JG Motorsports 2000
The GEM cars competed in the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series under the title "JG Motorsports". The team was jointly owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick and attempted 20 races in the year. The team ran sixteen races with Ricky Hendrick as driver and did not qualify for five of the sixteen. Pepsi stayed as sponsor for the five races Gordon drove and GMAC came on as sponsor for the races Ricky Hendrick drove.
In 2002 the JG Motorsports Busch team was merged into Hendrick Motorsports and became the #48 car in the Cup series driven by Jimmie Johnson. In NASCAR 09, this team was mentioned as the #5 car in the Nationwide Series.
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