Go Green Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that is currently on hiatus in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team debuted in NASCAR competition in 2009, competing in the Nationwide Series, before adding a part-time Sprint Cup Series team in 2012. The team, which raced with 14 different drivers in the 2011 season, is headquartered in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, but operates from a shop in Mooresville, North Carolina. In 2014, St. Hilaire closed down his Nationwide Series operation to merge the team into Go FAS Racing with Frank Stoddard. In 2018, the team returned to the Xfinity Series with driver Joey Gase, but parted ways with Gase at the end of the year.

Xfinity Series

Car No. 35 history On January 5, 2018, Go Green Racing announced that they would be returning to the Xfinity Series full time with Joey Gase. The number was announced as No. 35, and Sparks Energy as the primary sponsor. Go Green fielded cars out of the same shop as SS-Green Light Racing, although the two organizations remained separate. Gase ultimately finished 20th in the final point standings at season's end.

At the end of 2018, MBM Motorsports took over the No. 35 team with Gase still as the driver, and Go Green has been inactive ever since.

Car No. 35 results NASCAR Xfinity Series results 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 Owners Pts 2018 Joey Gase 35 Chevy DAY33 ATL26 LVS20 PHO24 CAL16 TEX20 BRI16 RCH22 TAL21 DOV20 CLT17 POC19 MCH39 IOW21 CHI22 DAY32 KEN33 NHA22 IOW17 GLN22 MOH24 BRI18 ROA19 DAR21 IND15 LVS15 RCH22 CLT23 DOV30 KAN15 TEX22 PHO22 HOM23 21st 495

Car No. 79 history

Owned by Archie St. Hilaire, Go Green Racing was founded in 2009, making its debut in the Nationwide Series with the No. 39 Ford in the Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park with driver Eddie MacDonald, finishing 22nd. The team ran three races in 2010 with Charles Lewandoski and Sean Caisse driving, before running the full Nationwide Series schedule for the first time in 2011 with Josh Wise, Lewandoski, Danny O'Quinn, Jr., Danny Efland, Luis Martinez, Jr., Will Kimmel, Matt Frahm, Joey Gase, Casey Roderick, Fain Skinner, and Matt Carter all sharing time in the No. 39 car. The No. 39 posted a best finish of 13th, at Road America with Wise driving, and finished 26th in owner standings at the end of the 2011 season.

The No. 39 car started the 2012 season with Joey Gase as its regular driver, competing for Rookie of the Year in the Nationwide Series; however, a lack of funding meant that Gase was released from the ride after the fifth race of the year, with Bires and Frahm each running a race in the car before Josh Richards took over regular driving duties starting at Talladega Superspeedway. Grand-Am driver Matt Bell drove the car at Road America, Jeffrey Earnhardt drove the No. 39 as a Chevrolet at Indy and Charlotte, while Tim Andrews, Carter and Canadian driver Dexter Stacey finished out the season. For 2013, Earnhardt was drive the newly numbered 79 car full-time. However, the team later scaled back to a partial schedule. Earnhardt would leave for JD Motorsports at season's end, and Hilaire subsequently shut down the Nationwide program upon the team's merger with FAS Lane in the Cup Series.

Car No. 39/79 results 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 Pts 2009 Eddie MacDonald 39 Ford DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 132nd 97 2010 Jason Bowles DAY CAL LVS BRIDNQ NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR N/A N/A Danny O'Quinn Jr. DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA Charles Lewandoski NHA31 DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH Sean Caisse BRI CGV ATL RCH GTY TEX PHO HOM Alan Tardiff DOV KAN CAL CLT 2011 Josh Wise DAY31 PHO18 LVS34 BRI18 TAL31 CHI26 ROA13 DAY24 26th 604 Charles Lewandoski CAL25 RCH31 Danny O'Quinn Jr. TEX27 NSH26 Danny Efland DAR16 DOV23 CLT19 MCH33 NSH26 Luis Martinez Jr. IOW CGV RCH Will Kimmel KEN35 Matt Frahm NHA26 IRP25 PHO43 Joey Gase IOW20 CHI23 KAN29 CLT26 TEX29 Casey Roderick GLN Fain Skinner BRI DOV HOM Matt Carter ATL 2012 Joey Gase DAY29 PHO25 LVS37 BRI36 CAL23 IOW32 31st 544 Kelly Bires TEX22 Matt Frahm RCH32 Josh Richards TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI BRI KEN Jeffrey Earnhardt IND21 CLT27 Matt Bell GLN36 Tim Andrews CGV DOV TEX Matt Carter ATL Dexter Stacey RCH27 CHI24 KAN27 PHO30 HOM43 2013 Jeffrey Earnhardt 79 DAY22 PHO20 LVS26 BRI32 TEX22 TAL16 DOV21 MCH31 ROA26 DAY33 NHA25 MOH18 RCH28 KEN25 CLT30 PHO20 27th 600 Paulie Harraka CAL Joey Gase RCH30 IOW27 Kyle Fowler DAR CLT CHI IND IOW BRI ATL Bryan Silas KEN26 GLN23 KAN23 TEX29 HOM22 Maryeve Dufault CHI T. J. Duke DOV25

Car No. 04 history The No. 04 Ford made its debut as Go Green's second car at the 5-hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway in the spring of 2011. Primarily running as a start and park car, Lewandoski, Kelly Bires, Efland, O'Quinn, Benny Gordon, Tim Andrews, and Roderick competed in the car during the year; The No. 04 car posted a best finish of 28th at Bristol Motor Speedway in August with Gordon driving, the only race the car completed all season, and finished 49th in the series owner standings.

For 2012, it was planned for Andrews to make semi-regular starts in the No. 04 car, sharing it with several other drivers; However it never ended up attempting any races.

Car No. 04 results 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 Pts 2011 Charles Lewandoski 04 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV42 IOW 49th 73 Kelly Bires CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN DOV Danny Efland NHA Danny O'Quinn Jr. NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV CHI KAN Benny Gordon BRI ATL Fain Skinner RCH Tim Andrews CLT TEX PHO Casey Roderick HOM

Sprint Cup Series

Car No. 52 history Paulie Harraka drove the No. 52 Ford at 2013 Sonoma, using Brian Keselowski Motorsports' owners points to make the field. Harraka crashed his car before the start of the race but the team was able to make repairs and finished 39th.

Car No. 52 results 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 Pts 2013 Paulie Harraka 52 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 46th 17

Car No. 79 history For the 2012 season, Go Green Racing added a part-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team to their racing efforts, with driver Tim Andrews being hired to drive and his father Paul Andrews acting as crew chief; they were the first father and son driver and crew chief combination in the series since 1987. The team planned to attempt 10 to 12 races over the course of the season. Andrews failed to qualify in the team's first effort at the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway; veteran Scott Speed was hired to drive the No. 79 Ford, qualifying for the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway for the team's first race, where he finished 42nd; at Dover later that spring, he qualified for the team's second straight race, only to be caught up in an early wreck and finish 43rd.

Car No. 79 results 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 Pts 2012 Tim Andrews 79 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL 52nd 14 Scott Speed DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY Kelly Bires NHA BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV TAL CLT KAN MAR TEX PHO Mike Skinner IND POC GLN MCH Reed Sorenson HOM

Car No. 32 history

In late 2013, Go Green and FAS Lane Racing announced that they were entering into an alliance to jointly field the No. 32 in the Sprint Cup Series in 2014.

K&N Pro Series East Go Green Racing has also operated a racing team in the development series K&N Pro Series East; in 2012 they announced plans to have a "Young Guns" competition to select a Maine driver to drive the team's car at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September, the selected driver was Austin Theriault. The team also regularly enters cars in the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, considered by racers to be the premier auto race held in the state of Maine; Jeffrey Earnhardt and Kevin Lepage have driven for the team in the event.

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