Casey Mears
Casey Mears | |||||||
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Born | Casey James Mears March 12, 1978[1] Bakersfield, California, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 2007 Coca-Cola 600 winner 2006 24 Hours of Daytona overall co-winner | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
489 races run over 15 years | |||||||
2019 position | 40th | ||||||
Best finish | 14th (2006) | ||||||
First race | 2003 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2019 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
First win | 2007 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
107 races run over 10 years | |||||||
2017 position | 28th | ||||||
Best finish | 20th (2007) | ||||||
First race | 2001 GNC Live Well 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
First win | 2006 USG Durock 300 (Chicago) | ||||||
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IndyCar Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
2001 position | 31st | ||||||
Best finish | 31st (2001) | ||||||
First race | 2001 Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2001 Atlanta 500 Classic (Atlanta) | ||||||
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Champ Car career | |||||||
5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 23rd (2000) | ||||||
First race | 2000 Marlboro 500 (California) | ||||||
Last race | 2001 Marlboro 500 (California) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 17, 2019. |
Casey James Mears (born March 12, 1978) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the Stadium Super Trucks and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Germain Racing. A former winner of the Coca-Cola 600, Mears is the nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of IndyCar and off-road veteran Roger Mears.[2] He also works as a NASCAR analyst for Fox Sports 1.
Early career and open-wheel racing[]
After racing in go-karts for a season in 1991, Mears began competing in the SuperLites Off-Road Series in 1992 where he posted several top-three finishes. He moved to sprint cars in 1994 and finished third in the Jim Russell USAC Triple Crown Championship, with a win at Mesa Marin Raceway. The next season, he won the championship in the USAC series.
In 1996, Mears made his Dayton Indy Lights debut at the Cleveland Grand Prix and finished eighth. The following year, he competed full-time in the Indy Lights championship and in 1999 finished second, losing by 14 points. He was also just the fourth driver in Indy Lights series history to complete every lap in a single season. Mears continued to compete in the Indy Lights in 2000 and won his first race at the Grand Prix of Houston meeting in October.
After testing Indy Cars for multiple teams in 2000, Mears was offered a chance to drive a third entry for Team Rahal at California Speedway in October. After qualifying 15th and leading 10 laps, he posted a career-best fourth finish in his CART Series debut. He ran three IRL events at the start of the 2001 season and attempted to qualify for the 2001 Indianapolis 500, but ultimately did not make it. He ended the season by filling in for injured Champ Car driver Alex Zanardi, posting one top-10 finish in four starts.
Mears had five CART starts, with one top-5 finish, and three IRL starts, with no top-5 finishes.
NASCAR[]
Mears made his NASCAR debut in the Busch Series in 2001 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving the No.66 car for Cicci-Welliver Racing. He started 21st and finished 28th. When the team was sold to Wayne Jesel the next season, Mears drove for them full-time, finishing 21st in points with two Top 10 finishes. To the surprise of many, he was selected by Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 41 Target-sponsored Dodge in 2003. In his rookie season, he finished 35th after failing to finish in the Top 10 in any race. Throughout 2003, Mears drove a number of ARCA races for Ganassi, winning three times, once at Michigan, and sweeping both Pocono races. He drove the No. 41 Cup car for two additional seasons, and won two poles in 2004.
Mears came close to quite a lot of victories during this period. He led late in the 2004 Sirius at the Glen but got passed with 12 laps to go and finished fourth. At Homestead in 2005, Mears controlled the final 100 laps of the Ford 400, but after a yellow flag (with 19 laps to go) erased his 28-second lead, Mears had to make a pit stop thus forfeiting the lead and with it, the win.
During the 2005 season, it was announced Mears would move to a separate car for Ganassi with Home123 sponsorship, with the No. 41 to be piloted by Reed Sorenson. The Home123 sponsorship fell through and he instead moved to the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline-sponsored Dodge for Ganassi, replacing the departing Jamie McMurray.
