Peak Fitness Racing

Peak Fitness Racing
Owner(s)Angela Sadler, Bryant Stith, Jeff Stec
BaseNorth Carolina
SeriesNextel Cup Series, Busch Series
Race driversDerrike Cope, Hermie Sadler
SponsorsVirginia Lottery, Little Trees, PEAK Fitness, EAS Sports Drink
ManufacturerFord
Opened2001
Closed2006
Career
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0

Peak Fitness Racing is a disbanded NASCAR team. It was owned by Hermie Sadler from 2001–2004 and Jeff Stec from 2005–2006, before it was sold.

The team was formed in 2001 by Hermie Sadler as SCORE Motorsports. Sadler fielded the No. 13 Chevrolet Monte Carlo sponsored by the Virginia Lottery for three races that year, his best finish was a 27th at Dover. The team switched to No. 02 for 2002, starting eight races and having a variety of different sponsorships. 2004 saw the car field a ride for a variety of drivers including Carl Long, Andy Belmont, and Jason Jarrett, as well as Sadler himself for 16 races. The team also fielded an entry for three races in 2002 in the Busch Series, with a best finish of 29th. They ran an additional three races in 2003, again getting a best finish of 29th. In 2004, Sadler ran 30 races in the Busch Series, but did not finish higher than 12th. Garrett Liberty drove one race at Memphis, finishing 31st.

In 2005, The team was bought by Stec who had sponsorship from PEAK Fitness, and the team switched to the number No. 66 Ford with engine support from Robert Yates Racing. After the spring race at Dover Downs, Sadler resigned from the team and was replaced by Mike Garvey, with sponsorship from Jani-King. After Garvey did not qualify at New Hampshire, Stec parted ways with Garvey. Jimmy Spencer drove the car at the fall Michigan race.

Stec then signed Kevin Lepage to join the No. 66 team. Lepage made all but one of his attempts with at 6th place start at Kansas, 13th at Atlanta and 17th at Charlotte. Lepage finish of 21st at Charlotte and finished all but one race. Hermie Sadler returned to the team for a one-race deal at Martinsville in the fall. He finished 32nd in the Jerry Kilgore Ford.

In 2006, the team switched to the No. 61 because Haas CNC Racing and their sponsor Best Buy asked to use number No. 66 for promotional reasons. The team missed just two races and were hoping to expand to a second car with Carl Long driving, but that plan fell through. The team was inside the top 35, but then barely fell out once the new top 35 were locked in, leading the team to rough times. In April, the team was sold to Front Row Motorsports.

Car No. 02/13/61/66 results

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
Year Team 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 NNCS Pts
2001 Hermie Sadler 13 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR
DNQ
TAL CAL RCH
DNQ
CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND
DNQ
GLN MCH BRI
DNQ
DAR RCH
DNQ
DOV
27
KAN CLT MAR
28
TAL PHO CAR HOM
DNQ
ATL
37
NHA
DNQ
50th 281
2002 02 DAY
DNQ
CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI
32
TEX MAR
29
TAL CAL
DNQ
RCH
18
CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI
DNQ
DAR RCH
23
NHA
37
DOV KAN TAL CLT
41
MAR
35
ATL CAR
41
PHO HOM
DNQ
43rd 630
2003 Pontiac DAY
DNQ
CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI
DNQ
TEX RCH
DNQ
DOV
DNQ
POC IND
DNQ
GLN MCH BRI
DNQ
DAR
41
NHA
40
DOV
39
TAL KAN 45th 619
Chevy TAL
43
MAR
43
CAL CLT
DNQ
MCH
36
SON DAY CHI NHA POC RCH
40
CLT
DNQ
MAR
30
ATL
41
PHO CAR
DNQ
HOM
38
2004 Carl Long Pontiac DAY CAR LVS
38
40th 1301
Andy Belmont ATL
39
DAR
37
TEX
DNQ
Hermie Sadler BRI
31
Chevy MAR
26
TAL CAL
41
RCH
42
CLT
41
DOV
DNQ
POC CHI
40
NHA
43
IND
DNQ
GLN
33
MCH
42
BRI
DNQ
CAL
DNQ
RCH
DNQ
NHA
31
DOV
DNQ
KAN
40
CLT
DNQ
MAR
38
ATL
DNQ
PHO
33
DAR
40
HOM
43
Ford TAL
23
Derrike Cope Chevy MCH
42
SON DAY
Jason Jarrett POC
40
2005 Hermie Sadler 66 Ford DAY
DNQ
CAL
DNQ
LVS
33
ATL
DNQ
BRI
32
MAR
37
TEX
29
PHO
DNQ
TAL
40
DAR
38
RCH
41
CLT
DNQ
DOV
30
MAR
32
40th 1635
Mike Garvey POC
25
MCH
36
DAY
DNQ
CHI
DNQ
NHA
36
POC
34
IND
DNQ
GLN BRI
DNQ
CAL
37
RCH
32
NHA
DNQ
Johnny Borneman III SON
DNQ
Jimmy Spencer MCH
36
Kevin Lepage DOV
40
TAL
30
KAN
36
CLT
21
ATL
42
TEX
33
PHO
DNQ
HOM
35
2006 61 DAY
25
CAL
35
LVS
37
ATL
35
BRI
31
MAR
DNQ
TEX
32
TAL
28
RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 42nd 1484
Chevy PHO
DNQ

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