American Equipment Racing was a racing team that competed in the SCCA Trans-Am series in the 1980s and 1990s, and in the NASCAR Busch Grand National and Winston Cup Series during the mid-1990s.
Owned by American Equipment Company owner Buz McCall, AER competed in IMSA sports-car racing and the Trans-Am series in the 1980s and early 1990s; the team won four consecutive Trans-Am championships with drivers Scott Sharp, Jack Baldwin, and Scott Pruett from 1991 to 1994.
The team moved to NASCAR starting in 1994, competing in the Busch Grand National Series with Trans-Am Champion Jack Baldwin driving in two races, running the No. 95. Signing rookie driver John Tanner and sponsor Caterpillar Inc. for 1995, the team ran half of the 1995 season; Tanner was released after a handful of races and replaced for the majority of the team's races with Ward Burton. For 1996 AER signed 1994 Busch Series champion David Green to run for full-time in 1996. Finishing 2nd in series points, Green and AER moved up to the Winston Cup Series in 1997, where after a difficult season Green finished 37th in points. After twelve races in 1998, Green was released by the team, and a variety of drivers, including Hut Stricklin and Steve Grissom, drove for the team to finish out the year; the team closed following the 1998 season when they lost the Caterpillar sponsorship.
Motorsports career results Winston Cup results (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Car No. 96 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 Owners Pts 1997 David Green 96 Chevy DAYDNQ CAR38 RCH33 ATL24 DAR41 TEXDNQ BRI22 MARDNQ SONDNQ TAL38 CLT16 DOV18 POC28 MCH28 CAL25 DAY19 NHA24 POC39 IND35 GLN22 MCH20 BRI39 RCH37 NHA40 DOV25 MAR20 CLT31 TAL16 CAR27 PHO29 ATLDNQ 39th 2167 Todd Bodine DAR42 1998 David Green DAYDNQ CAR42 LVS34 ATL30 DAR26 BRI21 TEX18 MAR43 TAL17 CAL18 CLT43 DOV38 43rd 1919 Kevin Lepage RCH33 Hut Stricklin MCH42 POC28 NHA42 POC27 INDDNQ MCHDNQ BRI41 DARDNQ Robby Gordon SON36 Ron Fellows GLN42 NHA36 Ted Musgrave RCH25 Morgan Shepherd DOVDNQ Mike Bliss MAR25 PHO35 Steve Grissom CLT32 TAL36 DAY29 CARDNQ ATLDNQ
Busch Grand National results (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Car No. 95 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 Owners Pts 1994 Jack Baldwin 95 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR 1995 John Tanner DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY Ward Burton NHA13 CLT11 DOV31 MYB TAL36 SBO5 IRP8 MCH8 DAR3 RCH DOV12 CLT38 CAR4 HOM31 Ed Berrier NZH33 MLW38 BRI34 Butch Leitzinger GLN 1996 David Green DAY12 CAR6 RCH3 ATL2 NSV2 DAR14 BRI7 HCY1* NZH2* CLT19 DOV4 SBO20 MYB1* GLN5 MLW32 NHA3 TAL10 IRP3 MCH7 BRI11 DAR4 RCH2 DOV18 CLT40 CAR5 HOM9
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