Tony Ave
| Tony Ave | |||||||
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Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen ) | |||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 87th (2010) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 NAPA 200 (Montreal) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of 30 November 2011. | |||||||
Tony Ave (born 10 November 1968) is a race car driver born in
Trans-Am
In 2009, he was a regular competitor in the revived SCCA Trans-Am Series, driving a Chevrolet Corvette.[3] In 2010, he brought Chevrolet its first Trans Am championship since Paul Gentilozzi in 1998.
He won the 2010 and 2011 Trans-Am Series Championships. Ave owns Tony Ave Motorsports, which has become one of the most popular race teams amongst fans. However, he mostly drives for Lamers Racing.
NASCAR
In 2004, Ave made his
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series debut when he drove the No. 80 car owned by Hover Motorsports, a satellite team of Joe Gibbs Racing
. Starting 42nd, Ave dropped out after 84 laps with a brake problem, finishing 31st.
Ave returned to the Cup Series in 2009, competed at Watkins Glen on August 10, 2009 in the rain-delayed
NASCAR Nationwide Series' NAPA Parts D'Auto 200 presented by Dodge at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as a road course ringer
.
Ave participated in the No. 35 car owned by
Bucyrus 200 at Road America
in his home state of Wisconsin. After racing in the Top 10 for most of the race, he spun out on the final lap and dropped out of the Top 10. He returned to the No. 35 team for the other two road course races, finishing 15th at Watkins Glen and leading one lap in Montreal – his first and only lap led in his Nationwide Series career.
In 2011, Ave made his so far last NASCAR attempt at Sonoma, attempting to qualify his No. 38 Long John Silver's car for FRM. He was bumped out of the field by Andy Pilgrim and did not qualify.
Other racing
In April 2002, Ave, along with
Lowe's Motor Speedway.[4]
In 2016, Ave made an agreement with Bill Riley to build a prototype chassis for
IMSA for the Prototype Challenge.[5]
Motorsports career results
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Road Atlanta | Lola T87/90 | Ford | Sports 2000 | 16 | 3 | Running |
| 1994 | Mid-Ohio | Van Diemen | Ford | Formula Continental | 22 | 7 | Retired |
| XFR GS-94 | Toyota | Formula Atlantic | 10 | 2 | Retired | ||
| 2007 | Heartland Park |
Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet | GT1 | 1 | 1 | Running |
| 2008 | Heartland Park |
Ford Mustang | Ford | GT1 | 2 | 2 | Running |
| 2019 | VIR | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet | GT1 | 2 | 1 | Running |
Acura RSX |
Honda | GT3 | 11 | 2 | Retired | ||
| 2020 | Road America | Ford Mustang | Ford | GT1 | 1 | 2 | Running |
| Nissan 240SX | Nissan | GT3 | 7 | 4 | Running | ||
| 2022 | VIR | Nissan 350Z | Nissan | GT2 | 4 | 3 | Running |
Acura RSX |
Honda | GT3 | 1 | 3 | Running | ||
| 2023 | VIR | Nissan 350Z | Nissan | GT2 | 13 | 2 | Retired |
Acura RSX |
Honda | GT3 | 1 | 1 | Running | ||
| Stohr WF1 | Suzuki | Prototype 2 | 4 | 5 | Running | ||
| Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Mercedes-AMG | T1 | 4 | 4 | Running |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint 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 | NSCC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2004 | Hover Motorsports | 80 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN 31 |
MCH | 83rd | 70 | [6] | |||||||||||||||
| Ford | BRI DNQ |
CAL | RCH
|
NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Front Row Motorsports | 37 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH
