Tommy Baldwin Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the modified ranks. The team is based in Mooresville, North Carolina, and is owned by former crew chief Tommy Baldwin Jr., son of the late modified driver Tom Baldwin.

On October 19, 2016, it was rumored that TBR was selling their charter to Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing, and possibly shut down after 2016. On Thursday, November 17, 2016, TBR announced that they would stop competing full-time in NASCAR, selling their charter. Despite the news, the team fielded the No. 7 Chevrolet SS for Elliott Sadler, J. J. Yeley, and Hermie Sadler in the Cup Series on a part-time basis, until the team was sold to Premium Motorsports. On November 26, 2018, TBR announced the rebirth of the team for 2019.

NASCAR Cup Series

Car No. 7 history No. 35 (2010–2011) In 2010, Baldwin began fielding the number 35 car on a limited basis. Johnny Sauter attempted three races with the car; it did not qualify at California and at Martinsville but made the field at Phoenix. Aric Almirola unsuccessfully attempted Talladega as well.

In 2011, the No. 35 car ran the first Talladega race with former Cup winner Steve Park driving but retired from the race early. Park also attempted one more race in the No. 35, a fan sponsored tribute to modified driver Len Boehler. The Len Boehler tribute was originally planned for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona but was moved to New Hampshire due to a lack of donations; the team also said that a Northeast track (where the Whelen Modified Tour runs) would be more suitable and had a larger fanbase. The 35 failed to qualify for Loudon. In June, 62-year-old Geoff Bodine was signed to run five races in the No. 35, with sponsorship backing from military health care provider Luke Associates. The scheduled races in the car were at Daytona, Charlotte, Talladega, Texas and Homestead. After having trouble qualifying, Bodine and Luke Associates moved over to the No. 36 team (with a guaranteed starting spot) while Dave Blaney would run the No. 35 in those races. Blaney also attempted the Watkins Glen race in the No. 35 while road course veteran Ron Fellows drove the No. 36. Blaney also ran the September Richmond race in the No. 35 with sponsorship from Pepsi Max, while Stephen Leicht drove the No. 36 in his first NASCAR race since 2009.

David Reutimann (2012) For 2012, TBR reached an agreement with Stewart–Haas Racing, allowing SHR to field a No. 10 car for rookie Danica Patrick in 10 Sprint Cup races, beginning with the 2012 Daytona 500. For the remaining 26 races, David Reutimann was announced as the primary driver. A number of other drivers also ended up running in the No. 10, including road-course ringer Tomy Drissi at Sonoma, Tony Raines when Reutimann substituted for Kurt Busch at Pocono, and J. J. Yeley. Patrick brought sponsorship from GoDaddy.com, with Reutimann's primary partners being Accell Construction and TMone. For 2013, TBR would keep all rights to the team, including owner's points, however, the No. 10 and GoDaddy would follow Patrick to SHR.

Dave Blaney (2013)

For 2013, TBR changed the car number from No. 10 to No. 7 in honor of team owner Tommy Baldwin's father, who used the number 7NY during his days in NASCAR's Modified division. Heavy-machinery manufacturer SANY America sponsored the No. 7 team in 14 races, while Florida Lottery sponsored both Daytona races and Homestead. Blaney moved from the No. 36 car to run the No. 7 for the majority of the season, while Justin Marks made his Cup Series debut in the No. 7 at Sonoma with sponsorship from GoPro.

Michael Annett (2014)

In 2014, the No. 7 was driven by rookie Michael Annett, bringing his longtime sponsor Pilot Flying J up from the Nationwide Series. Part-time primary sponsors included longtime TBR sponsors Accell Construction for six races, Golden Corral at Loudon and Talladega in the fall, and new sponsor Allstate Peterbuilt. The No. 7 would also utilize an engine-leasing program with ECR Engines. Annett finished 33rd in the 2014 final point standings with a best finish of 16th at Talladega Superspeedway in the spring, with the team also finishing 33rd in final owner points. Annett and Pilot Flying J did not return for 2015, moving to a new second entry at HScott Motorsports.

