see jd motorsport . jd motorsports with gary keller owner s johnny davis gary keller base gaffney south carolina series xfinity series car numbers 0 01 04 4 87 race drivers 0 . eric mcclure garrett smithley 01 . ryan preece 4 . ross chastain sponsors 0 . instalco 01 . g & k services 4 . flexseal watermelon.org manufacturer chevrolet opened 2002 career debut 2002 gnc live well 250 milwaukee latest race 2016 kansas lottery 300 kansas races competed 696 drivers championships 0 race victories 0 pole positions 0 jd motorsports currently operating as jd motorsports with gary keller is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar xfinity series . it is owned and operated by johnny davis . the team began running in 2002 and currently fields the no. 0 chevrolet camaro full time for part time drivers eric mcclure and garrett smithley the no. 01 full time for ryan preece and the no. 4 watermelon.org chevrolet camaro full time for ross chastain . johnny davis has been affiliated with nascar competition for over 27 years serving as a crew member fabricator and then crew chief for several winston cup and busch series teams . davis first foray into team ownership was with competition go karts in the 1990s . the team has since expanded and is located in a state of the art 40 000 square foot facility in gaffney south carolina . the team made history by having the first female crew chief in 2008 and building the first nationwide series car of tomorrow . the team is also known for running extremely well at restrictor plate tracks . jd motorsports entries have led laps in 5 of the last 6 races at daytona and talladega with mike wallace driving . 1 contents 1 car no. 0 history 2 car no. 01 history 3 car no. 04 history 4 car no. 4 history 5 car no. 87 history 6 references 7 external links car no. 0 history edit the 0 car made its debut in 2002 fielding an entry for davis son kertus . in his first race he started 31st but finished 32nd after a wreck . he ran three more races that season and had a best finish of twenty fourth at memphis motorsports park after gaining sponsorship from broadway motors . in 2009 steve grissom drove this car in 2003 eagle jet international became the team s new sponsor and morgan shepherd was hired as the team s driver for most of its races . his best finish came at talladega superspeedway where he finished 11th when j. r. robbs took over for three races with a best finish of 27th . jason white then became the team s regular driver and shepherd moved to davis new no. 70 team . white drove for most of the season and had two top twenty finishes in the no. 0 car before gus wasson finished out the year in the car finishing 29th at atlanta motor speedway . in 2004 the no. 0 switched to the no. 10 and the no. 70 the no. 0 and jason schuler began the year with the team with operation fire safe as sponsor . after six races and a best finish of 27th he was replaced by wasson with race girl sponsorship . he ran for most of the season in the ten car replaced once by tina gordon . his best finish that season came at nashville superspeedway where he finished 22nd . for the 2005 season the no. 10 returned to its original no. 0 . kertus davis began driving the no. 0 full time with race girl sponsoring . he competed in twenty eight races with a top ten at talladega for his rookie season and rafael mart nez and joe fox served as relief drivers on road courses . the team began the 2006 season under rumors that they would close due to sponsorship issues but remained open . davis qualified for twenty two races in that year sharing the ride with randy lajoie and morgan shepherd . kertus davis left for kevin harvick incorporated in 2007 and was replaced by eric mcclure and hefty sponsorship . j. r. fitzpatrick drove at mexico city and montreal while kevin lepage driving at watkins glen . at the end of the 2007 season mcclure and his sponsorship departed for front row motorsports . due to a lack of sponsorhip it was announced on jayski s silly season site that jdm s equipment would be auctioned off on december 1 although the team remained open . the no. 0 team began the 2008 season with kertus davis qualifying at daytona however his time was disallowed and he moved to the no. 01 . since daytona dwayne leik has run four races mike potter has run two races danny efland has been in the car for five races and davis returned to the no. 0 car at dover for one race . larry gunselman drove the car regularly for the balance of the season with wheeler boys filling in on road courses . danny o quinn began the season as the driver of the no. 0 car but moved over to the no. 01 after one race . j. c. stout robert richardson mark green and steve grissom shared the car before mike wallace took over the driving duties . the team starts and parks on occasion in 2009 however the team did manage to finish at kentucky . after wallace moved to the 01 andy lally stout and jeremy clements drove . in 2011 james hylton ran the car at darlington as a start and park . tim schendel and brad teague also started and parked at iowa and dover respectively . for 2015 jd motorsports announced that harrison rhodes would be their third full time driver with the no. 0 chevrolet camaro . arca regular bobby gerhart would replace rhodes in the 0 while he is driving the 4 with ross chastain being moved to the 01 . the following year eric mcclure joined the team for the season opener at daytona in the no. 0 2 while garrett smithley took over the week after competing for rookie of the year honors . 