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Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional
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driver, mechanic, and team owner. He competes part-time in the
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, driving the No. 74
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for
Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing (formerly CHK Racing, Elite 2 Racing and Richardson-Netzloff-Harmon Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that fields the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Carson Ware and Daw ...
, and part-time in the
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, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Silverado RST for MHR. He has previously competed in the
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. From
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to
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, Cram ran for his own race team that he co-owned with his family, being the youngest team owner in
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history at only the age of 16.


Racing career


Early career

In 2007, at the age of five, Cram started racing in Mini Dwarf race cars in his hometown,
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. He later moved to
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and started to race in the INEX Bandolero Series. After winning 13 times in Bandoleros, he made the move to legend cars in 2014. His racing slate in 2017 included various starts in legends cars, Super Trucks, and
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in the
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and an attempt at a
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event.


NASCAR

On October 24, 2017, Cram was announced to be driving for Cram Racing Enterprises in the No. 11 truck at
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in 2017
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. A blown engine during practice ended the team's weekend, forcing the No. 11 team and Cram to withdraw. Cram returned to Martinsville in the spring of 2018, driving for
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. In his first race with live pit stops, Cram accidentally hit a crew member on his first pit stop and climbed to a 17th-place finish on the lead lap. Cram's third attempt was also at Martinsville; this time it was a joint effort between his family Cram Racing Enterprises and
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. He finished 24th and also ran the next race on the schedule at
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in the No. 83. In 2020, Cram served as a mechanic for the No. 6
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team of
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. He also ran Truck races for Long Motorsports and
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. Cram left Long Motorsports in August for financial reasons, but later purchased the team and ran the No. 41 under the Cram Racing Enterprises banner for the rest of the 2020 Truck season. Ahead of the 2021 Truck season, Cram voiced his plans to run the full schedule. In July, he joined
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for his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at
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. In 2022, Cram announced that he would attempt the Xfinity Series' September Darlington race driving the No. 35 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports. He qualified for the race and finished 30th. He would also attempt to qualify for two races in the
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No. 47 car but failed to qualify. He also drove the
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No. 13 in the season-finale at Phoenix, which he did qualify for, and finished 31st. In 2023, Cram would run the majority of the Xfinity Series season in the No. 74 car for
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(formerly Mike Harmon Racing). However, he and the team would fail to qualify for the majority of the races they attempted. After one of the races that they did qualify for, Charlotte in May, Cram and the team lost 10 driver and owner points due to the car having an air duct violation. He became one of the few drivers in NASCAR history to have a negative point total in the standings at some point in a season. (
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in 2007 in the Cup Series is another example after he was penalized during Daytona 500 Speedweeks that year.) He would also drive the
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No. 07 car at Martinsville in April and the
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No. 44 car at
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in September. He would also drive the
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No. 47 in the Truck Series race at Darlington in May. His team would later be penalized with the loss of 25 owner points for having an outdated window net in that race. On December 6, 2023, it was announced that Cram will run full-time in the Xfinity Series in
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, driving the No. 4 car for
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. After four races, Cram would be scaled back to a part-time schedule. In July 2024, it was reported that back in April 2024,
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had filed for
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and laid off several of their employees. Starting at Pocono, Cram would return to
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in their No. 74 car and would qualify for the race after his original team,
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withdrew their No. 6 entry. This would be the first race that MHR had qualified for all year. Cram would crash on Lap 1 and would finish the race in 38th. At
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he would back in the No. 74 but would fail to qualify. The next week at
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he would qualify for the race but would retire after 18 laps due to engine troubles. He would once again fail to qualify at
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. On September 10, it was announced that Cram would drive for
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in their No. 92 entry for 5 races starting at
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.


Personal life

Cram's father Kevin Cram is a former crew chief in all three
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national series and his uncle Clinton Cram is still in the profession, crew chiefing Dawson's first Truck attempt.


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


Craftsman Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points
Switched to Truck points mid season


ARCA Menards Series

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


References


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