Ricky Craven

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Ricky Craven
Darlington
)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 41 6
Goody's 250 (Martinsville)
First win1991 True Value 250 (Oxford)
Last win1994 Meridian Advantage 200 (Nazareth)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 57 7
Kroger 200 (Martinsville
)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 9 0
Statistics current as of December 2, 2012.

Richard Allen Craven (born May 24, 1966) is an American stock car racing analyst and former driver. Prior to his broadcasting duties, he was a NASCAR driver who won in four different series—the ARCA Menards Series, and the three national series.[1]

He occasionally served as a pit reporter when NASCAR aired on TBS in the mid-1990s. Craven is perhaps most well known for winning the

Cup Series
history.

Personal

Craven graduated from Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine.[2]

Racing career

Beginnings

Craven began racing at the age of 15 at Unity Raceway, winning twice as well as the Rookie of the Year award. The next year, he won 12 feature events and the track championship. In 1984, Craven raced at Wiscasset Speedway in the Late Model Division; in this year he won the track championship along with the Rookie of the Year title.

Busch Grand National Series, including the prestigious Oxford 250. In addition, he made his Winston Cup debut at Rockingham, starting and finishing 34th for Dick Moroso. He moved to the Busch Series full-time in 1992 in the No. 99 Chevy for Bill Papke, and once again was named Rookie of the Year. In 1993 and 1994, he finished runner-up to Steve Grissom and David Green
, respectively, in the championship standings. On October 9, 1994, Craven would serve as a pit reporter for TBS's broadcast of that year's Mello Yello 500, serving as a precursor to his broadcasting career.

1995–1998

Craven's 1997 race car

In 1995, Craven teamed up with

catch fence above the wall before being thrown back onto the track and hit by another car. This crash was similar[citation needed] to Jimmy Horton
's barrel roll in 1993 where he cleared the track. Craven's flip completely sheared the catchfence off the turn and NASCAR threw a lengthy red flag to make repairs. He walked away, but fell to twentieth in points and only had one Top 5 finish and one pole for the rest of the season

At the end of the year, Craven left Hedrick to drive the No. 25 Chevy for

New Hampshire International Speedway later that year won the pole. After four races, he was released permanently from Hendrick, and did not return until the final three races of the season, filling in for Ernie Irvan at MB2 Motorsports
.

1999–2006

For 1999, Craven signed on to drive the No. 58 Ford Taurus for Scott Barbour's SBIII Motorsports, a brand new team in NASCAR. He did not finish any better than 19th while driving the car and after he failed to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600, he was replaced by Loy Allen Jr. Several weeks later, he signed up with another new team Midwest Transit Racing, replacing rookie Dan Pardus in the No. 50 and finished the season with them. Craven returned to the team in 2000 but after failing to qualify for four of the first nine races of the season, the team switched to a part-time schedule. Following this decision, Craven had four Top 20 finishes but finished 44th in points.

In January the next year, it was announced that Craven would replace

EA Sports 500 at Talladega, where he drove in a development car for Joe Gibbs Racing
, the No. 11 Chevrolet.

In 2005, Craven moved to the

Roush Racing. Craven was second in points after 9 races, and there was talk about him being promoted to Mark Martin
's No. 6 Nextel Cup ride for 2006. However, a brutal stretch of finishes led to a free fall in the point standings, and it was announced that he would be gone from Roush at the end of the year. Craven did win at Martinsville Speedway late in the year, and finished fourteenth in points.

His final NASCAR start came at the Goody's 250 at Martinsville in the Busch Series for

FitzBradshaw Racing
in 2006. He finished 39th after the brakes failed on his No. 14 Dodge.

Retirement from racing

He eventually retired and worked for

Fox.[6] Craven later left Fox at the conclusion of the 2020 season to pursue a new Ricky Craven Motorsports venture.[7] He previously owned a motorsports dealership by that name in Belfast, Maine.[8]

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel 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 NNCC Pts Ref
1991 Moroso Racing 20 Olds DAY
RCH
CAR
ATL
DAR
BRI
NWS
MAR
TAL
CLT
DOV
SON
POC
MCH
DAY
POC
TAL
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT
CAR

