Dawson Cram
| Dawson Cram | |||||||
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| Born |
September 12, 2001 Mooresville, North Carolina | ||||||
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 50 (Beaver Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 104th (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 26, 2018. | |||||||
Dawson Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the No. 11 for Cram Racing Enterprises in the Inex Legend Car Series in the Young Lions Division, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet Silverado for Beaver Motorsports.
Racing career
Early career
In 2007 at the age of 5 Cram started racing in Mini Dwarf race cars in his hometown at the time San Diego, California but 2 years after moved to Mooresville, North Carolina where he started racing in the INEX Bandolero Series. After winning 13 times in Bandoleros,[1] he made the move to Legend Cars in 2014.
NASCAR
On October 24, 2017, Dawson Cram was announced to be driving for Cram Racing Enterprises in the No. 11 truck at Martinsville Speedway in the 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 but with 36 minutes remaining in practice his engine expired and was forced to DNQ (Did Not Qualify).[2]
On March 19, 2018, it was announced Cram would be racing one race at Martinsville Speedway for Beaver Motorsports in the No. 50 truck in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 where he finished a strong 17th place in severely underfunded equipment.
Personal life
Dawson Cram has a family with a very rich history in stock car racing – his father Kevin Cram is a former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series crew chief. His uncle Clinton Cram served as his crew chief for his 2017 truck attempt.[3] Both of Dawson’s grandfathers raced stock cars in the North-East and South-West and they support him in his racing career to this day.
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.)
Camping World Truck Series
| 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 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cram Racing Enterprises | 11 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR Wth |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 104th | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Beaver Motorsports | 50 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR 17 |
DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* | ||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ↑ "Top 10: Best Drivers 15 and Under in Short Track Draft". speed51.com. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ↑ Jerry, Bonkowski. "Dawson Cram – NASCAR Talk". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ↑ Vincent, Amanda. "NASCAR Truck: Dawson Cram hopes to make debut at Martinsville Speedway". Auto Racing Daily. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
External links
- Dawson Cram driver statistics at Racing-Reference