Bayley Currey
Bayley Currey (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 53 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Rick Ware Racing.
Bayley Currey | |||||||
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![]() Currey in 2019 | |||||||
Born | Driftwood, Texas | October 29, 1996||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
11 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 53 (Rick Ware Racing) | ||||||
2019 position | 52nd | ||||||
Best finish | 52nd (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2019 TicketGuardian 500 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Supermarket Heroes 500 (Bristol) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
39 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Car no., team | Nos. 47/74 (Mike Harmon Racing) | ||||||
2019 position | 93rd | ||||||
Best finish | 93rd (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 UNOH 188 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
22 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 44 (Niece Motorsports) | ||||||
2019 position | 48th | ||||||
Best finish | 31st (2018) | ||||||
First race | 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Pocono Organics 150 (Pocono) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 15, 2020. |
Racing career
Currey started his go-kart racing career in 2003, later moving up to Bandolero racing. After that, he competed at Central Texas Speedway, driving pro late models.[1][2]
Gander RV & Outdoors 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.[2] 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.[3][4] Currey wound up running 13 Truck races in 2018.
On February 9, 2019, it was announced that Currey and Vizion Motorsports agreed to run a partial schedule in the No. 35 Toyota Tundra for 2019.[5] The announcement came after Currey tested an ARCA Racing Series car for Vizion. In July, he joined Niece Motorsports for the Gander RV 150 at Pocono Raceway,[6] and later finished sixth with the team at Michigan International Speedway.[7]
In 2020, Currey joined CMI Motorsports for the Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[8] He returned to Niece at Pocono after regular driver Natalie Decker was hospitalized with bile duct complications.[9]
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.[10][11] 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.[12] Currey returned at Loudon in July with JP Motorsports in their No. 55 entry, and piloted the car for most of the remainder of the 2018 season.
On August 15, leading into the Food City 300 at Bristol, Currey was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after failing a drug test;[7] Currey, in a statement, said that the failure was due to a banned ingredient (Octodrine) in a pre-workout supplement. He apologized publicly on the night the suspension was announced and asked NASCAR to enter him in to the Road to Recovery program, which is mandatory for members looking to be reinstated by NASCAR.[13] He was reinstated on September 18 after completing the Road to Recovery.[14]
He came back to racing on September 28, 2019 at the Drive For The Cure 250 at the Charlotte Roval. However he DNF'ed and finished 37th.
Cup Series
In March 2019, Currey partnered with Rick Ware Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway.[15] He was slated to run the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol with Ware until his suspension.[16][17]
Currey returned to Ware and the Cup Series in May 2020, driving the No. 53 in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol.[18] In August, he replaced J. J. Yeley during the Go Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course when Yeley required medical attention due to a failed cooling system.[19]
Personal life
Currey's father was a race car driver.[2] Bayley attended Texas State University.[2]
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.)
Cup Series
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 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
2019 | Rick Ware Racing | 52 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO 31 |
CAL | MAR | KAN 33 |
CLT 35 |
CHI 32 |
DAY | 52nd | 01 | [20] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | TEX 35 |
BRI 31 |
RCH 32 |
TAL | DOV | PHO 32 |
HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Ford | POC 25 |
MCH | SON | KEN 33 |
NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 53 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CAL | PHO | DAR | DAR | CLT | CLT | BRI 38 |
ATL | MAR | HOM | TAL | POC | POC | IND | KEN | TEX | KAN | NHA | MCH | MCH | -* | 01 | [21] | |||||||||||||||
27 | Ford | DAY RL† |
DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Relieved J. J. Yeley |
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 | 103rd | 01 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||
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 DNQ |
TEX Wth |
PHO 30 |
HOM DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | TEX 21 |
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2019 | Rick Ware Racing | 17 | Chevy | DAY | ATL 22 |
LVS 34 |
PHO 37 |
CAL 35 |
TEX DNQ |
BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV 34 |
CLT 33 |
POC | MCH 33 |
IOW | CHI QL† |
DAY | KEN | NHA 35 |
IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | KAN 35 |
93rd | 01 | [23] | ||||||||
RSS Racing | 38 | Chevy | CLT 37 |
DOV 33 |
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Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Chevy | TEX 20 |
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RSS Racing | 93 | Chevy | PHO 36 |
HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Mike Harmon Racing | 47 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CAL 32 |
-* | 0*1 | [24] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | PHO DNQ |
DAR 33 |
CLT 18 |
BRI 20 |
ATL 18 |
HOM 24 |
HOM 26 |
TAL | POC 24 |
IND 34 |
KEN 22 |
KEN 25 |
TEX 19 |
KAN 23 |
ROA 37 |
DAY 14 |
DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | ||||||||||||
† – Qualified but replaced by Josh Bilicki |
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 | |||||||||||||||
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 | [25] | |||||||||||||||||
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 23 |
PHO | HOM | 31st | 141 | [26] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | KAN 29 |
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63 | KEN 30 |
ELD | POC 32 |
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2019 | Beaver Motorsports | 1 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | TEX Wth |
DOV | KAN 29 |
CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | 48th | 54 | [27] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niece Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | POC 23 |
ELD | MCH 6 |
BRI | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | CMI Motorsports | 49 | Chevy | DAY | LVS DNQ |
CLT 28 |
ATL 32 |
HOM | -* | 01* | [28] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niece Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | POC 16 |
KEN | TEX | KAN | KAN | RCH | DOV | TEX | IOW | ELD | MCH | GTW | MSP | BRI | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
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- Holt, Nick (2018-01-16). "NASCAR dreams keep Bayley Currey on the right track". Lone Star Speedzone Forums. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- "Sauter survives carnage and wins wild Truck race at Phoenix". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- "Martinsville Trucks results: Noah Gragson grabs first win". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- Albino, Dustin. "Bayley Currey to Run Partial Truck Schedule with Vizion Motorsports". Frontstretch. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- "Bayley Currey – Gander RV 150 Race Advance". Niece Motorsports. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- "Bayley Currey fails drug test, ejected from Bristol". Frontstretch. August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- Handy, Sarah (January 30, 2020). "Bayley Currey joins CMI Motorsports at Las Vegas Motor Speedway". CMI Motorsports. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
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- Beard, Brock (2018-04-06). "PREVIEW: Texas set to host first short Cup Series field in track's history". LASTCAR. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- "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.
- Long, Dustin. "NASCAR suspends Bayley Currey indefinitely for violating Substance Abuse Policy". NASCAR on NBC. NBC Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- Bonkowski, Jerry (September 18, 2019). "NASCAR reinstates Bayley Currey after one-month suspension". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- Nguyen, Justin (March 6, 2019). "Bayley Currey making Cup Series debut at Phoenix". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- Albert, Zack (August 15, 2019). "NASCAR officials suspend Bayley Currey for violation of Substance Abuse Policy". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- Page, Scott (August 15, 2019). "Bayley Currey suspended for violation of NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- "Belmont Classic Cars to serve as primary sponsor of Bayley Currey at Bristol Motor Speedway". Rick Ware Racing (Press release). Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Walters, Shane (August 16, 2020). "NASCAR driver collapses during race on Daytona Road Course". Racing News. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- "Bayley Currey – 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- "Bayley Currey – 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- "Bayley Currey – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
- "Bayley Currey – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- "Bayley Currey – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- "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.
- "Bayley Currey – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- "Bayley Currey – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
External links
- Bayley Currey driver statistics at Racing-Reference