34
PHO
ATL
82nd 61 [9]
1995 Larry Hedrick Motorsports 41 Chevy DAY
16
CAR

16
RCH

38
ATL

12
DAR

42
BRI
29
NWS
33
MAR

18
TAL

17
SON

25
CLT
10
DOV

22
POC

26
MCH

33
DAY

22
NHA

31
POC

25
TAL

26
IND
31
GLN

10
MCH

7
BRI

32
DAR

18
RCH

29
DOV

22
MAR

35
NWS
21
CLT

25
CAR

8
PHO

24
ATL
30
24th 2883 [10]
1996 DAY
13
CAR

3
RCH

17
ATL

12
DAR

3
BRI
9
NWS
7
MAR

12
TAL

36
SON

31
CLT
37
DOV

14
POC

17
MCH

29
DAY

22
NHA

26
POC

20
TAL

19
IND
34
GLN

36
MCH

18
BRI

21
DAR

42
RCH

28
DOV

35
MAR

26
NWS
22
CLT

5
CAR

22
PHO

34
ATL

35
20th 3078 [11]
1997 Hendrick Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY
3
CAR

5
RCH

14
ATL

35
DAR

40
TEX BRI
MAR

22
SON

39
TAL
27
CLT
37
DOV

13
POC
16
MCH

18
CAL
9
DAY

37
NHA

16
POC

18
IND
16
GLN

17
MCH

12
BRI

13
DAR
31
RCH

18
NHA

5
DOV

41
MAR

8
CLT

25
TAL

6
CAR

3*
PHO

43
ATL

39
19th 3108 [12]
1998 50 DAY
14
CAR

10
LVS
27
ATL

34
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL
CAL
CLT
DOV
RCH
MCH
POC
SON
NHA

29
POC

41
IND
17
GLN

35
MCH
BRI
NHA
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
CLT
TAL
46th 907 [13]
MB2 Motorsports 36 Pontiac DAY
QL
PHO

