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((short description|Former NASCAR Winston Cup team))
((Refimprove|date=September 2014))
((Infobox former NASCAR team
| name          = Blair Motorsports
| logo          =
| owners        = David Blair
| series        = [[Winston Cup]]
| drivers_champ = 0
| wins          = 0
| numbers       = 27
| drivers       = [[Kenny Irwin Jr.]] [[Elton Sawyer]] [[Todd Bodine]] [[Rick Wilson (racing driver)|Rick Wilson]] 
| sponsors      = [[Indianapolis Colts]], [[Tonka]]
| manufacturer  = [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| base          = [[Statesville, North Carolina]]
| opened        = 1996
| closed        = 1998
))
'''David Blair Motorsports''' (DBM) is a former [[NASCAR]] [[Winston Cup]] team. It was formed in 1995 by attorney [[David Blair (attorney)|David Blair]]. It only ran a few years in the circuit, and never could hang onto a regular sponsor.

== 1996 ==
David Blair Motorsports began racing in 1996, the No. 27 team having been acquired in its entirety from [[Junior Johnson & Associates]]. It was able to keep the number, 27, and the driver, [[Elton Sawyer]].<ref>((cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MT&s_site=macon&p_multi=MT&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB76D0FA5FE61DF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Foyt fails to qualify for today's Dura-Lube 500K|date=October 29, 1995|work=[[Macon Telegraph]]|page=9D|accessdate=2013-09-15|location=Macon, GA))</ref> Sawyer and the team got off to a disappointing start, failing to qualify for two races and only mustering up a best finish of 19th at the spring Atlanta race. After the [[Coca-Cola 600]], Sawyer was released due to a lack of funding for the operation, and the team suspended operations to reorganize.<ref>((cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/doc/263167820.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2002%2C%201996&author=DARRELL%20FRY&pub=St.%20Petersburg%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Blair%20team%20loses%20race%20with%20time%20Series%3A%20AUTO%20RACING|title=Blair team loses race with time|last=Fry|first=Darrell|date=June 2, 1996|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|page=9C|accessdate=2013-09-15|location=St. Petersburg, FL|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081309/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/doc/263167820.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2002,%201996&author=DARRELL%20FRY&pub=St.%20Petersburg%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Blair%20team%20loses%20race%20with%20time%20Series:%20AUTO%20RACING|url-status=dead))</ref> After a failed attempt at the [[Brickyard 400]] with [[Jason Keller]] driving, DBM reappeared at the [[Mountain Dew Southern 500]] with [[Todd Bodine]] driving. Bodine qualified sixteenth and finished 15th. Bodine ran two more races with the team that season, never qualifying outside the top 20.

== 1997 ==
After starting 1997 off with no driver or sponsor, the team finally hooked up a deal with [[Rick Wilson (NASCAR)|Rick Wilson]] to run selected events that season. The team returned at the [[Batman Begins 400|Miller 400]] at Michigan, where Wilson started 31st and finished 21st. He had the same finish later in the year at the [[Brickyard 400]] in a car sponsored by the Indianapolis Colts.<ref>((cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PhQoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HdgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2873,303620&dq=david-blair-motorsports&hl=en|title=Two sides in Indy battle 'talk about the weather'|date=August 3, 1997|work=[[Gadsden Times]]|page=D5|accessdate=15 September 2013|location=Gadsden, AL))</ref> In September that year, Blair was hired by [[Robert Yates Racing]] to field a car for their new driver, [[Kenny Irwin Jr.]], to prepare him for his rookie year in 1998.<ref>((cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFFAE3D132C4C0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=NASCAR Report|last=Zeller|first=Bob|date=August 30, 1997|work=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|page=C5|accessdate=2013-09-15|location=Hampton Roads, VA))</ref> In his first start with the team at [[Richmond International Raceway]], Irwin qualified on the outside pole. He followed that up with taking the lead at lap 86 and holding it for the next 12 laps before finishing in eighth place. In his next start, at [[Martinsville Speedway]], he qualified third but had to make an early exit due to a fuel pump problem. He ran two more races that year before moving to RYR full-time for 1998.

== 1998 ==
DBM began 1998 in a familiar place: no sponsor. Despite signing [[Tommy Kendall]] to drive early on, the team was unable to locate a sponsor for the year, and Kendall left the team. This did not stop the team from looking towards the future, as they built a full shop of [[Ford Taurus]]es to prepare for a full-time run. A successful test at [[Darlington Speedway]] with [[Mike Wallace (racing driver)|Mike Wallace]] yielded optimism for 1999, but by November, it was obvious the situation hadn't gotten any better. As a result, Blair laid off all of his employees and sold the shop and equipment to [[Travis Carter Motorsports]]. Under the TCM banner, the old David Blair team ran for five years with mediocre results, before disappearing in 2003.

