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Go Fas Racing
Go FAS Racing logo.png
Owner(s) Archie St. Hilaire
Joe Falk
Base Mooresville, North Carolina
Series
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Car numbers 23, 32, 36, 52
Race drivers
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
32. Corey LaJoie
K&N Pro Series:
32. Kody Vanderwal
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
32. Romain Iannetta (Elite 1), Florian Venturi (Elite 2)
Sponsors
MENCS No. 32
Corvetteparts.net/Keen Parts
Cosmo Motors
Cyclops Gear
Dude Wipes
IncredibleBank.com
Kappa
Plan B Sales
Reddit
Schluter Systems
Superior Logistics Services
Wholey's
Zynga Poker
K&N West No. 32
Can-Am
Cosmo Motors
Manufacturer Ford
Opened 2011
Career
Debut
2011 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Latest race
2018 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Races competed 281
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 0
Pole positions 0

Go Fas Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Founded by long-time crew chief Frank Allen Stoddard as FAS Lane Racing, it came into its current form after merging with Archie St. Hilaire's Go Green Racing in 2014. The team currently fields the No. 32 Ford Mustang GT driven by Corey LaJoie full-time, in a partnership with Joe Falk.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Monster Energy Cup Series


    • 2.1 Car No. 32 history


      • 2.1.1 2013: OXYwater


      • 2.1.2 2014: Merger with Go Green Racing


      • 2.1.3 2015


      • 2.1.4 2016


      • 2.1.5 2017


      • 2.1.6 2018: Circle Sport and Wood Brothers Racing partnerships


      • 2.1.7 2019: Team Penske partnership


      • 2.1.8 Car No. 32 results






  • 3 Pinty's Series


    • 3.1 Car No. 32 history


      • 3.1.1 Car No. 32 results






  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History




The Go Fas Racing race shop in Mooresville, North Carolina


FAS Lane Racing was established in 2011 when Stoddard's old team, Latitude 43 Motorsports, closed its doors. Stoddard then formed his own team with the remaining crew members, purchasing cars and equipment from Mark Simo and Boris Said's No Fear Racing as well as from Richard Petty Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing and his old Latitude 43 team.[1] FAS represents Stoddard's initials (Francis Allen Stoddard), and Stoddard chose the number 32 in tribute to his racing mentor Stub Fadden, who was a Busch North Series racer from New England.[1][2]


In 2014, after a few years of struggling with team ownership, Stoddard merged the team with Archie St. Hilaire's Go Green Racing, forming Go Fas Racing. The team owner as of 2017 is St. Hilaire with Stoddard as the team consultant and Mason St. Hilaire as the general manager.



Monster Energy Cup Series



Car No. 32 history


With Stoddard serving as both owner and crew chief, the team began with Cup Champion Terry Labonte at Daytona 500, finishing a solid 15th.[2] Veteran Mike Skinner would run the next two races.[1] After Ken Schrader finished 33rd at Auto Club, the team became locked into the Top 35 in owner points despite failing to make Bristol with Schrader. Schrader also drove the car to a 22nd-place finish at Martinsville. The team also ran the full race at Texas with Big Red and finished 33rd. Talladega saw a change where they brought back Terry Labonte and Texas based company C&J Energy as the sponsor. They were up front a couple of laps with J. J. Yeley drafting with them, but the engine let go to a 34th-place finish. The team has had multiple spnosors including VA Mortgage Centers, U.S. Chrome and Big Red. FAS Lane Racing also gave 2 drivers their Sprint Cup debuts this year. Jason White was one. White ran the No. 32 Gunbroker.com Ford at Pocono Raceway. He started 41st and finished 33rd. Andrew Ranger was the other. Ranger, the young Canadian from Quebec is a former NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champion. His debut came at Watkins Glen International in the Bully Hill Vineyards Ford where he started and finished 35th. His debut was cut short about 15 laps early with transmission failures. The team finished 34th in owners' points, guaranteeing the team a start in the first five races of 2012; the team later sold the owner's points to Michael Waltrip Racing in 2012 to allow Mark Martin to compete in the Daytona 500, with Labonte taking advantage of the past champion's provisional.


For 2012, FAS Lane Racing ran full-time in 2012 with Terry Labonte running 4 races with C&J Energy as the sponsor, Mike Bliss running 7 races with U.S. Chrome and Air National Guard as the sponsors, Ken Schrader running in 9 races with Federated Auto Parts as the sponsor, Boris Said running in 2 races, Reed Sorenson in select races, and other select drivers and sponsors for the remaining 13 races. After the Daytona 500, FAS Lane acquired the points from the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing team. Ken Schrader drove in at least 9 2012 races with sponsorship from Federated Auto Parts. Also, Boris Said ran the No. 32 7-11 Slurpee/SoBe No Fear Energy Drink car at Sonoma and Watkins Glen. Jason White, Timmy Hill, T. J. Bell, and two-time K&N Pro Series East champion Mike Olsen also raced in the No. 32.


