Bayley Currey

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Bayley Currey
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Currey in 2019
BornBayley A. Currey
(1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 25)
Driftwood, Texas
NASCAR Cup Series career
12 races run over 3 years
2021 position64th
Best finish52nd (2019)
First race2019 TicketGuardian 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2021 Quaker State 400 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
74 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamTBA JD Motorsports
2020 position81st
Best finish81st (2020)
First race2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas)
Last race2021 Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
30 races run over 5 years
2020 position41st
Best finish31st (2018)
First race2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2021 CRC Brakleen 150 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of December 26, 2021.

Bayley A. Currey[1] (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. TBA Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports. Currey has also previously made starts in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Racing career[]

Currey started his go-kart racing career in 2003, later moving up to Bandolero racing. After that, he competed at Central Texas Speedway, driving pro late models.[2][3] On December 27,2021 JD Motorsports announced that Bayley Currey would run full-time in 2022 in a TBD car number.

Truck Series[]

Currey made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville at the Texas Roadhouse 200, driving the No. 50 truck for Beaver Motorsports. The offer was brought to him by a personal friend.[3] He started 27th and finished 25th. Currey returned in Phoenix, driving the No. 83 for Copp Motorsports. He started 21st, and finished 10th, surviving multiple wrecks in the process. He drove the No. 83 truck again at Homestead, starting 30th and finishing 28th after an engine failure.[4][5] Currey wound up running 13 Truck races in 2018.

On February 9, 2019, it was announced that Currey and Vizion Motorsports agreed to run a partial schedule in the No. 35 Toyota Tundra for 2019.[6] The announcement came after Currey tested an ARCA Racing Series car for Vizion. In July, he joined Niece Motorsports for the Gander RV 150 at Pocono Raceway,[7] and later finished sixth with the team at Michigan International Speedway.[8]

In 2020, Currey joined CMI Motorsports for the Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[9] He returned to Niece at Pocono after regular driver Natalie Decker was hospitalized with bile duct complications.[10]

On January 3, 2021, Currey revealed on the Talking in Circles podcast that he would return to Niece in 2021 for another part-time schedule. Although plans were for his season debut to take place at Circuit of the Americas,[11] he did so in April at Kansas in the No. 45 truck after regular driver Brett Moffitt switched to Xfinity points.[12] Currey changed his points declaration to the Truck Series on May 4.[13]

Xfinity Series[]

A few weeks after competing in the 2018 Stratosphere 200 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Currey made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway with B. J. McLeod Motorsports.[14][15] He qualified 23rd and finished 20th after falling back to 30th at the end of Stage 1 and 27th at the end of Stage 2.[16] Currey returned at Loudon in July with JP Motorsports in their No. 55 entry, and piloted the car for most of the remainder of the 2018 season.

On August 15, 2019, leading into the Food City 300 at Bristol, Currey was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after failing a drug test;[8] Currey, in a statement, said that the failure was due to a banned ingredient (Octodrine) in a pre-workout supplement. He apologized publicly on the night the suspension was announced and asked NASCAR to enter him in to the Road to Recovery program, which is mandatory for members looking to be reinstated by NASCAR.[17] He was reinstated on September 18 after completing the Road to Recovery.[18] He made his racing return at the Charlotte Roval, where he finished 37th.[19]

Currey joined Mike Harmon Racing for the 2020 season, where he ran much of the schedule in the No. 74. He was elevated to a full-time seat with the team in 2021.[20] In the Call 811 Before You Dig 200 at Phoenix Raceway, Currey posted his and MHR's best career finishes of seventh.[21]

Cup Series[]

In March 2019, Currey partnered with Rick Ware Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway.[22] He was slated to run the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol with Ware until his suspension.[23][24] Kyle Weatherman took his place in the 52.