=== Car No. 27 results ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
|-
! 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
! ((Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification))
! Pts
|-
! rowspan=4| [[1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1996]]
! [[Elton Sawyer]]
! rowspan=6| 27
! rowspan=6| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1996 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br><small>25</small>
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]<br><small>30</small>
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Golden Corral 500|ATL]]<br><small>19</small>
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br><small>30</small>
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Food City 500|BRI]]<br><small>37</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[First Union 400|NWS]]<br><small>32</small>
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Goody's Headache Powder 500 (Martinsville)|MAR]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston Select 500|TAL]]<br><small>37</small>
| [[Save Mart Supermarkets 300|SON]]
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br><small>21</small>
| [[Miller 500 (Dover)|DOV]]
| [[UAW-GM Teamwork 500|POC]]
| [[Miller 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]
| [[Pepsi 400|DAY]]
| [[Slick 50 300|NHA]]
| [[Miller 500 (Pocono)|POC]]
| [[DieHard 500 (Fall Talladega)|TAL]]
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[GM Goodwrench Dealer 400|MCH]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| [[Goody's Headache Powder 500 (Bristol)|BRI]]
| colspan=10|
! rowspan=4| 38th
! rowspan=4| 892
|-
! [[Jason Keller]]
| colspan=18|
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1996 Brickyard 400|IND]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| [[The Bud At The Glen|GLN]]
| colspan=12|
|-
! [[Todd Bodine]]
| colspan=22|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Mountain Dew Southern 500|DAR]]<br><small>15</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Miller 400 (Richmond)|RCH]]<br><small>34</small>
| [[MBNA 500|DOV]]
| [[Hanes 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]
| [[Tyson Holly Farms 400|NWS]]
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[UAW-GM Quality 500|CLT]]<br><small>21</small>
| [[AC Delco 400|CAR]]
| [[Dura Lube 500|PHO]]
| colspan=2|
|-
! [[Ron Barfield Jr.]]
| colspan=30|
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[NAPA 500|ATL]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| colspan=1|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1997]]
! [[Rick Wilson (racing driver)|Rick Wilson]]
| [[1997 Daytona 500|DAY]]
| [[Goodwrench Service 400|CAR]]
| [[Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]
| [[Primestar 500 (Atlanta)|ATL]]
| [[TranSouth Financial 400|DAR]]
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1997 Interstate Batteries 500|TEX]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| [[Food City 500|BRI]]
| [[Goody's Headache Powder 500 (Martinsville)|MAR]]
| [[Save Mart Supermarkets 300|SON]]
| [[1997 Winston 500|TAL]]
| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]
| [[Miller 500 (Dover)|DOV]]
| [[Pocono Organics CBD 325|POC]]
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Miller 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br><small>21</small>
| [[1997 California 500|CAL]]
| [[Pepsi 400|DAY]]
| [[Jiffy Lube 300|NHA]]
| [[Pennsylvania 500|POC]]
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Brickyard 400|IND]]<br><small>21</small>
| [[The Bud At The Glen|GLN]]
| [[DeVilbiss 400|MCH]]
| [[Goody's Headache Powder 500 (Bristol)|BRI]]
| [[1997 Mountain Dew Southern 500|DAR]]
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[UAW-GM Quality 500|CLT]]<br><small>19</small>
| [[DieHard 500 (Fall Talladega)|TAL]]
| colspan=3|
! rowspan=2| 46th
! rowspan=2| 731
|-
! [[Kenny Irwin Jr.]]
| colspan=23|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400|RCH]]<br><small>8</small>
| [[CMT 300|NHA]]
| [[MBNA 400|DOV]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Hanes 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br><small>37</small>
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[AC Delco 400|CAR]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Dura Lube 500 Presented by Kmart|PHO]]<br><small>20</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[NAPA 500|ATL]]<br><small>25</small>
|}

==References==
((reflist))

((David Blair Motorsports))
((Travis Carter Enterprises))
((Junior Johnson & Associates))

[[Category:1996 establishments in North Carolina]]
[[Category:1998 disestablishments in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Companies based in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Defunct NASCAR teams]]
[[Category:Auto racing teams in the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct companies based in North Carolina]]

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