Ray Black Jr.

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Ray Black Jr.
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Black at Richmond Raceway in 2019
BornRaymond Black Jr.
(1991-05-17) May 17, 1991 (age 32)
Montgomery, Alabama
NASCAR Cup Series career
4 races run over 2 years
2018 position55th
Best finish55th (2018)
First race 2017 Tales of the Turtles 400 (Chicagoland)
Last race 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona Beach)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
103 races run over 6 years
2020 position40th
Best finish16th (2019)
First race 2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge (Texas)
Last race 2020 Toyota 200 (Darlington)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
31 races run over 3 years
2016 position99th
Best finish11th (2015)
First race 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2016 American Ethanol E15 225 (Chicagoland)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of November 9, 2020.

Raymond Black Jr. (born May 17, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing.

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Racing career

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he moved to Palm Coast, Florida when he was nine years old. After playing racing video games on his PlayStation, Black developed an interest in racing professionally at age 14. In 2006, Black began racing in the Florida Mini Cup Racing Association's Junior All-Star division, winning the championship after finishing in the top five in every race. [1] In 2013, he began racing Pro Late Models. [2]

Camping World Truck Series

In 2014, Black made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway for SS-Green Light Racing, driving the No. 07. [3] Due to qualifying being rained out, Black started 29th based on his team's owners points standing in 2013. [4] Black finished 24th, five laps behind race winner Matt Crafton. [5] Black made six additional starts for the team in 2014, with a best finish of 18th at Chicagoland Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, the former being where he led his only lap of the season.

On December 16, Black announced he would compete full-time in the Truck Series with SS-Green Light for 2015, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. [6] In the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, Black finished fifth after avoiding a crash on the backstretch. [7] After not finishing in the top ten for the rest of the season, but rarely finishing outside the top twenty, he managed an eleventh-place points finish. [8]

Xfinity Series

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Black at Road America in 2019

In November 2015, Black made his Xfinity Series debut at Texas, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing. [9] On January 13, 2016, Black announced he would drive the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for SS-Green Light Racing. [10] He finished nineteenth in his debut season, failing to break in to the top ten in any races. [11]

After starting the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with SS-Green Light, Black was replaced by Todd Bodine for the Charlotte race in 2017 due to a lack of sponsorship. [12] Spencer Boyd, Korbin Forrister, Andy Lally, Ryan Ellis and Devin Jones also ran in the 07 when Black could not bring sponsorship. [13] Boyd took over the ride that Black ran 21 of the 33 races in 2017 [14] for 2018 with funding from Grunt Style. [15]

After losing his ride with Ware in the Cup Series, Black returned with B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Daytona in 2018. [16] The team failed to qualify along with five other cars. Black returned to the Xfinity Series sporadically in summer 2018, with Isokern Fireplaces as his sponsor.

In January 2019, it was announced that Black would compete full-time in 2019, driving the No. 07 car for SS-Green Light Racing. [17]

Black began the 2020 season by scoring his first career Xfinity top-ten finish, avoiding late crashes to finish eighth at Daytona. [18] Despite enjoying a strong start to the year with an average finish of 18.6 across the first five races, he withdrew from full-time racing in late May to help his sponsor and father's business CDA Technical Institute, which was struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19]

Monster Energy Cup Series

In September 2017, Black joined Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car at Chicagoland's Tales of the Turtles 400. [20] After qualifying 39th, he finished 40th, 16 laps behind race winner Martin Truex Jr. [21] He made two more starts in the Playoffs, finishing 34th at Texas and 38th at Homestead. [22] On November 22, 2017, Black joined the RWR team for a full 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and a Rookie of the Year effort. [23] However the deal fell through later in the offseason, [24] as Black's family, which owned reported sponsor ScubaLife, allegedly backed out of the commitment in December.

Despite no longer having a deal to drive full-time in the Cup Series for Ware, he did drive RWR's No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro Zl1 for the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, with a 16th-place finish. It is worth mentioning, that Black's car was serviced by two female pit crew members, for the first time in NASCAR Cup Series history. [25]

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536MENCCPtsRef
2017 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI
40		 NHA DOV CLT TAL KAN MAR TEX
34		 PHO HOM
38		64th01 [26]
2018 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY
16		 KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 55th01 [27]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2015 SS-Green Light Racing 15 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX
27		 PHO HOM 107th01 [28]
2016 07 DAY
33		 ATL
33		 LVS
25		 PHO
25		 CAL
37		 TEX
22		 BRI
20		 RCH
24		 TAL
29		 DOV
17		 CLT
37		 POC
21		 MCH
23		 IOW
30		 DAY
39		 KEN
19		 NHA
21		 IND
33		 IOW
20		 GLN
20		 MOH
30		 BRI
14		 ROA
15		 DAR
21		 RCH
25		 CHI
28		 KEN
20		 DOV
24		 CLT
28		 KAN
19		 TEX
27		 PHO
36		 HOM
28		19th515 [29]
2017 DAY
18		 ATL
29		 LVS
31		 PHO
29		 CAL
27		 TEX
25		 BRI
37		 RCH
18		 TAL
40		 CLT DOV
24		 POC MCH IOW
29		 DAY
12		 KEN
27		 NHA IND
24		 IOW
30		 GLN MOH BRI
21		 ROA DAR
25		 RCH CHI KEN DOV
21		 CLT
21		 KAN TEX PHO
24		 HOM
25		27th245 [30]
2018 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Toyota DAY
DNQ		 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DAY
22		35th131 [31]
8 Chevy DOV
27		 KEN
22		 NHA IOW
28		 GLN MOH BRI
37		 ROA DAR IND LVS
17		 RCH
23		 TEX
19		 PHO HOM
78 CLT
19		 POC MCH IOW CHI
74 CLT
26		 DOV KAN
2019 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY
30		 ATL
23		 LVS
11		 PHO
18		 CAL
17		 TEX
35		 BRI
16		 RCH
21		 TAL
34		 DOV
24		 CLT
16		 POC
18		 MCH
30		 IOW
16		 CHI
20		 DAY
13		 KEN
35		 NHA
18		 IOW
11		 GLN
22		 MOH
19		 BRI
15		 ROA
14		 DAR
16		 IND
20		 LVS
19		 RCH
18		 CLT
32		 DOV
17		 KAN
14		 TEX
12		 PHO
14		 HOM
38		16th547 [32]
2020 DAY
8		 LVS
17		 CAL
22		 PHO
25		 DAR
21		 CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO 40th92 [33]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2014 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY MAR
24		 KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW
24		 KEN IOW ELD 29th148 [34]
08 POC
28		 MCH BRI MSP CHI
18		 NHA
21		 LVS TAL MAR TEX
18		 PHO HOM
28
2015 07 DAY
5		 ATL
25		 MAR
13		 KAN
21		 CLT
22		 DOV
11		 TEX
16		 GTW
13		 IOW
15		 KEN
13		 ELD
15		 POC
24		 MCH
26		 BRI
21		 MSP
15		 CHI
11		 NHA
13		 LVS
12		 TAL
14		 MAR
20		 TEX
19		 PHO
20		 HOM
18		11th635 [35]
2016 DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI
18		 NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 99th01 [36]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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