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Front Row Motorsports is a team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a partnership with Jimmy Means and restaurant entrepreneur Bob Jenkins, with Jenkins becoming the full team owner in 2005.〔 For the 2015 season, Front Row Motorsports currently fields the No. 34 CSX/Dockside Logistics Ford Fusion for Brett Moffitt, the No. 35 Speed Stick Ford Fusion for Cole Whitt, and the No. 38 Love's Travel Stops Ford Fusion for David Gilliland. Front Row is one of the more prominent small-budget teams in the Cup Series, operating with around 60 employees on a fraction of the budget of larger teams, and with equipment often coming second-hand from other Ford teams such as Roush-Fenway Racing. The team has struggled on most intermediate tracks, however since 2011, the team has become noted for its performance at superspeedways and to a lesser extent short tracks, which rely less on aerodynamic performance. This reputation has grown since the signing of noted restrictor plate racer David Ragan in 2012, who won the team's first race at Talladega the next year with the help of another skilled plate racer David Gilliland.〔〔 == Bob Jenkins == Robert "Bob" Jenkins, the full owner of the team since 2005, resides in Dandridge, Tennessee,〔 and is known for his involvement with in the Yum! Brands family of restaurants. Jenkins currently owns around 150 franchises, including many Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, and A&W locations.〔〔 Jenkins also owns (Morristown Driver's Services (MDS) ), a full-service, third-party Logistics Provider, specializing in all phases of transportation management.〔 His family is also the owner of Jenkin's Insurance in Dandridge. Jenkins began his NASCAR career as a sponsor for a then-Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) entry driven by Brad Teague and fielded by longtime owner Jimmy Means. Jenkins began fielding Cup Series entries in 2004 with Means, taking full ownership of the team in 2005.〔〔〔 The Yum! Brands, most notably Taco Bell and Long John Silver's, as well as MDS often appear on the Front Row cars when the team does not have an outside sponsor, with funds coming from Jenkins himself.〔〔〔 He is not to be confused with the motorsports announcer of the same name. The team shop is currently in Statesville, North Carolina in the shop that used to house Travis Carter Motorsports and David Blair Motorsports. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Front Row Motorsports」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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