FAS Lane Racing used a variety of drivers for 2013, with Schrader, Hill, and Labonte racing. On January 30, 2013, Hill declared his intention to run against Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. for Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year honors.



2013: OXYwater



The No. 32 driven by Timmy Hill at Richmond International Raceway in 2013


The team had announced in March a 24-race sponsor for 2013, beginning at Bristol with Terry Labonte; this also included the full 2014 and 2015 seasons.[3] However, OXY Water was being investigated by the IRS for intending to deceive their investors by misappropriating over $2 million in invested funds. The company was forced to file bankruptcy, costing investors over $9 million.,[4] and did not appear as a primary sponsor after Indianapolis.



2014: Merger with Go Green Racing

In December 2013, fellow Ford team Go Green Racing and FAS Lane Racing merged in 2014, thus creating Go Fas Racing.[5] The team continued to operate out of the FAS Lane Racing shop. Terry Labonte ran the 2014 Daytona 500, and the other super speedway events in his final season, with Said running the road courses, and Kvapil running the balance of the schedule.[6]Blake Koch was later placed in the 32 for the Sprint Showdown, the Coca-Cola 600 and Dover.[7]K&N Pro Series East driver Eddie MacDonald was hired to run the No. 32 at Loudon.[8]J. J. Yeley also ran a number of races in the 32. Joey Gase made his debut with the team at Chicagoland.[9]Kyle Fowler made also made his Cup debut with the team, this time at Martinsville.[10]


With Terry Labonte, Go Fas Racing had its best team finish, 11th at the rain shortened 2014 Coke Zero 400. The same year, Terry announced his retirement from NASCAR. His last race was the 2014 GEICO 500 at Talladega, where the sides of the 32 were painted similar to the Kellogg's Corn Flakes car he drove to the 1996 championship season, while the roof was painted to replicate the car Labonte debuted in the series in 1978. The 32 originally had the right side painted in the Piedmont Airlines colors he used in his 1984 championship season, but NASCAR would not allow it on the grounds that the left and right sides must be identical.[11]



2015

For the 2015 season, Terry's brother and 2000 Champion Bobby Labonte ran the four superspeedway events, also with C&J Energy Services, and Boris Said returned for the two road courses, with the remainder of the lineup to be determined. Go Fas planned to use Mike Bliss as primary driver for the rest of the schedule, although a variety of drivers will run the car like in prior seasons.


At Las Vegas, Bliss would suffer the first DNQ for the team since 2011. He went on to DNQ a few weeks later at Charlotte. His last race for the team was at Michigan in June. His best finish with Go Fas Racing was 31st, twice.


Joey Gase was in the car for four races, failing to make Texas in November, Will Kimmel ran at Kentucky and Kansas, Travis Kvapil returning for the two Pocono races and Eddie MacDonald in Loudon. Josh Wise attempted the race at Indianapolis, but did not qualify. Despite this, and due to a prior association with Go Green Racing in the Xfinity Series, he was brought back for a three race stretch beginning at Michigan. A few weeks later at Darlington, Wise failed to qualify again. Wise attempted four more races after this, including a DNQ at Charlotte. Jeffrey Earnhardt made his Sprint Cup debut at Richmond, running the full race and finishing 40th, 13 laps behind the leaders. He returned at New Hampshire two weeks later. Fowler would return at Martinsville. The team would finish 42nd in the owner points, down noticeably from their 38th place showing the year before; they were the highest-ranked full-time team to trail the part-time No. 21 by season's end.



2016

For 2016, Earnhardt and Labonte plan to split the ride. Earnhardt will run the majority of the season for Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year honors, while Labonte will run the restrictor plate races. The team is also one of the 36 "charter" teams, thus unlike in 2015, the team will make every race.


After Labonte and Earnhardt split driving the No. 32 in the first 4 races. Gase returned to the No. 32 for the Good Sam 500.[12] On April 22, the team announced that former CART series competitor and road course ringer, Patrick Carpentier would drive for the team at Sonoma and Indianapolis.[13] In June, the team hired Jeb Burton to drive at Pocono.[14]Eddie MacDonald drove 1 single race at New Hampshire and Boris Said made his first Cup series start for the season at the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen in New York. Dylan Lupton joined the team late to drive the No. 32 at Homestead.



