Bayley Currey

Bayley Currey
Currey in 2018
Born (1996-10-29) October 29, 1996
Driftwood, Texas
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 8 (B. J. McLeod Motorsports)
No. 55 (JP Motorsports)
First race 2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas)
Last race 2018 Bar Harbor 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
15 races run over 2 years
Truck no., team Nos. 36/63/83 (Copp Motorsports)
2017 position 43rd
Best finish 43rd (2017)
First race 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2018 World of Westgate 200 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 6, 2018.

Bayley Currey (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro for B. J. McLeod Motorsports and the No. 55 Toyota Camry for JP Motorsports, and part-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the Nos. 36, 63 and 83 Chevrolet Silverados for Copp Motorsports.[1]

Racing career

Currey started his career at in go-kart racing in 2003, later moving up to Bandolero racing. After that, he competed at Central Texas Speewday, driving pro late models.[2][3]

Camping World Truck Series

Currey made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville at the Texas Roadhouse 200, driving the No. 50 truck for Beaver Motorsports. The offer was brought to him by a personal friend.[3] He started 27th and finished 25th. Currey returned in Phoenix, driving the No. 83 for Copp Motorsports. He started 21st, and finished 10th, surviving multiple wrecks in the process. He drove the No. 83 truck again at Homestead, starting 30th and finishing 28th after an engine failure.[4][5]Curry has ran the 83 tuck for Copp for the majority of the 2018 so far, with making his first start of the season at Las Vegas in early March.

Xfinity Series

A few weeks after competing in the 2018 Stratosphere 200 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Currey made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway with B. J. McLeod Motorsports.[6][7] He qualified 23rd and finished 20th after falling back to 30th at the end of Stage 1 and 27th at the end of Stage 2.[8] Curry returned at Loudon in July with JP Motorsports in their No. 55 entry.

Personal life

Currey's father was a race car driver.[3] Bayley attended Texas State University.[3]

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
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 NXSC Pts Ref
2018 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
22		 BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN -* 01*
JP Motorsports 55 Toyota NHA
29		 IOW GLN MOH BRI
27		 ROA DAR
26		 IND
39		 LVS
24		 RCH
29		 CLT
35		 DOV
29		 KAN TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series

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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2017 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
25		 TEX 43rd 38 [9]
Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy PHO
10		 HOM
28
2018 DAY ATL LVS
20		 MAR DOV
26		 CLT
25		 TEX
29		 IOW
24		 GTW CHI
27		 MCH
27		 BRI
32		 MSP LVS
16		 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM -* -* [10]
36 KAN
29
63 KEN
30		 ELD POC
32

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Bayley Currey". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  2. ↑ Hallas, JM (2016-04-24). "Bayley Currey wins Pro Late Model race at Budweiser 250". racedaysa.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Holt, Nick (2018-01-16). "NASCAR dreams keep Bayley Currey on the right track". Lone Star Speedzone Forums. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Sauter survives carnage and wins wild Truck race at Phoenix". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  5. ↑ "Martinsville Trucks results: Noah Gragson grabs first win | NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ Beard, Brock (2018-04-06). "PREVIEW: Texas set to host first short Cup Series field in track's history". LASTCAR. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  7. ↑ "Five things to watch in Saturday's Xfinity race at Texas". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  8. ↑ Albino, Dustin (2018-04-11). "Eyes on XFINITY: Bayley Currey Impresses in Series Debut". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  9. ↑ "Bayley Currey – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Bayley Currey – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
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