Ray Black Jr.
| Ray Black Jr. | |||||||
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 Black at Road America in 2016 | |||||||
| Born |
Raymond Black Jr. May 17, 1991 Montgomery, Alabama | ||||||
| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 51 (Rick Ware Racing) | ||||||
| 2017 position | 64th | ||||||
| Best finish | 64th (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2017 Tales of the Turtles 400 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona Beach) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 64 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Car no., team |
Nos. 8/78/99 (B. J. McLeod Motorsports) No. 74 (Mike Harmon Racing) | ||||||
| 2017 position | 27th | ||||||
| Best finish | 19th (2016) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Drive for the Cure 200 (Charlotte Roval) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 31 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2016 position | 99th | ||||||
| Best finish | 11th (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 American Ethanol E15 225 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of September 29, 2018. | |||||||
Raymond "Ray" Black Jr. (born May 17, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 8, 78, and 99 Toyota Camrys and Chevrolet Camaros for B.J. McLeod Motorsports, also driving the No. 74 Camaro for Mike Harmon Racing and also part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Rick Ware Racing.
Racing career
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he moved to Palm Coast, Florida when he was nine years old. After playing racing video games on his PlayStation, Black developed an interest in racing professionally at age 14. In 2006, Black began racing in the Florida Mini Cup Racing Association's Junior All-Star division, winning the championship after finishing in the top five in every race.[1] In 2013, he began racing Pro Late Models.[2]
Camping World Truck Series
In 2014, Black made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway for SS-Green Light Racing, driving the No. 07.[3] Due to qualifying being rained out, Black started 29th based on his team's owners points standing in 2013.[4] Black finished 24th, five laps behind race winner Matt Crafton.[5] Black made six additional starts for the team in 2014, with a best finish of 18th at Chicagoland Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, the former being where he led his only lap of the season.
On December 16, Black announced he would compete full-time in the Truck Series with SS-Green Light for 2015, competing for Rookie of the Year honors.[6] In the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, Black finished fifth after avoiding a crash on the backstretch.[7] After not finishing in the top ten for the rest of the season, but rarely finishing outside the top twenty, he managed an eleventh-place points finish.[8]
Xfinity Series
In November 2015, Black made his Xfinity Series debut at Texas, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing.[9] On January 13, 2016, Black announced he would drive the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for SS-Green Light Racing.[10] He finished nineteenth in his debut season, failing to break in to the top ten in any races.[11]
After starting the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with SS-Green Light, Black was replaced by Todd Bodine for the Charlotte race in 2017 due to a lack of sponsorship.[12] Spencer Boyd, Korbin Forrister, Andy Lally, Ryan Ellis and Devin Jones also ran in the 07 when Black could not bring sponsorship.[13] Boyd took over the ride that Black ran 21 of the 33 races in 2017[14] for 2018 with funding from Grunt Style.[15]
After losing his ride with Ware in the Cup Series, Black returned with B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Daytona in 2018.[16] The team failed to qualify along with five other cars. Black returned to the Xfinity Series sporadically in summer 2018.
Monster Energy Cup Series
In September 2017, Black joined Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car at Chicagoland's Tales of the Turtles 400.[17] After qualifying 39th, he finished 40th, 16 laps behind race winner Martin Truex Jr.[18] He made two more starts in the Playoffs, finishing 34th at Texas and 38th at Homestead.[19] On November 22, 2017, Black joined the RWR team for a full 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and a Rookie of the Year effort.[20] However the deal fell through later in the off season,[21] as Black's family, which owned reported sponsor ScubaLife, allegedly backed out of the commitment in December. However, he has drove the No. 51 at Daytona in July with a 16th place finish.
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.)