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Mears started off 2006 with a then-best career finish of second, passing Ryan Newman at the line as Mears' future teammate Jimmie Johnson won the 2006 Daytona 500.
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On June 6, 2006, Mears announced that he was leaving Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of the season to join Hendrick Motorsports for the 2007 season, to replace the departing Brian Vickers. On July 8, 2006, he finally won his first NASCAR race, a Busch Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, coasting to the finish after running out of fuel.
For the 2007 season, Mears assumed driving duties for the No. 25 Hendrick Chevrolet, with co-primary sponsorships from the National Guard of the United States and GMAC. On May 27, 2007, he won the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, his first (and only to date) career Nextel Cup victory. Once again, Mears secured the win with a fuel gamble, taking the lead with five laps remaining when most of the other lead lap cars stopped for fuel. Mears stretched his fuel to the finish, running out moments after the checkered flag.
In 2008, Mears moved to the Alan Gustafson-led No. 5 Kellogg's/Carquest-sponsored Chevrolet Impala formerly driven by Kyle Busch. After going winless, Mears was released by Hendrick and replaced by veteran Mark Martin.
On August 23, 2008, Mears was announced as the driver of Richard Childress Racing's No. 07 Jack Daniel's-sponsored Chevrolet Impala SS. The previous driver of the car, Clint Bowyer, would drive the team's new No. 33 General Mills-sponsored Chevrolet Impala SS. In his first season at RCR, Mears notched two Top 10 finishes. After Mears struggled during the first seven races of the year, Richard Childress switched the crew chiefs for Harvick and Mears' cars, hoping for a better performance from the two drivers. The switch seemed to work for both parties.
On October 21, 2009, it was announced Mears would be getting his third crew chief of the season starting at Talladega. Todd Berrier would be moving to the No. 31 team in place of Scott Miller. Doug Randolph took over as the crew chief on the No. 07. This move was made primarily because the future of the 07 was uncertain and Childress wanted to keep Berrier in the family. After the switch, Mears struggled with his new crew chief and had the best finish of 19th at Homestead. Mears was released by Richard Childress Racing following the 2009 season.
It was announced on January 20, 2010, that Mears would drive the No. 90 Key Motorsports Chevrolet. Mears failed to qualify for the 2010 Daytona 500, ending a starting streak of 252 consecutive races; this was Mears' first DNQ of his career. Mears also failed to qualify for Fontana, Las Vegas, and Atlanta. After qualifying for Martinsville was rained out and the team did not qualify, Mears was released by the team. Following his release from Key Motorsports, Joe Gibbs announced that Mears would be on standby status while JGR driver, Denny Hamlin, recovered from ACL surgery; however, Hamlin did not require a replacement and therefore Mears did not drive in either of the two races. Beginning on April 27, 2010, Mears briefly became the driver for Tommy Baldwin's No. 36 team. On May 13, 2010, Mears was announced as the temporary replacement driver for the No. 83 Team Red Bull at Dover, replacing a sick Brian Vickers.
During the June race at Michigan International Speedway, while racing near the back of the field, Mears wrecked his Team Red Bull teammate, Scott Speed. Speed went on to finish 28th and Mears finished 36th. Following the race, Speed was critical of the incident, and Mears was soon replaced by Reed Sorenson. Mears returned to TBR beginning with the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 27, 2010, where he finished 29th, only two laps down.
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Mears stepped into his fourth car of the season at Atlanta in September, driving the No. 13 GEICO-sponsored Toyota for Germain Racing. It was also announced in August 2010 that Mears would continue to drive this car for the remainder of the 2010 season and all of the 2011 season. Mears attempted to qualify for his initial Sprint Cup appearance with the team at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the September 5 Emory Healthcare 500.
The 2011 season started off with his second DNQ at the Daytona 500. Due to two engines failing him during Speedweeks, Mears was unable to secure a position on the starting grid. Germain Racing secured sponsorship from GEICO and Hard Rock Vodka for a combined 29 races. Mears finished 31st in driver points.
