Kevin Buckler planned to uncork 120 bottles of wine Thursday night to celebrate his fledgling Sprint Cup team’s return to its owner’s home turf in the Bay Area. That’s about as extravagant as life gets at TRG Motorsports, which views taking the green as richly as others might consider the checkered on NASCAR’s premier circuit.
Since hiring driver David Gilliland after missing the Daytona 500, TRG’s No. 71 Chevrolet has qualified for 14 consecutive races, making it the most successful of several start-ups lured to Cup this season by a dearth of sponsorship that created open slots on the 43-car grid.
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