Ray Ciccarelli

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Ray Ciccarelli
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Ciccarelli at Pocono Raceway in 2018
BornRaymond J. Ciccarelli
(1970-01-20) January 20, 1970 (age 54)
Ellicott City, Maryland, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
33 races run over 5 years
2021 position67th
Best finish33rd (2019)
First race 2017 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Last race 2021 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of December 30, 2021.

Raymond J. Ciccarelli (born January 20, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 49 Chevrolet Silverado for his own team, CMI Motorsports. He has also competed in what are now the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East in the past.

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Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Ciccarelli drove part-time in the series in 2014, 2015, and 2016 for teams Carter 2 Motorsports, Kimmel Racing, Hamilton-Hughes Racing, and Hixson Motorsports. He started his own team, Ciccarelli Racing, for 2017. The team's first race came in the season-opener at Daytona where Ciccarelli finished 21st in his No. 38 Ford after a solid seventh-place qualifying run. The team returned at Talladega, although they used owner points from the full-time Hixson Motorsports No. 3 car to have a better shot of qualifying for the race (which they successfully did). Using that number instead of the No. 38 (which had only run Daytona), they picked up a thirteenth-place finish in the race. Ciccarelli had driven for the Hixson team in a few races in 2016.

Truck Series

Ciccarelli in the No. 0 for Jennifer Jo Cobb at Homestead in 2018. Ray Ciccarelli Homestead 2018.jpg
Ciccarelli in the No. 0 for Jennifer Jo Cobb at Homestead in 2018.
Ciccarelli's No. 49 for his own team at Daytona in 2019. Ray ciccarelli (46248425035).jpg
Ciccarelli's No. 49 for his own team at Daytona in 2019.

In 2017, Ciccarelli made his Truck Series debut in the Eldora Dirt Derby, driving the No. 10 truck for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing. He started 32nd and finished 22nd. After that, he start-and-parked the No. 0 truck for the same team in 4 races at Michigan, New Hampshire, Texas, and Phoenix. He finished 26th, 29th, 28th, and 26th respectively. He returned to the No. 10 truck at Homestead. He qualified 31st, but an engine malfunction before the green flag waved gave him a 32nd-place finish. [1] [2]

In 2019, Ciccarelli acquired trucks, equipment, and owner points from the closed Premium Motorsports No. 49 truck [3] and restarted his own team, now under the name CMI Motorsports, which stood for "Ciccarelli Moving & Installation", a company owned by Ciccarelli and which is one of the team's sponsors. After running the first two races of the season, Ciccarelli and the CMI Motorsports team skipped the third round at Las Vegas with a planned comeback for the fourth round at Martinsville. [4]

Planned departure from NASCAR announcement

Ciccarelli announced in June 2020 his retirement from NASCAR as a driver and a team owner at the end of the 2020 season. His announcement, which came in the form of a post on his Facebook page on June 10, was made on the same day as NASCAR's decision to ban the display of the Confederate flag from their events, a decision they made in the midst of the George Floyd protests due to the flag's longtime association with white supremacist groups. While many NASCAR drivers praised the ban, Ciccarelli decried it, as he believed that it and other recent decisions by the sanctioning body ventured into the realm of politics. [5] [6]

However, Ciccarelli's team, CMI Motorsports, posted on their Twitter account on October 30 that "We're not done yet. See you all in 2021", signaling he would not close down his team after the 2020 season as planned. [7] On November 19, when it was revealed on TobyChristie.com that Tim Viens was to continue as a driver for CMI, Ciccarelli told the website that he planned on driving in three to four races in 2021. [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.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2017 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 10 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
22		 POC HOM
32		38th59 [9]
0 MCH
26		 BRI MSP CHI NHA
29		 LVS TAL MAR TEX
28		 PHO
26
2018 DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD
DNQ		 TAL
DNQ		 MAR
DNQ		 TEX PHO HOM
25		61st31 [10]
Beaver Motorsports 50 POC
27		 MCH BRI MSP
28		 LVS
2019 CMI Motorsports 49 DAY
28		 ATL
26		 LVS MAR
DNQ		 TEX
16		 DOV
24		 KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN
DNQ		 POC
19		 ELD MCH
9		 BRI MAR
21		 PHO HOM
31		33rd130 [11]
Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 MSP
29		 LVS TAL
2020 CMI Motorsports 49 DAY
DNQ		 LVS CLT ATL HOM
29		 POC
27		 KAN
32		 KAN
24		 RCH
31		 BRI LVS
26		 TAL
27		40th111 [12]
83 KEN
32		 TEX MCH
34		 DAY DOV GTW DAR KAN
26		 TEX
22		 MAR
25		 PHO
2021 49 DAY
DNQ		 DAY LVS ATL
DNQ		 BRI RCH KAN DAR
DNQ		 COA CLT 67th20 [13]
Toyota TEX
32		 NSH POC
23		 KNX GLN GTW DAR
Ford BRI
39		 LVS TAL MAR PHO

Busch East Series

NASCAR Busch East Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011NBESCPtsRef
2006 Glidden Motorsports 83 Ford GRE STA HOL TMP ERI NHA ADI
16		 WFD
15		 NHA
31		 DOV
DNQ		 LRP 35th331 [14]

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2014 Carter 2 Motorsports 97 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP
19		 POC 44th390 [15]
40 BLN
19		 ISF
22		 MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN
2015 Kimmel Racing 68 Ford DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC
32		 MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP 90th200 [16]
Carter 2 Motorsports 97 Dodge POC
20		 BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN
2016 Hamilton-Hughes Racing 63 Dodge DAY
DNQ		 NSH
33		 SLM TAL TOL NJE 74th300 [17]
Hixson Motorsports 2 Chevy POC
26		 MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP
24		 POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN
2017 Ciccarelli Racing 38 Ford DAY
21		 NSH SLM 66th290 [18]
3 TAL
13		 TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN

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  2. ↑ Frederick, Cole (November 10, 2017). "Truck catches fire during NASCAR practice at Phoenix and driver has to evacuate fast". alt_driver. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Beard, Brock (February 14, 2019). "PREVIEW: The ARCA invasion beefs up Truck Series entry list while the XFINITY Series struggles". LASTCAR. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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  5. ↑ Heim, Mark (June 10, 2020). "NASCAR's Ray Ciccarelli posts he's done at end of season, disagrees with Confederate flag policy". AL.com . Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bubba Wallace praises NASCAR's Confederate flag ban but one driver says he's quitting over decision". CBS News . June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
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  8. ↑ Srigley, Joseph (November 19, 2020). "Timothy Viens returning to CMI Motorsports for full-time campaign in Truck Series". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020. In addition, Ciccarelli has confirmed to TobyChristie.com that he expects to run three to four races himself in a second entry.
  9. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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