GEICO announced on January 6, 2012, that they signed a two-year deal with Mears and Germain. Germain also announced that the team was switching to Ford from Toyota for the 2012 season, gaining technical support from Roush Fenway Racing and engines from Roush-Yates. On August 24, 2012, Mears won the pole for the Irwin Tools Night Race due to the Friday qualifying session being rained out. Mears finished 30th in the final point standings.
On February 21, 2013, GEICO announced that they were sponsoring Mears and Germain full-time for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Valvoline Next-Gen also sponsored Mears for two races. In the 2013 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, Mears recorded the team's best finish at an oval track, ninth. Mears finished 24th in points, his best since driving for RCR in 2009.
For 2014, Germain Racing partnered with Richard Childress Racing to field Chevrolets. Mears began the season on a high note with a tenth-place finish in the Daytona 500. At Richmond, Mears ran in the Top 10 for part of the race, but got into a fist-fight with Marcos Ambrose who was furious over a late racing incident.[3] Two days later, Mears was fined $15,000 and put on probation for one month.[4] During the 2014 season, Mears recorded 14 Top 20 finishes, including three Top 10’a and one Top 5. He finished 26th in points.
For 2015, Mears returned to Germain for what was to be the final year of both his and GEICO's contracts with the team. Mears finished sixth at Daytona and 15th at Atlanta to open the season.
On July 14, 2015, it was announced that Mears had signed a contract extension with Germain and GEICO for 2016.[5] On November 12, 2015, GEICO announced that it had extended its partnership with Mears and Germain Racing through the 2018 season. Team owner Bob Germain confirmed that Mears had extended his contract with the team through 2018 as well.[6]
Mears had a rough 2016 season, finishing 32nd at Daytona after caught speeding in the late of the race. Mears would finish better next week at Atlanta, finishing 14th. He was unlucky after being involved in a small accident which ended Mears in contention for the win at Talladega. On November 28, 2016, Germain announced that Ty Dillon would replace Mears in the No. 13 starting in 2017.[7]
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On February 20, 2017, Mears announced via Twitter that he would drive the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Biagi-DenBeste Racing in the Xfinity Series for 12 races. After Aric Almirola's injury, his schedule was increased with two more races (Pocono and Daytona 2). Mears ended up running 14 races in the No. 98 car with the best finish of 9th.
In 2019, Mears returned to the Cup Series with Germain, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet at the Daytona 500.[8] After starting 40th, Mears finished in the same position when an early-race shunt with Parker Kligerman ended his day.[9]
Grand-Am[]
In 2005, Mears teamed with Scott Dixon and Darren Manning in the Chip Ganassi Lexus Riley. They finished in 6th place. The following season he teamed up with Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon on January 29, 2006, to win the 44th annual Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. They set a race record for the Daytona Prototype category, running 723 laps in 24 hours to score the win.
Mears became the first ever full-time NASCAR driver to win the Rolex 24 overall.
In 2009, Mears shared the No. 2 Gentleman Jack Pontiac-Crawford with Andy Wallace, Rob Finley and Danica Patrick. They suffered electrical and handling issues during the race and finished eighth.
