Team

LEGACY MOTOR CLUB


Team

LEGACY MOTOR CLUB is a team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, owned by Maury Gallagher and Jimmie Johnson. LEGACY M.C. operates two full-time entries, the No. 42 Chevrolet of Noah Gragson and the No. 43 Chevrolet of Erik Jones. The team also fields a third part-time entry, the No. 84 Chevrolet, for Johnson’s limited racing schedule.

For the last 75 years, the iconic Petty family name has been synonymous in NASCAR, spanning four generations. Over the course of his driving career, Team Ambassador Richard Petty forever enshrined himself as "The King", earning 200 wins and seven NASCAR Cup Series championships alongside NASCAR Hall of Fame crew chief Dale Inman. GMS Racing entered the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021, later acquiring Richard Petty Motorsports to form Petty GMS.

The team was rebranded to LEGACY MOTOR CLUB in 2023 with the addition of Johnson, another seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, to the ownership structure. As a nod to car clubs of past eras, LEGACY M.C. is an inclusive club for the automobile racing enthusiast, fostering a team environment that will breed success for years to come. LEGACY M.C.’s vision is to honor the rich history of its past and acknowledge the future of the sport with some of today's most iconic drivers.

LEGACY M.C. operates alongside GMS Racing, which fields three full-time entries in the NASCAR Truck Series. Since the formation of GMS Racing in 2012, Gallagher, along with one of the NASCAR garage's most accomplished figures, Team President, Mike Beam, built a victorious organization, capturing the 2016 and 2020 NASCAR Truck Series championships, the 2015 ARCA Racing Series championship, as well as the 2019 & 2020 ARCA East championships, accumulating over 65 wins across six national racing circuits.

ERIK JONES


Driver

Erik Jones has accomplished many milestones in his 26 years and already left his name in the NASCAR history books. During his debut season in the Cup Series, Jones earned Sunoco Rookie of the year honors becoming the first driver to win the honor in all three of NASCAR's top series. Joining forces with Legacy Motor Club to drive the iconic No. 43, Jones is setting high goals for 2024.

Dave Elenz


Crew Chief

Dave Elenz comes from a family rooted in racing passion. Not only did the family race RC cars and snowmobiles, but Elenz’s dad raced some IMCA modifieds. And watching NASCAR races was also a family tradition.

In high school, Elenz began working on his father’s modified and racing snowmobiles himself in the wintertime. When it came to figuring out how future racing was the natural path since Elenz jokes, he didn’t want to work as hard as his family does in the logging business.

“There was an article in Winston Cup Scene about Clemson University and engineering going into NASCAR,” Elenz said. “My grandpa read the article and said something to me about it.” Elenz earned a mechanical engineering degree from Clemson in 2003. He used his proximity to Charlotte, North Carolina, to spend time in the area during spring breaks to distribute his resume and get his name out there, hoping for an internship.

It paid off. Anytime Elenz had a school break and could get to Charlotte, he worked for Jasper Racing. Elenz did so from 2001 through his 2003 graduation, put to work wherever he was needed and gaining on-the-job experience.

Once out of school, Elenz took a job with MB2 measuring cars and bodies. Elenz worked for the organization through the 2007 season.

In 2008, Elenz joined Team Penske as a race engineer for Sam Hornish Jr. and the No. 77 team.

In 2009, Elenz took the same role at Red Bull Racing, where he worked until 2011. Elenz joined Hendrick Motorsports in 2012 as an engineer on the No. 88 team for Dale Earnhardt Jr. He was moved to Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 team in 2013, which won the NASCAR Cup Series championship.

The first opportunity for Elenz to be a NASCAR crew chief came in 2015 when he moved to JR Motorsports and the Xfinity Series. Elenz worked with multiple drivers in the No. 88 Chevrolet for two seasons. Then came back-to-back championships in 2017 with William Byron and 2018 with Tyler Reddick.

Elenz worked with Noah Gragson from 2019 through 2021 before joining LEGACY MOTOR CLUB.

Paired with Erik Jones in 2022, Elenz guided the team to a victory in the famed Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Elenz and Jones remain paired together in 2024, chasing wins and a spot in the NASCAR playoffs.