|
DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND
|
POC | GLN 43 |
MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO
|
HOM | 67th | 34 | [7] | ||
| 2010 | TriStar Motorsports | 35 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN DNQ |
MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | 0 | [8] | ||
| 2011 | Front Row Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SON DNQ |
DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | 0 | [9] | ||
Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide 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 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Jimmy Means Racing | 52 | Chevy | DAY
|
CAL
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LVS
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BRI
|
TEX
|
NSH
|
PHO
|
TAL
|
RCH
|
DAR
|
CLT
|
DOV
|
NSH | KEN
|
MLW | NHA
|
DAY
|
CHI
|
GTY
|
IRP | IOW | GLN
|
MCH
|
BRI
|
CGV 39 |
ATL DNQ |
RCH
|
DOV
|
KAN | CAL
|
CLT
|
MEM | TEX
|
PHO
|
HOM
|
145th | 46 | [10] |
| 2010 | TriStar Motorsports | 35 | Chevy | DAY
|
CAL
|
LVS
|
BRI
|
NSH
|
PHO
|
TEX
|
TAL
|
RCH
|
DAR
|
DOV
|
CLT
|
NSH | KEN
|
ROA 20 |
NHA
|
DAY
|
CHI
|
GTY
|
IRP | IOW | GLN 15 |
MCH
|
BRI
|
CGV 36 |
ATL
|
RCH
|
DOV
|
KAN | CAL
|
CLT
|
GTY | TEX
|
PHO
|
HOM
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87th | 281 | [11] |
Craftsman Truck Series
| NASCAR Craftsman 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2000 | Brevak Racing
|
31 | Ford | DAY | HOM
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PHO
|
MMR
|
MAR
|
PIR
|
GTY
|
MEM
|
PPR | EVG | TEX
|
KEN
|
GLN
|
MLW
|
NHA
|
NZH | MCH
|
IRP DNQ |
NSV
|
CIC | RCH
|
DOV
|
TEX
|
CAL
|
N/A | 0 | [12] |
ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max 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 | ARMC | Pts | Ref |
| 2002 | Burroughs Motorsports | 53 | Ford | DAY | ATL | NSH
|
SLM
|
KEN | CLT | KAN
|
POC
|
MCH
|
TOL
|
SBO | KEN
|
BLN | POC
|
NSH
|
ISF
|
WIN
|
DSF | CHI 4 |
SLM
|
TAL
|
CLT | 108th | 125 | [13] | |
| 2003 | Bobby Gerhart Racing | 7 | Pontiac | DAY 23 |
ATL | NSH
|
SLM
|
TOL
|
KEN | CLT | BLN | KAN
|
MCH
|
LER
|
POC | POC
|
NSH
|
ISF
|
WIN
|
DSF
|
CHI
|
SLM
|
82nd | 330 | [14] | ||||
| Hendren Motorsports | 66 | Pontiac | TAL 3 |
CLT | SBO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY
|
NSH
|
SLM
|
WIN
|
KEN | TOL
|
POC
|
MCH
|
KAN
|
KEN
|
BLN
|
POC
|
GTW | NSH | MCH
|
ISF
|
MIL
|
TOL
|
DSF
|
CHI DNQ |
SLM
|
140th | 110 | [15] | ||
| CyberSpeed Racing | 87 | Chevy | TAL 29 |
IOW
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| 2007 | DAY DNQ |
USA
|
NSH | SLM
|
KAN
|
WIN
|
KEN | TOL
|
IOW
|
POC
|
MCH
|
BLN | KEN
|
POC
|
NSH
|
ISF
|
MIL
|
GTW
|
DSF
|
CHI | SLM
|
TAL | TOL
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N/A | 0 | [16] | |||
| 2008 | 66 | DAY
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SLM
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IOW
|
KAN
|
CAR | KEN | TOL
|
POC
|
MCH
|
CAY | KEN
|
BLN
|
POC
|
NSH
|
ISF
|
DSF
|
CHI
|
SLM
|
NJE 31 |
TAL
|
TOL
|
141st | 75 | [17] | ||||
References
- ^ "Tony Ave". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Tony Ave NASCAR Statistics". NASCAR. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Ave Quickest In Muscle Milk SCCA Trans-Am Practice At Watkins Glen". SCCA. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "TRAC Series Info". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ "Ave-Riley LMP3 Race Debut Delayed Until 2017". 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Tony Ave – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tony Ave.
- Tony Ave Racing Products official website
- Tony Ave driver statistics at Racing-Reference