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Regan Smith
Smith at ISM Raceway in 2018
BornRegan Lee Smith
(1983-09-23) September 23, 1983 (age 41)
Cato, New York, U.S.
Achievements2011 Southern 500 winner
1996 WKA Grand National champion
1997 WKA Manufacturer's Cup champion
1998 Canadian Grand National Karting championship
1999 Allison Legacy Series champion
2008 IWK 250 winner
Awards2008 Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year
2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
224 races run over 12 years
2018 position33rd
Best finish24th (2012)
First race2007 Food City 500 (Bristol)
Last race2018 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
First win2011 Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 14 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
208 races run over 14 years
2019 position49th
Best finish2nd (2014)
First race2002 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180 (Road America)
First win2012 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last win2015 Hisense 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
6 79 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
36 races run over 6 years
2017 position18th
Best finish18th (2017)
First race2002 John Boy & Billy's Hardee's 250 (South Boston)
Last race2017 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 7 0
Statistics current as of November 18, 2019.

Regan[a] Lee Smith (born September 23, 1983) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and a current pit reporter for Fox NASCAR. He most recently drove part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro SS for JR Motorsports.

Early career

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Son of M.P.H. Racing owners Ron and Lee Smith, Smith grew up in Cato, New York, and began his racing career at the age of four, when he began racing go-karts and microds. Over the next several years, he won numerous regional and state championships. In 1995, he and his family moved to Mooresville, North Carolina, to allow Smith to advance his career. He joined the World Karting Association and continued to win, joining the factory-supported team owned by Enzo Chiovitti in 1998. That same year, he began competing in the Allison Legacy Series.

In 2001, he began driving in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, winning four consecutive poles.

NASCAR

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2002–2004

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Smith began his NASCAR career racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2002. He made his debut at the age of 18 driving the No. 63 Ford F-150 for MB Motorsports at South Boston Speedway. He qualified 28th and finished 29th at South Boston and finished 30th at Phoenix after starting twelfth in that race. He also made his Busch Series debut at Memphis Motorsports Park for Ed Whitaker, starting 16th but finishing 39th after a wreck.

Smith moved to the Busch Series in 2003 for a full-time ride with Bost Motorsports. Despite a lack of major sponsorship, Smith had three top twenty finishes. However, the underfunded team opted for other drivers halfway through the year, forcing Smith out of work. He drove one race for Innovative Motorsports at Pikes Peak International Raceway, finishing 40th after early mechanical failures forced him to exit the race on the second lap. He also drove for Mac Hill Motorsports in the Ford 300, finishing 28th.

Smith continued to drive for Mac Hill in various Busch races in 2004, his best finish coming at Nashville Superspeedway, where he finished 24th. Following his release from the team, he was hired to drive the No. 50 Enzyte Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Michael Holigan for three races and appeared in a few episodes of The Reality of Speed on Spike, his best finish 26th at Chicagoland Speedway, before that team suspended operations. After a fifteenth-place finish at Pikes Peak for Phoenix Racing, he posted his best NASCAR finish to date at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the Truck Series, ninth in the No. 06 John Boy and Billy Chevy for MRD Motorsports.

2005–2007

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Smith began the 2005 season with Xpress Motorsports's No. 19 team, but lost the ride after sponsorship failed to materialize. He was then hired as the driver of the No. 65 Glynn Motorsports Dodge Ram and in four races in the truck he had a 20th at Texas and a pair of 22nds at Mansfield and Dover, and after that was elevated to Glynn's Busch Series team. Originally unsponsored, the team garnered sponsorships from Who's Your Daddy? and Samson Stone. Despite a streak of six races where he did not qualify worse than twelfth, including three thirteenth-place runs, he was released from the team. He ended the year in the Truck Series MRD for the closing races of the season, finishing 29th, 33rd, and 32nd in three late season starts for that team.

At the end of the 2005 season, Smith signed on with Team Rensi Motorsports to run a full Busch season for 2006, with his best finish of tenth coming at Charlotte Speedway. Smith ended the season with one top ten as well as a number of other strong finishes, and ended the season 20th overall in points. Towards the end of the season Smith tested for Ginn Racing at Kentucky, and signed a deal with them to run the full Busch season, and also sixteen cup races which, would come in a car shared with Mark Martin for the 2007 season.

2007–2008

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Smith racing at Infineon Raceway in June 2007
Smith's No. 01 car in 2008

Smith attempted his first career Cup race at the 2007 Daytona 500, in a fourth car, numbered 39, for Ginn Racing. He failed to qualify.

