
CLT
27
PIR
17
SON
26
IOW
14
NHA
35
NSH
23
CSC
21
POC
36
IND
23
MCH
14
DAY
37
DAR
21
ATL
21
GLN
15
BRI
24
KAN
19
TAL
15
ROV
31
LVS
28
HOM
25
MAR
18
PHO
25
28th 441

Car No. 44 history

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Tommy Joe Martins in the No. 44 at Daytona International Speedway in 2020.

On December 24, 2019, two years after shutting down its operations, Martins Motorsports announced its return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020, with longtime sponsor and family friend Rodney Riessen joining Craig Martins as the team's co-owners. The team will field the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Tommy Joe Martins.[4] The team bought chassis from GMS Racing and JGL Racing to help bolster its inventory, which already included a road course car Martins ran for MBM Motorsports in 2019.[5] The team failed to qualify for the season-opening race at Daytona, and had to temporarily lay off all of its employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Midway through the season, the team hired Buddy Sisco as crew chief and results turned around.[6] On October 24, Martins recorded both his and the team's first top-10 finish at Texas Motor Speedway with a 10th-place finish; Martins had confirmed a 2021 return earlier that month.[7][8]

On August 30, 2021, the team announced it had formed a partnership with Caesar Bacarella, renaming the team to Alpha Prime Racing (after Bacarella's fitness brand) beginning with the 2022 season. Martins, Bacarella and Rajah Caruth are signed to drive for the team in 2022.[9][10][11] On November 22, 2021, Bacarella was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for a violation of the sanctioning bodies substance abuse policy. A team statement issued by Tommy Joe Martins (in his capacity as General Manager) said that Bacarella had taken a workout supplement that he was unaware was on the banned substance list and that Bacarella is expected to be reinstated in time for the first race of 2022.[12] On February 14, 2022, Bacarella was reinstated by NASCAR;[13] Martins would drive the car in the opening race at Daytona, with Bacarella instead driving the No. 45.[14]

On December 13, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing said in a press release that Jeffrey Earnhardt will be competing full time for the team in 2023. One of Earnhardt's long-time sponsors, ForeverLawn, will serve as the primary sponsor for the entry for multiple events.[15] However, in the race at COTA, Earnhardt was swapped out in favor of Sage Karam, who only completed 23 laps before engine issues kept him from finishing the race. Earnhardt continued to race the #44 until Darlington in May, when he was swapped to the #45 permanently. Since then, several drivers have driven the #44 car, including Karam, Rajah Caruth, Daniel Dye, and Greg Van Alst. The car failed to qualify for 6 races in the season. At Martinsville in October, Rajah drove the #44 Chevrolet to a 12th-place finish, the best finish of the season for the team.

On November 9, 2023, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Brennan Poole would drive for the team full-time in 2024 with primary sponsorship from Finance Pro Plus (20 races) and Macc Door Systems (10 races).[16]

Car No. 44 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 NXSC Pts
2020 Tommy Joe Martins 44 Chevy DAY
DNQ
LVS
32
CAL
18
PHO
28
DAR
26
CLT
24
BRI
23
ATL
22
HOM
31
HOM
20
TAL
15
POC
30
IND
35
KEN
33
KEN
27
TEX
15
KAN
18
ROA
18
DAY
13
DOV
21
DOV
15
DAY
14
DAR
26
RCH
15
RCH
26
BRI
24
LVS
22
TAL
15
CLT
27
KAN
14
TEX
10
MAR
16
PHO
34
22nd 481
2021 DAY
24
DAY
24
HOM
18
LVS
15
PHO
17
ATL
18
MAR
34
TAL
11
DAR
15
DOV
20
COA
35
CLT
29
MOH
39
TEX
21
NSH
20
POC
20
ROA
15
ATL
16
NHA
21
GLN
19
IND
21
MCH
19
DAY
18
DAR
37
RCH
37
BRI
23
LVS
14
TAL
18
CLT
33
TEX
18
KAN
23
MAR
40
PHO
24
22nd 497
2022 DAY
24
CAL
31
TEX
14
25th 461
Ryan Ellis LVS
13
PHO
16
TAL
32
TEX
30
CLT
13
NSH
24
IND
36
MCH
27
DAR
22
BRI
19
Sage Karam ATL
32
COA
16
ATL
38
DAY
5
Rajah Caruth RCH
24
DOV
38
POC
38
LVS
20
MAR
12
PHO
17
Howie DiSavino III MAR
36
NHA
17
KAN
28
TAL
32
Josh Bilicki DAR
28
ROA
13
CLT
34
Andy Lally PIR
17
Stefan Parsons GLN
12
Julia Landauer HOM
28
2023 Jeffrey Earnhardt DAY
28
CAL
26
LVS
29
PHO
33
ATL
34
RCH
18
MAR
20
TAL
31
DOV
37
HOM
18
35th 273
Sage Karam COA
35
DAR
31
SON
34
NSH
DNQ
CSC
22
POC
38
Rajah Caruth CLT
25
NHA
37
BRI
17
ROV
19
MAR
12
Dylan Lupton PIR
29
Greg Van Alst ATL
38
Brad Perez ROA
19
Mason Massey MCH
DNQ
Conor Daly IRC
DNQ
Stefan Parsons GLN
33
Caesar Bacarella DAY
31
Dawson Cram DAR
DNQ
Leland Honeyman KAN
DNQ
PHO
DNQ
Daniel Dye TEX
17
LVS
21
2024 Brennan Poole DAY
19
ATL
20
LVS
19
PHO
20
COA
15
RCH
28
MAR
14
TEX
21
TAL
5
DOV
22
DAR
20
CLT
31
PIR
16
SON
14
IOW
28
NHA
16
NSH
21
CSC
20
POC
26
IND
21
MCH
33
DAY
16
DAR
20
ATL
15
GLN
23
BRI
17
KAN
18
TAL
9
ROV
38
LVS
21
HOM
18
MAR
13
PHO
24
18th 572
Team logo as Martins Motorsports

