Ron Cox (racing driver)

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Ron Cox
BornRon Cox
(1966-07-12) July 12, 1966 (age 58)
Soddy Daisy, Tennessee
Awards1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Rookie of the Year
ARCA Menards Series career
165 races run over 23 years
Best finish4th (2001)
First race 1987 Allen Crowe 100 (Springfield)
Last race 2017 Fans With Benefits 150 (Iowa)
WinsTop tens Poles
0340
Statistics current as of June 10, 2023.

Ron Cox (born July 12, 1966) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who competed in the ARCA Racing Series for twenty-three years, mainly driving for Hixson Motorsports.

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Racing career

Cox would make his first attempt in the ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series in 1984 at the age of seventeen, failing to qualifying for the event at the Springfield dirt track. He would not return to the series until 1987, where he attempted three races and failed to qualify for two. In 1988, Cox only attempted Springfield again, but would fail to qualify. After three more years without making a start in the series, he would return in 1991 for the Talladega race in a No. 46 Chevrolet, where he would finish 26th. After another four years without making a start, he would make five starts through 1996 to 1998.

In 1999, Cox would run the full schedule in the now ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series for Hixson Motorsports in the No. 23 Chevrolet, where he would get four top-ten finishes with a best finish of seventh at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt track. He would finish eighth in the point despite failing to qualify for the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway on route to winning rookie of the year honors. [1] In 2000, he would drop to eleventh in the standings, although he would get his first top-five finish at Kentucky Speedway with a fifth-place finish. In 2001, Cox would run the full schedule again, this time finishing fourth in the points with six top-ten finishes with a best finish of seventh at Winchester Speedway, Salem Speedway, and Berlin Raceway. For the following year, he would spend a majority in the year in the No. 23 for Hixson, while running four races in the No. 50 on his way to finishing ninth in the points that year. At the season ending event at Lowe's Motor Speedway, he would be withdrawn from the event after the death of teammate Eric Martin from a crash involving Deborah Renshaw during a practice session. [2] [3]

Cox would finish ninth in the points again in 2003, with seven top-tens and two top-fives with a best result of third at Berlin. His season was also notable due to being involved in a crash with Kyle Busch at the second Pocono Raceway event, where he would turn Busch into the inside wall heading into the first corner shortly after a restart late in the race. [4] Cox would go on the finish 21st in the race, while Busch would be classified in 25th position. Cox would only run the first five races of 2004, earning a best result of sixth at Salem. [5] He would run only six races in 2005, and would only run nine total races from 2006 to 2008, with a best result of ninth at Springfield in 2007 whilst driving for Bobby Gerhart Racing in the No. 5 Pontiac.

In 2009, Cox would run six races for Hixson, first driving the No. 57 Chevrolet for two races, although he was originally scheduled to drive the No. 23 at Salem, and then driving the No. 28 for his remaining races. [6] [7] At the event at Springfield, he would lead eleven laps on his way to finish second behind race winner Parker Kligerman. [8] He would run five more races in 2010, getting a best result of tenth at Salem. In 2011, he would run fourteen of the nineteen races on the schedule, mainly driving the No. 28 for Hixson, although he would run one race in the No. 29 at Iowa Speedway. He would finish 17th in the final standings.

After making two starts in the series in both 2012 and 2014, Cox would return in 2017 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Hixson. [9] He would finish 25th after running only six laps due to vibrations in the car. He has not competed in ARCA ever since.

Personal life

Cox currently serves as an industrial technology teacher as well as a weightlifting teacher at Sale Creek Middle/High School in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. [10] [11] He has also served as a high school football head coach at the school, and prior to that, coaching the Soddy Daisy Middle School football team. He had founded the Sale Creek High School football program in 2012 and was the team's first coach. [12] In the later years of his racing career, he would adorn the top of his drivers side window where his name would be with "Teachers Office".