Smith made his official Nextel Cup debut at the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, finishing 25th in NASCAR's first Car of Tomorrow race.[1] Smith made six starts in the No. 01 sharing ride with Mark Martin. He was removed from the No. 01 on July 17, 2007, and moved to the No. 14 after the release of Sterling Marlin, but before the team could run a race Ginn Racing merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. As a result, the No. 14 team's owner points were transferred to DEI's No. 15 team and Smith was out of a ride for the 2007 season, allowing him to keep his rookie status for 2008 (only six starts). He then moved to the Craftsman Truck series to drive the No. 47 for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports for starting at O'Reilly Raceway Park.

Smith returned to the No. 01 for 2008 as its sole driver, with Martin moving over to the No. 8. The team operated with little to no sponsorship (Principal Financial Group was the main sponsor), but managed to stay in business the entire season. Smith lost out his first win at Talladega Superspeedway because on the final lap, in the trioval, he passed Tony Stewart for first place, but it was announced that Smith went below the yellow line when he made the pass; the victory was given to Stewart. Smith said that he was pushed down by Stewart.[2]

Despite finishing the season with no top ten finishes in 34 races (he was removed for both road course races), Smith won the 2008 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year award, beating out Sam Hornish Jr. He became the first rookie driver in Sprint Cup history to finish every race entered in his rookie season.

2009–2010

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After the 2008 season, DEI shut down the No. 01 after merging with Chip Ganassi Racing's NASCAR operation and Smith was released. On January 14, 2009, he signed with Furniture Row Racing to drive the No. 78 for its part-time 2009 slate of races. He made eighteen of twenty attempts with the team, and was hired to drive for the team full-time in 2010, with the team being offered Richard Childress Racing chassis and Hendrick Motorsports engines.

In 2010, he did not score any top tens. His best finish was twelfth (twice) but still finished 28th in the point standings, his best of his career. The team changed engine providers, becoming a user of Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies (a joint venture of his former DEI team and Childress Racing) engines for the 2011 season, with Stewart-Haas Racing offering pit crews.

2011–2013

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Smith's No. 78 car at Pocono Raceway in 2011

At the 2011 Daytona 500, Smith returned to the No. 78 car. Smith finished seventh after crashing in the final laps while battling for the lead. Although disappointing, he was able to come back and finish seventh in the first top ten finish of his Cup Series career and for Furniture Row Racing.

On May 7, 2011, at the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Smith won his first Sprint Cup race, holding off Carl Edwards at the end. On a late caution, Smith stayed out on older tires while Edwards and most of the lead lap cars pitted for fresh right side tires. Smith fended off Edwards for two restarts to claim the first cup win of his career at Darlington Raceway. Smith in recalling the Talladega race he lost in 2008 said he was not worried about it anymore, and said the Darlington win meant more to him than what he would have experienced at Talladega. The win was somewhat overshadowed by a post-race altercation between Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick. It was only the third time a driver had won his first Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway, the first being Terry Labonte in 1980, the second being Lake Speed in 1988.

At the 2011 Brickyard 400, Smith had enough fuel to end with a solid 3rd-place finish by passing Jamie McMurray on the last lap, for his second top five of 2011. His former teammate Paul Menard ended up winning the race. Also a strong run at New Hampshire Motor Speedway proved that Smith was ready for the Sprint Cup Series with another top ten position. At the fall race at Talladega Superspeedway, Smith was accidentally turned by Mark Martin and smashed extremely hard head on into the wall. Smith was able to walk away from the crash uninjured but said the crash was one of his hardest wrecks in his career.

In 2012 when the Daytona 500 frustrated many fans and NASCAR officials because of a long rain delay on the planned date, a rain delay in the morning, and then the bizarre fire red flag delay caused by Juan Pablo Montoya's crash into a jet dryer in turn 3 on lap 160, Smith told the public he was so happy and excited for the first time in his career to leave Daytona that night. Smith had been involved in a crash on lap 188 involving several other drivers, but was able to continue on the lead lap.

At the 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race, Smith had gotten through two cautions that resulted in Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart crashing out of the race[citation needed] until he ended up spinning Danica Patrick away from a top ten finish. Patrick crashed head-on and when climbing out of her car, before leaving with officials she thought about tossing her helmet at Smith's car like Stewart had done to Matt Kenseth previously in the past caution, but instead vented her anger/fury by wagging her finger at him when he came by to lap her down. After the race Smith maintained that he did not intentionally crash her while Patrick believed he did and both left Bristol without any penalties.