Monster Energy Cup Series
| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | MENCC | Pts | |||
| 2017 | Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI 40 |
NHA | DOV | CLT | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX 34 |
PHO | HOM 38 |
64th | 01 | |||
| 2018 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY 16 |
KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | 01* | ||||||
Xfinity Series
| NASCAR Xfinity 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | |||
| 2015 | SS-Green Light Racing | 15 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX 27 |
PHO | HOM | 107th | 01 | |||
| 2016 | 07 | DAY 33 |
ATL 33 |
LVS 25 |
PHO 25 |
CAL 37 |
TEX 22 |
BRI 20 |
RCH 24 |
TAL 29 |
DOV 17 |
CLT 37 |
POC 21 |
MCH 23 |
IOW 30 |
DAY 39 |
KEN 19 |
NHA 21 |
IND 33 |
IOW 20 |
GLN 20 |
MOH 30 |
BRI 14 |
ROA 15 |
DAR 21 |
RCH 25 |
CHI 28 |
KEN 20 |
DOV 24 |
CLT 28 |
KAN 19 |
TEX 27 |
PHO 36 |
HOM 28 |
19th | 515 | |||||
| 2017 | DAY 18 |
ATL 29 |
LVS 31 |
PHO 29 |
CAL 27 |
TEX 25 |
BRI 37 |
RCH 18 |
TAL 40 |
CLT | DOV 24 |
POC | MCH | IOW 29 |
DAY 12 |
KEN 27 |
NHA | IND 24 |
IOW 30 |
GLN | MOH | BRI 21 |
ROA | DAR 25 |
RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV 21 |
CLT 21 |
KAN | TEX | PHO 24 |
HOM 25 |
27th | 245 | ||||||
| 2018 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 99 | Toyota | DAY DNQ |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DAY 22 |
-* | -* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Chevy | DOV 27 |
KEN 22 |
NHA | IOW 28 |
GLN | MOH | BRI 37 |
ROA | DAR | IND | LVS 17 |
RCH 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 78 | CLT 19 |
POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Chevy | CLT 26 |
DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY | MAR 24 |
KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW 24 |
KEN | IOW | ELD | 29th | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08 | POC 28 |
MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI 18 |
NHA 21 |
LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX 18 |
PHO | HOM 28 |
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| 2015 | 07 | DAY 5 |
ATL 25 |
MAR 13 |
KAN 21 |
CLT 22 |
DOV 11 |
TEX 16 |
GTW 13 |
IOW 15 |
KEN 13 |
ELD 15 |
POC 24 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 21 |
MSP 15 |
CHI 11 |
NHA 13 |
LVS 12 |
TAL 14 |
MAR 20 |
TEX 19 |
PHO 20 |
HOM 18 |
11th | 635 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI 18 |
NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 99th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ↑ "Ray Black, Jr". Team Scuba. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Ray Black Jr. Ready to Make Dirt Racing Debut at Eldora Speedway". Catchfence. July 17, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ↑ Eddinger, Mark (March 25, 2014). "Seven Drivers Will Try to Make Their NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Debut at Martinsville". Sports Media 101. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ "16th Annual Kroger 250" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ "2014 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Ray Black Jr. to run full truck series schedule in '15". NASCAR. December 16, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ Pennell, Jay (February 28, 2015). "Little-known rookie driver Ray Black Jr. turning heads in Truck Series". Fox Sports. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Driver Ray Black, Jr. 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ Knight, Chris (November 2, 2015). "Ray Black Jr. To Make NASCAR XFINITY Series Debut At Texas Motor Speedway". Catchfence. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Ray Black Jr. stepping up to NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2016". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Driver Ray Black, Jr. 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Despite lack of sponsorship, Ray Black Jr. expected to return to SS Green Light Racing". Catchfence. May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Car No. 07 in the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Driver Ray Black, Jr. 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Spencer Boyd's "dreams come true" with full-time Xfinity ride". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (2018-02-15). "NASCAR 101: Keeping Up with 2018 NASCAR Driver Changes". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "CUP: Ray Black, Jr. wins tight last-place battle in Chicagoland's third-straight Cup race without a single DNF". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ↑ "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Driver Ray Black, Jr. 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ↑ "Ray Black Jr. Joining Rick Ware Racing Full-Time for 2018 Cup Series Schedule". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ↑ Fair, Asher (2018-02-07). "NASCAR: Ray Black Jr.'s deal with Rick Ware Racing rumored to have fallen through". Beyond the Flag. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
External links
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