Keith Coleman Racing

Keith Coleman Racing
Owner(s)Keith Coleman
BaseEddyville, Kentucky
SeriesBusch Series
Race driversKim Crosby, Brad Keselowski, Shawna Robinson, Mark Green, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Brian Keselowski, Carl Long, Eddie Troconis, Chris Wimmer, Marc Mitchell, Stan Boyd
SponsorsVassarette, LoveFifi.com
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2004
Closed2007
Career
Drivers' Championships0

Keith Coleman Racing was a NASCAR Busch Series team. It fielded the No. 23 and No. 26 cars for three seasons. The team was formed in 2004 by New Orleans native Keith Coleman and at the time bought the team's equipment from Holigan Racing and later from Bill Davis Racing.

KCR debuted in 2004 at the Mr. Goodcents 300 as the No. 26 LoveFifi.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Driver Mark Green qualified 26th and finished 34th in the race after suffering engine failure. He would run four more races that year for KCR, his best finish being a 23rd at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In the season-closing Ford 300, Green failed to qualify the No. 26, but KCR was able to get an entry in, the No. 50 Vassarette machine piloted by Jennifer Jo Cobb. Cobb crashed on the third lap of the race.

Despite her accident at Homestead, Cobb signed up to run the full 2005 Busch Series year with Coleman in the No. 26. NASCAR did not approve of her running at all tracks. Coleman originally asked Christi Passmore to fill in for Cobb in the races NASCAR did not allow Cobb to run, but that fell apart. Because Vassarette insisted that they would only sponsor a car with a woman behind the wheel, KCR selected Shawna Robinson as the team's driver for the full season. When she did not finish higher than 27th, Coleman removed her from the car, and she and Vassarette left the team during the summer. Mark Green returned to the No. 23, with BMAR joining as sponsor. He ran 16 races that year with KCR, his best finish being an 11th at Talladega. Meanwhile, KCR began operating a second car, the No. 26, in addition to the No. 23.

In June 2005, it was announced that Kim Crosby would drive the new car part-time, with Boudreaux's Butt Paste and Vassarette as sponsors. Crosby finished 28th in her KCR debut at the Winn-Dixie 250, and then 39th a few weeks later at Pikes Peak. Due to lack of team performance, Crosby left the team towards the end of the season. In 2006, Chris Wimmer began the season the No. 23 car, but was released after the Pepsi 300. Marc Mitchell took over at Phoenix, but crashed during practice, forcing the team to miss the race. Carl Long drove the car beginning at the Federated Auto Parts 300 and had a best finish of 34th before he was released, and Brad Keselowski finished the season with the team with Ridley Motorcycles coming on board as sponsor. Eduardo Troconis attempted the race at Watkins Glen International, but failed to qualify. Keselowski was to drive the car full-time in 2007 with the Oklahoma Centennial Commission serving as the team's original primary sponsor, before Mactac Graphics became the team's new primary sponsor midway through the year. In July 2007, the team suspended operations, due to health problems from Coleman. The team officially closed later in the month. An auction was held in 2007 to liquidate the assets of the team.

Car No. 23 results

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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 Owners Pts
2004 Jennifer Jo Cobb 50 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM
43
105th 34
2005 Shawna Robinson 23 DAY
27
CAL
35
MXC
30
LVS
31
ATL
36
NSH
DNQ
BRI
39
TEX
DNQ
36th 1989
Mark Green PHO
22
TAL
11
DAR
22
RCH
22
CLT
25
DOV
32
NSH
41
KEN
33
MLW
28
DAY
DNQ
CHI
DNQ
NHA
27
PPR
20
GTY
38
IRP
21
GLN
DNQ
MCH
33
BRI
28
CAL
DNQ
RCH
DNQ
DOV
41
KAN
DNQ
CLT
DNQ
MEM
DNQ
Chris Wimmer TEX
DNQ
PHO
37
HOM
DNQ
2006 DAY
DNQ
CAL
DNQ
MXC
DNQ
LVS
DNQ
ATL
DNQ
BRI
39
TEX
DNQ
NSH
40
49th 993
Marc Mitchell PHO
DNQ
TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV
Carl Long NSH
41
CHI
DNQ
NHA
38
MAR
41
GTY
34
IRP
Stan Boyd KEN
DNQ
MLW DAY
Eduardo Troconis GLN
DNQ
MCH
Brad Keselowski BRI
DNQ
CAL
37
RCH
38
DOV KAN
26
CLT
34
MEM
41
TEX
29
HOM
39
Brian Keselowski PHO
43
2007 Brad Keselowski DAY
DNQ
CAL
32
MXC
43
LVS
34
ATL
25
BRI
41
NSH
38
TEX
43
PHO
32
TAL RCH
35
DAR
36
CLT
37
DOV
24
NSH
40
KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 49th 758

Car No. 26 results

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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 Owners Pts
2004 Mark Green 26 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN
34
CLT
24
MEM
34
ATL
23
PHO
33
DAR HOM
DNQ
61st 399
2005 DAY
DNQ
CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW 63rd 288
Kim Crosby DAY
28
CHI
DNQ
NHA
DNQ
PPR
39
GTY
DNQ
IRP
DNQ
GLN
DNQ
MCH
DNQ
BRI CAL
DNQ
RCH DOV KAN
DNQ
CLT
DNQ
MEM TEX PHO HOM
2006 Joey McCarthy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA
43
MAR GTY 91st 34
Carl Long IRP
43
GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
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