It was announced on September 24, 2012, that Smith would not be returning to Furniture Row Racing for the 2013 season. He was replaced by Kurt Busch.[3] In his last start for FRR, in the fall race at Talladega, Smith had a fifth-place finish after clearing a 23-car crash in turn 4 on the last lap.

Smith was set to finish the 2012 season by swapping rides with Busch, with Busch taking over Smith's No. 78 and Smith taking over the unsponsored No. 51 Chevrolet at Phoenix Racing, but Smith was announced on October 11, 2012, as the replacement driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the works team's No. 88 Chevrolet for the Charlotte and Kansas Chase races after Earnhardt was diagnosed with a concussion after his testing crash at Kansas Speedway in August and after involvement in the same last lap crash during the Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega on October 7, 2012, so for these two races, Smith was replaced in the No. 51 by A. J. Allmendinger. Qualifying 26th and performing well during both practice sessions, Smith had a top ten car before the engine failed for the first time on the No. 88 team in the season, and finished the race in the 38th position. In the following race at Kansas, Smith performed well, and managed to muster a top ten finish. Earnhardt returned to the 88 at Martinsville. Allmendinger would drive the No. 51 at Martinsville and Texas, while Smith drove the car at Phoenix and Homestead. On November 17, Smith won the Ford EcoBoost 300 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driving the No. 5 Hendrickcars.com Chevy for JR Motorsports. It is his first career NASCAR Nationwide Series win in his first and only start of 2012. Prior to the win at Homestead Miami, his last start came in 2007.

Smith driving the No. 51 during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500

For 2013, Smith returned to the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 7 for JR Motorsports.[4] On the final lap at the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona, Smith was leading while heading into the final turn, but when he attempted to block Brad Keselowski, but then spun up the track, causing a 12-car crash that injured 28 fans.[5] On May 4, Smith got his second Nationwide Series victory at the Aaron's 312 at Talladega; Smith, Joey Logano and Kasey Kahne were racing three-wide to the finish, and despite Kahne crossing first, Smith had been the leader at the time of the caution coming out.[6] At Michigan's Nationwide race, Smith took the lead with 13 laps remaining after Parker Kligerman pitted, and Smith held off Kyle Larson for his third Nationwide victory.[7] On September 6, Smith stepped into the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports car for Jimmie Johnson in practice and qualifying for the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond, since Johnson was awaiting his second child's birth.[8]

Smith finished third in the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series standings, behind Austin Dillon and Sam Hornish Jr.; he was named the series' Most Popular Driver at the season-ending awards banquet.[9]

2014

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Smith racing at Road America in 2014

Smith won the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona.

On May 24, Smith was tabbed as standby driver for the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports car of Jeff Gordon in the event Gordon did not run the Coca-Cola 600 due to back spasms.[10] Gordon would run the full 600 miles.[11] On August 10, Smith was hired to replace Tony Stewart in the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen after Stewart hit and killed a driver during a sprint car race the previous day.[12]

Smith nearly swept the Daytona Nationwide races by nearly winning the Subway Jalapeño 250. He got edged at the start-finish line by teammate Kasey Kahne in a photo-finish. The spring Daytona race was proven to be Smith's only win of 2014. He finished second in the championship standings to teammate Chase Elliott who clinched the championship during the autumn race at Phoenix.

2015

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Smith's 2015 Xfinity Series car at Road America

Smith was picked up by Stewart-Haas Racing to drive the No. 41 Haas Automation car, upon the indefinite suspension of its normal driver Kurt Busch. It marked the second time in seven months that Smith replaced a SHR driver (the other being when he replaced Stewart at Watkins Glen in 2014). Upon Busch's reinstation, Smith did not return to the Cup Series until the STP 500, when Smith replaced Kyle Larson in the No. 42 Target car of Chip Ganassi Racing after Larson had fainted the day before the race.[13]

In the Xfinity Series race at Daytona, he flipped over for the first time in his career causing him to finish 35th.[14]

On August 8, at Watkins Glen, Smith started a fight against Ty Dillon when Dillon dumped him in turn one costing him in a great finish. On August 15, Smith won the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, passing the leader, Alex Tagliani, in the last lap after slight contact while racing for the lead.[15] On October 3, Smith won his second race in 2015 at Dover, after holding off Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin.

