Bayley Currey
Bayley Currey | |||||||
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Born | Driftwood, Texas | October 29, 1996||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 8 (B. J. McLeod Motorsports) No. 55 (JP Motorsports) | ||||||
First race | 2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Focused Health 250 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
15 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | Nos. 36/63/83 (Copp Motorsports) | ||||||
2017 position | 43rd | ||||||
Best finish | 43rd (2017) | ||||||
First race | 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2018 World of Westgate 200 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 6, 2018. |
Bayley Currey (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro for B. J. McLeod Motorsports and the No. 55 Toyota Camry for JP Motorsports, and part-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the Nos. 36, 63 and 83 Chevrolet Silverados for Copp Motorsports.[1]
Racing career
Currey started his career at in go-kart racing in 2003, later moving up to Bandolero racing. After that, he competed at Central Texas Speewday, driving pro late models.[2][3]
Camping World Truck Series
Currey made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville at the Texas Roadhouse 200, driving the No. 50 truck for Beaver Motorsports. The offer was brought to him by a personal friend.[3] He started 27th and finished 25th. Currey returned in Phoenix, driving the No. 83 for Copp Motorsports. He started 21st, and finished 10th, surviving multiple wrecks in the process. He drove the No. 83 truck again at Homestead, starting 30th and finishing 28th after an engine failure.[4][5]Curry has ran the 83 tuck for Copp for the majority of the 2018 so far, with making his first start of the season at Las Vegas in early March.
Xfinity Series
A few weeks after competing in the 2018 Stratosphere 200 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Currey made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway with B. J. McLeod Motorsports.[6][7] He qualified 23rd and finished 20th after falling back to 30th at the end of Stage 1 and 27th at the end of Stage 2.[8] Curry returned at Loudon in July with JP Motorsports in their No. 55 entry.
Personal life
Currey's father was a race car driver.[3] Bayley attended Texas State University.[3]
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Ref | ||
2018 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 8 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX 22 |
BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | -* | 01* | |||||||||||||||||||
JP Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | NHA 29 |
IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI 27 |
ROA | DAR 26 |
IND 39 |
LVS 24 |
RCH 29 |
CLT 35 |
DOV 29 |
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 | Ref | |||||||||||||||
2017 | Beaver Motorsports | 50 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR 25 |
TEX | 43rd | 38 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||
Copp Motorsports | 83 | Chevy | PHO 10 |
HOM 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | DAY | ATL | LVS 20 |
MAR | DOV 26 |
CLT 25 |
TEX 29 |
IOW 24 |
GTW | CHI 27 |
MCH 27 |
BRI 32 |
MSP | LVS 16 |
TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | KAN 29 |
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63 | KEN 30 |
ELD | POC 32 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ^ "Bayley Currey". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ Hallas, JM (2016-04-24). "Bayley Currey wins Pro Late Model race at Budweiser 250". racedaysa.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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(help) - ^ a b c d Holt, Nick (2018-01-16). "NASCAR dreams keep Bayley Currey on the right track". Lone Star Speedzone Forums. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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(help) - ^ "Sauter survives carnage and wins wild Truck race at Phoenix". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Martinsville Trucks results: Noah Gragson grabs first win | NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ Beard, Brock (2018-04-06). "PREVIEW: Texas set to host first short Cup Series field in track's history". LASTCAR. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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(help) - ^ "Five things to watch in Saturday's Xfinity race at Texas". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- ^ Albino, Dustin (2018-04-11). "Eyes on XFINITY: Bayley Currey Impresses in Series Debut". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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(help) - ^ "Bayley Currey – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Bayley Currey – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
External links
- Bayley Currey driver statistics at Racing-Reference