Tristar Motorsports NC, LLC

TriStar Motorsports was established in 1989 by Mark Smith. In its early years, the team competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, where the team won the Coors Light Pole for the 1994 Daytona 500 with Loy Allen Jr. – the first rookie in the history of NASCAR to set the pace for the historic race. After accumulating 151 starts in the Winston Cup Series, with three poles and nine top-10's, Smith withdrew from team ownership to focus on building engines for the NASCAR industry. Now, Smith's company - Pro Motor Engines - is one of the leading independent engine builders of race engines for all three of NASCAR's top-tier divisions and other series like ARCA and the SCCA. Smith was eager to return to team ownership and the opportunity came along in 2010 when he re-launched his TriStar Motorsports team and began fielding cars in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. In only four short years, TriStar Motorsports has accumulated 440 starts and closed out their 2013 campaign with two drivers finishing in the top-20 of the Championship Point Standings. The team is fielding four entries in 2014 with manufacturer support from Toyota.