Brewco Motorsports
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| Owner(s) Name | Clarence Brewer, Todd Wilkerson |
| Racing Series | Busch Series |
| Number of Championships | 0 |
| Car Number(s) | 27, 66 |
| Driver(s) | Ward Burton #27 Greg Biffle/Jamie McMurray #37 |
| Primary Sponsor(s) | Kleenex, Yard-Man |
| Shop Location | Central City, Kentucky |
| Homepage | Brewco Motorsports Inc. |
Brewco Motorsports is a team in the NASCAR Busch Series. Based in Central City, Kentucky, it is owned by Clarence Brewer and Todd Wilkerson. Currently, it fields the #27 Kleenex Ford driven by Ward Burton and the #37 Yard-Man Ford driven by Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray.
[edit] Car #27 History
Brewco Motorsports debuted at the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1995. Mark Green finished 18th in the #41 car. After a twenty-eighth place finish the next month at Richmond, the team gained sponsorship from Timber Wolf and ran ten races with Green in 1996 as the #37, posting a top-ten finish at Myrtle Beach Speedway. The team finally went full-time in 1997, with Green chalking up five top-ten finishes and finishing just 79 points shy of a top-ten finish in points. After the 1998 season yielded four top-ten's, Green left for the Dr Pepper team, and was replaced by up-and-comer Kevin Grubb. Grubb's failed to qualify four times, yet finished fifth at Richmond and was seventeenth in points at season's end. Grubb improved four spots the next season thanks to six top tens, and in 2001, he totaled up seven finishes of ninth or better. After that season, Grubb departed for another team, and was replaced by Jeff Purvis. Purvis started off by winning at Texas Motor Speedway, but almost died later in the year from a crash at Nazareth Speedway. Kevin Lepage took his place, and won two poles before Elton Sawyer finished out the years.
In 2001, Mark Green's brother David took over the driving chores and won three races and was runner-up in the championship standings in his debut season in the ride. After a winless 2004, Brewco switched to Ford from their combined Chevrolet and Pontiac team, with the number of Green's car switching to #27 (although Green's car wasn't the one that changed numbers technically- the #27 Kleenex sponsored machine was already in the stable and had been driven by Johnny Sauter prior to Green; Greg Biffle and Aaron Fike took over Green's old 37 and had it changed to 66). He collected one win and finished eighth in the points. In late 2006, Casey Atwood replaced David Green.
In 2007, Ward Burton was announced as the driver of the #27 Ford Fusion. Burton, who will drive for Morgan McClure Motorsports in 2007 in the NEXTEL Cup Series, will be behind the wheel of the #27 for 20 races. A driver for the rest of the races will be announced soon.
[edit] Car #37 History
The #37 car debuted at Myrtle Beach Speedway in 1998, as #27 receiving Timber Wolf sponsorship. Casey Atwood finished 28th in that race. Scot Walters drove next at California Speedway, finishing 43rd after handling problems plagued the car. It went full-time in 1999, with Atwood driving the Castrol-sponsored ride. Despite being the age of 19, Atwood won twice at The Milwaukee Mile and Dover International Speedway, and finished 13th in points. After 2000, he signed onto Evernham Motorsports' Winston Cup program and was replaced by rookie Jamie McMurray and was sponsored by Williams Travel Centers. After three top ten finishes in 2001, McMurray won three times the next year and wound up sixth in points before moving on. Rookies Chase Montgomery and Joey Clanton shared the ride the next season. In 2004, Johnny Sauter came aboard with Kleenex sponsoring. Sauter posted eight top tens and had an eighteenth place finish in points. For 2005, the car switched to #66 with Duraflame sponsoring. Greg Biffle and Aaron Fike have shared the driving duties, with Biffle winning once and garnering sixteen top ten finishes in twenty-one starts, while Fike had one top ten in eleven starts. In 2006, Biffle, Ken Schrader, and Scott Wimmer shared the ride. Bobby Labonte also drove in some races
The team will switch back to the #37 in 2007, as Rusty Wallace has confirmed he is taking back the #66, the original number RWI debuted with. Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray will share driving duties with sponsorship from Cub Cadet and Yard-Man.