Stadium Super Trucks[]
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In January 2017, Mears tested a Stadium Super Truck, a series owned by former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon;[10] the Stadium Super Trucks are similar to the stadium trucks raced by Mears' father Roger, though they contain V8 engines instead of V6. In December, he made his series debut at the season-ending Lake Elsinore Diamond rounds.[11] He failed to qualify for the first race's main event after finishing seventh in his heat race, but a fourth-place run in the following day's heat allowed him to compete in that evening's feature, in which he finished fifth.[12][13]
The following year, he ran his first SST race at Road America, driving the No. 25 truck in place of Arie Luyendyk Jr. to sixth- and twelfth-place runs.[14][15] He later raced in the series' rounds at Glen Helen Regional Park and the Race of Champions.[16][17]
In 2019, he participated in the SST race weekend at Honda Indy Toronto.[18] He later ran the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course weekend, where he finished second in the Friday round.[19]
Motorsports career results[]
American open-wheel racing[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Indy Lights[]
Indy Lights results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | MIA | LBH | NAZ | MIS | MIL | DET | POR | CLE 8 |
TOR | TRO | VAN | LS | 24th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | MIA 9 |
LBH 17 |
NAZ 13 |
SAV 13 |
STL 13 |
MIL 10 |
DET 15 |
POR 11 |
TOR 20 |
TRO 17 |
VAN 16 |
LS 19 |
FON 15 |
23rd | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | MIA 10 |
LBH 13 |
NAZ 3 |
STL 7 |
MIL 16 |
DET 19 |
POR | CLE 10 |
TOR | MIS 11 |
TRO | VAN | LS 21 |
FON 8 |
17th | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | MIA 5 |
LBH 5 |
NAZ 3 |
MIL 2 |
POR 4 |
CLE 8 |
TOR 8 |
MIS 2 |
DET 9 |
CHI 3 |
LS 5 |
FON 13 |
2nd | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | LBH 5 |
MIL 5 |
DET 3 |
POR 7 |
MIS 2 |
CHI 10 |
MDO 5 |
VAN 8 |
LS 2 |
STL 2 |
HOU 1 |
FON 4 |
3rd | 141 |
CART[]
Champ Car results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points | Ref | |||||||||||||||||
2000 | Team Rahal | Reynard 2Ki | Ford XF | MIA | LBH | RIO | MOT | NZR | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIS | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LS | STL | HOU | SRF | FON 4 |
23rd | 12 | [20] | ||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Mo Nunn Racing | Reynard 01i | Honda HR-1 | MTY | LBH | TXS | NZR | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIS | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU 17 |
LS 11 |
SRF 26 |
FON 8 |
28th | 7 | [21] |
Indy Racing League[]
Indy Racing League results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Galles Racing | G-Force | 31 | Oldsmobile | PHX 20 |
HMS 11 |
ATL 23 |
INDY DNQ |
TXS | PPI | RIR | KAN | NSH | KTY | STL | CHI | TX2 | 31st | 36 |
