Cory Roper
| Cory Roper | |||||||
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.jpg) Roper before the 2020 NextEra Energy 250 | |||||||
| Born | July 31, 1977 Vernon, Texas | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 20 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 04 (Roper Racing) | ||||||
| 2019 position | 27th | ||||||
| Best finish | 27th (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2020 Vet Tix/Camping World 200 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of June 13, 2020. | |||||||
Cory Roper (born July 31, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 04 Ford F-150 for Roper Racing.
Racing career
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Roper made his NASCAR debut in 2018 at Martinsville in the Truck Series. He drove the No. 04 car for his own team, Roper Racing. He finished 13th in his first race after starting 17th.[1]
Roper ran his second race at Iowa, starting 26th and finishing 18th.[2]
In Roper's maiden voyage of 2019, he made an impressive run to 2nd position from his 25th starting position at Daytona International Speedway before being eliminated by a wreck. Roper said that his team would like to run the full 2019 schedule but would need more funding to do so.[3] At Atlanta Roper qualified 28th while finishing 16th. At Las Vegas he would have a strong showing qualifying 5th but ending early as he would tangle with Matt Crafton early in the race.
ASA National Tour
In 2002, Roper attempted to run the race in Illiana Motor Speedway in the No. 87 Pontiac, but failed to qualify.
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.)
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
| NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 | NGTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Roper Racing | 04 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR 13 |
DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW 18 |
GTW | CHI | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 25 |
MSP | LVS 25 |
TAL | MAR | TEX 28 |
PHO | HOM 17 |
37th | 96 | [4] | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | DAY 20 |
ATL 16 |
LVS 24 |
MAR 31 |
TEX 12 |
DOV | KAN | CLT 20 |
TEX 9 |
IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH 28 |
BRI DNQ |
MSP | LVS DNQ |
TAL | MAR | PHO | HOM 27 |
27th | 146 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | DAY 14 |
LVS 26 |
CLT 32 |
ATL 23 |
HOM 21 |
POC |
KEN | TEX | KAN | KAN | RCH | DOV | TEX | IOW | ELD | MCH | GTW | MSP | BRI | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ^ Massie, Michael (June 12, 2018). "Cory Roper, the Definition of Grassroots Racing".
- ^ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12072493
- ^ Segal, Davey. "Cory Roper Relegated to 20th-Place Finish After Strong Run". Frontstretch. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Cory Roper – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Cory Roper – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Cory Roper – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
External links
- Cory Roper driver statistics at Racing-Reference