The team was founded in 2013 by Sam Hunt and Shayne Lockhart, a former NASCAR driver turned crew chief, under the name DRIVE Technology. They acquired assets from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East No. 18 team, which closed after the 2012 season, and retained the No. 18 car number. The Denny Hamlin Foundation sponsored the team for much of its early racing.
From 2013 through 2019, operating as DRIVE Technology and later Hunt-Sellers Racing, the team competed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East with the No. 18. Sam Hunt drove part-time in 2013 and 2014. Other drivers during this period included Mason Massey, Milka Duno, Peyton Sellers, Sarah Cornett-Ching, Justin LaDuke, and Sergio Peña. In 2018, rookie Colin Garrett ran nearly the full season, finishing tenth in points with a best result of third at South Boston Speedway. Co-owner Shayne Lockhart departed at the end of 2015, with Peyton Sellers becoming a co-owner; the team was renamed Hunt-Sellers Racing. After Sellers' departure the team was renamed Sam Hunt Racing and switched from Toyota to Chevrolet for the 2019 K&N campaign.
In late 2019, SHR moved up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, entering the No. 26 Toyota for Colin Garrett at the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Joe Gibbs Engines. Garrett qualified fifteenth and finished twentieth. For 2020, SHR formed a partnership with Toyota Racing Development and Joe Gibbs Engines. During 2020, Garrett ran select races; Brandon Gdovic joined for races at the Indianapolis Road Course and the Daytona Road Course, finishing twelfth and twenty-eighth respectively. Mason Diaz drove the final two races of 2020 at Martinsville and Phoenix.
In 2021, SHR ran the full Xfinity schedule with a wide rotation of drivers including Brandon Gdovic, Kris Wright, Santino Ferrucci, Colin Garrett, John Hunter Nemechek, Grant Enfinger, Will Rodgers, and Dylan Lupton. The team recorded its first ever top-ten finish with Gdovic at Daytona that season. In September at Richmond, John Hunter Nemechek scored the team's first ever top-five, finishing third while battling Justin Haley and race winner Noah Gragson.
In 2022, the team moved into The Motorsports Group's former shop and expanded its technical partnership with Toyota Racing Development. Multiple drivers shared the No. 26 that year, including Ryan Truex, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Parker Chase, Derek Griffith, Chandler Smith, and Kaz Grala, with Grala making his Toyota Racing debut in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway.
For 2023, Kaz Grala drove the No. 26 full-time, recording two top-five finishes at Richmond and the Charlotte Roval along with nine top-ten finishes, finishing seventeenth in points. Grala did not return for 2024. In 2024 the seat was shared among Corey Heim, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Sage Karam, and Dean Thompson, with Thompson making his Xfinity Series debut at Charlotte's spring race. On January 7, 2025, SHR announced Dean Thompson would drive the No. 26 full-time for the 2025 season. Thompson opened his rookie year with an eighth-place finish at Daytona, later added top-ten results at Martinsville and Bristol, and at Rockingham won the second stage — SHR's first ever stage win and the first of Thompson's career.
SHR began fielding the No. 24 part-time from 2021. Will Rodgers drove the car at the Indianapolis Road Course that year with GoodRx sponsorship, starting ninth and finishing twenty-eighth. Jeffrey Earnhardt drove the No. 24 at Daytona. For 2023, Connor Mosack anchored the seat across twenty-two races, with Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick and Truck Series driver Corey Heim among others also making starts.
In 2024, Ed Jones drove the No. 24 at the COTA race. For 2025, Ryan Truex was announced for the Daytona 300 and Corey Heim drove part-time with support from 23XI Racing. Patrick Staropoli, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Christopher Bell, Kaz Grala, and Alon Day also competed in the No. 24 during 2025. On October 25, 2025, SHR announced that Harrison Burton would drive the No. 24 full-time for 2026.
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