NASCAR[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Monster Energy Cup Series[]
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | MENCC | Pts | Ref | ||
2003 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 41 | Dodge | DAY 27 |
CAR 30 |
LVS 15 |
ATL 23 |
DAR 34 |
BRI 32 |
TEX 27 |
TAL 40 |
MAR 36 |
CAL 34 |
RCH 28 |
CLT 35 |
DOV 40 |
POC 21 |
MCH 20 |
SON 26 |
DAY 25 |
CHI 34 |
NHA 16 |
POC 35 |
IND 29 |
GLN 32 |
MCH 41 |
BRI 21 |
DAR 35 |
RCH 41 |
NHA 17 |
DOV 36 |
TAL 37 |
KAN 24 |
CLT 42 |
MAR 17 |
ATL 28 |
PHO 42 |
CAR 33 |
HOM 27 |
35th | 2638 | [22] | ||
2004 | DAY 14 |
CAR 21 |
LVS 7 |
ATL 34 |
DAR 15 |
BRI 36 |
TEX 7 |
MAR 37 |
TAL 8 |
CAL 8 |
RCH 32 |
CLT 7 |
DOV 28 |
POC 10 |
MCH 31 |
SON 7 |
DAY 11 |
CHI 15 |
NHA 26 |
POC 18 |
IND 26 |
GLN 4 |
MCH 20 |
BRI 30 |
CAL 29 |
RCH 35 |
NHA 29 |
DOV 24 |
TAL 8 |
KAN 31 |
CLT 20 |
MAR 29 |
ATL 13 |
PHO 34 |
DAR 26 |
HOM 26 |
22nd | 3690 | [23] | |||||
2005 | DAY 26 |
CAL 22 |
LVS 7 |
ATL 19 |
BRI 43 |
MAR 17 |
TEX 4 |
PHO 39 |
TAL 14 |
DAR 39 |
RCH 28 |
CLT 34 |
DOV 24 |
POC 18 |
MCH 21 |
SON 20 |
DAY 43 |
CHI 9 |
NHA 33 |
POC 21 |
IND 6 |
GLN 23 |
MCH 14 |
BRI 34 |
CAL 32 |
RCH 23 |
NHA 23 |
DOV 10 |
TAL 38 |
KAN 8 |
CLT 6 |
MAR 22 |
ATL 21 |
TEX 4 |
PHO 22 |
HOM 5 |
22nd | 3637 | [24] | |||||
2006 | 42 | DAY 2 |
CAL 7 |
LVS 9 |
ATL 21 |
BRI 25 |
MAR 27 |
TEX 14 |
PHO 20 |
TAL 20 |
RCH 17 |
DAR 17 |
CLT 23 |
DOV 21 |
POC 43 |
MCH 7 |
SON 20 |
DAY 7 |
CHI 25 |
NHA 21 |
POC 23 |
IND 23 |
GLN 35 |
MCH 16 |
BRI 17 |
CAL 14 |
RCH 11 |
NHA 21 |
DOV 22 |
KAN 2 |
TAL 30 |
CLT 12 |
MAR 6 |
ATL 28 |
TEX 7 |
PHO 26 |
HOM 32 |
14th | 3914 | [25] | ||||
2007 | Hendrick Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | DAY 20 |
CAL 31 |
LVS 40 |
ATL 28 |
BRI 10 |
MAR 42 |
TEX 23 |
PHO 37 |
TAL 39 |
RCH 18 |
DAR 35 |
CLT 1 |
DOV 13 |
POC 4 |
MCH 4 |
SON 27 |
NHA 23 |
DAY 19 |
CHI 5 |
IND 35 |
POC 10 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 11 |
BRI 22 |
CAL 15 |
RCH 17 |
NHA 8 |
DOV 6 |
KAN 4 |
TAL 6 |
CLT 21 |
MAR 20 |
ATL 12 |
TEX 31 |
PHO 13 |
HOM 16 |
15th | 3949 | [26] | ||
2008 | 5 | DAY 35 |
CAL 42 |
LVS 13 |
ATL 17 |
BRI 42 |
MAR 7 |
TEX 22 |
PHO 11 |
TAL 7 |
RCH 36 |
DAR 35 |
CLT 29 |
DOV 17 |
POC 26 |
MCH 30 |
SON 5 |
NHA 7 |
DAY 34 |
CHI 33 |
IND 26 |
POC 22 |
GLN 19 |
MCH 18 |
BRI 41 |
CAL 26 |
RCH 11 |
NHA 37 |
DOV 15 |
KAN 14 |
TAL 14 |
CLT 29 |
MAR 6 |
ATL 12 |
TEX 14 |
PHO 36 |
HOM 8 |
20th | 3527 | [27] | ||||
2009 | Richard Childress Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 15 |
CAL 24 |
LVS 30 |
ATL 16 |
BRI 24 |
MAR 21 |
TEX 21 |
PHO 20 |
TAL 16 |
RCH 9 |
DAR 36 |
CLT 33 |
DOV 9 |
POC 14 |
MCH 24 |
SON 23 |
NHA 11 |
DAY 34 |
CHI 28 |
IND 19 |
POC 25 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 6 |
BRI 13 |
ATL 25 |
RCH 30 |
NHA 13 |
DOV 17 |
KAN 15 |
CAL 11 |
CLT 7 |
MAR 18 |
TAL 25 |
TEX 21 |
PHO 27 |
HOM 19 |
21st | 3759 | [28] | ||
2010 | Keyed-Up Motorsports | 90 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
CAL DNQ |
LVS DNQ |
