H2 Motorsports

H2 Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team owned by Matt Hurley. The team operated part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 28 Toyota Supra for Shane Lee.[1] The team shutdown before the start of the 2020 season due to financial troubles and because of the pending investigation against Hurley. The assets of H2 Motorsports were purchased by Sam Hunt Racing for the 2020 season.

H2 Motorsports
Owner(s)Matt Hurley
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers28. Shane Lee (part-time)
Sponsors28. Circuit City
ManufacturerToyota
Opened2019
Career
Debut2019 CircuitCity.com 250 (Iowa)
Latest race2019 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Races competed7
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0
Pole positions0

Xfinity Series

The team announced on May 23, 2019, that they would attempt twenty races with Lee in the No. 28 Toyota Supra, beginning at Iowa in June with Circuit City as the sponsor for all races.[2] In late summer 2019, it was revealed that Lee was signed for all of 2020, and that depending on sponsorship, the team could expand to two cars for 2020.[3]

Due to concerns that their cars would not be ready in time for the three road course races in August with being a new team, H2 decided to skip those races (at Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, and Road America) and better prepare for the upcoming oval races.[4]

Before the race at Darlington in September, they released Lee due to what they deemed a lack of performance, who the team released on August 28, 2019,[5] after less than 3 months with the team[6] and despite the fact that he finished in the top 21 in all but one of his races, and had great runs at both Daytona (before crashing in "the big one") and Iowa, where he finished in the top 10. No replacement driver was ever announced and the team didn't attempt any of the remaining races of the 2019 season. During the offseason it was announced that the team would be shutting down due to financial troubles. The remaining assets were sold to Sam Hunt Racing for the upcoming 2020 season.

Car No. 28 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 NXSC Pts
2019 Shane Lee 28 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW
18		 CHI
18		 DAY
21		 KEN
16		 NHA
33		 IOW
7		 GLN MOH BRI
13		 ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM -* -*

References
  1. "H2 Motorsports launches Xfinity team for twenty races in 2019". NASCAR. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  2. "H2 Motorsports, Circuit City, and Shane Lee to attempt 20 races". NBC Sports. NBC Sports. May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  3. Albino, Dustin. "Eyes on Xfinity: Shane Lee, H2 Motorsports Looking Toward the Future". Frontstretch. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. Page, Scott (July 30, 2019). "H2 Motorsports to skip road course races". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  5. Page, Scott (August 28, 2019). "Shane Lee released from H2 Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  6. Bonkowski, Jerry (2019-08-29). "Xfinity driver Shane Lee, H2 Motorsports part ways". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
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