Keith Coleman Racing

Keith Coleman Racing
Owner(s)	Keith Coleman
Base	Eddyville, Kentucky
Series	Busch Series
Race drivers	Kim Crosby, Brad Keselowski, Shawna Robinson, Mark Green, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Brian Keselowski, Carl Long, Eddie Troconis, Chris Wimmer, Marc Mitchell, Stan Boyd
Sponsors	Vassarette, LoveFifi.com
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	2004
Closed	2007
Career
Drivers' Championships	0

Keith Coleman Racing was a NASCAR Busch Series team. It fielded the No. 23 and No. 26 cars for three seasons. The team was formed in 2004 by New Orleans native Keith Coleman and at the time bought the team's equipment from Holigan Racing and later from Bill Davis Racing.

KCR debuted in 2004 at the Mr. Goodcents 300 as the No. 26 LoveFifi.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Driver Mark Green qualified 26th and finished 34th in the race after suffering engine failure. He would run four more races that year for KCR, his best finish being a 23rd at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In the season-closing Ford 300, Green failed to qualify the No. 26, but KCR was able to get an entry in, the No. 50 Vassarette machine piloted by Jennifer Jo Cobb. Cobb crashed on the third lap of the race.

Despite her accident at Homestead, Cobb signed up to run the full 2005 Busch Series year with Coleman in the No. 26. NASCAR did not approve of her running at all tracks. Coleman originally asked Christi Passmore to fill in for Cobb in the races NASCAR did not allow Cobb to run, but that fell apart. Because Vassarette insisted that they would only sponsor a car with a woman behind the wheel, KCR selected Shawna Robinson as the team's driver for the full season. When she did not finish higher than 27th, Coleman removed her from the car, and she and Vassarette left the team during the summer. Mark Green returned to the No. 23, with BMAR joining as sponsor. He ran 16 races that year with KCR, his best finish being an 11th at Talladega. Meanwhile, KCR began operating a second car, the No. 26, in addition to the No. 23.

In June 2005, it was announced that Kim Crosby would drive the new car part-time, with Boudreaux's Butt Paste and Vassarette as sponsors. Crosby finished 28th in her KCR debut at the Winn-Dixie 250, and then 39th a few weeks later at Pikes Peak. Due to lack of team performance, Crosby left the team towards the end of the season. In 2006, Chris Wimmer began the season the No. 23 car, but was released after the Pepsi 300. Marc Mitchell took over at Phoenix, but crashed during practice, forcing the team to miss the race. Carl Long drove the car beginning at the Federated Auto Parts 300 and had a best finish of 34th before he was released, and Brad Keselowski finished the season with the team with Ridley Motorcycles coming on board as sponsor. Eduardo Troconis attempted the race at Watkins Glen International, but failed to qualify. Keselowski was to drive the car full-time in 2007 with the Oklahoma Centennial Commission serving as the team's original primary sponsor, before Mactac Graphics became the team's new primary sponsor midway through the year. In July 2007, the team suspended operations, due to health problems from Coleman. The team officially closed later in the month. An auction was held in 2007 to liquidate the assets of the team.

Car No. 23 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	Owners	Pts
2004	Jennifer Jo Cobb	50	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM 43		105th	34
2005	Shawna Robinson	23		DAY 27	CAL 35	MXC 30	LVS 31	ATL 36	NSH DNQ	BRI 39	TEX DNQ																												36th	1989
	Mark Green											PHO 22	TAL 11	DAR 22	RCH 22	CLT 25	DOV 32	NSH 41	KEN 33	MLW 28	DAY DNQ	CHI DNQ	NHA 27	PPR 20	GTY 38	IRP 21	GLN DNQ	MCH 33	BRI 28	CAL DNQ	RCH DNQ	DOV 41	KAN DNQ	CLT DNQ	MEM DNQ
	Chris Wimmer																																			TEX DNQ	PHO 37	HOM DNQ
2006	Chris Wimmer			DAY DNQ	CAL DNQ	MXC DNQ	LVS DNQ	ATL DNQ	BRI 39	TEX DNQ	NSH 40																												49th	993
	Marc Mitchell											PHO DNQ	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV
	Carl Long																	NSH 41				CHI DNQ	NHA 38	MAR 41	GTY 34	IRP
	Stan Boyd																		KEN DNQ	MLW	DAY
	Eduardo Troconis																										GLN DNQ	MCH
	Brad Keselowski																												BRI DNQ	CAL 37	RCH 38	DOV	KAN 26	CLT 34	MEM 41	TEX 29		HOM 39
	Brian Keselowski																																				PHO 43

2007	Brad Keselowski	DAY DNQ	CAL 32	MXC 43	LVS 34	ATL 25	BRI 41	NSH 38	TEX 43	PHO 32	TAL	RCH 35	DAR 36	CLT 37	DOV 24	NSH 40	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	49th	758

Car No. 26 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	Owners	Pts
2004	Mark Green	26	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN 34	CLT 24	MEM 34	ATL 23	PHO 33	DAR	HOM DNQ		61st	399
2005	Mark Green			DAY DNQ	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW																			63rd	288
2005	Kim Crosby																				DAY 28	CHI DNQ	NHA DNQ	PPR 39	GTY DNQ	IRP DNQ	GLN DNQ	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL DNQ	RCH	DOV	KAN DNQ	CLT DNQ	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	63rd	288
2006	Joey McCarthy			DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA 43	MAR	GTY														91st	34
2006	Carl Long																									IRP 43	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	91st	34

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