ATL DNQ |
BRI 30 |
MAR DNQ |
PHO | TEX | TAL | 36th | 1573 | [29] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tommy Baldwin Racing | 36 | Chevy | RCH 26 |
DAR DNQ |
NHA 29 |
DAY | CHI 40 |
IND DNQ |
POC 36 |
GLN | MCH DNQ |
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Team Red Bull | 83 | Toyota | DOV 22 |
CLT 29 |
POC 23 |
MCH 36 |
SON | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germain Racing | 13 | Toyota | BRI 39 |
ATL 26 |
RCH 21 |
NHA 38 |
DOV 29 |
KAN 24 |
CAL 25 |
CLT DNQ |
MAR 40 |
TAL 24 |
TEX 26 |
PHO 24 |
HOM 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | DAY DNQ |
PHO 18 |
LVS 25 |
BRI 37 |
CAL 29 |
MAR 36 |
TEX 26 |
TAL 22 |
RCH 28 |
DAR 30 |
DOV 23 |
CLT 23 |
KAN 37 |
POC 30 |
MCH 38 |
SON 34 |
DAY 32 |
KEN 25 |
NHA 38 |
IND 29 |
POC 36 |
GLN 20 |
MCH 37 |
BRI 23 |
ATL 28 |
RCH 17 |
CHI 29 |
NHA 42 |
DOV 35 |
KAN 42 |
CLT 32 |
TAL 17 |
MAR 12 |
TEX 25 |
PHO 26 |
HOM 26 |
31st | 541 | [30] | |||||
2012 | Ford | DAY 25 |
PHO 39 |
LVS 27 |
BRI 25 |
CAL 23 |
MAR 25 |
TEX 25 |
KAN 26 |
RCH 21 |
TAL 18 |
DAR 22 |
CLT 22 |
DOV 41 |
POC 35 |
MCH 20 |
SON 15 |
KEN 18 |
DAY 18 |
NHA 36 |
IND 34 |
POC 35 |
GLN 16 |
MCH 37 |
BRI 21 |
ATL 33 |
RCH 29 |
CHI 36 |
NHA 36 |
DOV 31 |
TAL 26 |
CLT 29 |
KAN 37 |
MAR 25 |
TEX 21 |
PHO 22 |
HOM 29 |
29th | 612 | [31] | ||||
2013 | DAY 29 |
PHO 14 |
LVS 29 |
BRI 15 |
CAL 15 |
MAR 16 |
TEX 31 |
KAN 34 |
RCH 30 |
TAL 24 |
DAR 37 |
CLT 23 |
DOV 16 |
POC 22 |
MCH 21 |
SON 16 |
KEN 18 |
DAY 9 |
NHA 36 |
IND 27 |
POC 24 |
GLN 12 |
MCH 25 |
BRI 33 |
ATL 22 |
RCH 26 |
CHI 30 |
NHA 25 |
DOV 24 |
KAN 21 |
CLT 31 |
TAL 27 |
MAR 21 |
TEX 33 |
PHO 27 |
HOM 28 |
24th | 719 | [32] | |||||
2014 | Chevy | DAY 10 |
PHO 14 |
LVS 28 |
BRI 27 |
CAL 15 |
MAR 24 |
TEX 28 |
DAR 18 |
RCH 19 |
TAL 14 |
KAN 26 |
CLT 24 |
DOV 25 |
POC 23 |
MCH 24 |
SON 13 |
KEN 20 |
DAY 4 |
NHA 38 |
IND 33 |
POC 12 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 17 |
BRI 26 |
ATL 22 |
RCH 31 |
CHI 26 |
NHA 22 |
DOV 27 |
KAN 28 |
CLT 31 |
TAL 10 |
MAR 37 |
TEX 18 |
PHO 35 |
HOM 20 |
26th | 782 | [33] | ||||
2015 | DAY 6 |
ATL 15 |
LVS 25 |
PHO 20 |
CAL 23 |
MAR 15 |
TEX 27 |
BRI 36 |
RCH 30 |
TAL 28 |
KAN 19 |
CLT 24 |
DOV 27 |
POC 16 |
MCH 13 |
SON 38 |
DAY 11 |
KEN 23 |
NHA 16 |
IND 20 |
POC 28 |
GLN 18 |
MCH 42 |
BRI 23 |
DAR 29 |
RCH 21 |
CHI 20 |
NHA 18 |
DOV 24 |
CLT 18 |
KAN 23 |
TAL 31 |
MAR 17 |
TEX 26 |
PHO 22 |
HOM 42 |
23rd | 754 | [34] | |||||
2016 | DAY 32 |
ATL 14 |
LVS 23 |
PHO 35 |
CAL 17 |
MAR 31 |
TEX 23 |
BRI 24 |
RCH 29 |
TAL 33 |
KAN 21 |
DOV 26 |
CLT 30 |
POC 24 |
MCH 32 |
SON 24 |
DAY 12 |
KEN 30 |
NHA 27 |
IND 24 |
POC 21 |
GLN 12 |
BRI 25 |
MCH 22 |
DAR 25 |
RCH 21 |
CHI 34 |
NHA 27 |
DOV 26 |
CLT 40 |
KAN 23 |
TAL 39 |
MAR 21 |
TEX 39 |
PHO 18 |
HOM 18 |
28th | 556 | [35] | |||||
2019 | Germain Racing | 27 | Chevy | DAY 40 |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 40th | 1 | [36] |
Daytona 500[]
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dodge | 29 | 27 |
