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After Thornburg, Virginia native Joe Denette was laid off from his job in 2009, he entered the lottery, buying a "fistfull" of Mega Millions tickets with the initial dream of buying an RV to travel to races each week. Denette matched six numbers in a May 1 drawing and won $75.6 million, taking a lump sum payment of $46 million. With the money, Denette contacted fellow Virginian and former full-time driver Hermie Sadler about starting his own team in the Camping World Truck Series. After consulting with then team owner Kevin Harvick of KHI, Denette founded his own team in 2011, with trucks and support from KHI and engines from Pro Motor Engines. Denette hired Jason White. Coincidentally, Denette bought 23 lottery tickets for his big pay day, and White's sponsor carried the number 23. Hermie's brother and Harvick's Nationwide Series driver Elliott Sadler drove a second truck, the No. 24, for a few races near the end of the season. The team endured some growing pains in 2011; though they scored seven top tens and a pole with Sadler at Bristol, White finished 15th in points. The team fielded both trucks full-time in 2012 with Denette, a long-time Bill Elliott fan, renumbering the 23 truck to No. 9.

Meanwhile, NTS Motorsports was founded by former driver Bob Newberry, also a friend of Kevin Harvick and his father Mike, in Bakersfield, California, fielding cars for son Brennan in the United States Auto Club, K&N Pro Series West, K&N Pro Series East, and the ARCA Racing Series. Mike Harvick served as the younger Newberry's early crew chief. The team ran part-time in the Truck Series with Newberry in 2011 and 2012.

In December 2012, JDM merged with NTS, and adopted the latter's name to run the No. 9 truck with Ron Hornaday Jr., the No. 24 truck with Brennan Newberry, and the No. 14 truck with several drivers including Kevin Harvick for the 2013 season. The team moved into Harvick's former KHI facility in Kernersville, NC, with Harvick as an adviser and Bruce Cook as competition director. Hornaday would be released with one race to go in the season.

In 2014, the team expanded to two full-time rides and two part-time rides fielding multiple drivers, including Chase Pistone, Ron Hornaday Jr., Gray Gaulding, Justin Lofton, Austin Dillon, and Brennan Newberry. Dwayne Gaulding was also brought on as the VP of Operations for the team. Newberry was set to run a 12-race truck schedule, while 16-year-old Gaulding competed in 9 races on tracks one mile or shorter. The team also ran two full-time entries in the K&N Pro Series East and a part-time entry in the Nationwide Series with SS-Green Light Racing.

^ THE KANSAS CITY STAR (June 26, 2013). "NASCAR truck owner hits jackpot twice". columbiatribune.com. Columbia Daily Tribune, Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

^ "NTS Motorsports: About". ntsmotorsports.com. Kernersville, North Carolina: NTS Motorsports. 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

^ "Brennan Newberry interview". youtube.com. Sporting News, NASCAR Illustrated, YouTube, Rowdy.com. February 22, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

^ "Joe Denette Motorsports Merges With NTS Motorsports". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. December 5, 2012. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.

^ Smith, Greer (May 15, 2013). "Local NASCAR shop boasts Bakersfield connection". hpe.com. Kernersville, NC: High Point Enterprise. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

^ Smith, Eric (November 9, 2013). "NASCAR: Ron Hornaday Jr. Released From Truck Ride at NTS Motorsports". racereviewonline.com. Avondale, AZ: Race Review Online. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

^ Cite error: The named reference NASCAR-GauldingNewberry-14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

^ Staff Report (February 7, 2014). "GAULDING, NEWBERRY TEAM UP AT NTS MOTORSPORTS". NASCAR.com. NASCAR.

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After Thornburg, Virginia native Joe Denette was laid off from his job in 2009, he entered the lottery, buying a "fistfull" of Mega Millions tickets with the initial dream of buying an RV to travel to races each week. Denette matched six numbers in a May 1 drawing and won $75.6 million, taking a lump sum payment of $46 million. With the money, Denette contacted fellow Virginian and former full-time driver Hermie Sadler about starting his own team in the Camping World Truck Series. After consulting with then team owner Kevin Harvick of KHI, Denette founded his own team in 2011, with trucks and support from KHI and engines from Pro Motor Engines. Denette hired Jason White. Coincidentally, Denette bought 23 lottery tickets for his big pay day, and White's sponsor carried the number 23. Hermie's brother and Harvick's Nationwide Series driver Elliott Sadler drove a second truck, the No. 24, for a few races near the end of the season. The team endured some growing pains in 2011; though they scored seven top tens and a pole with Sadler at Bristol, White finished 15th in points. The team fielded both trucks full-time in 2012 with Denette, a long-time Bill Elliott fan, renumbering the 23 truck to No. 9.

^ THE KANSAS CITY STAR (June 26, 2013). "NASCAR truck owner hits jackpot twice". columbiatribune.com. Columbia Daily Tribune, Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

Meanwhile, NTS Motorsports was founded by former driver Bob Newberry, also a friend of Kevin Harvick and his father Mike, in Bakersfield, California, fielding cars for son Brennan in the United States Auto Club, K&N Pro Series West, K&N Pro Series East, and the ARCA Racing Series. Mike Harvick served as the younger Newberry's early crew chief. The team ran part-time in the Truck Series with Newberry in 2011 and 2012.

^ "NTS Motorsports: About". ntsmotorsports.com. Kernersville, North Carolina: NTS Motorsports. 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

^ "Brennan Newberry interview". youtube.com. Sporting News, NASCAR Illustrated, YouTube, Rowdy.com. February 22, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

In December 2012, JDM merged with NTS, and adopted the latter's name to run the No. 9 truck with Ron Hornaday Jr., the No. 24 truck with Brennan Newberry, and the No. 14 truck with several drivers including Kevin Harvick for the 2013 season. The team moved into Harvick's former KHI facility in Kernersville, NC, with Harvick as an adviser and Bruce Cook as competition director. Hornaday would be released with one race to go in the season.

In 2014, the team expanded to two full-time rides and two part-time rides fielding multiple drivers, including Chase Pistone, Ron Hornaday Jr., Gray Gaulding, Justin Lofton, Austin Dillon, and Brennan Newberry. Dwayne Gaulding was also brought on as the VP of Operations for the team. Newberry was set to run a 12-race truck schedule, while 16-year-old Gaulding competed in 9 races on tracks one mile or shorter. The team also ran two full-time entries in the K&N Pro Series East and a part-time entry in the Nationwide Series with SS-Green Light Racing.

^ Cite error: The named reference YouTube-BrennanNewberry-2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

^ "Joe Denette Motorsports Merges With NTS Motorsports". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. December 5, 2012. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.

^ Smith, Greer (May 15, 2013). "Local NASCAR shop boasts Bakersfield connection". hpe.com. Kernersville, NC: High Point Enterprise. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

^ Smith, Eric (November 9, 2013). "NASCAR: Ron Hornaday Jr. Released From Truck Ride at NTS Motorsports". racereviewonline.com. Avondale, AZ: Race Review Online. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

^ Cite error: The named reference NASCAR-GauldingNewberry-14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

^ Staff Report (February 7, 2014). "GAULDING, NEWBERRY TEAM UP AT NTS MOTORSPORTS". NASCAR.com. NASCAR.

^ Cite error: The named reference NTS-SSGreenLight-Nwide-2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).