Car No. 45 history

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Jeffrey Earnhardt in the No. 45 at Sonoma Raceway in 2023

On April 14, 2017, the team announced a nine-race Xfinity slate for 2017[17] with Tommy Joe Martins,[18] car No. 45[19] and sponsor Diamond Gusset Jeans,[20] starting with the spring race at Richmond and focusing primarily on short to intermediate tracks with the exception of the Indianapolis race.[21] After failing to qualify and withdrawing from the first two planned events, the No. 45's schedule was folded into a ride with B. J. McLeod Motorsports, which culminated with a career-best 11th-place finish at Iowa for the driver.[22]

On January 5, 2021, Alpha Prime Racing announced the number for their second full-time entry to be 45 and on January 6 announced Sage Karam to be one of the drivers.

On December 2, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Sage Karam will be returning in 2023 in 17 racing, starting with the spring race at Atlanta.[23] On December 23, 2022, Alpha Prime announced that Stefan Parsons will also be returning for select races in 2023.[24] Caesar Bacarella will also be driving the car at Daytona and Talladega.

The No. 45 scaled back to a part–time schedule in 2024. Confirmed drivers are Bacarella for at least four superspeedway races, and Brad Perez for the race at the Circuit of the Americas.[25][26] On July 16, Alpha Prime acquired the owner points from the JD Motorsports No. 4 for the No. 45 at Indianapolis, after JD Motorsports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[27]

Car No. 45 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 NXSC Pts
2017 Tommy Joe Martins 45 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
DNQ
TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 49th 0
2022 Caesar Bacarella DAY
38
TAL
25
ATL
28
DAY
28
TAL
31
28th 415
Kaz Grala CAL
25
LVS
23
PHO
33
Tommy Joe Martins ATL
20
DAR
17
Josh Bilicki COA
35
MCH
28
GLN
17
Howie DiSavino III RCH
DNQ
MAR
28
Ryan Ellis MAR
DNQ
DOV
20
Stefan Parsons TEX
17
CLT
30
PIR
24
NSH
15
DAR
17
BRI
8
TEX
13
ROV
25
LVS
23
HOM
34
PHO
28
Sage Karam ROA
31
POC
20
IRC
13
Julia Landauer NHA
36
Rajah Caruth KAN
25
2023 Stefan Parsons DAY
13
27th 430
Rajah Caruth CAL
21
LVS
26
DOV
26
DAR
16
KAN
29
LVS
23
Leland Honeyman PHO
27
RCH
25
MAR
25
ROA
28
ROV
21
HOM
23
Sage Karam ATL
31
IRC
15
GLN
15
Jeffrey Earnhardt COA
25
DAR
26
CLT
21
PIR
19
SON
36
NSH
27
CSC
DNQ
ATL
23
POC
19
MCH
24
DAY
11
BRI
32
TEX
32
MAR
26
PHO
23
Ryan Ellis TAL
11
Greg Van Alst NHA
38
2024 Caesar Bacarella DAY
DNQ
ATL LVS PHO TAL
7
DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH MCH
9
DAY
29
36th 265
Brad Perez COA
18
RCH MAR TEX KAN
37
ROV
26
Alon Day CSC
DNQ
POC GLN
36
Garrett Smithley IND
31
DAR
30
ATL
23
LVS
29
MAR
32
Stefan Parsons BRI
33
PHO
38
Tommy Joe Martins TAL
13
Mason Maggio HOM
31

Car No. 67 history

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This car was the team's secondary focus in their 2014 foray, with Clay Greenfield behind the wheel at Daytona. However, he along with Willie Allen failed to qualify, making Martins Motorsports 0 for 2 in that race.[28] The car withdrew the next week after no driver was found to drive it. The team then took time off to prepare for the spring Bristol race, where Tommy Joe Martins crashed in qualifying and withdrew.[29] To recoup from that, the team did not return until Michigan, when Benny Gordon qualified the car but then switched to Martins when he failed to qualify the 76.[30]

Car No. 67 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 NXSC Pts
2014 Clay Greenfield 67 Dodge DAY
DNQ
PHO LVS 63rd 6
Tommy Joe Martins BRI
DNQ
CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV
Ford MCH
38
ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM

Car No. 76 history

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The 76 car at the 2014 Gardner Denver 200 with Tommy Joe Martins driving.
Martins in the No. 76 at Road America in 2014.