On October 17, Smith stated that he would not return to JR Motorsports for 2016 and expected to join a team that is competing in the Cup Series in 2016. It was announced on October 28 that Justin Allgaier would bring a Brandt sponsorship and drive the No. 7 in 2016.

2016

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Smith's 2016 Cup Series car at Daytona International Speedway

Smith returned to the Cup Series in 2016, driving the No. 7 for Tommy Baldwin Racing, a few hours after Alex Bowman was released from the ride.[16] He started his season with a solid 8th-place finish in the Daytona 500. He had a dismal spring and summer showing with his best finish in 16 starts being 22nd, at Pocono. He later rebounded at the 2016 Pennsylvania 400 with a third-place finish,[17] matching the best finish in the history of TBR set by Dave Blaney at the 2011 Good Sam Club 500.[18] Smith ran the full 2016 schedule for TBR with the exception of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, for which he was replaced by Ty Dillon as he flew to North Carolina to await the birth of his child.[19]

Smith lost his ride after it was announced on November 17 that Tommy Baldwin Racing would no longer compete full-time after the season was over.[20]

2017

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On February 8, 2017, Smith joined RBR Enterprises to run 10–12 races in the Truck Series.[21] In May, Smith replaced an injured Aric Almirola in the Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 43 car for the Monster Energy Open, the qualifying event for the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race.[22] A week later, Smith drove the No. 43 in the Coca-Cola 600.[23] Darrell Wallace Jr. took over the No. 43 at Pocono onwards.[24]

In June, Smith became a color commentator for Fox NASCAR's broadcast of the Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway.[25] In August, Smith joined Joe Gibbs Racing's Xfinity team on a one race deal at Mid-Ohio.

On November 29, 2017, Fox NASCAR announced Smith would become a pit reporter for Cup and Xfinity races in 2018.[26]

2018

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On September 6, 2018, it was announced by Leavine Family Racing that Smith would be driving the No. 95 Chevrolet as a substitute for Kasey Kahne starting at the Brickyard 400. Smith has three top-20 finishes and a 10th-place finish with that coming at the fall Talladega race. Smith received the blessing of his Fox NASCAR superiors to take the ride with LFR.[27] He said during the LFR stint that he never considers himself retired when looking for a ride, just not in the seat.[27] Smith said that working the 2018 season on television helped him to know the entire NASCAR community better because he was not bound by team alliances anymore and could talk to anyone in the garage.[27] Smith would go on to finish every one of his starts in the 95 and scored a best finish of 10th at Talladega.

Personal life

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Smith is an avid fan of the Carolina Hurricanes[28] and the Denver Broncos.[29]

Smith married Megan Mayhew in 2011 and the couple have two children, a son named Rhett Lee born February 25, 2015, and a daughter named Eliza Grace born September 18, 2016.[30][31]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Monster Energy Cup Series