2017




Matt DiBenedetto in the No. 32 at the 2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350


After the season ended, it was announced that Earnhardt, Labonte, Gase, Burton, MacDonald, Carpentier, Lupton, and Said will not return to Go Fas Racing in 2017, with the team planning to have one single driver in the 32 in 2017. The driver was announced to be Matt DiBenedetto on December 15.[15] Go Fas Racing also announced soon afterwards that they would loan their charter to Wood Brothers Racing's No. 21 driven by Ryan Blaney, as they had purchased the No. 44 team owned by Richard Petty Motorsports, including the No. 44 charter.


Go Fas Racing picked up their first top ten at the 2017 Daytona 500 with a 9th-place finish by DiBenedetto. This was bettered with an 8th-place finish at the 2017 Brickyard 400, as they were able to avoid being in any of the race's record 14 cautions. DiBenedetto finished a career best 32nd in points while Go Fas went from a bottom 5 team to a mid pack team while concentrating on one driver the whole year.



2018: Circle Sport and Wood Brothers Racing partnerships

In January 2018, it was announced that Go Fas Racing would sell their charter to the Wood Brothers, in exchange for manufacturer support. Under NASCAR rules, Go Fas was still listed as owner of the charter. At the same time, Go Fas Racing partnered with Circle Sport to field the No. 32 Ford with the No. 33 charter. DiBenedetto and Go Fas renewed and started with crew chief Gene Nead for 2 races before Go Fas Racing and Nead mutually parted ways. Randy Cox is now the crew chief for the 32 team starting at the 2018 Pennzoil 400.[16] On June 24, at the 2018 Toyota/Save Mart 350 DiBenedetto picked up a 17th-place finish for Go Fas Racing making it the team's highest finish ever at a road course. Two weeks later on July 7, at the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 Go Fas Racing bettered their previous best with a 7th-place finish.


On September 7, 2018, DiBenedetto announced his intentions to leave the team concluding the 2018 Season, eventually announcing a deal to drive for Leavine Family Racing in 2019.



2019: Team Penske partnership

In December 2018, it was reported that Corey LaJoie would be joining Go Fas Racing in the 2019 season.[17] Finally on December 20, 2018, it was announced that he would be their full-time driver along with new sponsor Schluter Systems. It was also announced that Go Fas Racing would be partnering with Team Penske to use one of their pit crews.[18]



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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
34
35
36