30
CAR

37
ATL

25
1999 SBIII Motorsports 58 Ford DAY
26
CAR

22
LVS

39
ATL

42
DAR
37
TEX

27
BRI
41
MAR

43
TAL

27
CAL

34
RCH

19
CLT
DNQ
DOV

31
MCH
POC
SON
41st 1513 [14]
Midwest Transit Racing 50 Chevy DAY
43
NHA

13
POC
IND
34
GLN
MCH

30
BRI
42
DAR
RCH
NHA

43
DOV

40
MAR

24
CLT

43
TAL
CAR
41
PHO

30
HOM

32
ATL
DNQ
2000 DAY
DNQ
CAR

DNQ
LVS

40
ATL
DAR

DNQ
BRI
DNQ
TEX
MAR

31
TAL

29
CAL
RCH

40
CLT
42
DOV
MCH

DNQ
POC
SON
DAY

29
NHA

17
POC
IND
41
GLN
MCH

37
BRI

DNQ
DAR
RCH

26
NHA
36
DOV
MAR

20
CLT

DNQ
TAL
30
CAR
15
PHO

18
HOM
DNQ
ATL
30
44th 1175 [15]
2001 PPI Motorsports 32 Ford DAY
23
CAR
5
LVS

41
ATL
13
DAR

27
BRI
23
TEX

27
MAR

28
TAL
15
CAL
41
RCH

43
CLT
31
DOV

4
MCH

35
POC
43
SON

16
DAY
33
CHI

21
NHA

38
POC

10
IND
9
GLN

35
MCH

2
BRI

38
DAR
18
RCH

11
DOV
26
KAN
21
CLT

35
MAR

1*
TAL

24
PHO

8
CAR

12
HOM
30
ATL

38
NHA
38
21st 3379 [16]
2002 DAY
17
CAR
5
LVS

31
ATL

5
DAR

41
BRI
13
TEX

14
MAR

30
TAL
18
CAL
37
RCH

9
CLT
3
DOV
7
POC
14
MCH

15
SON

19
DAY

23
CHI

20
NHA

21
POC

17
IND
33
GLN

34
MCH

17
BRI

16
DAR
14
RCH

21
NHA

6
DOV

9
KAN

38
TAL
15
CLT
36
MAR

7
ATL

21
CAR

9
PHO

34
HOM

24
15th 3888 [17]
2003 Pontiac DAY
26
CAR
4
LVS

36
ATL

12
DAR
1
BRI
15
TEX

21
TAL
4
MAR

27
CAL

15
RCH

38
CLT
38
DOV

8
POC
10
MCH

15
SON

21
DAY

43
CHI

25
NHA

21
POC

40
IND
17
GLN

28
MCH
40
BRI

8
DAR

8
RCH

30
NHA

38
DOV

40
TAL

8
KAN

41
CLT

19
MAR

32
ATL

35
PHO

38
CAR

39
HOM
29
27th 3334 [18]
2004 Chevy DAY
23
CAR
35
LVS

25
ATL

22
DAR

36
BRI
22
TEX

28
MAR
16
TAL

43
CAL

18
RCH

26
CLT
24
DOV

16
POC
34
MCH

29
SON

16
DAY
38
CHI

38
NHA

38
POC

20
IND
24
GLN

32
MCH

35
BRI

34
CAL
RCH
NHA

17
DOV
34th 2086 [19]
Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Chevy
TAL

30
KAN
CLT
MAR ATL
PHO
DAR
HOM
- Qualified for Ernie Irvan
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1995 Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14 16
1996 36 13
1997 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 40 3
1998 32 14
1999 SBIII Motorsports Ford 28 26
2000 Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet DNQ
2001 PPI Motorsports Ford 18 23
2002 43 17
2003 Pontiac 25 26
2004 Chevrolet 28 23

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 NBSC Pts Ref
1986
Craven Racing 12 Chevy
DAY
CAR
HCY
MAR
BRI
DAR
SBO
LGY JFC
DOV
CLT
SBO
HCY
ROU
IRP
SBO
RAL
OXF

25
SBO
HCY
LGY
ROU
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
ROU
CLT
CAR
MAR
122nd 0 [20]
1987
09 Buick
DAY
HCY
MAR
DAR
BRI
LGY
SBO
CLT
DOV
IRP
ROU
JFC
OXF

17
SBO
HCY
RAL
LGY
ROU
BRI
JFC
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
CLT
CAR
MAR
95th - [21]
1990 Craven Racing 25 Pontiac
DAY
RCH
CAR
MAR
HCY
DAR
BRI
LAN
SBO
NZH
HCY
CLT
DOV
ROU
VOL
MYB
OXF
34
NHA

4
CAR
MAR
65th 258 [22]
28
NHA

42
SBO
DUB
IRP ROU
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
CLT
1991 2 Chevy
DAY
RCH

14
CAR
NZH

19
CLT
DOV
ROU
HCY
MYB
GLN
40th 782 [23]
85
MAR

26
VOL
HCY
DAR
BRI
LAN SBO
NHA

40
28 OXF
1*
SBO
DUB
IRP ROU
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CLT
25
NHA

1*
CAR
20
MAR

32
1992 J&J Racing 99 Chevy
DAY

13
CAR

8
RCH

15
ATL

30
MAR

15
DAR

19
BRI

22
HCY

18
LAN

11
DUB

24
NZH

10
CLT

16
DOV

14
ROU

23
MYB

10
GLN

24
VOL

12
NHA

12
TAL

21
IRP
18
ROU
7
MCH

13
NHA

9
BRI

21
DAR

25
RCH

18
DOV

19
CLT

15
MAR

20
CAR

25
HCY
29
14th 3456 [24]
1993
DAY

22
CAR

14
RCH

6
DAR

27
BRI

19
HCY

2
ROU

28
MAR

3
NZH

8
CLT

25
DOV

8
MYB

13
GLN

37
MLW

10
TAL

10
IRP
7
MCH

6
NHA

8
BRI

6
DAR

9
RCH

28
DOV

2
ROU

2
CLT

26
MAR

3
CAR

10
HCY
4
ATL

15
2nd 3593 [25]
1994 RC Racing 2 Chevy
DAY

35
CAR

24
RCH

7
ATL

17
MAR

12
DAR

14
HCY

1*
BRI

15
ROU
5
NHA

22
NZH

1*
CLT

11
DOV

5
MYB

3
GLN

7
MLW

10
SBO

21
TAL

32
HCY
7
IRP
6
MCH

23
BRI

4
DAR

8
RCH

24
DOV

3
CLT

8
MAR

8
CAR

3
2nd 3679 [26]
1995
DAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
NSV
DAR