Alex Bowman (2015) In 2015, it was announced that Alex Bowman would depart BK Racing in order to join TBR. The team failed to make the Daytona 500 after wrecking in the duel, the first time that any TBR entry had failed to make the Great American Race. Bowman was signed to drive for 2016 but parted ways with the team on January 21.

Regan Smith (2016)

A few hours after Bowman left, Regan Smith joined the team full time driving the No. 7 Chevy, replacing Bowman. Smith had a good start, finishing 8th in the Daytona 500, thus allowing a "Kids Eat Free" campaign to happen the next day, as the car had Golden Corral sponsorship.

Regan Smith, after a dismal season, rebounded at the second Pocono event when he finished 3rd after not pitting during the final 28 laps. It was a season-best finish for both him and Tommy Baldwin Racing, as well as the best finish for the team in the team's history.

Before the race at Homestead–Miami Speedway, Tommy Baldwin announced on Facebook that Tommy Baldwin Racing would shut down their Cup operation after the 2016 season. Their charter was sold to Leavine Family Racing, forcing Smith to qualify on speed. Their last finish was a 38th-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Part-time (2017) Despite the announcement, the team partnered with Elliott Sadler to compete in the 2017 Daytona 500 and the other superspeedways. J. J. Yeley drove the car at the spring Texas race, and at Charlotte in May, Yeley returned to the #7 in the Brickyard 400. It was then announced Hermie Sadler would drive the car at Martinsville. On September 4, 2017, Tommy Baldwin Racing was officially acquired by Premium Motorsports. The team ran other races near the end of the season under the Premium Motorsports banner, with the first being with Justin Marks at Talladega.

Part Time (2020) On May 11, 2020, Tommy Baldwin Racing announced that Josh Bilicki would be driving the number 7 car at the Real Heroes 400. JJ Yeley, Josh Bilicki and Reed Sorenson both ran 2 races, with Yeley having the team's best finish: 25th at Bristol Motor Speedway. After the 2020 season, Baldwin allowed Spire Motorsports use of the No. 7 for the 2021 season. TBR would not return to the No. 7.

