Camden Murphy

Camden Murphy
Murphy racing in a truck at Rockford Speedway in 2015
Born (1996-07-23) July 23, 1996
Itasca, Illinois
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2016 position 72nd
Best finish 72nd (2016)
First race 2016 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
19 races run over 5 years
Truck no., team No. 63 (Copp Motorsports)
No. 1 (TJL Motorsports)
No. 0 (JJC Racing)
2017 position 32nd
Best finish 32nd (2017)
First race 2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2018 Gander Outdoors 150 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 28, 2018.

Camden Murphy (born July 23, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet Silverado for Copp Motorsports, the No. 1 Silverado for TJL Motorsports, and the No. 0 Silverado for JJC Racing. The Itasca, Illinois native also participates in the Monster Jam series, driving the Pirates Curse truck.

Racing career

Early years

Murphy started racing at the age of ten, driving Super Cup cars with Central State Region, (CSR), racing at Grundy Speedway (Illinois), Wisconsin Dells, Anderson Speedway (Indiana), and other known asphalt ovals, winning several mains, as well as taking the championship over racers four times his age. Three years later, he moved up to 450 HP trucks.Due to the lack of racing opportunities and the large amount of racing pushback in his hometown Chicago area, Murphy often raced in southeastern Wisconsin at tracks like Madison International Speedway[1] and the Milwaukee Mile. Murphy gained substantial attention in 2012 when he won a Midwest Truck Series race at the Mile by way of a three-wide pass.[2] Starting in 2013, Murphy instructed drivers on road courses like Road America and the Daytona International Speedway road course.

NASCAR

Murphy made his NASCAR debut in 2014,[3] driving the No. 08 truck for SS-Green Light Racing in the Camping World Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway.[4] He finished on the lead lap in 21st[5] while donating sponsorship to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.[6] Murphy returned to Martinsville again in 2015, driving the No. 1 entry for MAKE Motorsports.[7] Again Murphy posted a lead lap finish, this time in 24th.[8] In 2016, Murphy moved up to the Xfinity Series, turning in a 26th-place finish in Rick Ware Racing's No. 25 entry at Bristol Motor Speedway.[9] Off the merits of that race, Truck team Contreras Motorsports signed Murphy to drive his first NASCAR road course race, at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in summer 2016.[10] Murphy fell out with clutch problems after completing only three laps of the race in an unsponsored truck.[11] Murphy made his first intermediate track start in 2017, where he was a field-filler for Copp Motorsports in a Truck race at Kansas Speedway.[12] A week later, MB Motorsports named Murphy as the driver of their No. 63 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[13]

Monster Jam

In November 2016, it was announced that Murphy would pilot the Pirates Curse entry for the 2017 Monster Jam season.[14] He was then named Rookie of the Year in 2017.[15]

Personal life

After donating sponsorship space to the Ronald McDonald House Charities for a race in 2014, Murphy became an ambassador for the group in the Chicago region. He has volunteered for the charity dating back to 2012.[16]

Murphy has taken up telling the story of another Illinois driver, Fred Lorenzen, to libraries around the state.[17]

Murphy is friends with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Josh Bilicki due to them both growing up in the same area and their interest of racing.[18]

A production company from North Carolina wanted to do a reality show on Murphy's life, but the opportunity hasn't panned out.[19]

Camden also has a YouTube channel where he posts several vlogs every few months. It started in August 2016.

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
2016 Rick Ware Racing 25 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI
26		 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 72nd 15

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
2014 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
21		 TEX PHO HOM 71st 20
2015 Rick Ware Racing 1 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
24		 TEX PHO HOM 70th 20
2016 Contreras Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP
31		 CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 110th 01
2017 Copp Motorsports 36 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN
30		 CLT POC
28		 MCH
25		 BRI HOM
27		 32nd 124
63 DOV
32		 TEX KEN
30		 ELD NHA
27
83 GTW
23		 IOW MSP
22		 CHI
22		 LVS
17		 TAL MAR TEX PHO
2018 63 DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV
29		 -* -*
TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy KAN
DNQ		 CLT
JJC Racing 0 Chevy TEX
31		 IOW
DNQ		 GTW
DNQ		 CHI
30		 KEN
31		 ELD POC
29		 MCH
DNQ		 BRI MSP LVS
Wth		 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Andy Jones Wins Midwest Truck Feature | Madison International Speedway". misracing.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  2. ↑ "NCWTS: Camden Murphy to Make Truck Debut for SS Green Light at Martinsville". Race Chaser Online. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Driver Websites Creates New Website for Camden Murphy Racing - Inside Line Promotions | Shawn Miller - Racing Press Releases, Race Drivers, Tracks, Series, Businesses". www.insidelinepromotions.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  4. ↑ "SS Racing - Green Light Racing". www.ssracingonline.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  5. ↑ "Driver Camden Murphy 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  6. ↑ "NASCAR...On the Road of Glory: Fred Lorenzen | LaSalle Public Library". www.lasalle.lib.il.us. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  7. ↑ "TRUCKS: J.J. Haley Only Retiree From Martinsville Slugfest". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  8. ↑ "Driver Camden Murphy 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  9. ↑ "Driver Camden Murphy 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  10. ↑ "MURPHY TO PILOT CONTRERAS MOTORSPORTS TRUCK IN CANADA - OFFICIAL Camden Murphy website | NASCAR Driver | Driving Coach | Public Speaker | Midwest Truck Tour| Itasca, IL". 11206.app.myracepass.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  11. ↑ "Driver Camden Murphy 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  12. ↑ "TRUCKS: Stewart Friesen scores first Truck Series last-place finish for #52 since 2005". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  13. ↑ "Preliminary Entry List Storylines: All-Star Week". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  14. ↑ "Murphy to pilot Monster Jam truck Pirates Curse - OFFICIAL Camden Murphy website | NASCAR Driver | Driving Coach | Public Speaker | Midwest Truck Tour| Itasca, IL". 11206.app.myracepass.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  15. ↑ "Camden Murphy | Monster Jam". www.monsterjam.com. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  16. ↑ "Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana". rmhccni.org. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  17. ↑ Summerville, Community Contributor Roslyn. "Pinspiring crafternoon at the Bartlett Library". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  18. ↑ "Josh Bilicki files Part 2 of his Blog".
  19. ↑ "Beyond the Cockpit: Camden Murphy Balancing NASCAR Trucks & Monster Trucks in 2017". Frontstretch. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2017-05-24.

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