Nick Tucker
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Nick Tucker | |||||||
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Born | Nicholas Tucker August 26, 1985 Bremerton, Washington | ||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
29 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Best finish | 30th (2009) | ||||||
First race | 2004 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2009 Ford 200 (Homestead-Miami) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Best finish | 37th (2007) | ||||||
First race | 2007 Construct Corps–Palm Beach Grading 250 (Lakeland) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Ansell ActivArmr 150 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 21, 2022. |
Nicholas Tucker (born August 26, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently owns Trans-Am Series team Nitro Motorsports and as a driver most recently competed in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series in 2021.
Career
[edit]Tucker began racing at age five, starting out by racing flat track four-wheelers and go-karts. At age 14, he came to the point where he had to move up to racing late models to advance his career. However, because of Washington state regulations, he could not compete in those cars in his home state. As a result, he and his family moved to North Carolina in the Charlotte metropolitan area where most NASCAR teams are located, where he began to race those cars there.[1]
Tucker was a late entry to the 2009 rookie of the year class in the Truck Series. Joining the new GunBroker Racing team to drive their No. 21 Dodge, he drove nearly the entire season starting at the Michigan race. (The only race he did not run was Talladega, with Sean Murphy in the truck instead.) Unfortunately, Tucker had to start-and-park in almost all of those starts due to lack of sponsorship and the team's focus on fielding their primary truck, the No. 23, driven by Jason White. The only race he was running at the finish of was the season-finale at Homestead, where the team found sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation and ran the whole race. Tucker finished five laps down in 26th in what would turn out to be his final start in the Truck Series.
Tucker served as a crew chief for Carter 2 Motorsports in the ARCA Series in 2012, but gave up that role for three races (Salem, Elko, and the first Pocono race) to be a driver for the team in them. At the first two of those races, Tucker drove C2M's No. 40, and for Pocono, he was in the No. 97. His cars were sponsored by Ron Paul's Republican presidential campaign that year.[2]
After his time driving in NASCAR and ARCA, Tucker returned to the go-kart racing industry and founded a cadet karting race team called Nitro Kart in 2016 to help up-and-coming go-kart drivers move up the racing ladder.[3]
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
[edit]NASCAR Nationwide 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 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
2008 | Ege Motorsports | 57 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY DNQ |
IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | N/A | 0 | [4] | ||||||||||
CFK Motorsports | 78 | Dodge | BRI DNQ |
CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Camping World Truck Series
[edit]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 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2004 | Ron Rhodes Racing | 48 | Dodge | DAY | ATL | MAR | MFD | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP DNQ |
NSH | BRI DNQ |
RCH | NHA | LVS | CAL | TEX | MAR 20 |
PHO | DAR | HOM | 89th | 103 | [5] | |||||||||||||
2005 | Brevak Racing | 31 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR DNQ |
GTY 26 |
MFD | CLT DNQ |
DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW 29 |
KAN | KEN 23 |
MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI 28 |
RCH | NHA | LVS | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 56th | 334 | [6] | |||||||||||||
2006 | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | GTY DNQ |
CLT DNQ |
MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | KAN | KEN | MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | 0 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | Derrike Cope Inc. | 73 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT DNQ |
MFD | DOV 35 |
TEX 33 |
IRP 32 |
NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | 62nd | 192 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | MCH 31 |
MLW 33 |
MAR 35 |
ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafferty Motorsports | 89 | Chevy | MEM 34 |
KEN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX 30 |
30th | 1065 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GunBroker Racing | 21 | Dodge | MCH 32 |
MLW 33 |
MEM 32 |
KEN 30 |
IRP 35 |
NSH 31 |
BRI 34 |
CHI 34 |
IOW 32 |
GTW 30 |
NHA 34 |
LVS 29 |
MAR 34 |
TAL | TEX 36 |
PHO 34 |
HOM 26 |
ARCA Racing Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing 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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
2007 | James Hylton Motorsports with Carter 2 Motorsports | 48 | Dodge | DAY | USA 15 |
NSH 30 |
SLM 16 |
KAN 27 |
WIN 26 |
KEN 21 |
TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI | 37th | 900 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||
Prototype Racing | 67 | Dodge | SLM 7 |
TAL | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Mark Gibson Racing | 59 | Dodge | DAY | SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR 15 |
KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJM | TAL | TOL | 113th | 150 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||
2011 | Carter 2 Motorsports | 04 | Dodge | DAY | TAL | SLM | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | IOW | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KAN | TOL DNQ |
164th | 0 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | 40 | DAY | MOB | SLM 29 |
TAL | TOL | ELK 15 |
69th | 315 | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | POC 31 |
MCH | WIN | NJE | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | SLM | DSF | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | 40 | DAY | MOB 7 |
SLM 24 |
TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | ROA | WIN | 62nd | 410 | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | CHI 25 |
NJE | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | IOW | SLM | KEN | KAN |
References
[edit]- ^ Neff, Mike (May 17, 2008). "Last In and First Out: The Joy And Sadness Of NASCAR Qualifying For The Underdogs". Frontstretch. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ "Nick Tucker To Return To Driving Duties At Salem Speedway". Speedway Media. April 20, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ Howden, Rob (November 2, 2016). "Industry Insider: Tucker Launches Nitro Kart Cadet Program". E-Karting News. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Tucker – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Nick Tucker driver statistics at Racing-Reference