Thomas Annunziata | |||||||
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![]() Annunziata at Sonoma Raceway in 2024 | |||||||
Born | Thomas C. Annunziata June 14, 2005 Colts Neck, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
6 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 70 (Cope Family Racing) | ||||||
2024 position | 62nd | ||||||
Best finish | 62nd (2024) | ||||||
First race | 2024 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 (Sonoma) | ||||||
Last race | 2025 GOVX 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 31st (2024) | ||||||
First race | 2024 Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 General Tire 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of March 8, 2025. |
Thomas C. Annunziata (born June 14, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the Trans Am Series, driving the No. 90 Ford for Nitro Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 70 Chevrolet SS for Cope Family Racing.
Annunziata began his racing career in karting, where he raced in series such as the SKUSA, USPKS, and Rok Series, and won three national karting championships before transitioning to cars in 2022. [1]
In 2022, Annunziata raced in the SCCA Spec Miata Class as well as the Mazda Motorsports Spec MX5 Challenge Series and won the two Spec MX5 Championships in his rookie year, which helped him gain a scholarship to the Mazda Motorsports Scholarship Program. [1]
In 2023, Annunziata competed in the Trans Am Series, driving the No. 90 Ford Mustang for Nitro Motorsports, finishing ninth in the final points standings with a win at the final race of the year at the Circuit of the Americas. [2] [3] It was also during this year that he competed in four races in the Carolina Pro Late Model Series, winning two races at Orange County Speedway and Tri County Motor Speedway. [4] A month after the Trans Am season ended, it was announced that Annunziata will return to Nitro Motorsports in 2024, this time running the full schedule. [5]
In 2024, Annunziata participated in the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway for the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet for Ferrier McClure Racing, [6] and placed sixteenth in the overall results between the two testing days, [7] Several days after the test, it was announced that Annunziata will run up to four ARCA races for Ferrier McClure. [8] A month later, Annunziata made his debut in the series, driving the No. 44 at the season opening race at Daytona, where he qualified in eighteenth but finished in second behind race winner Gus Dean. [9] [10] [11] Annunziata would make another start for FMR at Talladega, finishing 12th.
On May 30, 2024, it was announced that Annunziata would make his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the race at Sonoma Raceway in JD Motorsports No. 6 car. [12]
On January 2, 2025, it was announced that Annunziata would drive the No. 70 Chevrolet SS for the newly rebranded Cope Family Racing team part-time. He will share the ride with Leland Honeyman. [13]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most 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 |
2024 | JD Motorsports | 6 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | COA | RCH | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON 34 | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC DNQ | 62nd | 24 | [14] | |||||||||||||||
4 | POC 28 | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joey Gase Motorsports | 35 | Toyota | GLN 29 | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV 34 | LVS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Chevy | HOM 36 | MAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2025 | Cope Family Racing | 70 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | COA DNQ | PHO 34 | LVS | HOM | MAR 31 | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [15] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(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 Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2024 | Ferrier McClure Racing | 44 | Chevy | DAY 2 | PHO | TAL 12 | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | 31st | 151 | [16] | |||||||||||||
Ford | MOH 4 | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN 7 | BRI | KAN | TOL |