The primary focus in 2014, Nationwide veteran Willie Allen failed to qualify the 76 at Daytona and Bristol.[31] Tommy Joe Martins then took over the reins of what was left as the team's only entry after the demise of the 67, making eight races in the 76 and failing to qualify for four, including its last three attempts. The team primarily start and parked, but ran full races at higher-paying events like at Talladega and Charlotte.[32] The team's last attempt was at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[33]

Car No. 76 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 NXSC Pts
2014 Willie Allen 76 Dodge DAY
DNQ
BRI
DNQ
CAL 44th 118
Tommy Joe Martins TEX
35
DAR
30
RCH
36
TAL
14
CLT
31
DOV
35
MCH
DNQ
ROA
31
KEN
DNQ
DAY
DNQ
NHA CHI
Ford PHO
35
LVS
39
IOW
36
IND
DNQ
IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series

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Truck No. 42 history

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The team debuted in 2011 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park with Tommy Joe Martins behind the wheel. The team returned at Iowa Speedway in 2017 with Matt Mills behind the wheel and additional races to be determined.[34] Though the car never hit the track that weekend, the scheme was included in the original version of NASCAR Heat 2. The additional races were in the team's No. 44 entry. Martins returned for the 2017 Jag Metals 350 but a possible suspension problem led to a wrecked truck in practice, and a blown right-front tire three laps into the race ended Martins' weekend. The backup truck was loaned from fellow independent Mike Harmon.[35]

Truck No. 42 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 Owners Pts
2011 Tommy Joe Martins 42 Ram DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP
33
POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM
2017 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX
32
PHO HOM

Truck No. 44 history

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The first race for Martins Motorsports was in 2009, when Tommy Joe Martins ran a four race schedule, recording a best finish of 21st at Chicagoland.[36] The team and driver returned for one race as the No. 42 in 2011, finishing 33rd at Lucas Oil Raceway.[37] After taking all of 2015 off to recover from a failed Xfinity Series effort, the team returned in 2016 with Martins as the full-time driver except for a qualifying crash at Martinsville (spot sold to Austin Wayne Self),[38] Eldora (dirt racer J. R. Heffner),[39] and a DNQ at Homestead-Miami.[40]

On February 13, 2017, Martins Motorsports announced a partnership with another family Truck team, Brandonbilt Motorsports,[41] to put driver Brandon Brown in the 44 truck for "select races".[42] However, the operations of the 44 truck ceased with the 2017 Xfinity announcement except for Heffner again piloting the truck at Eldora.[43] After ceasing operations, owner points of the 44 truck were sold to Faith Motorsports. When that team ran into organizational trouble mid-season, Matt Mills drove the truck for a race at Kentucky but crashed out. The much-anticipated return of Heffner the following race[44] was derailed due to a blown engine early in the weekend, the entry never making it to the grid. After the Eldora race, the 44 became a joint-prepared effort between Martins and AM Racing.[35] That relationship lasted through the end of the season except for Faith and Ted Minor running a Las Vegas shooting paint scheme at Texas.[45][46]

Truck No. 44 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 Owners Pts
2009 Tommy Joe Martins 44 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP
22
NSH
27
BRI CHI
21
IOW GTW
27
NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM
2016 Chevy DAY
32
ATL
25
KAN
32
DOV
24
CLT
25
TEX
25
IOW
30
GTW
18
KEN
26
POC
17
BRI
31
MCH
15
MSP
19
CHI
24
NHA
21
LVS
22
TAL
16
MAR
25
TEX
31
PHO
30
HOM
DNQ
Austin Wayne Self Toyota MAR
15
J. R. Heffner Chevy ELD
15
2017 Brandon Brown DAY
DNQ
MAR
27
KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW
Tommy Joe Martins ATL
23
Matt Mills KEN
29
J. R. Heffner ELD
Wth
Austin Wayne Self POC
16
MCH
15
BRI
24
MSP CHI
20
NHA
14
LVS
20
TAL MAR
29
TEX PHO
25
HOM
17

2017 closure

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Following reports two days earlier that longtime crew chief Kevin Eagle had left the team, primary driver and owner Tommy Joe Martins took to Twitter, Periscope and the media to announce the team's closure in late December 2017. The team had plans to compete in a full 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule; however, two drivers signed to drive on handshake deals failed to follow through, leaving the team's financial security in doubt.[47] Tommy Joe, commenting on the situation, noted the irony of the situation that the team had been founded as an underdog, family team and now had to rely on pay drivers to survive, the antithesis of what the team was founded on. Once those drivers with sponsors backed out, Martins said that his family was unwilling to take the $300,000 or $400,000 loss that the team took in 2017. At different points, he called the decision "hard" to give up on a dream, yet "easy" to make financially.[48] He also did not rule out a return to the Xfinity Series but the return did not seem likely at the time of closure.[47] Martins later disclosed that the team had approached Ford Performance to become a partner team but that the manufacturer turned the team down.

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