2004 | 25 | 14 | ||
2005 | 29 | 26 | ||
2006 | 14 | 2 | ||
2007 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 17 | 20 |
2008 | 9 | 35 | ||
2009 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 25 | 15 |
2010 | Keyed-Up Motorsports | Chevrolet | DNQ | |
2011 | Germain Racing | Toyota | DNQ | |
2012 | Ford | 36 | 25 | |
2013 | 17 | 29 | ||
2014 | Chevrolet | 28 | 10 | |
2015 | 41 | 6 | ||
2016 | 32 | 32 | ||
2019 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 40 | 40 |
Xfinity Series[]
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
2001 | Cicci-Welliver Racing | 66 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | KEN | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM 28 |
116th | 79 | [37] | ||
2002 | Dodge | DAY 23 |
CAR 23 |
LVS 18 |
DAR 39 |
BRI 23 |
TEX 38 |
NSH 23 |
TAL 5 |
CAL 29 |
RCH 23 |
NHA 17 |
NZH 15 |
CLT 23 |
DOV 36 |
NSH 10 |
KEN 20 |
MLW 19 |
DAY 16 |
CHI 38 |
GTY 15 |
PPR 25 |
IRP 25 |
MCH 34 |
BRI 40 |
DAR 12 |
RCH 30 |
DOV 22 |
KAN 29 |
CLT 27 |
MEM 23 |
ATL 23 |
CAR 34 |
PHO 15 |
HOM 12 |
21st | 3148 | [38] | |||
2003 | Braun Racing | 19 | Dodge | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT 15 |
DOV 28 |
NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI 4 |
NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH 7 |
BRI 41 |
DAR 9 |
RCH 31 |
DOV 28 |
KAN 12 |
CLT 15 |
MEM | ATL 20 |
PHO 21 |
CAR 21 |
HOM 8 |
34th | 1525 | [39] | |
2004 | Phoenix Racing | 1 | Dodge | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 7 |
CHI | NHA 20 |
PPR | IRP | MCH 4 |
BRI 35 |
RCH 31 |
DOV 19 |
KAN 8 |
MEM | ATL 42 |
PHO 20 |
DAR 6 |
HOM 26 |
34th | 1511 | [40] | |||
Chip Ganassi Racing | 41 | Dodge | CAL 2 |
CLT 7* |
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2005 | Akins Motorsports | 38 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL 26 |
DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 116th | 85 | [41] |
2006 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 42 | Dodge | DAY | CAL 40 |
MXC | LVS | ATL 16 |
BRI | TEX 3 |
NSH | PHO 8 |
TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT 4 |
DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI 1 |
NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH 2 |
BRI | CAL 16 |
RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT 26 |
MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 38th | 1200 | [42] |
2007 | Hendrick Motorsports | 24 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
CAL 2 |
MXC | LVS 42 |
ATL 5 |
BRI | NSH | TEX 4 |
PHO 7 |
TAL 3* |
RCH 7 |
DAR 9 |
CLT 2 |
DOV 4 |
NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA 10 |
DAY 8 |
CHI 13 |
GTY | IRP | CGV | MCH 9 |
BRI 19 |
CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN 3 |
CLT | MEM | TEX 15 |
PHO | HOM 22 |
20th | 2633 | [43] | |
5 | GLN 8 |
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2009 | Richard Childress Racing | 29 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX 2 |
