Coleman Pressley

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Coleman Pressley
BornColeman C. Pressley
(1988-10-10) October 10, 1988 (age 35)
Asheville, North Carolina
Achievements2010 UARA-Stars Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
12 races run over 2 years
Best finish57th (2010)
First race 2009 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race 2010 Wypall 200 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of November 19, 2012.

Coleman C. Pressley (born October 10, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is the current spotter of the No. 22 Ford Mustang Dark Horse driven by Joey Logano in the NASCAR Cup Series. [1] He is also the son of former NASCAR Cup driver Robert Pressley and the grandson of Bob Pressley. [2] He is a Fox Sports (United States) broadcast commentator for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He won the UARA Stars Championship in 2010.

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Early career

Coleman began racing in karts as a 6-year-old. [2] He then raced Bandoleros at Lowes Motor Speedway. [3] Pressley raced in legends cars before taking a year off. [3] In 2005 when he began racing late models at Hickory Motor Speedway. [3] He had four second-place finishes to finish sixth in season points. [3] In 2006, he continued racing at Hickory with additional events at other tracks. [3] He scored his first late model victory in the second race of the season at Hickory. [3] With the victory, he began the youngest driver to win in the track's 55-year history. [3] He is the cousin of former North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback and current Barstool Sports blogger Caleb Pressley.

NASCAR career

His first race in the Nationwide Series in the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing at the Iowa Speedway and finished 41st. [4] He raced for R3 Motorsports part-time in the Nationwide Series. As of June 7, 2010, his best finish was a 12th-place effort at Nashville Superspeedway, driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. [4] He spent the rest of the season racing part-time in the No. 23 car.

After ending his driving career, Pressley became a spotter, starting in 2015. [1] His first job was spotting for A. J. Allmendinger, who was driving for JTG Daugherty Racing. [1] In 2019, he was named Brad Keselowski's spotter. [5] In 2020 he became the spotter for the #22 car and Joey Logano. [6]

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.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
2009 JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW
41
GLN MCH BRI
39
CGV ATL RCH
41
DOV
41
KAN CAL CLT MEM
38
TEX PHO HOM 93rd215 [7]
2010 R3 Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI
31
NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH
18
DAR
15
DOV CLT RCH
25
DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO
17
HOM 57th733 [8]
JR Motorsports 88 Chevy NSH
12
KEN
18
ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSECPtsRef
2011 X Team Racing 14 Toyota GRE
2
SBO
4
RCH
11
IOW
5
BGS
22
LGY
7
NHA COL GRE NHA DOV 21st948 [9]
59 JFC
26
2012 15 BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR
4
51st40 [10]
2013 BRI GRE
4
FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 50th41 [11]

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