Mach 1 Racing

For the current team that went by this name from 2004 to 2006, see Front Row Motorsports.

Mach 1 Racing

Owner(s)	Hal Needham Burt Reynolds
Series	NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Race drivers	Stan Barrett Harry Gant Morgan Shepherd
Manufacturer	Buick
Opened	1981
Closed	1989
Career
Race victories	9

Mach 1 Racing was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team. It was owned by Hollywood stuntman Hal Needham and actor Burt Reynolds.

The team made its debut in 1981, fielding the No. 22 Skoal Pontiac driven by Stan Barrett. Barrett ran ten races for the team that season, his best finish coming at Talladega Superspeedway, where he finished 9th. Midseason, Mach 1 created a second car, the No. 33, driven by Harry Gant. Gant did not win that season, but he won three poles and had thirteen top-tens, finishing third in points.

In 1982, Gant drove the No. 33 Buick full-time with sponsorship from 7-Eleven/Skoal. He won at Martinsville and Charlotte and finished fourth in points. After just one win the following season, the team switched to Chevrolet, and Gant won three races, finishing a career best second in points. He followed that season up with another three wins in 1985.

For the next three years, Gant and Mach 1 failed to visit victory lane. Midway into the 1988 season, Gant suffered injuries at the Coca-Cola 600. Morgan Shepherd filled in for him, and had one top-five and two top-tens. After Gant finished 27th in the final standings, he left the team for Jackson Bros. Motorsports, taking Skoal and No. 33 with him.

In 1989, Needham sold the team to Bill Edwards, a North Carolina businessman, switched to the No. 66 and signed rookie driver Rick Mast. In their first race together, the Daytona 500, Mast drove the unsponsored car to a sixth-place finish, an accomplishment he later said was the one he was the most proud of. Mast and Mach 1 ran twelve more races together that season, they were unable to duplicate that effort. Edwards closed the team and sold it to their crew chief, Travis Carter. Travis Carter Motorsports entered NASCAR competition in the 1990 Daytona 500.

Car No. 22 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	Owners	Pts
1981	Stan Barrett	22	Pontiac	RSD	DAY 13	RCH	CAR 36	ATL 16	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL 35	NSV	DOV	CLT 32	TWS	RSD 11	MCH 18	DAY 26	NSV	POC 14	TAL 9	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD

Car No. 33 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	Owners	Pts
1981	Harry Gant	33	Pontiac	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR 2	MAR	TAL 34	NSV			TWS 10		MCH 2		NSV 8	POC 4		MCH 4	BRI 11	DAR 14	RCH 2	DOV 23	MAR 2*	NWS 24	CLT 41	CAR 3	ATL 20	RSD 8
			Chevy												DOV 16	CLT 2		RSD 31
			Buick																	DAY 2			TAL 4
1982				DAY 7	RCH 30	BRI 6	ATL 5	CAR 8	DAR 19	NWS 6	MAR 1*	TAL 14	NSV 29		CLT 13	POC 4	RSD 35	MCH 10	DAY 24	NSV 3	POC 22	TAL 38	MCH 3	BRI 3	DAR 11	RCH 7	DOV 12	NWS 2	CLT 1	MAR 8	CAR 32	ATL 2	RSD 26
			Pontiac											DOV 30
1983			Buick	DAY 37	RCH 5	CAR 5	ATL 11	DAR 1	NWS 3	MAR 2	TAL 4	NSV 3	DOV 9	BRI 27	CLT 25	RSD 3	POC 18	MCH 8	DAY 11	NSV 8	POC 5	TAL 5	MCH 30	BRI 6	DAR 22	RCH 20	DOV 17	MAR 8	NWS 9	CLT 29	CAR 23	ATL 37	RSD 31
1984			Chevy	DAY 6	RCH 8	CAR 24	ATL 6	BRI 23	NWS 2	DAR 6	MAR 13	TAL 2	NSV 16	DOV 27*	CLT 4	RSD 29	POC 2	MCH 4	DAY 2	NSV 9	POC 1*	TAL 7	MCH 4	BRI 5	DAR 1*	RCH 9	DOV 1*	MAR 4	CLT 4	NWS 2	CAR 2*	ATL 26	RSD 8
1985				DAY 26	RCH 5	CAR 2*	ATL 24	BRI 20	DAR 14	NWS 10	MAR 1*	TAL 38	DOV 2	CLT 2	RSD 2	POC 2	MCH 16	DAY 24	POC 5	TAL 7	MCH 3	BRI 6	DAR 21	RCH 6	DOV 1*	MAR 3	NWS 1*	CLT 24*	CAR 3	ATL 8	RSD 4
1986				DAY 30	RCH 28	CAR 2	ATL 12	BRI 4	DAR 14	NWS 7	MAR 25	TAL 21	DOV 14*	CLT 4	RSD 9	POC 26	MCH 2*	DAY 31	POC 30	TAL 22	GLN 34	MCH 8	BRI 5	DAR 27	RCH 7	DOV 35	MAR 3	NWS 5	CLT 2	CAR 4	ATL 28	RSD 37
1987				DAY 31	CAR 29	RCH 25	ATL 34	DAR 7	NWS 11	BRI 6	MAR 27	TAL 29	CLT 24	DOV 30	POC 32	RSD 25	MCH 13	DAY 9	POC 30	TAL 31	GLN 18	MCH 26	BRI 8	DAR 39	RCH 25	DOV 25	MAR 14	NWS 31	CLT 33	CAR 13	RSD 28	ATL 24
1988				DAY 29	RCH 28	CAR 28	ATL 21	DAR 38	BRI 18	NWS 12	MAR 26	TAL 36	CLT 30						POC 10	TAL 16	GLN 31	MCH 21	BRI 6	DAR 40	RCH 32	DOV 11	MAR 30	CLT 24	NWS 30	CAR 7	PHO 12	ATL 30
	Morgan Shepherd													DOV 2	RSD 42	POC 16	MCH 34	DAY 7

Car No. 66 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	Owners	Pts
1989	Rick Mast	66	Chevy	DAY 6	CAR 21	ATL 25	RCH 16	DAR 34	BRI 14	NWS 25	MAR 32	TAL DNQ	CLT 11	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL 32	GLN	MCH	BRI 13	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 13	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL 31

External links

• Hal Needham Winston Cup Owner Statistics