GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing is a racing team in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The team campaigns the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet-powered Riley, driven by Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty. Primary sponsorship comes from GAINSCO Auto Insurance. The team is based in Lewisville, Texas.
The team's owner, 2004 SCCA Formula Atlantic National Champion Bob Stallings, formerly drove the 99 car but has stepped out of the cockpit to focus his energies on managing the team's business operations. Jimmy Vasser drives for the team in select endurance races, and Rocky Moran, Jr. has also made appearances at the wheel of the 99.
At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2008, the team campaigned a second car for the first time, driven by Vasser and fellow Champ Car champion Cristiano da Matta, making his first racing start since being critically injured in a 2006 testing crash.
In 2005 and 2006, the team was known as GAINSCO/Blackhawk Racing.
Prior to the 2010 season, the GAINSCO DP was powered by Pontiac. It was rebadged as Chevrolet upon the demise of Pontiac.
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