Anybody know anything about older NASCAR Cup cars???

Not really old Cup cars, but specifically 2009-2012 models? I know that there are literally hundreds of cars built during this era of CoT(Cars of Tomorrow) and each had serial numbers. Does anyone know if there is some type of database with info on teams, chassis numbers, events where those specific chassis's were raced and who drove them? I know it's going to be a stretch, but I'm looking for information on a certain chassis. Its marked Robert Yates Racing(RYR) #716 and RHE(Ronnie Hopkins Engineering) 4072244. 
 

With all of the Motorsports and racing experience in this group, I am hoping that someone here has some previous NASCAR experience and can educate me on these chassis numbers.

Thanks as always.

While Robert yates racing is no longer a team there engine business is still around maybe try contacting them they might be able to get you  into contact with the right people and info. No real database that I know if but most teams  keep lists etc of their cars.

https://www.ryr.com

The Cup races they raced in would have been recorded by NASCAR. I'm not sure who you would contact there for that information.

I do know a few races that the car was entered in, but I would like to know all the races. Our SCCA & vintage race cars have logbooks that document every race that the car was entered in. Do Cup cars have "logbooks"????

Here is what was found via the interwebs.

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

No true log books in oval-track racing. However, from my understanding NASCAR kept records of the whereabouts of certified Cup chassis, especially when they were re-certified and raced. Race teams keep records, too, but it's on their own. The issue with the Go Fas Racing cars is that team does not exist anymore. That complicates things.

P.S. - I'll send you a PM with maybe a path to finding out its history.

They're really good at making left turns? 

In reply to Mndsm :

Yep, I get that and I'm a road racer, so two different worlds. It's a Super Speedway chassis as far as we can tell, but that shouldn't be an issue. The chassis is built on a centerline from the measurements we took, so with a-arms, shocks, springs and alignment, it should be good to try and turn both ways. It seems like there are many, many ARCA, BUSCH and XFINITY cars around, but the actual Cup cars are somewhat more rare. Maybe? Either that or they are in collections and don't come up for sale nearly as often.

The search for information continues........

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

The reason the Cup cars are more rare is the bigger teams did not want the specific build details to get out to other competitors. They would routinely destroy chassis' that were damaged badly enough to be unrepairable, or to get rid of slightly out of date versions that had been taken out of rotation. The shredder was very busy.

This was the case with most of the bigger teams, who fabricated their own cars and components up through the end of the 2021 season. The common chassis being used now is produced by a third party, so the details are no longer a secret, but it is the intellectual property of NASCAR, so few real details are publicly available.