Eric Caudell
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Eric Caudell | |||||||
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![]() Caudell in 2019 | |||||||
Born | Piedmont, Oklahoma | January 2, 1967||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 79th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2014 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
60 races run over 8 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 7 (CCM Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 10th (2017) | ||||||
First race | 2015 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 General Tire 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
ARCA East no., team | No. 22 (CCM Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 30th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Shore Lunch 150 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2021 Sprecher 150 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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Eric Caudell (born January 2, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 7 Ford/Toyota for his team, CCM Racing. He has competed in ARCA since 2015, including running full-time for one season in 2017, where he finished tenth in points. He also made one Truck Series start in 2014 at Iowa.
Racing career
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Caudell had raced for many years in the United States Super Truck Series until the series shut down.[1]
Caudell made his Truck Series debut in 2014, driving the No. 12 for Cefalia Motorsports. He finished 28th.
In 2017, Caudell competed in a full season in the ARCA Racing Series in the No. 2 for Hixson Motorsports, a team he previously drove part-time for in the series in 2016. Also, his crew chief that year was Crystal Bates,[2] one of the few female crew chiefs in stock car racing. He ended up finishing tenth in points.
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For 2020, it was announced that Caudell and his No. 7 team would be returning to ARCA in ten races: Daytona, Talladega, Chicagoland, Lucas Oil, Elko, Iowa, Springfield, DuQuoin, Bristol, Memphis, and Kansas.[3] In addition, Caudell and his team participated in ARCA's Daytona testing in January 2020 leading up to the race there the following month. Caudell and his former Hixson Motorsports teammate Rick Tackman shared his No. 7 car during the test session.[4]
In 2021, Caudell returned for another part-time schedule in his No. 7 car.[5] He also made his debut in the ARCA Menards Series East (formerly the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) that year as his schedule included the three combination races (Iowa, Milwaukee, and Bristol) that the main ARCA Series had with the East Series.
Personal life
[edit]Caudell graduated from the University of Oklahoma, earning a degree in Management Information Systems.[1]
He lives in Piedmont, Oklahoma and in addition to racing and has worked as an energy trading software consultant for Murphy USA for over twenty years.[1]
Eric Caudell competes with his self-owned, self-funded race team. A marketing consultant in the oil industry by trade, Caudell is racing in his eighth season of competition in the ARCA Menards Series in 2022.
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](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
[edit]NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2014 | Cefalia Motorsports | 12 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW 28 |
ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 79th | 16 | [6] |
ARCA Menards Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series East
[edit]ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | CCM Racing | 7 | Toyota | NSM | FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM | IOW 14 |
30th | 53 | [17] | ||
Ford | MLW 21 |
BRI | ||||||||||||
2022 | 22 | Chevy | NSM | FIF | DOV Wth |
NSV | IOW | 53rd | 22 | [18] | ||||
7 | MLW 22 |
BRI |
* Season still in progress
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Radebaugh, Don (December 19, 2017). "Energy trading software consultant Caudell looking for space to race". ARCARacing.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ Radebaugh, Don (April 23, 2017). "Crew chief Crystal Bates ready for Salem". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell planning on a partial schedule; looking at two cars". ThePitLane.org. January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "Daytona Test Entry List". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell, CCM Racing Prepare For Talladega, Remainder Of 2021 Season". ARCARacing.com. April 20, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Eric Caudell – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Eric Caudell driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- https://www.arcaracing.com/drivers/eric-caudell/