Cram Racing Enterprises (formerly in partnership with Long Motorsports) was an American professional
stock car racing
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team that competed in the
NASCAR Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...
,
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...
, and
ARCA Menards Series
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. In the
NASCAR Xfinity Series
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they fielded the No. 35
Ford Mustang
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part-time for
Dawson Cram
Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver, mechanic, and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for ...
, in the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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they fielded the No. 41
Chevrolet Silverado
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part-time for
Dawson Cram
Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver, mechanic, and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for ...
, and in the
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car racing, stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into ...
they fielded the No. 94
Toyota Camry
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part-time for
Bryce Haugeberg.
History
The team existed since the start of Cram’s racing career in 2007 and fielded his cars in
Dwarf Cars,
Bandolero’s,
Legend Car’s,
Pro Truck’s, and
Late Model Stock Car’s in addition to his racing in the National Touring Series of the
NASCAR Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...
,
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...
, and
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car racing, stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into ...
.
ARCA Menards Series
2020
In a partnership with
Fast Track Racing
Fast Track Racing (also known as Fast Track High-Performance Racing or Fast Track Racing Enterprises) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes full time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, fie ...
, Cram Racing Enterprises would make their debut in the
ARCA Menards Series West
The ARCA Menards Series West, formerly the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, NASCAR AutoZone West Series, NASCAR Winston West Series, NASCAR Winston Transcontinental Series and NASCAR Camping World West Series, is a regional stock car racing series ow ...
in the
2020
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season-finale at
Phoenix with Erickson in the No. 10 Chevrolet and
Chris Hacker in the No. 12 Toyota. Hacker joined the team to make one start in 2020.
2021
The team would return to run the
2021
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season-opener at
Daytona
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* South Daytona, Florida
* The Daytona Beach metropolitan area
* Halifax area, also known as Daytona, the region around Daytona Beach
Motor racing
* Dayto ...
as well as at
Talladega with
Benny Chastain piloting their No. 94 entry to 20th and 21st place finishes, respectively. They had also ran the annual test with
Alex Sedgwick,
Dawson Cram
Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver, mechanic, and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for ...
, and
Bryce Haugeberg.
At
Charlotte
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** Princess Charlotte (disambiguation)
** Queen Charlotte (disambiguation)
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the team tabbed
Chris Hacker who was originally supposed to drive at
Daytona
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Locations
* Daytona Beach, Florida
* Daytona Beach Shores, Florida
* South Daytona, Florida
* The Daytona Beach metropolitan area
* Halifax area, also known as Daytona, the region around Daytona Beach
Motor racing
* Dayto ...
but was forced to sit out after contracting
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
, to drive the car and would end up coming home in 10th, the team and drivers first ever top 10 in the series.
2022
Bryce Haugeberg would attempt the
2022
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season-opener with his own team, Haugeberg Racing, with CRE's No. 94 and a partnership with Cram Racing Enterprises. He was also entered in Talladega.
ARCA Menards Series Results
Truck Series
2017
In
2017
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Events January
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, then 15-year-old
Dawson Cram
Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver, mechanic, and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for ...
entered the
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
Texas Roadhouse 200
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Martinsville Speedway, in Ridgeway, Virginia during numerous seasons and times of year since 1995.
Spring race
The Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 is a NA ...
driving the No. 11
Chevrolet Silverado
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but would later lose a motor in practice and would not attempt a race with the team again until
2020
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.
2020
In
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
, Cram announced he would be returning and competing at
Charlotte
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*Charlotte (given name), a feminine form of the given name Charles
** Princess Charlotte (disambiguation)
** Queen Charlotte (disambiguation)
*Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, a city
* Charlotte (cake) ...
with Long Motorsports in the No. 55. The team would then go on to attempt five more races that season, but on August 13, 2020, Cram announced that he was immediately parting ways with
Long Motorsports, who would announce that they were looking for a driver to replace Cram for the rest of the season (although Cram would end up running one more race for them at
Dover
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). Shortly after that however, Long's plans changed once again, as it was announced on August 25 that Cram and his family had bought Long Motorsports, making it their team, Cram Racing Enterprises. The first race for the team under the new ownership was at
Gateway, with Dawson Cram piloting the renumbered No. 41 truck.
The No. 41 would be entered in the remaining 10 races in 2020, and Dawson Cram would drive it 8 of those, earning a best finish of 16th at Martinsville in October. In the two races where Cram was not the driver,
Fast Track Racing
Fast Track Racing (also known as Fast Track High-Performance Racing or Fast Track Racing Enterprises) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes full time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, fie ...
ARCA Menards Series
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driver
Ryan Huff
Ryan James Huff (born April 13, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 36 Ford Fusion for his own team, Ryan Huff Motorsports. He has previously competed in the ...
drove it at his home track of
Richmond
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* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
for his second start in the series, and
Cody Erickson would drive at
Bristol
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in his first Truck Series start in five years.
2021
In 2021 Cram tried to attempt the full 23-race schedule but would end up only attempting 16 races making the field 13 of those times with a best finish of 17th at the
Daytona Road Course, he would still attempt the full schedule however fielding his Truck for other drivers such as
Cody Erickson,
Will Rodgers
William P. Rodgers (born October 8, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports. He has also previously ...
,
Keith McGee
Keith Edward McGee (born May 7, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 2/22 Ford F-150 for Reaume Brothers Racing. He has also previously competed in w ...
, and
Todd Peck
Todd Michael Peck (born January 29, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 96 Toyota Tundra for Peck Motorsports. He has also raced in the NASCAR ...
getting a best finish of 10th with
Keith McGee
Keith Edward McGee (born May 7, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 2/22 Ford F-150 for Reaume Brothers Racing. He has also previously competed in w ...
at
Talladega, the team and drivers first top 10 in the series.
2022
In 2022 the team planned to do the full season with
Dawson Cram
Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver, mechanic, and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for ...
in the No. 41
Chevrolet Silverado
The Chevrolet Silverado is a range of trucks manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand. Introduced for the 1999 model year, the Silverado is the successor to the long-running Chevrolet C/K model line. Taking its name from the to ...
but ceased operations.
Truck No. 41 results
Xfinity Series
2022
On August 29, 2022, Cram was announced to run the No. 35 car for
Emerling-Gase Motorsports
Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen is an American stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team fields the No. 35 full-time primarily for Greg Van Alst and the No. 53 full-time for multiple drivers.
The team, o ...
in a partnership with his own team CRE and sponsorship from Be Water.
References
External links
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