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 MENCC Pts Ref
2007 Ginn Racing 39 Chevy DAY
DNQ
CAL LVS ATL 50th 516 [32]
01 BRI
25
MAR
26
TEX PHO TAL
24
RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
30
NHA
32
DAY CHI IND POC
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. GLN
37
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA
36
DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2008 DAY
37
CAL
31
LVS
34
ATL
38
BRI
26
MAR
14
TEX
35
PHO
35
TAL
21
RCH
21
DAR
29
CLT
19
DOV
21
POC
28
MCH
32
SON NHA
27
DAY
24
CHI
34
IND
31
POC
25
GLN MCH
29
BRI
14
CAL
26
RCH
23
NHA
23
DOV
37
KAN
32
TAL
18
CLT
23
MAR
42
ATL
30
TEX
34
PHO
23
HOM
34
34th 2672 [33]
2009 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy DAY
21
CAL LVS
19
ATL BRI MAR TEX
31
PHO
28
TAL
15
RCH DAR
21
CLT DOV
22
POC
33
MCH SON NHA
27
DAY
12
CHI IND
39
POC GLN MCH BRI
27
ATL
DNQ
RCH
40
NHA DOV
32
KAN CAL
28
CLT MAR TAL
39
TEX
32
PHO
DNQ
HOM
32
39th 1440 [34]
2010 DAY
39
CAL
19
LVS
21
ATL
19
BRI
36
MAR
32
PHO
26
TEX
21
TAL
38
RCH
30
DAR
17
DOV
24
CLT
19
POC
18
MCH
23
SON
38
NHA
33
DAY
33
CHI
20
IND
33
POC
21
GLN
34
MCH
21
BRI
30
ATL
17
RCH
25
NHA
19
DOV
26
KAN
26
CAL
12
CLT
13
MAR
31
TAL
12
TEX
22
PHO
23
HOM
17
28th 3229 [35]
2011 DAY
7
PHO
34
LVS
39
BRI
22
CAL
27
MAR
31
TEX
37
TAL
15
RCH
17
DAR
1
DOV
34
CLT
8
KAN
24
POC
15
MCH
33
SON
16
DAY
24
KEN
17
NHA
33
IND
3
POC
21
GLN
23
MCH
13
BRI
18
ATL
33
RCH
18
CHI
17
NHA
10
DOV
17
KAN
24
CLT
25
TAL
30
MAR
13
TEX
23
PHO
38
HOM
13
26th 820 [36]
2012 DAY
24
PHO
20
LVS
15
BRI
24
CAL
20
MAR
16
TEX
23
KAN
24
RCH
27
TAL
40
DAR
14
CLT
17
DOV
27
POC
16
MCH
28
SON
32
KEN
33
DAY
34
NHA
26
IND
18
POC
9
GLN
9
MCH
29
BRI
16
ATL
14
RCH
24
CHI
34
NHA
16
DOV
17
TAL
5
24th 747 [37]
Hendrick Motorsports 88 Chevy CLT
38
KAN
7
MAR TEX
Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy PHO
24
HOM
30
2013 DAY
7
PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR
22
TEX KAN
22
RCH TAL
6
DAR
24
CLT
17
DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL 53rd 01 [38]
Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevy RCH
QL
CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
2014 Stewart-Haas Racing 14 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN
37
MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 71st 01 [39]
2015 41 DAY
16
ATL
17
LVS
16
PHO CAL 58th 01 [40]
Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevy MAR
16
TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
2016 Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 Chevy DAY
8
ATL
34
LVS
25
PHO
28
CAL
23
MAR
34
TEX
31
BRI
37
RCH
32
TAL
32
KAN
23
DOV
39
CLT
28
POC
22
MCH
35
SON
28
DAY
38
KEN
34
NHA
32
IND
26
POC
3
GLN
35
BRI
26
MCH
26
DAR
20
RCH
29
CHI
QL
NHA
34
DOV
31
CLT
21
KAN
29
TAL
25
MAR
30
TEX
26
PHO
27
HOM
38
34th 452 [41]
2017 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT
22
DOV
34
POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 56th 01 [42]
2018 Leavine Family Racing 95 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND
20
LVS
12
RCH
31
CLT
15
DOV
21
TAL
10
KAN
28
MAR
28
TEX
27
PHO
23
HOM
39
33rd 157 [43]
– Qualified for Jimmie Johnson. · – Replaced by Ty Dillon.
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2007 Ginn Racing Chevrolet DNQ
2008 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 29 37
2009 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 42 21
2010 11 39
2011 5 7
2012 6 24
2013 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 40 7
2015 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 24 16
2016 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 27 8

