Drew Dollar

Drew Dollar (born December 2, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 15 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports.

Drew Dollar
Nationality American
Born (2000-12-02) December 2, 2000
Atlanta, Georgia
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2019
Current teamVenturini Motorsports
Car number15
EngineToyota
Crew chiefShannon Rursch
Former teamsDGR-Crosley
Starts14
Wins1
Best finish43rd in 2019
Finished last season43rd (2019)
Previous series
2019NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West
Last updated on: July 31, 2020.

Racing career

Dollar signed with DGR-Crosley in October 2018 to drive part-time in what was then known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East as well as in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour.[1]

Dollar was put in the No. 54 car when the season started, and drove it for the first seven races of the year. He also drove the No. 17 in one race, the season finale at Dover.[2] In his first race in the series and with his team, which came at New Smyrna, he qualified second, led 48 laps and finished ninth in the race. He ended up running almost all the races in his rookie season, only missing out on Watkins Glen, Bristol, Gateway, and New Hampshire. With his solid finishes (all but one were top-10's), he was able to finish ninth in points.

Also, Dollar competed in two ARCA Menards Series races for DGR-Crosley, driving their No. 4 Toyota at both Gateway and Kansas, finishing 6th[3] and 7th, respectfully, as well as one K&N Pro Series West race at Phoenix in preparation for the new ARCA race at the track which was added to the schedule for the following year. In his first West Series start, he finished 18th after a crash.

It was announced on December 19, 2019, that Dollar would be moving from DGR to Venturini Motorsports for the 2020 season, running full-time in ARCA in the No. 15 Toyota, replacing Christian Eckes, who moved up to the Truck Series full-time with Kyle Busch Motorsports after winning the 2019 series championship. Crew chief Shannon Rursch, who worked with Michael Self's No. 25 Venturini ARCA team in 2019, was announced to lead Dollar's No. 15 team in 2020.[4] On June 20, 2020, Dollar got his first ARCA Menards Series win at Talladega.[5] It was only his 5th start in the series.

Personal life

Drew has a younger sister named Allie, age 17. His parents names are Kim and Jimmy Dollar. According to his website, Dollar attended Marist High School and earned a 3.8 GPA. He was accepted into Texas Christian University, but decided not to immediately attend and defer his enrollment in order to focus solely on racing. He only started racing at age 15 when his parents agreed to let him drive a legends car if he got an A as his final grade in math in school that year.[6]

He played on the school's varsity tennis team on top of traveling back and forth from home to racetracks. While in high school, he also volunteered in homeless shelters and assisted living centers in Atlanta as well as being a eucharistic minister and confirmation leader at his church.[6]

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.)

K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2019 DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota NSM
9		 BRI
4		 SBO
12		 SBO
6		 MEM
7		 NHA
8		 IOW
7		 GLN BRI GTW NHA 9th 297 [7]
17 DOV
4

K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2019 DGR-Crosley 15 Toyota LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO
15		 58th 26 [8]

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2019 DGR-Crosley 4 Toyota DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW
6		 CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN
7		 43rd 395 [9]
2020 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY
3		 PHO
14		 TAL
1*		 POC
6		 IRP
14		 KEN
3		 IOW
17		 KAN
7		 TOL
6		 TOL
9		 MCH
4		 DAY
12		 GTW DSF BRI MEM KAN SLM MAD ISF 3rd* 503* [10]

* Season still in progress

References
  1. "Drew Dollar Joins DGR-Crosley". Speed Sport. October 2, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  2. "Dollar Set for Monster Mile Debut in K&N Pro Series East Finale". DGR-Crosley. Leading Edge Marketing. October 1, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  3. "Dollar Took Home Top-10 Finish in First ARCA Menards Series Start". DGR-Crosley. Leading Edge Marketing. June 24, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  4. "Drew Dollar and Venturini Motorsports Join Forces for 2020 ARCA Menards Series Season". Speedway Digest. December 18, 2019.
  5. Utter, Jim (June 20, 2020). "Drew Dollar cashes in on first ARCA victory at Talladega". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  6. "Drew". Drew Dollar Racing. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  7. "Drew Dollar – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  8. "Drew Dollar – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  9. "Drew Dollar – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  10. "Drew Dollar – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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