PHO | HOM | 104th | 170 | [44] |
2010 | Braun Racing | 10 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO 31 |
TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | 127th | 70 | [45] |
2017 | Biagi-DenBeste Racing | 98 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL 14 |
TEX 38 |
BRI | RCH 9 |
TAL | CLT 21 |
DOV | POC 21 |
MCH | IOW | DAY 34 |
KEN 15 |
NHA | IND | IOW | GLN 25 |
MOH 32 |
BRI | ROA 9 |
DAR | RCH 25 |
CHI | KEN | DOV 18 |
CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO 12 |
HOM 11 |
28th | 242 | [46] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Re/Max Series[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max 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 | ARMC | Pts | Ref |
LJ Racing | 91 | Pontiac | SLM | GTY | KEN | KAN | MCH | KEN | POC | NSH | TOL | TAL 9 |
122nd | 185 | [47] | ||||||||||||||||
36 | Pontiac | 30 |
SLM | KAN | POC | MCH | TOL | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | CHI | TAL | 159th | 80 | [48] | |||||||||||||||
Chip Ganassi Racing | 77 | Dodge | DAY | SLM | TOL | 4 |
KAN | MCH 1* |
LER | 1* |
POC 1 |
NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI | TAL | 26th | 1005 | [49] |
24 Hours of Daytona[]
(key)
24 Hours of Daytona results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Class | No | Team | Car | Co-drivers | Laps | Position | Class Pos. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | DP | 03 | ![]() |
Lexus Riley DP | ![]() ![]() |
694 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | DP | 02 | ![]() |
Lexus Riley DP | ![]() ![]() |
734 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | DP | 2 | ![]() |
Pontiac Crawford DP08 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
702 | 8 | 8 |
Stadium Super Trucks[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
Stadium Super Trucks results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | LBH | PER | PER | PER | DET | DET | TEX | TEX | HID | HID | HID | BEI | GLN | GLN | ELS DNQ |
ELS 5 |
22nd | 29 | [50] | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | ELS | ADE | ADE | ADE | LBH | LBH | PER | PER | DET | DET | TEX | TEX | ROA 6† |
ROA 12† |
SMP | SMP | HLN 7 |
HLN 10 |
MXC 8 |
MXC 9 |
19th | 50 | [51] | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | COA | COA | TEX | TEX | LBH | LBH | TOR 6 |
TOR 7 |
MOH | MOH | MOH 2* |
MOH 5 |
ROA | ROA | ROA | POR 7 |
POR 7 |
SRF | SRF | 10th | 100 | [52] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Replaced Arie Luyendyk Jr., points went to Luyendyk |
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External links[]
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- 1978 births
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- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
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- ARCA Menards Series drivers
- Champ Car drivers
- IndyCar Series drivers
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