26
BRI
HCY
NHA

DNQ
NZH
CLT
DOV

3
MYB
GLN

3
MLW
TAL
SBO
IRP
MCH

4
BRI
DAR

34
RCH
DOV

28*
CLT

39
CAR
HOM

DNQ
43rd 761 [27]
1996
DAY
CAR

4
RCH
ATL
NSV
DAR

4
BRI
HCY
NZH
CLT
DOV

2
SBO
MYB
GLN

16
MLW
NHA
TAL
IRP
MCH

5
BRI

31
DAR

6
RCH
DOV

5*
CLT

20
CAR

3
HOM

21
29th 1503 [28]
1997
DAY
CAR

6
RCH
ATL
LVS
DAR

15
HCY
TEX
BRI
NSV
TAL
NHA
NZH
CLT

39
DOV

16
SBO
GLN
MLW

37
MYB
GTY

32
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR

10
RCH
DOV

28
CLT

41
CAL
CAR

3
HOM
43rd 1063 [29]
1998
DAY
CAR
LVS
NSV
DAR
BRI
TEX
HCY
TAL
NHA
NZH
CLT
DOV
RCH
PPR
GLN

9
MLW
MYB
CAL
SBO
IRP
MCH

25
BRI

22
DAR
RCH
DOV

9
CLT

37
GTY
CAR

43
ATL
HOM
57th 547 [30]
1999 Innovative Motorsports 47 Chevy
DAY
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
TEX
NSV
BRI
TAL
CAL
NHA
RCH
NZH
CLT
DOV
SBO
GLN
MLW
MYB
PPR
GTY
IRP
MCH

DNQ
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
CLT
CAR
MEM
PHO
HOM
NA - [31]
2000 RC Racing 32 Chevy
DAY
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI

7
TEX
NSV
TAL
CAL
RCH
63rd 490 [32]
23
NHA

34
CLT
DOV
SBO MYB
GLN
MLW
NZH
PPR
GTY
IRP
BRI

18
DAR
RCH
DOV
Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Chevy
MCH

24
Emerald Performance Group 19 Chevy
CLT

DNQ
CAR

42
MEM
PHO

DNQ
HOM

39
2004 Richard Childress Racing 29 Chevy
DAY
CAR
LVS
DAR
BRI
TEX
NSH
TAL
CAL
GTY
RCH
NZH
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI

11
NHA
PPR
IRP
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
ATL
PHO
DAR
HOM
106th 130 [33]
2006
Fitz Motorsports
14 Dodge
DAY
CAL
MXC
LVS
ATL
BRI
TEX
NSH
PHO
TAL
RCH
DAR
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI
NHA
MAR

39
GTY
IRP
GLN
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
TEX
PHO
HOM
139th 46 [34]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2004
Morgan-Dollar Motorsports
47 Chevy
DAY
ATL
MAR
MFD
CLT
DOV
TEX
MEM
MLW
KAN
KEN
GTW
MCH
IRP
NSH
BRI
RCH
NHA

31
LVS
CAL
TEX
MAR
PHO
DAR
HOM
105th 70 [35]
2005
Roush Racing
99 Ford
DAY

4
CAL

3
ATL

18
MAR

2
GTY

10
MFD

8
CLT

10
DOV

7
TEX

13
MCH

33
MLW

21
KAN

13
KEN

13
MEM

27
IRP

25
NSH

24
BRI

32
RCH

20
NHA

11
LVS

23
MAR

1*
ATL

9
TEX

21
PHO

32
HOM

21
14th 2976 [36]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series
results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NWWSC Pts Ref
1999 SBIII Motorsports 58 Ford
TUS
LVS
23
PHO
CAL
1
PPR MMR IRW EVG POR IRW RMR LVS MMR MOT 44th 279 [37]

References

  1. ^ Ricky Craven (April 18, 2007). "Where there's Smoke". Yahoo. Retrieved 2007-04-22.
  2. ^ "Ricky Craven will be only third auto-racing driver to join Maine Sports Hall of Fame". Bangor Daily News. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ NASCAR Driver of the Day: Ricky Craven
  4. CNN Sports Illustrated
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  6. ^ Crandall, Kelly (January 29, 2019). "Craven joins Fox Sports". Racer. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "Ep. 140 | Ricky Craven". Spreaker. The Racing Writer's Podcast. October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  8. ^ Mahoney, Larry (September 1, 2000). "NASCAR driver's Belfast shop to feature snowmobiles, ATVs, collectibles". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
NASCAR Busch North Series champion

1991
Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year
1992
Succeeded by