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NXSC Pts Ref
2002 Wellrich Motorsports 07 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
39
ATL CAR PHO HOM 118th 46 [44]
2003 Bost Motorsports 22 Chevy DAY CAR
31
LVS
41
DAR
19
BRI
38
TEX
15
TAL NSH
33
CAL
36
RCH
25
GTY
19
NZH
22
CLT
31
DOV
16
NSH
29
KEN
32
MLW
37
DAY
34
CHI NHA 38th 1313 [45]
Innovative Motorsports 47 Chevy PPR
40
IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR
Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy HOM
28
2004 DAY
DNQ
CAR
39
LVS DAR
30
BRI
21
TEX NSH
17
TAL CAL GTY
19
RCH
40
CLT
DNQ
DOV 45th 802 [46]
Akins Motorsports 38 Ford NZH
QL
Holigan Racing 50 Chevy NSH
37
KEN
32
MLW DAY CHI
26
NHA
Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge PPR
15
IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT
Roush Racing 60 Ford MEM
QL
ATL PHO DAR HOM
2005 Akins Motorsports 58 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV
20
NSH
15
KEN
41
MLW
29
DAY
19
33rd 1693 [47]
Glynn Motorsports CHI
40
NHA
15
PPR
21
GTY
15
IRP
35
GLN
19
MCH
20
BRI
32
CAL
19
RCH
36
DOV
21
KAN
40
CLT
28
MEM
23
TEX
33
PHO
24
HOM
2006 Team Rensi Motorsports 35 Ford DAY
26
CAL
28
MXC
25
LVS
22
ATL
21
BRI
38
TEX
34
NSH
13
PHO
27
TAL
37
RCH
21
DAR
19
CLT
10
DOV
39
NSH
35
KEN
16
MLW
22
DAY
15
CHI
28
NHA
35
MAR
14
GTY
23
IRP
11
GLN
23
MCH
31
BRI
19
CAL
28
RCH
26
DOV
17
KAN
19
CLT
37
MEM
21
TEX
20
PHO
19
HOM
31
20th 3136 [48]
2007 Ginn Racing 4 Chevy DAY
26
CAL
9
MXC
26
LVS
33
ATL
23
BRI
36
NSH
5
TEX
34
PHO
8
TAL
23
RCH
15
DAR
12
CLT
5
DOV
26
NSH
5
KEN
19
MLW NHA DAY
29
CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 31st 1820 [49]
2012 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
1
107th 01 [50]
2013 7 DAY
14*
PHO
11
LVS
7
BRI
6
CAL
3
TEX
7
RCH
5
TAL
1
DAR
7
CLT
10
DOV
9
IOW
7
MCH
1
ROA
32
KEN
30
DAY
8
NHA
8
CHI
13
IND
19
IOW
11
GLN
4
MOH
15
BRI
21
ATL
9
RCH
3
CHI
13
KEN
12
DOV
15
KAN
3*
CLT
19
TEX
6
PHO
4
HOM
29
3rd 1108 [51]
2014 DAY
1
PHO
8
LVS
10
BRI
10
CAL
10
TEX
7
DAR
8
RCH
8
TAL
3
IOW
3
CLT
7
DOV
10
MCH
7
ROA
13
KEN
28
DAY
2*
NHA
10
CHI
16
IND
10
IOW
6
GLN
17
MOH
2
BRI
5
ATL
6
RCH
6
CHI
8
KEN
5
DOV
8
KAN
22
CLT
11
TEX
11
PHO
10
HOM
6
2nd 1171 [52]
2015 DAY
35
ATL
9
LVS
3
PHO
9
CAL
9
TEX
4
BRI
30
RCH
3
TAL
9
IOW
11
CLT
4
DOV
3
MCH
11
CHI
13
DAY
17
KEN
10
NHA
7
IND
8
IOW
2
GLN
20
MOH
1
BRI
9
ROA
8
DAR
9
RCH
6
CHI
9
KEN
3
DOV
1
CLT
5
KAN
5
TEX
9
PHO
6
HOM
9
4th 1168 [53]
2016 88 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI
11
ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN KAN
6
TEX PHO HOM 103rd 01 [54]
Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevy DOV
13
CLT
2017 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH
28
BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 108th 01 [55]
2019 JR Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH
21
BRI ROA
13
DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 49th 48 [56]
– Qualified for Kasey Kahne. – Qualified for Greg Biffle

Camping World Truck Series

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NASCAR Camping World 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 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2002 MB Motorsports 63 Ford DAY DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO
29
LVS CAL PHO
30
HOM 76th 642 [57]
2004 MRD Motorsports 06 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM
9
78th 138 [58]
2005 Xpress Motorsports 19 Chevy DAY
33
CAL
32
ATL
DNQ
MAR 38th 640 [59]
Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Chevy GTY
QL
Glynn Motorsports 65 Dodge MFD
22
CLT
35
DOV
22
TEX MCH MLW
20
KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR
MRD Motorsports 06 Chevy ATL
29
TEX
33
PHO HOM
32
2007 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP
8
NSH BRI
14
GTW
5
NHA LVS
12
TAL
9
MAR
36
ATL
18
TEX
30
PHO
34
HOM
9
32nd 1119 [60]
2008 46 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH
17
MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 79th 112 [61]
2017 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY
6
ATL
12
MAR
12
KAN
12
CLT
29
DOV
7
TEX GTW IOW KEN
14
ELD POC MCH BRI
14
MSP CHI
12
NHA LVS TAL
27
MAR
14
TEX
13
PHO HOM
11
18th 300 [62]
– Qualified for Shane Hmiel

West Series

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NASCAR West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWSC Pts Ref
2007 Ginn Racing 4 Chevy CTS PHO AMP ELK IOW CNS SON
33
DCS IRW MMP EVG CSR AMP 74th 64 [63]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Notes

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  1. ^ Pronounced /ˈrɡən/ REE-gən

References

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Achievements
Preceded by Bojangles' Southern 500 winner
2011
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year
2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver
2013
Succeeded by