Ray Black Jr.

Raymond Black Jr. (born May 17, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing.

Ray Black Jr.
Black at Richmond Raceway in 2019
Born	Raymond Black Jr. (1991-05-17) May 17, 1991 Montgomery, Alabama
NASCAR Cup Series career
4 races run over 2 years
2018 position	55th
Best finish	55th (2018)
First race	2017 Tales of the Turtles 400 (Chicagoland)
Last race	2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona Beach)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
103 races run over 6 years
Car no., team	No. 07 (SS-Green Light Racing)
2019 position	16th
Best finish	16th (2019)
First race	2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge (Texas)
Last race	2020 Toyota 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
31 races run over 3 years
2016 position	99th
Best finish	11th (2015)
First race	2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2016 American Ethanol E15 225 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of May 21, 2020.

Racing career

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he moved to Palm Coast, Florida when he was nine years old. After playing racing video games on his PlayStation, Black developed an interest in racing professionally at age 14. In 2006, Black began racing in the Florida Mini Cup Racing Association's Junior All-Star division, winning the championship after finishing in the top five in every race.[1] In 2013, he began racing Pro Late Models.[2]

Camping World Truck Series

In 2014, Black made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway for SS-Green Light Racing, driving the No. 07.[3] Due to qualifying being rained out, Black started 29th based on his team's owners points standing in 2013.[4] Black finished 24th, five laps behind race winner Matt Crafton.[5] Black made six additional starts for the team in 2014, with a best finish of 18th at Chicagoland Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, the former being where he led his only lap of the season.

On December 16, Black announced he would compete full-time in the Truck Series with SS-Green Light for 2015, competing for Rookie of the Year honors.[6] In the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, Black finished fifth after avoiding a crash on the backstretch.[7] After not finishing in the top ten for the rest of the season, but rarely finishing outside the top twenty, he managed an eleventh-place points finish.[8]

Xfinity Series

Black at Road America in 2019

In November 2015, Black made his Xfinity Series debut at Texas, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing.[9] On January 13, 2016, Black announced he would drive the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for SS-Green Light Racing.[10] He finished nineteenth in his debut season, failing to break in to the top ten in any races.[11]

After starting the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with SS-Green Light, Black was replaced by Todd Bodine for the Charlotte race in 2017 due to a lack of sponsorship.[12] Spencer Boyd, Korbin Forrister, Andy Lally, Ryan Ellis and Devin Jones also ran in the 07 when Black could not bring sponsorship.[13] Boyd took over the ride that Black ran 21 of the 33 races in 2017[14] for 2018 with funding from Grunt Style.[15]

After losing his ride with Ware in the Cup Series, Black returned with B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Daytona in 2018.[16] The team failed to qualify along with five other cars. Black returned to the Xfinity Series sporadically in summer 2018, with Isokern Fireplaces as his sponsor.

In January 2019, it was announced that Black would compete full-time in 2019, driving the No. 07 car for SS-Green Light Racing.[17]

Black began the 2020 season by scoring his first career Xfinity top-ten finish, avoiding late crashes to finish eighth at Daytona.[18] Despite enjoying a strong start to the year with an average finish of 18.6 across the first five races, he withdrew from full-time racing in late May to help his sponsor and father's business CDA Technical Institute, which was struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]

Monster Energy Cup Series

In September 2017, Black joined Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car at Chicagoland's Tales of the Turtles 400.[20] After qualifying 39th, he finished 40th, 16 laps behind race winner Martin Truex Jr.[21] He made two more starts in the Playoffs, finishing 34th at Texas and 38th at Homestead.[22] On November 22, 2017, Black joined the RWR team for a full 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and a Rookie of the Year effort.[23] However the deal fell through later in the offseason,[24] as Black's family, which owned reported sponsor ScubaLife, allegedly backed out of the commitment in December. However, he has driven the No. 51 at Daytona in July with a 16th-place finish.

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2017	Rick Ware Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI 40	NHA	DOV	CLT	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX 34	PHO	HOM 38	64th	0^1	[25]
2018				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY 16	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	55th	0^1	[26]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2015	SS-Green Light Racing	15	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX 27	PHO	HOM	107th	0^1	[27]
2016		07		DAY 33	ATL 33	LVS 25	PHO 25	CAL 37	TEX 22	BRI 20	RCH 24	TAL 29	DOV 17	CLT 37	POC 21	MCH 23	IOW 30	DAY 39	KEN 19	NHA 21	IND 33	IOW 20	GLN 20	MOH 30	BRI 14	ROA 15	DAR 21	RCH 25	CHI 28	KEN 20	DOV 24	CLT 28	KAN 19	TEX 27	PHO 36	HOM 28	19th	515	[28]
2017				DAY 18	ATL 29	LVS 31	PHO 29	CAL 27	TEX 25	BRI 37	RCH 18	TAL 40	CLT	DOV 24	POC	MCH	IOW 29	DAY 12	KEN 27	NHA	IND 24	IOW 30	GLN	MOH	BRI 21	ROA	DAR 25	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV 21	CLT 21	KAN	TEX	PHO 24	HOM 25	27th	245	[29]
2018	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	99	Toyota	DAY DNQ	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL							DAY 22																		35th	131	[30]
		8	Chevy										DOV 27							KEN 22	NHA	IOW 28	GLN	MOH	BRI 37	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS 17	RCH 23				TEX 19	PHO	HOM
		78												CLT 19	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI
		74																													CLT 26	DOV	KAN
2019	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY 30	ATL 23	LVS 11	PHO 18	CAL 17	TEX 35	BRI 16	RCH 21	TAL 34	DOV 24	CLT 16	POC 18	MCH 30	IOW 16	CHI 20	DAY 13	KEN 35	NHA 18	IOW 11	GLN 22	MOH 19	BRI 15	ROA 14	DAR 16	IND 20	LVS 19	RCH 18	CLT 32	DOV 17	KAN 14	TEX 12	PHO 14	HOM 38	16th	547	[31]
2020				DAY 8	LVS 17	CAL 22	PHO 25	DAR 21	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	TEX	DOV	MOH	MCH	CHI	POC	IND	KEN	NHA	ROA	GLN	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[32]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	21	22	23	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2014	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	MAR 24	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW 24	KEN	IOW	ELD														29th	148	[33]
		08												POC 28	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI 18	NHA 21	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX 18	PHO	HOM 28
2015		07		DAY 5	ATL 25	MAR 13	KAN 21	CLT 22	DOV 11	TEX 16	GTW 13	IOW 15	KEN 13	ELD 15	POC 24	MCH 26	BRI 21	MSP 15	CHI 11	NHA 13	LVS 12	TAL 14	MAR 20	TEX 19	PHO 20	HOM 18	11th	635	[34]
2016				DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI 18	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	99th	0^1	[35]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

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4. "16th Annual Kroger 250" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
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19. Albino, Dustin (May 23, 2020). "Ray Black Jr. focusing on family business, Rick Ware strikes deal with SS-Green Light Racing". Frontstretch. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
20. "CUP: Ray Black Jr. wins tight last-place battle in Chicagoland's third-straight Cup race without a single DNF". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
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31. "Ray Black Jr. – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
32. "Ray Black Jr. – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
33. "Ray Black Jr. – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
34. "Ray Black Jr. – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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External links

• Official website
• Ray Black Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference