Hyak Motorsports

Hyak Motorsports Team Information

Hyak Motorsports, which rebranded from JTG Daugherty Racing after the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, got its first taste of NASCAR Cup Series action through a partnership with Wood Brothers Racing in 2006. For the new season, Gordon Smith is the team's principal owner along with Brad Daugherty, Mark Hughes, and Ernie Cope.

Tad and Jodi Geshickter, who were formerly in the JTG Daugherty Racing team ownership group, have departed the team.

After a couple of seasons of the partnership with the Wood Brothers, the team then known as JTG Racing had brought in NBA legend Brad Daugherty as a co-owner, rebranded the team to JTG Daugherty Racing, and would go full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2009 with Marcos Ambrose behind the wheel of the team's No. 47 entry.

Ambrose would run two full seasons with JTG Daugherty Racing before moving on at the end of the 2010 campaign. With Ambrose's exit came the acquisition of 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte behind the wheel of the No. 47 car. Labonte struggled with the team, and after an biking injury late in the 2013 season, Labonte was replaced by his fill-in driver AJ Allmendinger.

A season later, JTG Daugherty Racing scored its first NASCAR Cup Series win with Allmendinger behind the wheel at Watkins Glen International. Allmendinger would finish 13th in the championship standings that year, the best points ranking for a JTG Daugherty Racing driver in team history to date.

In 2017, the team would expand to a two car effort as the No. 37 entry was added with driver Chris Buescher, and in 2019, Allmendinger was out, and Ryan Preece took his place within the team. A season later, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would move over to the organization in what essentially amounted to a trade with Roush Fenway Racing for Chris Buescher.

JTG Daugherty Racing would remain a two-car outfit until the end of the 2021 season. Stenhouse would secure the second-ever win for the JTG Daugherty Racing NASCAR Cup Series program in the season-opening Daytona 500 in 2023. That season was an incredible one for the team as not only did Stenhouse win the Daytona 500, but he matched the all-time team record with nine top-10s that season.

In 2024, Stenhouse brought the team its third victory all-time in a dramatic victory at Talladega Superspeedway. Stenhouse is back in 2025 with the rebranded Hyak Motorsports team, and he's looking to hit the ground running out of the box.