Furniture Row Racing
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| Owner(s) Name(s) | Barney Visser |
| Racing Series | NEXTEL Cup |
| Number of Championships | 0 |
| Car Number(s) | #78 |
| Driver(s) | Joe Nemechek |
| Primary Sponsor(s) | Furniture Row |
| Shop Location | Denver, Colorado |
| Homepage | Furniture Row Racing |
Furniture Row Racing is a NASCAR team based in Colorado and fields the #78 Chevrolet Impala SS.
The team is owned and sponsored by the U.S. furniture store chain Furniture Row. It made its NASCAR debut in the Busch Series at Nashville Superspeedway in 2005 with Jerry Robertson driving, starting 24th and finishing 33rd. Robertson ran ten races with the team in 2005, his best finish being a 22nd at California Speedway. The team made two NEXTEL Cup appearances as well, with Kenny Wallace debuting the team at Dover International Speedway, and Robertson running at Phoenix International Raceway.
Wallace was scheduled to drive the first five races in 2006 and Robertson filling out the rest of the schedule. At the 2006 Daytona 500, Kenny Wallace failed to put the #78 Furniture Row car in the field. Wallace qualified for the next two races, at California Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, finishing 41st and 38th. However, the performance of the team was not good enough to make the top 35 in points, and the team ran part-time for the rest of the year, Jimmy Spencer (select races) and Travis Kvapil (at road courses) also drove the car on a part-time basis. The team also teamed up with PPI Motorsports to share equipment and resources throughout the season. Robertson also competed in select Busch Series events 2006, his best finish 29th.
Kenny Wallace was hired continue to be the full-time driver in 2007. Wallace had two sixth-place starts this season but was released in August 2007. After Scott Wimmer and Sterling Marlin failed to qualify in the car in the following weeks, Joe Nemechek was named permanent driver. FRR completed a 3 year contract with Nemechek (2008-2010) towards the end of the season. In early 2008, Wallace returned to Furniture Row, qualifying a second car, the #87, in the field. At the ninth race of the 2008 season Joe Nemechek gave the team their first pole.
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| Sprint Cup drivers | Casey Mears (#5) | Jeff Gordon (#24) | Jimmie Johnson (#48) | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (#88) |
| Driver development program (under JR Motorsports) |
Landon Cassill | Brad Keselowski | Curtis Truex |
| Partnerships and affiliations | Furniture Row Racing | Haas CNC Racing | JR Motorsports | Phoenix Racing |
| Sprint Cup crew chiefs | Alan Gustafson (#5) | Steve Letarte (#24) | Chad Knaus (#48) | Tony Eury, Jr. (#88) |
| Other | Rick Hendrick | Ricky Hendrick | Darian Grubb | Brian Whitesell |
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