Currey returned to Ware and the Cup Series in May 2020, driving the No. 53 in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol.[25] In August, he replaced J. J. Yeley during the Go Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course when Yeley required medical attention due to a failed cooling system.[26]

Currey returned to the series in the 2021 Quaker State 400 at Atlanta, driving the No. 15 for RWR.[27]

Personal life[]

Currey's father was a race car driver.[3] Bayley attended Texas State University.[3]

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series[]

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2019 Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO
31 		CAL MAR KAN
33 		CLT
35 		CHI
32 		DAY 52nd 01 [28]
Chevy TEX
35 		BRI
31 		RCH
32 		TAL DOV PHO
32 		HOM
51 Ford POC
25 		MCH SON KEN
33 		NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX
2020 53 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR DAR CLT CLT BRI
38 		ATL MAR HOM TAL POC POC IND KEN TEX KAN NHA MCH MCH 54th 01 [29]
27 Ford DAY
RL† 		DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO
2021 15 Chevy DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL BRI MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA ATL
32 		NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO 64th 01 [30]
† – Relieved J. J. Yeley

Xfinity Series[]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2018 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
22 		BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN 103rd 01 [31]
JP Motorsports 55 Toyota NHA
29 		IOW GLN MOH BRI
27 		ROA DAR
26 		IND
39 		LVS
24 		RCH
29 		CLT
35 		DOV
29 		KAN
DNQ 		TEX
Wth 		PHO
30 		HOM
DNQ
45 TEX
21
2019 Rick Ware Racing 17 Chevy DAY ATL
22 		LVS
34 		PHO
37 		CAL
35 		TEX
DNQ 		BRI RCH TAL DOV
34 		CLT
33 		POC MCH
33 		IOW CHI
QL† 		DAY KEN NHA
35 		IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH KAN
35 		93rd 01 [19]
RSS Racing 38 Chevy CLT
37 		DOV
33
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy TEX
20
RSS Racing 93 Chevy PHO
36 		HOM
2020 Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy DAY LVS CAL
32 		81st 01 [32]
74 PHO
DNQ 		DAR
33 		CLT
18 		BRI
20 		ATL
18 		HOM
24 		HOM
26 		TAL POC
24 		IND
34 		KEN
22 		KEN
25 		TEX
19 		KAN
23 		ROA
37 		DAY
14 		DOV
35 		DOV
33 		DAY DAR
24 		RCH
21 		RCH
19 		BRI
30 		LVS
25 		TAL CLT KAN
18 		TEX
12 		MAR
36 		PHO
15
2021 DAY
33 		DAY
32 		HOM
35 		LVS
22 		PHO
7 		ATL
24 		MAR
26 		TAL
40 		DAR
25 		DOV
24 		COA
DNQ 		CLT
DNQ 		MOH
37 		TEX
40 		NSH
30 		POC ROA
DNQ 		ATL
34 		NHA GLN
32 		IND
DNQ 		MCH
34 		DAY DAR BRI
38 		-* 02* [33]
JD Motorsports 15 RCH
27 		LVS
13 		TAL
36 		CLT TEX
17 		KAN
16 		MAR
35 		PHO
31
† – Qualified but replaced by Josh Bilicki

Camping World Truck Series[]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCWTC Pts Ref
2017 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
25 		TEX 43rd 38 [34]
Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy PHO
10 		HOM
28
2018 DAY ATL LVS
20 		MAR DOV
26 		CLT
25 		TEX
29 		IOW
24 		GTW CHI
27 		MCH
27 		BRI
32 		MSP LVS
16 		TAL MAR TEX
23 		PHO HOM 31st 141 [35]
36 KAN
29
63 KEN
30 		ELD POC
32
2019 Beaver Motorsports 1 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX
Wth 		DOV KAN
29 		CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN 48th 54 [36]
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
23 		ELD MCH
6 		BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM
2020 CMI Motorsports 49 Chevy DAY LVS
DNQ 		CLT
28 		ATL
32 		HOM 41st 103 [37]
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
16 		KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV
18 		GTW DAR
12 		RCH BRI LVS
40 TAL
15 		KAN TEX MAR PHO
2021 45 DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN
12 		COA
26 		CLT
19 		TEX NSH POC
37 		KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 48th 50 [38]
44 DAR
21

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References[]

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