Caesar Bacarella

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Caesar Bacarella
BornCaesar Peter Bacarella
(1973-12-18) December 18, 1973 (age 50)
Parkland, Florida, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
30 races run over 8 years
Car no., teamNo. 45 (Alpha Prime Racing)
2023 position51st
Best finish46th (2020)
First race 2017 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix)
Last race 2023 Wawa 250 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
020
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish92nd (2017)
First race 2017 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race 2017 General Tire 200 (Talladega)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of April 20, 2024.

Caesar Peter Bacarella (born December 18, 1973) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Camaro for Alpha Prime Racing. Bacarella has also driven in the ARCA Menards Series and Pirelli World Challenge. [1]

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Racing career

Pirelli World Challenge

For the 2018 season, Bacarella joined Squadra Corse Garage Italia Americas for the series' Sprint-X races. [2]

ARCA Racing Series

Bacarella drove in two races in the 2017 ARCA Racing Series with Finney Racing, driving the No. 80 car. Bacarella finished 33rd after being involved in a wreck in his first start, at Daytona. His second start, also with Finney Racing and his No. 80 car, came at Talladega. There, he yielded a DNF once again but finished 25th. [3]

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Teaming up with B. J. McLeod Motorsports, Bacarella made his debut in the 2017 Ticket Galaxy 200 at Phoenix. [4] After qualifying on owner points in 37th, [5] he cut down on Playoff contender Brennan Poole early in the race as a lapped car, [6] eliminating Poole from the race and ending his championship hopes. [7] Poole later sounded off on the dangers of lapped cars, as did Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Dillon, who was running the race. Referring to Bacarella's overall driving, Dillon said over in-car communications "get that guy off the freaking track, man! Where did he get a licence to do this?" [8] Poole, for his part, commented on what he saw as the need for NASCAR to look at how it approves drivers for competition. [9] Bacarella finished 30th in the race, [10] and ran the following week at Homestead, finishing 31st. [11]

During the off-season, Bacarella was tapped to drive the No. 8 car once again at the season opener at Daytona in 2018. [12]

On August 30, 2021, it was announced that Bacarella and Tommy Joe Martins will form Alpha Prime Racing, and will compete full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2022. Bacarella, Martins, and Rajah Caruth are expected to run the full season under part-time schedules. [13] On November 22, NASCAR indefinitely suspended Bacarella for substance abuse after he claimed he unknowingly took a workout supplement that is on the banned substances list. Bacarella has since enrolled in the Road to Recovery program and is expected to return for the Daytona race. [14] On February 14, 2022, Bacarella was reinstated by NASCAR. [15]

For 2023, Bacarella continued to run a partial schedule in the Xfinity Series. On April 22 at Talladega, Bacarella scored his first career Xfinity Series top 10 with a 6th place finish.

On January 3, 2024, Bacarella and Alpha Prime announced that he would run at least four races in the No. 45 on superspeedways in the Xfinity Series during the 2024 season, starting with the February Daytona race. [16] Bacarella scored his second career top 10 at Talladega with a 7th place finish.

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2017 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO
30		 HOM
31		68th13 [17]
2018 Toyota DAY
13		 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC 52nd45 [18]
Chevy MCH
34		 IOW CHI DAY
38		 KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND
23		 LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO
DGM Racing 90 Chevy HOM
34
2019 DAY
29		 ATL LVS PHO CAL
37		 TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY
29		 KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 67th17 [19]
2020 DAY
29		 LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM
29		 HOM
30		 TAL
17		 POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY
36		 DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL
13		 ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 46th68 [20]
2021 DAY
12		 DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL
38		 DAR DOV COA
DNQ		 CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH
35		 DAY
36		 DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL
32		 ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 54th37 [21]
2022 Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevy DAY
38		 CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL
25		 DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL
28		 NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY
28		 DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL
31		 ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 54th37 [22]
2023 DAY
INQ†		 CAL LVS PHO 51st38 [23]
MBM Motorsports 66 Chevy ATL
38		 COA RCH MAR
Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevy TAL
6		 DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN
44 DAY
31		 DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
2024 45 DAY
DNQ		 ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL
7		 DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -*-* [24]
† – Qualified but replaced by Stefan Parsons

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2017 Finney Racing 80 Chevy DAY
33		 NSH SLM TAL
25		 TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 92nd170 [25]

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