Long-time NASCAR Team Owner and Daytona 500 Champion Passes Away

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Larry McLure, a long-time fixture of the NASCAR Garage as co-owner of Morgan-McClure Motorsports, has passed away.

• McClure made his name in NASCAR as a co-owner of the Morgan-McClure Motorsports No. 4 car with Tim Morgan. This car, often recognized for the yellow Kodak paint scheme that it carried from 1986 to 2003, competed in the NASCAR Cup Series from 1983 to 2009.
• During the early to mid-1990s, the team was one of, if not the most dominant, cars at Daytona, winning the 1991, 1994, and 1995 Daytona 500 and two summer races with Ernie Irvan and Sterling Marlin. This skill also transferred to Talladega, as between these two drivers, the No. 4 team won nine of 24 superspeedway races from 1991 to 1996.
• During the team’s lifetime, the No. 4 won 14 NASCAR Cup Series races while fielding a long list of recognizable drivers. Aside from Irvan and Marlin, Morgan-McClure Motorsports entered cars for the likes of Mark Martin, Bobby Hamilton, Mike Skinner, and Ward Burton.
• Morgan-McClure Motorsports entered their final NASCAR Cup Series race in the fall of 2009 at Bristol, the same track where they won their first race in 1990 with Irvan. That evening, Scott Wimmer piloted No. 4 to 29th place, finishing four laps down. The team attempted to qualify for the 2010 Bristol night race but failed to do so with Kevin Lepage behind the wheel.
• McLure joins a tragically growing list of NASCAR team owners to pass away in 2025. This list includes former Cup Series team owner Travis Carter and current Truck Series team owners Charlie Henderson and Shigeaki Hattori.

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