Car No. 7 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 2010 Johnny Sauter 35 Chevy DAY CALDNQ LVS ATL BRI MARDNQ PHO41 TEX 52nd 121 Aric Almirola TALDNQ RCH DAR DOV CLT POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC Tony Ave1 GLNDNQ MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 2011 Steve Park DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX TAL42 RCH DAR DOV CLT KAN POC MCH SON NHADNQ DOV KAN 44th 75 Geoff Bodine DAY38 KEN NHA IND POCDNQ ATLDNQ CLTDNQ TALDNQ MAR Dave Blaney GLNDNQ MCH BRI RCH19 TEX35 PHO27 HOM28 Stephen Leicht CHIDNQ 2012 Danica Patrick2 10 DAY38 DAR31 CLT30BRI29 ATL29 CHI25 DOV28 KAN32 TEX24 PHO17 33rd 519 David Reutimann PHO36 LVS31 BRI21 CAL27 MAR35 TEX26 KAN29 RCH33 TAL22 DOV31 KEN23 DAY11 NHA33 POC24 MCH21 RCH34 NHA30 TAL37 CLT30 MAR36 HOM34 Dave Blaney POC25 Tony Raines MCH36 Tomy Drissi SON38 J. J. Yeley IND39 GLN40 2013 Dave Blaney 7 DAY17 PHO33 LVS24 BRI36 CAL21 MAR29 TEX25 KAN43 RCH23 TAL16 DAR27 CLT30 DOV29 POC31 MCH31 KEN40 DAY31 NHA23 IND38 POC23 GLN27 MCH30 BRI22 ATL26 RCH31 CHI23 NHA31 DOV33 KAN25 CLT32 TAL25 MAR39 TEX35 PHO30 HOM38 28th 646 Justin Marks SON30 2014 Michael Annett DAY37 PHO34 LVS29 BRI26 CAL19 MAR31 TEX29 DAR42 RCH33 TAL16 KAN25 CLT28 DOV35 POC20 MCH21 SON30 KEN18 DAY21 NHA32 IND31 POC22 GLN31 MCH40 BRI38 ATL21 RCH37 CHI40 NHA29 DOV41 KAN24 CLT33 TAL37 MAR24 TEX22 PHO26 HOM36 33rd 531 2015 Alex Bowman DAYDNQ ATL23 LVS43 PHO30 CAL33 MAR37 TEX33 BRI20 RCH32 TAL16 KAN43 CLT26 DOV20 POC26 MCH41 SON31 DAY24 KEN31 NHA42 IND43 POC25 GLN29 MCH31 BRI32 DAR24 RCH37 CHI37 NHA42 DOV32 CLT32 KAN31 TAL33 MAR22 TEX41 PHO38 HOM26 36th 437 2016 Regan Smith DAY8 ATL34 LVS25 PHO28 CAL23 MAR34 TEX31 BRI37 RCH32 TAL32 KAN23 DOV39 CLT28 POC22 MCH35 SON28 DAY38 KEN34 NHA32 IND26 POC3 GLN35 BRI26 MCH26 DAR20 RCH29 CHIQL NHA34 DOV31 CLT21 KAN29 TAL25 MAR30 TEX26 PHO27 HOM38 45th3 33 Ty Dillon CHI27 2017 Elliott Sadler DAY20 ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TAL17 KAN DAY21 KEN NHA 39th 98 J. J. Yeley TEX27 BRI RCH CLT26 DOV POC MCH SON IND37 POC GLN MCH BRI30 DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT Justin Marks4 TAL40 KAN Hermie Sadler4 MAR34 Joey Gase4 TEX32 PHO30 Ross Chastain4 HOMWth 2020 Josh Bilicki DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR34 DAR CLT36 POC32 POC34 IND25 KEN MCH33 DAY38 DAR32 RCH BRI39 LVS TAL CLT KAN35 TEX29 MAR32 39th 85 J. J. Yeley CLT37 BRI25 Reed Sorenson ATL27 MAR38 HOM TAL TEX28 KAN31 NHA DAY Joey Gase MCH39 Garrett Smithley DOV37 DOV35 PHO37‡ - Qualified but replaced by Ty Dillon

Tony Ave's entry was fielded by TriStar Motorsports. Danica Patrick's entries were fielded by Stewart–Haas Racing. Owner Points sold to Leavine Family Racing before the race at Homestead. Justin Marks, Hermie Sadler and Joey Gase ran under Premium Motorsports banner.

Car No. 36 history Multiple drivers (2009–2010) Formerly a Busch Series team, on January 5, 2009, Tommy Baldwin Jr. announced that he would restart TBR as a Sprint Cup Series operation despite the slumping economy and following his release as a crew chief from the defunct Bill Davis Racing team. The team later announced that former Evernham Motorsports and Haas CNC Racing driver Scott Riggs would drive the No. 36, and that Arrington Manufacturing (now Race Engines Plus) would build Toyota engines for the team. Initially made up of volunteers laid off from other organizations, the team qualified for the Daytona 500 and would finish 25th. The team was sponsored by Red Bank Outfitters for the first four races, and would receive short term sponsorship from Array/Nexxus Lighting and Guy Fieri Knuckle Sandwich, though it ran much of the season unsponsored. Riggs would also qualify for the second race of the year but did not qualify for the next three events. After qualifying for eight races in twelve attempts, Riggs announced he would leave the team after Charlotte, when lack of funding forced the team to start and park. Baldwin then signed veteran Mike Skinner to drive for 17 races, Patrick Carpentier for both Pocono races, and Brian Simo for both road course races. Robert Richardson Jr. finished 18th at the November Talladega race with sponsorship from Mahindra Tractors. It was announced in September that Carpentier would run six additional races beginning at Atlanta with sponsor Wave Energy Drink. After failing to qualify for the Atlanta race, Carpentier left the team in due to a business conflict in Canada. Michael McDowell would take over for the remainder of the season.