Owners
Pts

2011

Terry Labonte
32

Ford

DAY
15


TAL
34


SON
32

DAY
28


BRI
33


TAL
34

34th
499

Mike Skinner


PHO
24

LVS
29

Ken Schrader


BRI
DNQ

CAL
33

MAR
22

TEX
33


RCH
32

DAR
28


MCH
30


MAR
21


Mike Bliss


DOV
25

CLT
30


POC
31

MCH
32


KEN
34

NHA
32

IND
32


ATL
26

RCH
36

CHI
25

NHA
31

DOV
36

KAN
28

CLT
30


TEX
34

PHO
30


Patrick Carpentier


KAN
30


Jason White


POC
33


Andrew Ranger


GLN
35


T.J. Bell


HOM
29

2012

Terry Labonte

DAY
18


TAL
29


DAY
20


TAL
16

34th
493

Mike Bliss


PHO
24


Ken Schrader


LVS
30

BRI
33

CAL
34

MAR
32


MCH
31


KEN
31


NHA
31

IND
30


BRI
42


RCH
35


MAR
29

TEX
31


HOM
37

Reed Sorenson


TEX
32

KAN
28

RCH
34


DAR
30


DOV
30

POC
41


T.J. Bell


CLT
31


MCH
33


ATL
30


CHI
30


DOV
33


Boris Said


SON
29


GLN
25


Jason White


POC
31


Mike Olsen


NHA
33


Timmy Hill


CLT
36

KAN
22


PHO
29


2013

Terry Labonte

DAY
26


BRI
25


TAL
29


DAY
20

TAL
35

37th
443

Ken Schrader


PHO
34

LVS
37


MAR
32


MCH
34


KEN
29


NHA
30


BRI
27


RCH
37


MAR
28


HOM
34

Timmy Hill


CAL
39


TEX
36

KAN
33

RCH
34


DAR
33

CLT
27

DOV
35

POC
35


IND
42

POC
27


MCH
29


ATL
31


CHI
34

NHA
36

DOV
36

KAN
28

CLT
36


TEX
41

PHO
34


Boris Said


SON
18


GLN
22


2014

Terry Labonte

DAY
20


TAL
24


DAY
11


TAL
33

38th
394

Travis Kvapil


PHO
38

LVS
39

BRI
33

CAL
33

MAR
33

TEX
37

DAR
33

RCH
36


KAN
34


POC
29

MCH
43


KEN
34


IND
39

POC
25


MCH
32


RCH
39


Blake Koch


CLT
35

DOV
30


CLT
39


HOM
38

Boris Said


SON
35


GLN
25


Eddie MacDonald


NHA
35


J.J. Yeley


BRI
33

ATL
32


DOV
39


Joey Gase


CHI
37


KAN
37


TEX
37

PHO
33


Timmy Hill


NHA
35


Kyle Fowler


MAR
28


2015

Bobby Labonte

DAY
24


TAL
27


DAY
43


TAL
23

42nd
268

Mike Bliss


ATL
31

LVS
DNQ

PHO
33

CAL
40

MAR
34

TEX
36

BRI
31


CLT
DNQ

DOV
35


MCH
40


Joey Gase


RCH
43


KAN
38


TEX
DNQ

PHO
42


Travis Kvapil


POC
35


POC
32


Boris Said


SON
26


GLN
32


Will Kimmel


KEN
38


KAN
39


Eddie MacDonald


NHA
37


Josh Wise


IND
DNQ


MCH
37

BRI
35

DAR
DNQ


CHI
33


DOV
36

CLT
DNQ


HOM
39

Jeffrey Earnhardt


RCH
40


NHA
35


Kyle Fowler


MAR
41


2016

Bobby Labonte

DAY
31


TAL
19


DAY
24


TAL
31

38th
281

Jeffrey Earnhardt


ATL
38

LVS
33


CAL
34


TEX
35

BRI
32

RCH
38


DOV
35

CLT
39


MCH
37


KEN
28


BRI
29

MCH
37

DAR
38

RCH
27


NHA
37

DOV
36

CLT
26


MAR
33


PHO
33


Joey Gase


PHO
32


MAR
36


KAN
34


CHI
40


KAN
35


TEX
36


Jeb Burton


POC
29


POC
36


Patrick Carpentier


SON
37


IND
34


Eddie MacDonald


NHA
36


Boris Said


GLN
24


Dylan Lupton


HOM
39

2017

Matt DiBenedetto

DAY
9

ATL
28

LVS
26

PHO
29

CAL
29

MAR
35

TEX
31

BRI
19

RCH
28

TAL
18

KAN
32

CLT
37

DOV
29

POC
32

MCH
28

SON
23

DAY
13

KEN
25

NHA
30

IND
8

POC
37

GLN
28

MCH
26

BRI
26

DAR
27

RCH
31

CHI
31

NHA
31

DOV
31

CLT
23

TAL
31

KAN
22

MAR
39

TEX
25

PHO
27

HOM
30
32nd
363

2018

DAY
27

ATL
31

LVS
22

PHO
25

CAL
31

MAR
32

TEX
16

BRI
21

RCH
16

TAL
19

DOV
29

KAN
22

CLT
37

POC
37

MCH
36

SON
17

CHI
29

DAY
7

KEN
37

NHA
28

POC
27

GLN
33

MCH
24

BRI
22

DAR
38

IND
36

LVS
24

RCH
34

CLT
13

DOV
27

TAL
30

KAN
23

MAR
36

TEX
38

PHO
21

HOM
26
31st
368


Pinty's Series
































































Go Fas Racing Canada
Go FAS Racing logo.png
Owner(s) Archie St. Hilaire
Alain Lord Mounir
Series Pinty's Series
Car numbers 32
Race drivers Alex Labbé
Sponsors
Can-Am
Cosmo Motors
Cyclops Gear
Kappa
Korta Coffee
Lou's Barbeque Co.
Manufacturer Ford
Opened 2016
Closed 2017
Career
Debut
Clarington 200 (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park)
Latest race Pinty's Fall Brawl 200
Races competed 25
Drivers' Championships 1
Race victories 6
Pole positions 4


Car No. 32 history


Go Fas Racing Canada debuted in the NASCAR Pinty's Series in 2016. Founded by venture capitalist Alain Lord Mounir, Go Fas Racing Canada ran under the supervision of Dave Jacombs with the #32 driven by Alex Labbé. After the 2017 season ended, the team closed as Labbé moved to the NASCAR Xfinity Series to drive for DGM Racing.



Car No. 32 results































































Year
Team
No.
Make
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Rank
Points

2016

Alex Labbé
32

Ford

MSP
5

SSS
15

ACD
1*

ICAR
2

TOR
12

EIR
7

SAS
3

CTR
4

RIS
12

MSP
23

ASE
9

KWA
3

7th
423

2017

MOS
5

DEL
1

CHA
2

ICA
4

TOR
4

WYA
1*

WYA
3

EDM
1*

TRO
5

RIV
1

MOS
6

STE
1*

JUK
20
1st
542


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