Chris Cockrum
Christopher "Chris" Cockrum (born December 24, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Camaro for ACG Motorsports.
Chris Cockrum | |||||||
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Cockrum at Daytona International Speedway in 2018 | |||||||
Born | Conyers, Georgia | December 24, 1986||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
19 races run over 6 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 25 (ACG Motorsports) | ||||||
2019 position | 47th | ||||||
Best finish | 44th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2014 History 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
10 races run over 4 years | |||||||
2014 position | 85th | ||||||
Best finish | 40th (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2011 Good Sam Club 200 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last race | 2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of June 12, 2020. |
Racing career
Cockrum began his racing career at the age of 8, competing in kart racing events; he transitioned to full-bodied stock cars at 16. He moved to the ARCA Re/Max Series in 2006, making his series debut at Kentucky Speedway in Mark Gibson's No. 56 car.[1] He ran nine races in the series between 2006 and 2010, posting a best finish of twelfth at Daytona International Speedway in 2010 in his family-owned No. 28 car.[2]
Cockrum moved up to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, making his debut in the at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Turn One Racing, finishing 24th.[3] He drove in the first four races of the 2012 season for RSS Racing,[4] posting a best finish of 16th in the season-opening event at Daytona before leaving the team.[5]
The 2013 season saw Cockrum joining SS-Green Light Racing for the Truck Series season opener at Daytona,[6] finishing 15th, his best career run in the series.[7]
In 2014, Cockrum ran the season-opening Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway; in May, he announced he would attempt to make his debut in the Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[8]
In 2015, Cockrum joined MBM Motorsports to drive the No. 13 Chevrolet for one race at Daytona, where he finished career best finish 21st. Cockrum also raced at his hometown track Atlanta where he finished 29th, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet for RWR. Cockrum joined a new Xfinity Series team Deese Racing Enterprises, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet to attempt to qualify at Talledega but he failed to. Cockrum formed his team to race at the fall Daytona race but he failed to qualify.
In 2019, Cockrum scored his first Xfinity Series top-ten at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 17 car.[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.)
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 | ||
2014 | Rick Ware Racing | 87 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT 35 |
DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | 114th | 01 | [10] | ||||||||||||
Ford | ATL 29 |
RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Chevy | DAY 21 |
49th | 38 | [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rick Ware Racing | 15 | Chevy | ATL 29 |
LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deese Racing Enterprises | 35 | Chevy | TAL DNQ |
IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chris Cockrum Racing | 37 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | 25 | DAY 28 |
ATL 29 |
LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL 37 |
DOV | CLT | POC | MCH 32 |
IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA 29 |
IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH QL† |
CHI | CLT 35 |
KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 44th | 56 | [12] | ||||||
Rick Ware Racing | Ford | KEN QL‡ |
DOV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Chris Cockrum Racing | Chevy | DAY 28 |
ATL 34 |
LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL 33 |
CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY 26 |
KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI 30 |
KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 53rd | 34 | [13] | |||
2018 | DAY DNQ |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | 0 | [14] | |||||
2019 | ACG Motorsports | 17 | DAY 31 |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL 10 |
DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | 47th | 51 | [15] | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | DAY 19 |
KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | DAY 34 |
LVS | CAL | PHO | ATL | HOM | TEX | BRI | TAL | DOV | CLT | MOH | MCH | IOW | CHI | POC | IND | KEN | NHA | IOW | ROA | GLN | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | 50th* | 3* | [16] | |||||
† - Qualified but replaced by Austin Theriault · ‡ - Qualified for Todd Peck |
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 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2011 | Turn One Racing | 66 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL 24 |
CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM | 68th | 20 | [17] |
2012 | RSS Racing | 93 | Chevy | DAY 16 |
MAR 27 |
CAR 29 |
KAN 26 |
CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 44th | 78 | [18] | |||
2013 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Toyota | DAY 15 |
MAR | CAR | KAN | TEX 28 |
KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL 34 |
MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 40th | 77 | [19] | |||||
Chevy | CLT 22 |
DOV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Rick Ware Racing | 74 | Chevy | DAY 35 |
MAR | KAN | CHA | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 86th | 9 | [20] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
(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 |
2006 | Mark Gibson Racing | 56 | Chevy | DAY | NSH DNQ |
SLM | WIN | KEN 19 |
TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN DNQ |
BLN | POC | GTW | NSH DNQ |
MCH | ISF | MIL | TOL | DSF | CHI DNQ |
SLM | TAL | IOW | 97th | 235 | [21] |
2007 | 13 | DAY DNQ |
USA | 96th | 225 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | KEN DNQ |
POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI DNQ |
SLM | TAL | TOL | ||||||||||||||||||
Hagans Racing | 9 | Chevy | NSH 26 |
SLM | KAN 36 |
WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | |||||||||||||||||
2008 | ACG Motorsports | 87 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | 120th | 140 | [23] | |||||||||||||
Mark Gibson Racing | 21 | Chevy | KEN 37 |
BLN | POC | NSH 32 |
ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJM | TAL | TOL | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | ACG Motorsports | 28 | Chevy | DAY 33 |
SLM | CAR | TAL | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | MFD | IOW | KEN 17 |
BLN | POC | ISF | CHI | TOL | DSF | NJE | SLM | KAN | CAR | 103rd | 210 | [24] | ||
2010 | DAY 12 |
PBE | SLM | TEX | TAL | TOL | POC | MCH | IOW | MFD | POC | BLN | NJE | ISF | CHI 15 |
DSF | TOL | SLM | KAN | CAR | 66th | 325 | [25] |
References
- Rohr, Karen J. (February 13, 2010). "Driven to succeed: Conyers man crafts professional racing career". The Rockdale Citizen. Conyers, GA. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Chris Cockrum - ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- Turnbull, Doug (January 19, 2012). "Scanner Chatter: Conyers' Cockrum on verge of big break". WSB. Atlanta, GA. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Chris Cockrum to run Daytona for Sieg Racing". Rotoworld. NBC Sports. January 23, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Chris Cockrum - 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Starr set to return to SS Green Light Racing for 2013". Motorsport.com. February 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Chris Cockrum - NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- Turnbull, Doug (May 18, 2014). "Race Capsule: Million dollar McMurray does the All-Star dance". WSB. Atlanta, GA. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- Bearden, Aaron. "Beat Breakdown: MoneyLion 300". Motorsports Beat. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- "Chris Cockrum – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
External links
- Chris Cockrum on Facebook
- Chris Cockrum driver statistics at Racing-Reference