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| Owner(s) | Craig Martins Tommy Joe Martins Caesar Bacarella |
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| Principal(s) | Tommy Joe Martins (President) |
| Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| Race drivers | Xfinity Series: 43. Ryan Ellis 44. Brennan Poole 45. Caesar Bacarella, Brad Perez, Alon Day (part-time) |
| Sponsors | Xfinity Series: 43. Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Classic Collision, Rolling Plains Construction, Southern Elevator, Costa Oil, Eclipse Claims Consulting, Four Loko, MacLean Power Systems, SHINE Water, United Construction & Forestry, Sweetwater Construction 44. Finance Pro Plus, Macc Door Systems, Prime Bites, CW & Sons Infrastructure, Frontline Fire Protection 45. Prime Bites, Weiss Sand & Clay, Jet Support Services |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2009 |
| Career | |
| Debut | Xfinity Series: 2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Phoenix) Truck Series: 2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Lucas Oil Raceway) |
| Latest race | Xfinity Series: 2024 SciAps 200 (Loudon) Truck Series: 2017 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) |
| Races competed | Total: 201 Xfinty Series: 158 Truck Series: 41 ARCA Racing Series: 2 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Race victories | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Pole positions | Total: 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 Ryan Ellis 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
Car No. 43 history
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 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
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Caesar Bacarella | Chevy | TAL 6 |
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| Leland Honeyman | PIR 28 |
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| Dylan Lupton | SON 24 |
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| 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 | CSC | POC | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | ||||
Car No. 44 history
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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]