Motorsports career results

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425ARSCPtsRef
1984 Cleve Smith DAY ATL TAL CSP SMS FRS MCS LCS IRP TAL FRS ISF
DNQ		 DSF TOL MGR N/A0 [13]
1987 Cox Racing08 Mercury DAY ATL TAL DEL ACS TOL ROC POC FRS KIL TAL FRS ISF
45		 INF
DNQ		 DSF
DNQ		 SLM
DNQ		 ATL N/A0 [14]
1988 DAY ATL TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS ISF
DNQ		 DSF SLM ATL N/A0 [15]
1991 46 Chevy DAY ATL KIL TAL
26		 TOL FRS POC MCH KIL FRS DEL POC TAL HPT MCH ISF TOL DSF TWS ATL N/A0 [16]
1996 Hixson Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY ATL SLM TAL
17		 FIF LVL CLT
22		 CLT
19		 ATL N/A0 [17]
5 CLT
DNQ		 KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN
1997 23 DAY
DNQ		 ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF ATL
DNQ		N/A0 [18]
1998 DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL
28		 DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT
19		 TAL
DNQ		 ATL NA0 [19]
1999 DAY
DNQ		 ATL
11		 SLM
14		 AND
9		 CLT
18		 MCH
24		 POC
14		 TOL
12		 SBS
28		 BLN
10		 POC
14		 KIL
10		 FRS
20		 FLM
11		 ISF
11		 WIN
26		 DSF
7		 SLM
19		 CLT
20		 TAL
14		 ATL
16		8th4335 [20]
2000 DAY
28		 SLM
28		 AND
20		 CLT
19		 KIL
18		 FRS
26		 MCH
31		 POC
15		 TOL
12		 KEN
5		 BLN
17		 POC
35		 WIN
6		 ISF
9		 KEN
17		 DSF
9		 SLM
14		 CLT
27		 TAL
10		 ATL
37		11th3690 [21]
2001 DAY
36		 NSH
11		 WIN
7		 SLM
7		 GTY
12		 KEN
16		 CLT
11		 KAN
10		 MCH
18		 MEM
16		 GLN
13		 MCH
13		 POC
14		 NSH
23		 ISF
28		 DSF
36		 SLM
9		 TOL
6		 BLN
7		 CLT
12		 TAL
30		4th5070 [22]
Pontiac POC
12		 KEN
17		 CHI
12		 ATL
15
2002 Chevy DAY
24		 ATL
12		 SLM
22		 CLT
23		 KAN
26		 POC
4		 MCH
29		 TOL
28		 SBO
8		 KEN
14		 BLN
7		 POC
12		 NSH
6		 WIN
7		 CHI
10		 SLM
8		 TAL
16		 CLT
Wth		9th4405 [23]
50 Pontiac NSH
10
Chevy KEN
31		 ISF
19		 DSF
26
2003 23 Pontiac DAY
12		 TOL
10		 KEN
9		 BLN
3		 MCH
19		 ISF
4		 DSF
33		 CHI
16		 SLM
9		 TAL
33		 CLT
25		 SBO
7		9th4445 [24]
Chevy ATL
8		 NSH
12		 SLM
15		 CLT
19		 KAN
29		 LER
24		 POC
29		 POC
21		 NSH
19		 WIN
31
2004 Pontiac DAY
22		29th895 [25]
Chevy NSH
37		 SLM
6		 KEN
11		 TOL
25		 CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
2005 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC
34		 MCH KAN
15		 KEN
21		 BLN
12		 POC
13		 GTW LER NSH
12		 MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 42nd850 [26]
2006 Shaver Motorsports 49 Pontiac DAY NSH
DNQ		 SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH
27		 MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 135th120 [27]
2007 Hixson Motorsports DAY USA NSH
24		 SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH 60th425 [28]
Bobby Gerhart Racing 5 Pontiac ISF
9		 MIL GTW DSF
21		 CHI SLM TAL TOL
2008 Hixson Motorsports 28 Chevy DAY SLM
17		 IOW 59th455 [29]
29 KAN
25		 CAR KEN
33		 TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF
29		 DSF
38		 CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL
2009 57 DAY SLM
12		 CAR
38		36th810 [30]
28 TAL
24		 KEN TOL POC MCH MFD
17		 IOW KEN BLN POC ISF
2		 CHI TOL DSF
17		 NJE SLM KAN CAR
2010 29 DAY PBE
31		40th655 [31]
23 SLM
10		 TEX TAL
19		 TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC
22		 BLN NJE ISF
20*		 CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR
2011 28 DAY TAL SLM
26		 TOL
16		 NJE CHI POC WIN
16		 BLN
18		 IOW
35		 IRP
20		 POC
40		 ISF
22		 MAD
13		 DSF
17		 SLM
24		 KAN
24		 TOL
34		17th2025 [32]
29 MCH
34
2012 2 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN
22		73rd290 [33]
Ford ISF
12		 MAD SLM DSF KAN
2014 RACE 101 3 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH
15		 ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF
19		 MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 59th290 [34]
2017 Hixson Motorsports 3 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW
25		 IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 112th105 [35]

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