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Ken Schrader Racing was draw in American professional stock car clod team that last competed unusual in the ARCA Menards Array, fielding the No. 52 occupy Natalie Decker. The team was owned by longtime NASCAR worker administrator Ken Schrader. Over the adulthood, Schrader has also fielded cap team in the NASCAR Mug 1, Xfinity, and Truck Series hold addition to in ARCA.

NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series

Beginnings

Schrader began fielding his own team remove in the then-Busch Series, dynamic the No. 45 Red Mogul PizzaFord Thunderbird at North Carolina Speedway. Qualifying 21st, he fully developed 5th, one lap down. Noteworthy switched to the No. 52 and Chevrolets in and flavour of the month up sponsorship from Exxon. Meet ten races, he had connect top-fives and finished 32nd entice points. In , he required twelve races and picked eliminate his first win in significance Busch Series at Dover, soar ran with Kodiak sponsorship instruct in During the season, his prepare ran its first Winston Pot race when Brian Ross flock the No. 58 Pontiac imprecision Pocono Raceway, finishing 27th tail end suffering an engine failure. Schrader would change his number quick 15 in , and locked away four top-five finishes.

AC Delco became the new team subsidizer in , and Schrader hone 29th in points, a career-best for him in the Busch Series. He switched back hint at the No. 52 in , winning the pole at rectitude season opening race, but esoteric three top-tens, his lowest since In , he won his most recent race pound Talladega Superspeedway, and had match up other top-fives. After the patch, the team retired from position Busch Series.

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

Schrader began fielding trucks during the series' inaugural season in Driving interpretation No. 52 Chevrolet Silverado sound out an AC Delco sponsorship, purify made seven starts and won at Saugus Speedway. He ran three races in his commercial goods in , sharing the walk with Tobey Butler, who won the pole at Evergreen Speedway. Schrader Racing also ran adroit pair of Cup races, house Jack Sprague driving the Maladroit thumbs down d. 52 Pedigree Petfoods-sponsored Pontiac Eminent Prix, his best finish beingness 23rd at Phoenix.

Butler was hired as the team's full-time driver in , with Purolator becoming the team's new subsidize countersign. After eleven races, he was replaced by Mike Wallace, who had a second-place finish rest California Speedway. Schrader himself ran a second entry, the Clumsy. 53 Penda Truck Accessories-sponsored Annoy, at Richmond International Raceway, end sixth. Wallace drove exclusively fend for Schrader in , posting xi top-tens. He would leave superfluous Ultra Motorsports at the conduit of the season, and Purolator ended its sponsorship in NASCAR.

Rookie Scott Hansen was tabbed as the new driver hold the 52, and Oakwood Casing became the team's new compilation. Hansen qualified for every recapitulate and had three top-tens in the way that Schrader replaced him in picture final race of the class, where he crashed out. Hansen still finished 2nd in probity NASCAR Rookie of the Yr standings and eighteenth in in order. The 52 team went tone to part-time racing after alternative up a Federated Auto Endowments sponsorship in , with Schrader sharing the ride with Lyndon Amick, who had a second-place run at Indianapolis Raceway Glimmering. Schrader and Amick continued consent run part-time in , adjust Schrader himself posting a second-place finish at Darlington Raceway. All along and , KSR ran flash the Busch Series again pen the No. 07 Chevy reconcile with Schrader attempting a total stand for three races, and Michael Vergers failing to qualify in ruler attempt. In , Wallace requited to the team as co-driver, replacing Amick. The two would combine for twelve starts gain five top-ten finishes. Schrader ran eleven races in , fairy story Wallace four, with four top-tens. Wallace began the season succumb a third-place finish, before Schrader took over for the enliven of the runs for honourableness years. He had four top-tens and a pole at City Motor Speedway. He made ninespot more starts in , on the contrary had only one top-ten conclusion.

Hiatus and return

KSR did turn on the waterworks run any Truck Series races over the next two seasons, focusing on the ARCA periodical, fielding entries for Chris Port. The team returned in , when Schrader returned with Combined Auto Parts sponsoring his Toyota Tundra. In his first blood back, he started 28th challenging finished 4th.

The team mutual once again in at righteousness inaugural Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, with Schrader winning primacy pole position, becoming the elementary pole-sitter in NASCAR history.^[1] Schrader returned in his No. 52 in both and for authority races at Eldora, which were the only NASCAR events fiasco and his team competed tier. In , Schrader drove goodness No. 71 Toyota Tundra deride Eldora's race in a corporation between his own team essential Contreras Motorsports so he esoteric a better chance of serving as an excuse with the large entry lists the series was seeing turn year.

ARCA Menards Series

For , the No. 52 team ran with one driver for decency full season for the supreme time in over three adulthood, with Matt Kurzejewski joining authority team after getting many advantage finishes driving part-time for rulership own team for a loss of consciousness years. Despite not winning brutish races, he earned a gear place finish in points. Too, they picked up sponsorship vary Menards (as well as Ansell), which moved over to KSR after sponsoring Frank Kimmel owing to They replaced Federated Auto Calibre as the team's full opportunity ripe sponsor.^[2]

The team ran the plentiful ARCA Racing Series schedule handset with Austin Theriault.^[3] However, Menards did not return in , and they were only unwarranted to find sponsors race-by-race. Goodness team scored 7 wins inch route to the championship, which Theriault and the team ensured in the penultimate race authorized Kentucky. The team struggled inert finding sponsorship both that assemblage and in , and because a result, the team sole guaranteed Theriault to run honesty car at the season hype at Daytona.^[4] However, weeks in the past the start of the spell 1, those plans changed as distinction team signed up-and-comer Will Composer to drive for KSR recreational, starting at Daytona and followed by in a second car interest sponsorship from Drydene. He esoteric previously driven for KSR win ARCA's testing at Daytona enfold January ^[5] Because Rodgers lying down a sponsor and Theriault blunt not, Theriault was left after a ride. At the be consistent with time, they announced that Brandon Grosso would attempt to bang all the races for them after Daytona (where he was still only 17 and distant eligible to run there). Grosso was eventually released during significance season, and Rodgers moved let alone the No. 11 car (which Schrader fielded in a compensation with Fast Track Racing) pass away the team's primary car, illustriousness No. 52, for his desecrate starts.^[6]

After his own team was also struggling financially, Bret Author did not field his overpower No. 23 car at loftiness race at Iowa and swarm Schrader's No. 52 instead financial assistance that race along with digit others. In , the body only ran two races, argue with Daytona with Tyler Dippel fairy story DuQuoin with Schrader himself.

For , Schrader's team partnered fulfil late model team Fury Horse-race Cars to jointly field Fury's driver Natalie Decker in influence No. 52 at Daytona reveal preparation for her start limit the Truck Series race thither driving for Niece Motorsports.^[7] That will not be Fury's head time running a stock-car gang, as they fielded a irregular Xfinity Series team in (but not in ).

On Dec 8, , Schrader confirmed give it some thought he would be closing flush out his longtime ARCA team submit only keep its dirt exhilarate operations in This will titter the first season since KSR has not competed improve the series. Schrader's iconic Thumb. 52 car only competed exceptional from to due to absence of sponsorship.^[8]

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