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Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM), formerly Turner Motorsports was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina co-owned by Texas businessman Steve Turner and North Carolina businessman Harry Scott, Jr. The team fielded cars in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series and K&N Pro Series East, utilizing Hendrick Motorsports engines. Co-owner Scott also owned the unaffiliated Sprint Cup Series team HScott Motorsports. From 2003 through 2010, Turner Scott's Nationwide Series operations were those of Braun Racing, who for many years ran cars numbered 32 and 38 for Jason Leffler and Kasey Kahne with sponsors Great Clips and Fraternal Order of Eagles. The former-Braun operations also included entries of former Busch Series teams ppc Racing and Akins Motorsports. The team ceased operations following the 2014 season due to financial issues between co-owners Scott and Turner. After winning a lawsuit against Turner, Scott took the remaining equipment from the team to start HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi. ==History== Turner Motorsports, LLC was founded in 1999 in Hallettsville, Texas by Steve Turner,〔 President and CEO of RedHawk Energy, which owns team sponsor Wolf Pack Energy Services. The team debuted in the ASA Late Model Series in 2006 with James Buescher, then moved to the USAR Pro Cup Series in 2007. In 2009, the team moved their primary race operations to Mooresville, NC.〔〔 Turner partnered with Win-Tron Racing and driver Beau Slocumb in the ARCA Racing Series at Chicagoland in October 2009. Turner Motorsports then made their debut in the Camping World Truck Series later that month at Texas Motor Speedway with Scott Wimmer. The team proceeded to expand to two trucks for the 2010 season, with Ricky Carmichael and Buescher, and formed a technical alliance with Kevin Harvick Incorporated.〔〔 In September 2010, Turner acquired the four-car Nationwide Series team Braun Racing, one of the most successful non-Cup-affiliated teams in the series. Under Turner, the Nationwide program was switched from Toyota to Chevrolet for 2011, with all sponsors from Braun returning to the team. The organization also carried over the unique number logos used by Braun for all their teams (except the 38 car). In 2013 Harry Scott, Jr., a business man from the medical billing industry〔 who became a minority owner in Braun Racing in 2009, increased his stake in the organization. The owner and president of Braun/Turner sponsor AccuDoc Solutions,〔 Scott became the manager of the company's marketing, public relations and business development efforts, and the team was renamed Turner Scott Motorsports. In August 2014, co-owners Turner and Scott filed lawsuits against each other, leading to the closure of the 30 truck driven by champion Ron Hornaday, Jr. and the full-time K&N Pro Series East team and part-time 33 truck both driven by Brandon Jones. Initially it had been reported that the entire Truck Series operation would be shuttered, and around 70 employees were dismissed on August 27 before being asked to return the next morning. Turner sought over $3 million and alleged that Scott didn't handle his responsibilities to make payments to vendors or address $2 million Scott owed to Turner. Scott alleged meanwhile that Turner allowed the team's funds to run dry and did not handle his obligations to fund the team's entries. At the end of the 2014 season, Scott split with Turner and took control of the No. 42 Nationwide (now Xfinity) series car as well as the entire K&N Pro Series East operation. The Xfinity operation was moved to Chip Ganassi Racing under the name HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi, while Scott partnered with driver Justin Marks to field the K&N Series program under the name HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks.〔 The rest of TSM's equipment, including the entire Camping World Truck Series program, was sold and team employees were released following the end of the season. The team's Mooresville, North Carolina facility would be taken over by Richard Petty 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「Turner Scott Motorsports」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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