Eddie MacDonald

Eddie MacDonald (born July 7, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the American Canadian Tour, while also having competed in the K&N Pro Series East, Whelen Modified Tour and all three NASCAR national touring series.

Eddie MacDonald
MacDonald at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2017
Born (1980-07-07) July 7, 1980
Rowley, Massachusetts
NASCAR Cup Series career
3 races run over 3 years
2016 position49th
Best finish48th (2015)
First race2014 Camping World RV Sales 301 (Loudon)
Last race2016 New Hampshire 301 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish132nd (2009)
First race2007 Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com (Loudon)
Last race2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish110th (2010)
First race2010 TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 17, 2016.

Racing career

Touring series
MacDonald's car in 2014

MacDonald first ran in the Busch East Series in 2001, finishing 19th in points, and claimed his first series win the following season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. After going winless in 2003 and 2004, MacDonald won at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park; two years later, he would win at Stafford Speedway, and in 2008, won both races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In 2009, he won at Loudon again,[1] finishing second in the championship to Ryan Truex.[2] During the season, MacDonald won the Oxford 250 late model race at Oxford Plains Speedway; after electing to replace four tires on a pit stop with the threat of being lapped,[3] MacDonald passed Brian Hoar on lap 167 to win.[4] In 2014, MacDonald won his first Pro Series East race in five seasons and his seventh series win at Bristol Motor Speedway after holding off Gray Gaulding and Ben Rhodes on the green–white–checker finish.[5]

In 2005, MacDonald made his debut in the Whelen Modified Tour at Loudon, finishing 37th.[6] He returned to the Modifieds in 2009 at Loudon, replacing Andy Seuss, who was racing at Caraway Speedway in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.[7]

MacDonald ran and won the inaugural American Canadian Tour invitational race at Loudon in 2009, and repeated in 2011.[8] In 2014, MacDonald won the ACT season-opener at Lee USA Speedway.[9]

MacDonald is the last active K&N East driver to have competed when the series was running under the Busch North name. He made a spot 2019 start in the ARCA Midwest Tour at the Milwaukee Mile and finished in the top 10; it was the first stock car race in five years at the track.[10]

National series
MacDonald at the 2015 5-hour Energy 301

In 2010, MacDonald made his Camping World Truck Series debut in the TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 at Loudon[11] for Grimm Racing, finishing 30th after crashing on lap 86.[12] In early 2014, Blue Vase Marketing owner Michael Alden requested Go FAS Racing owner Archie St. Hilaire to place a New England-based driver in the No. 32 car for the Camping World RV Sales 301 at Loudon, with the team hiring MacDonald, making MacDonald the only active driver to race in all five NASCAR touring series at the track (K&N East, Modified, and the three national series), and the first since Steve Park in 1996. To support MacDonald, the track offered an "Eddie Mac Pack" ticket package worth $32.[13] In his first Cup race, MacDonald started 40th and finished 35th, five laps down.[14] MacDonald also ran the July Cup races at Loudon in 2015 and 2016.

Personal life

MacDonald's parents Red and Judy owned Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire. They sold the track in February 2018.[9]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 34 35 36 NSCC Pts
2014 Go FAS Racing 32 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA
35		 IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 54th 9
2015 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA
37		 IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 48th 7
2016 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA
36		 IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM` 49th 5

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide 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 34 35 NNSC Pts
2007 MacDonald Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA
41		 DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 152nd 40
2009 Go Green Racing 39 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM
22		 TEX PHO HOM
DNQ		 132nd 97

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 24 25 NCWTC Pts
2010 Grimm Racing 71 Ford DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA
30		 LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 110th 73

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
  1. "Eddie MacDonald". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. "NASCAR Camping World East Series standings for 2009". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  3. "Crew chief relishes Oxford 250 win". Bangor Daily News. July 20, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  4. Courchesne, Shawn (July 19, 2009). "Dragged To Victory: Eddie MacDonald And Chief Rollie LaChance Get Their Long Awaited TD Banknorth Oxford 250 Win". Hartford Courant. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  5. "Eddie MacDonald breaks 5-year NASCAR K&N Pro Series East winless drought with victory at Bristol". The Republican. March 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  6. "2005 Sylvania 100 Presented by Lowe's". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  7. Courchesne, Shawn (September 16, 2009). "Eddie MacDonald Adds Whelen Modified Tour Event To Already Busy Schedule This Weekend In New Hampshire". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  8. Courchesne, Shawn (September 24, 2011). "Charging: Last Lap Pass Gives Eddie MacDonald Second American-Canadian Tour Invitational Victory At NHMS". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  9. St. Louis, Justin (April 13, 2014). "VT Speed: Finally, MacDonald wins at home". The Burlington Free Press. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  10. Kalwasinski, Stan (17 June 2019). "Nason Tops Racing's Return To Milwaukee Mile". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  11. Courchesne, Shawn (September 14, 2010). "Triple Duty Awaits Eddie MacDonald This Weekend At New Hampshire Motor Speedway". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  12. "2010 TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  13. Vega, Michael (July 9, 2014). "Mass. native Eddie MacDonald set for NASCAR splash". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  14. Wiernasz, Mark (July 14, 2014). "Keselowski double domination at NHMS". WWLP. Springfield, MA. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
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