Cory Roper

Last updated
Cory Roper
Cory roper (49562470912).jpg
Roper at Daytona International Speedway in 2020
BornMicah Cory Roper
(1977-07-31) July 31, 1977 (age 47)
Vernon, Texas, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
48 races run over 6 years
Truck no., teamNo. 04 (Roper Racing)
2024 position44th
Best finish25th (2021)
First race 2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2024 Love's RV Stop 225 (Talladega)
WinsTop tens Poles
030
Statistics current as of November 8, 2024.

Micah Cory Roper [1] (born July 31, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 04 Chevrolet Silverado for Roper Racing. He is not related to Tony Roper or his father Dean Roper.

Contents

Racing career

ASA National Tour

In 2002, Roper attempted to run the race in Illiana Motor Speedway in the No. 87 Pontiac but failed to qualify. [2]

Craftsman Truck Series

Roper at Daytona International Speedway in 2021 Cory roper (50950378472).jpg
Roper at Daytona International Speedway in 2021

Roper made his NASCAR debut in 2018 at Martinsville in the Truck Series. He drove the No. 04 car for his own team, Roper Racing. He finished 13th in his first race after starting 17th. [3] Roper ran his second race at Iowa, starting 26th and finishing 18th.

In Roper's maiden voyage of 2019, he made an impressive run to 2nd position from his 25th starting position at Daytona International Speedway before being eliminated by a wreck. Roper said that his team would like to run the full 2019 schedule but would need more funding to do so. [4] At Atlanta Roper qualified 28th while finishing 16th. At Las Vegas, he would have a strong showing qualifying 5th but ending early as he would tangle with Matt Crafton early in the race. Roper had planned a full schedule in 2020. Following the Daytona Road Course event, Roper and his team did not show up for another event.

Roper announced plans to attempt the full schedule again in 2021. [5] In the opener at Daytona, Roper took the lead on the final lap but suffered damage from a push by Sheldon Creed and was unable to block Ben Rhodes, who—along with Jordan Anderson—passed him coming to the finish as he finished third. [6]

On February 22, 2023, Roper was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy. He will not be eligible to return to the sport until he completes NASCAR's road to recovery program. [7] He was reinstated on March 21. [8]

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCTCPtsRef
2018 Roper Racing 04 Ford DAY ATL LVS MAR
13		 DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW
18		 GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI
25		 MSP LVS
25		 TAL MAR TEX
28		 PHO HOM
17		37th96 [9]
2019 DAY
20		 ATL
16		 LVS
24		 MAR
31		 TEX
12		 DOV KAN CLT
20		 TEX
9		 IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH
28		 BRI
DNQ		 MSP LVS
DNQ		 TAL MAR PHO HOM
27		27th146 [10]
2020 DAY
14		 LVS
26		 CLT
32		 ATL
23		 HOM
21		 POC
25		 KEN
23		 TEX
17		 KAN
20		 KAN
36		 MCH
24		 DRC
26		 DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 29th161 [11]
2021 DAY
3		 DRC
34		 LVS
36		 ATL
27		 BRD RCH
31		 KAN DAR
40		 COA
30		 CLT
25		 TEX
18		 NSH
31		 POC KNX GLN GTW
17		 DAR BRI
20		 LVS
28		 TAL
6		 MAR
37		 PHO
30		25th184 [12]
2023 Roper Racing 04 Ford DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH
21		 MOH POC
23		 RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL
22		 HOM PHO 40th45 [13]
2024 Chevy DAY
22		 ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL
16		 HOM MAR PHO 44th36 [14]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnny Sauter</span> American racing driver (born 1978)

Jonathan Joseph Sauter is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports, and the No. 16 Toyota Tundra for Hattori Racing Enterprises, and the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. He has also driven in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series in the past. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter, the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter, and the uncle of Travis Sauter. He is the 2016 Truck Series champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Starr (racing driver)</span> American racing driver (born 1967)

David Leon Starr is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 66 Chevrolet Camaro for MBM Motorsports, the No. 14 Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing and the No. 35 Chevrolet Camaro for Joey Gase Motorsports. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, where he is a four-time race winner, as well as what are now the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ThorSport Racing</span> American racing team

