Transnet Racing made 13 starts and experienced tremendous success during 2004, including earning the team’s first podium finish at Portland, but decided to part ways with the series mid-season.[2] In December 2006 Transnet Racing announced that it would begin competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with Alex García driving the No.The team ran part-time schedules in the series in 2007 and 2008, participating in several historic road course events, including the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, in 2007,[3] the last NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, (2008)[4] and the 2008 race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve,[5] in which teams competed in the rain for the first time in a NASCAR points event.[6] García also became the first Venezuelan driver to compete in one of NASCAR's premier series when he debuted at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in March 2007.Rookie driver Alex García piloted the car, with sponsorship from Dixien Automotive Stampings and OmniSource for three races in the 2007 season, earning a top finishing position of 23rd.
Two cars in progress at the Transnet Racing shop
Alex García and the No. 98 on the starting grid in Mexico City, 2008