3 car no. 01 history edit taken at daytona international speedway by anthony zampella the no. 01 debuted in 2006 as duesenberg & leik motorsports with jay sauter driving the western union car . in the team s first season the no. 01 team started 33 out of 35 races with a best finish of seventh at o reilly raceway park . dwayne leik also made one start at the winn dixie 250 in the no. 26 . he started 38th and finished 32nd . for the 2007 season duesenberg & leik merged with davis operation with the owner s points for the 2006 season for the 01 were transferred to the 0 car . morgan shepherd drove the 01 on a limited basis . kevin lepage shelby howard and danny efland also drove in 2007 after shepherd left to drive for his own team . joe fox ran at montreal and watkins glen . kertus davis returned after being released from khi and drove at michigan california kansas and lowe s motor speedway . landon cassill at road america in 2014 . dwayne leik qualified the no. 01 at daytona to start off 2008 but was replaced by davis after the no. 0 time was disallowed . davis continued to run in the no. 01 full time since moving to the no. 01 at daytona . j. c. stout raced the no. 01 car at dover shortly before davis announced he was leaving the team for jay robinson racing . the car was 29th in owner points when davis left . a variety of drivers drove the car including trevor boys at montreal and his son wheeler boys at watkins glen international . danny efland became the regular driver for the rest of the season . mike wallace drove the 01 at daytona before o quinn became the team s full time driver . cash4gold.com the american basketball association and sun drop served as the team s regular sponsors . o quinn left the team late in the season and was replaced by his teammate wallace . wallace ran the final 10 races of the season in 2009 finishing 35th in points . wallace ran the no. 01 full time in 2010 getting the team up to 8th in points after nashville but they soon fell back and finished 18th in points . wallace returned to the 01 for 2011 gaining sponsorship from g & k services . the team was battling for the win at talladega but the 01 flipped on its roof on the last lap but wallace drove the battered car to a 17th place finish . mid way through 2011 the team gained a 10 race sponsorship from the movie cowboys & aliens . wallace was released after the 2013 season . for 2014 landon cassill moved to the no. 01 car for 2014 becoming the team s primary driver in addition to running the full sprint cup series campaign with hillman circle sport llc . 4 with the switch cassill also retained the sponsorship of g & k services . 5 cassill gained notoriety over the course of the season for getting the most out of his equipment with fewer resources to work with 6 consistently running in the top 15 each week . on january 25 2016 jd motorsports announced that whelen modified tour regular ryan preece will pilot the 01 full time for 2016 . car no. 04 history edit kertus davis in 2009 . kevin lepage in 2010 . in mid 2003 johnny davis created a second car then no. 70 for morgan shepherd to drive when jason white was hired to pilot the primary no. 0 car . shepherd would qualify for three races in the no. 70 before he left to drive for dwayne miller . other drivers to drove the no. 70 for the remainder of 2003 were jason rudd don satterfield jason white brad teague and gus wasson . in 2004 the davis primary no. 0 car switched to the no. 10 and the no. 70 became the no. 0 . jimmy kitchens drove the no. 0 car for the first four races of the season but did not finish a race . greg sacks and blake mallory attempted a few races in the car but did not qualify . mike potter drove the car for two races before kertus davis came back to drive three times late in the season . the team would shut down at the end of the season with the team focusing iinstead on its purchase of the no. 01 car . davis would enter a third car no. 00 for mike potter at the milwaukee mile in 2007 to fill out short busch series field . the team would be revived in 2009 with mark green driving the no. 04 at talladega but lose an engine . kertus davis took over the car after leaving jay robinson racing starting with milwaukee and will drive it for at least 3 races . car no. 4 history edit the no. 4 driven by landon cassill at road america in 2013 in early february 2012 it was announced that jd motorsports would field the no. 4 primarily for danny efland and daryl harr . steve wallace drove the car as a ford at the spring richmond race with his father s team and jeremy clements drove the car at the brickyard and richmond when ty dillon was driving the no. 51 under rcr 7 for 2013 danny efland ran the car at daytona finishing 25th . daryl harr then ran the next four races with a best finish of 28th at