ThorSport Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team was founded in 1996 as SealMaster Racing and is based in Sandusky, Ohio. Owned by Duke Thorson and his wife Rhonda, it currently fields five teams: the No. 13 for Jake Garcia, the No. 66 part-time mainly for Conner Jones, No. 88 for Matt Crafton, the No. 98 for Ty Majeski, and the No. 99 for Ben Rhodes. The team has won six Truck Series championships, three with Crafton, two with Rhodes, and one with Majeski in 2024. The team is also the longest continually tenured team in the truck series, having fielded at least one truck in every season since 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Austin Wayne Self</span> American racing driver (born 1996)

Austin Wayne Self is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Ford F-150 for his family team, AM Racing. He has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series, previously driving full-time in it for two years before moving up to the Truck Series, although he has continued to drive in the series part-time, most recently in 2022, where he drove the No. 32 Chevrolet for AM Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaz Grala</span> American racing driver (born 1998)

Kaz Grala is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 36 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports and the No. 15 Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Pinty's Series as well as what is now the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Austin Hill</span> American racing driver (born 1994)

Austin Edward Hill is an American professional stock car racing driver and former team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the same team. Hill previously owned NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series team Austin Hill Racing from 2013 to 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spencer Boyd</span> American racing driver (born 1995)

Spencer Paul Boyd is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 76 Chevrolet Silverado for Freedom Racing Enterprises, a team he co-owns with Chris Miller. Boyd has also previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Bilicki</span> American racing driver (born 1995)

Joshua Michael Bilicki is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for MBM Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 91 and 92 Chevrolet Camaros for DGM Racing and the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and sports car racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Eckes</span> American racing driver (born 2000)

Christian Donald Eckes is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. Eckes is the 2019 ARCA Menards Series champion, won the Snowball Derby in 2016, and was formerly a development driver for JR Motorsports and later Toyota.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordan Anderson Racing</span> American auto racing team

Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 27 full-time for Jeb Burton, the No. 32 part-time for multiple drivers, and the No. 87 part-time for Mike Skeen. Founded by Jordan Anderson, the team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spencer Davis (racing driver)</span> American racing driver

Spencer Scott Davis is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner, who currently competes part-time in the Whelen Modified Tour. He also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, last driving the No. 04 Ford F-150 for Roper Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riley Herbst</span> American racing driver (born 1999)

Riley Dederick Kern Herbst is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Stewart–Haas Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bayley Currey</span> American racing driver (born 1996)

Bayley Alexander Currey is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 41 and No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He has also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series in the past.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zane Smith (racing driver)</span> American racing driver (born 1999)

Zane Michael Smith is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports in an alliance with Trackhouse Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. He won the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship driving for Front Row Motorsports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chandler Smith</span> American racing driver

Chandler Michael Smith Sr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 81 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. He was a member of Toyota Racing Development's TD2 driver development system from 2018 until the end of 2022 but rejoined the program starting in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roper Racing</span> NASCAR team

Roper Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, fielding the No. 04 Chevrolet Silverado part-time for Cory Roper, Marco Andretti, Clayton Green, and Andrés Pérez de Lara.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefan Parsons</span> American racing driver (born 1998)

Stefan Charles Parsons is an American professional stock car racing driver and spotter. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado for Henderson Motorsports and the No. 44 Silverado for Niece Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Camaro for Alpha Prime Racing. He is also the spotter for the No. 7 Spire Motorsports car in the NASCAR Cup Series driven by Justin Haley. He has also previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series and the CARS Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Bohn</span> American stock car racing driver

Daniel Timothy Bohn is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colby Howard</span> American racing driver

Colby A. Howard is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greg Van Alst</span> American racing driver

Gregory Michael Van Alst is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet SS/Ford Fusion for his own team, Greg Van Alst Motorsports.

References

  1. ↑ "Team Event Rosters – Bristol Motor Speedway – Thursday, August 15, 2019" (PDF). NASCAR . Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Cory Roper – 2002 ASA National Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ Massie, Michael (June 12, 2018). "Cory Roper, the Definition of Grassroots Racing".
  4. ↑ Segal, Davey. "Cory Roper Relegated to 20th-Place Finish After Strong Run". Frontstretch. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Roper Racing to compete full-time in Truck Series". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ Segal, Davey (February 12, 2021). "Cory Roper Nearly Upsets Daytona Truck Field, Finishes 3rd". Frontstretch. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Daytona penalty announced". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Atlanta penalty report: Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams suspended one race". NASCAR . March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cory Roper – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Cory Roper – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Cory Roper – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Cory Roper – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Cory Roper – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Cory Roper – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.