| Cale Conley | |||||||
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 Conley at Road America in 2015 | |||||||
| Born | May 13, 1992 Vienna, West Virginia | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 42 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2017 position | 75th | ||||||
| Best finish | 20th (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2014 Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 (Bristol) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Hisense 4K TV 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of May 27, 2017. | |||||||
Cale Conley (born May 13, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Conley began in go-karts at age 5, working his way through quarter midgets, open-wheel racing and sprint cars, including World of Outlaws and USAC competition. Conley debuted in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2011, with his first win coming in 2012 at Columbus Motor Speedway after leading all 150 laps. He competed full-time in the East series in 2013, scoring four top-five finishes. [1]
In February 2014, Conley joined the No. 33 of Richard Childress Racing in the Nationwide Series on a part-time basis, working with crew chief Nick Harrison. Conley was signed to run ten total races. [2] He made his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway in March. [1] Conley started 12th and finished a strong 11th in his debut, after battling from being a lap down. [3] Conley finished 15th at Richmond in April. [4] In July, Conley ran a 160-lap tire test in an RCR Sprint Cup Series car at Nashville Superspeedway. [5] Also in July, Conley announced his support for sponsor IAVA's (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) "Convoy to Combat Suicide" along with music artists Lady Gaga and Linkin Park. [6]
For 2015, Conley signed with TriStar Motorsports to drive their No. 14 Toyota Camry full-time, running for Rookie of the Year. [7] [8] However, after 30 races, Conley announced that he would not complete the remainder of the season due to a lack of funding. [9]
After being without a ride for the entire 2016 season, Conley joined JGL Racing's "Young Guns Program" in 2017 to drive the No. 24 Camry part-time starting at Charlotte. [10] However, that ended up being his only race in the car all year, and he was without a ride again after that and has not raced in NASCAR ever since.
On August 2, 2018, Conley married Emma Blaney, the sister of driver Ryan Blaney.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| 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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2014 | Richard Childress Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI 11 | CAL | TEX | DAR 32 | RCH 17 | TAL | IOW 30 | CLT | DOV 31 | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI 12 | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI 15 | ATL | RCH 17 | CHI | KEN 6 | DOV 11 | KAN | CLT 33 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 91st | 01 | [11] |
| 2015 | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Toyota | DAY 30 | ATL 35 | LVS 25 | PHO 22 | CAL 16 | TEX 34 | BRI 19 | RCH 25 | TAL 24 | IOW 19 | CLT 34 | DOV 33 | MCH 26 | CHI 20 | DAY 32 | KEN 29 | NHA 21 | IND 21 | IOW 23 | GLN 21 | MOH 20 | BRI 18 | ROA 37 | DAR 19 | RCH 22 | CHI 33 | KEN 16 | DOV 29 | CLT 26 | KAN 30 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 20th | 561 | [12] |
| 2017 | JGL Racing | 24 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | CLT 32 | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 75th | 5 | [13] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 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 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2011 | Conley Motorsports | 27 | Chevy | GRE 24 | SBO 21 | RCH 17 | IOW DNQ | BGS 19 | JFC 19 | LGY 16 | NHA 23 | COL 18 | GRE 19 | NHA 23 | DOV | 19th | 1097 | [14] | ||||
| 2012 | 47 | Toyota | BRI | GRE 28 | RCH | IOW 3 | BGS | JFC 2* | LGY | CNB | COL 1** | IOW 7 | NHA 35 | DOV 24 | GRE DNS | CAR 25 | 19th | 235 | [15] | |||
| 2013 | BRI 13 | GRE 14 | FIF 18 | RCH 29 | BGS 19 | IOW 5 | LGY 4 | COL 2 | IOW 20 | VIR 6 | GRE 22 | NHA 3 | DOV 17 | RAL 20 | 12th | 426 | [16] | |||||
| 2014 | Chevy | NSM | DAY | BRI 30 | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | FIF | LGY | NHA 3 | COL | IOW 23 | GLN | VIR | GRE | DOV | 34th | 76 | [17] | ||
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2012 | Conley Motorsports | 47 | Toyota | PHO | LHC | MMP | S99 | IOW | BIR | LVS | SON | EVG | CNS | IOW | PIR | SMP | AAS | PHO 3 | 53rd | 41 | [18] |
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