StarCom Racing

Car No. 00 history

On September 25, 2017, StarCom Fiber, who had sponsored Derrike Cope throughout the season at Premium Motorsports, announced their intentions to field a car in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, selecting driver Derrike Cope to drive No. 00 StarCom Fiber Chevrolet.^[4] On October 17, 2017, it was reported StarCom Racing will make its NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series debut at Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400.^[5]

Prior to their first planned attempt at Dover, the No. 00 withdrew from the race due to not having a sufficient staff for the team to successfully operate. On October 22, The team would go on to successfully debut at the Hollywood Casino 400 in Kansas, starting 40th and finishing in 40th after numerous problems plagued the team. On October 29, Cope would later announce the team would attempt two more NASCAR premier series races next month at Texas and Phoenix.^[6] That same day, SCR announced the team had decided that they would longer attempt to race in Texas, instead focusing all of their effort on Phoenix. Phoenix once again got off to a rough start for the team, as they had to cut the first practice short with engine issues. When the problem was not fixed by qualifying, Cope and team decided to skip qualifying and take the last position on the grid. The race, however, went much better for the team. After starting last, the team quickly moved out of the last position. After a series of problems for other teams, the No. 00 car managed a 32nd-place run, completing the race.

On January 24, 2018, StarCom announced that they had secured a charter and will run the full schedule, with Cope planning to drive the majority of the races.^[7] However, Jeffrey Earnhardt was later announced as the driver for the 2018 Daytona 500.^[8] Earnhardt piloted the car for the first 5 races of the season with sponsorship from VRX Simulators. He earning a best finish of 21st at Daytona. On March 18, 2018, Earnhardt and StarCom Racing had agreed to part ways.^[9] Earnhardt was replaced by Landon Cassill, who brought two races of sponsorship from USFRA.org.^[10] On April 10, 2018 they announced that TW Cable, LLC and Superior Essex would sponsor Cassill at Bristol.^[11] On April 17, 2018, it was announced that NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Joey Gase would drive the car at Talladega with sponsorship from Gase's Xfinity Series sponsor, Sparks Energy.^[12] Cassill returned to the car at Dover with sponsorship from RNH Electric.^[13] Road course ringer, Tomy Drissi was hired to drive the #00 at Sonoma for the 2018 Toyota/Save Mart 350. On the 2018 South Point 400 at Las Vegas fall race, Landon Cassill finished 18th place, the best finish by a team so far.

Car No. 99 history

Team manager Derrike Cope was originally intended to pilot the No. 00 for the majority of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, however, after the hiring of Jeffrey Earnhardt to drive full-time, StarCom announced that they intended to field a second car, the No. 99, part-time for Cope and possibly other drivers. Cope announced that they were hoping to field the No. 99 beginning at Texas Motor Speedway, with Cope planning to drive unless another driver with sponsorship was found. However, the team didn't race at Texas, instead delaying the #99 car debut until the AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway.^[13] An early wreck relegated Cope to 37th in his first race in the 99. The 99 car returned at Pocono with Cope and Garrett Smithley made his debut in the 99 at Michigan.^[14]