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Ray Ciccarelli
Ciccarelli at Pocono Raceway in 2018
Born (1970-01-20) January 20, 1970 (age 54)
Ellicott City, Maryland
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
18 races run over 3 years
Truck no., teamNo. 49 (CMI Motorsports)
2019 position33rd
Best finish33rd (2019)
First race2017 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Last race2019 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 15, 2019.

Ray Ciccarelli (pronounced "siss-a-relli") (born January 20, 1970) was an American professional stock car racing driver. He competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 49 Chevrolet Silverado for CMI Motorsports. He has also competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East and the ARCA Menards Series.[1]

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.

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

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.

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.[2][3]

In 2019, Ciccarelli acquired trucks, equipment, and owner points from the closed Premium Motorsports No. 49 truck[4] 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.[5]

NASCAR departure announcement

On June 10, 2020, Ciccarelli announced on Facebook that he intended to retire from NASCAR at the end of the 2020 season, saying "Well, it’s been a fun ride and dream come true but if this is the direction NASCAR is headed, we will not participate after 2020 season is over. I don’t believe in kneeling during Anthem nor taken ppl right to fly what ever flag they love. I could care less about the Confederate Flag, but there are ppl that do and it doesn’t make them a racist all you are doing is fucking one group to cater to another and i ain’t spend the money we are to participate in any political BS!! So everything is for SALE!!”[6] The announcement came after NASCAR's decision to ban the presence of the Confederate flag at their events, due to the flag's longtime association with white supremacist groups, in the midst of the George Floyd protests.[7] Brian France, the former chairman of NASCAR, had previously asked fans to not bring the Confederate flag to events after the Charleston church shooting in 2015.[8] Contrarily, other NASCAR drivers, among them Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, and Bubba Wallace, praised the ban.[9][10][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.)

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results
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 NGTC Pts Ref
2017 JJC Racing 10 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
22 		POC HOM
32 		38th 59 [11]
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 		61st 31 [12]
Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy POC
27 		MCH BRI MSP
28 		LVS
2019 CMI Motorsports 49 Chevy 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 		33rd 130 [13]
JJC Racing 0 Chevy MSP
29 		LVS TAL
2020 CMI Motorsports 49 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		LVS CLT ATL HOM
 TEX RCH DOV KAN TEX IOW CHI POC KEN ELD MCH GTW MSP BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO -* -* [14]

Busch East Series

NASCAR Busch East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NBESC Pts Ref
2006 Glidden Motorsports 83 Ford GRE STA HOL TMP ERI NHA ADI
16 		WFD
15 		NHA
31 		DOV
DNQ 		LRP 35th 331 [15]

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2014 Carter 2 Motorsports 97 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP
19 		POC 44th 390 [16]
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 90th 200 [17]
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 74th 300 [18]
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 66th 290 [19]
3 TAL
13 		TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN

References

  1. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli NASCAR News, Rumors & Updates". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  2. ^ "Ciccarelli makes NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut with JJCR at Eldora". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  3. ^ "Truck catches fire during NASCAR practice at Phoenix and driver has to evacuate fast". Engaging Car News, Reviews, and Content You Need to See - alt_driver. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Beard, Brock. "PREVIEW: "Something old and something new" the theme of Las Vegas entry lists". LASTCAR. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  6. ^ "NASCAR's Ray Ciccarelli posts he's done at end of season, disagrees with Confederate flag policy". al. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  7. ^ Morton, Victor (June 10, 2020). "NASCAR Truck Series driver to quit over Confederate flag ban". The Washington Times. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Press, Associated. "NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  9. ^ Armus, Teo (June 11, 2020). "After the Charleston massacre, NASCAR fans revolted against a Confederate flag ban. This time, it's different". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 11, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ June 11, CBS News; 2020; Pm, 1:02. "Bubba Wallace praises NASCAR's Confederate flag ban but one driver says he's quitting over decision". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  12. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  13. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  14. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2020 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  15. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  16. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  17. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  18. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  19. ^ "Ray Ciccarelli – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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