Bayley Alexander Currey[1] (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 41 and No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He has also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series in the past.

Bayley Currey
Currey at Martinsville Speedway in 2024
BornBayley Alexander Currey
(1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 28)
Driftwood, Texas, U.S.
Achievements2014 Viper Pro Late Model Series Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
12 races run over 3 years
2021 position64th
Best finish52nd (2019)
First race2019 TicketGuardian 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2021 Quaker State 400 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
111 races run over 6 years
2023 position98th
Best finish20th (2022)
First race2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas)
Last race2023 United Rentals 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
51 races run over 8 years
Truck no., teamNo. 41/No. 44 (Niece Motorsports)
2023 position24th
Best finish24th (2023)
First race2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2024 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 7 0
Statistics current as of April 8, 2024.

Racing career

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Currey started his go-kart racing career in 2003, later moving up to Bandolero racing. After that, he competed at Central Texas Speedway, driving pro late models.[2][3]

Craftsman Truck Series

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Currey's No. 41 truck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

Currey made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville at the Texas Roadhouse 200, driving the No. 50 truck for Beaver Motorsports. The offer was brought to him by a personal friend.[3] He started 27th and finished 25th. Currey returned in Phoenix, driving the No. 83 for Copp Motorsports. He started 21st, and finished 10th, surviving multiple wrecks in the process. He drove the No. 83 truck again at Homestead, starting 30th and finishing 28th after an engine failure.[4][5] Currey wound up running 13 Truck races in 2018.

On February 9, 2019, it was announced that Currey and Vizion Motorsports agreed to run a partial schedule in the No. 35 Toyota Tundra for 2019.[6] The announcement came after Currey tested an ARCA Racing Series car for Vizion. In July, he joined Niece Motorsports for the Gander RV 150 at Pocono Raceway,[7] and later finished sixth with the team at Michigan International Speedway.[8]

In 2020, Currey joined CMI Motorsports for the Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[9] He returned to Niece at Pocono after regular driver Natalie Decker was hospitalized with bile duct complications.[10]

On January 3, 2021, Currey revealed on the Talking in Circles podcast that he would return to Niece in 2021 for another part-time schedule. Although plans were for his season debut to take place at Circuit of the Americas,[11] he did so in April at Kansas in the No. 45 truck after regular driver Brett Moffitt switched to Xfinity points.[12] Currey changed his points declaration to the Truck Series on May 4.[13]

Currey joined Niece Motorsports for a partial schedule in 2023, and scored three top 5 finishes. On October 26, 2023, it was announced the Currey would drive the No. 41 truck full-time in 2024.[14] He struggled throughout the regular season, failing to record a single top 10 finish and as a result, failed to make the playoffs.

Xfinity Series

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A few weeks after competing in the 2018 Stratosphere 200 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Currey made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway with B. J. McLeod Motorsports.[15][16] He qualified 23rd and finished 20th after falling back to 30th at the end of Stage 1 and 27th at the end of Stage 2.[17] Currey returned at Loudon in July with JP Motorsports in their No. 55 entry, and piloted the car for most of the remainder of the 2018 season.

On August 15, 2019, leading into the Food City 300 at Bristol, Currey was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after failing a drug test;[8] Currey, in a statement, said that the failure was due to a banned ingredient (Octodrine) in a pre-workout supplement. He apologized publicly on the night the suspension was announced and asked NASCAR to enter him in to the Road to Recovery program, which is mandatory for members looking to be reinstated by NASCAR.[18] He was reinstated on September 18 after completing the Road to Recovery.[19] He made his racing return at the Charlotte Roval, where he finished 37th.[20]

Currey joined Mike Harmon Racing for the 2020 season, where he ran much of the schedule in the No. 74. He was elevated to a full-time seat with the team in 2021.[21] In the Call 811 Before You Dig 200 at Phoenix Raceway, Currey posted his and MHR's best career finishes of seventh.[22]

 
Currey at Auto Club Speedway in 2023

On October 15, 2021, Currey stated in an interview with Jayski's Silly Season Site that he was hoping to return to JD Motorsports in 2022. He drove for Mike Harmon Racing for most of the 2021 season until he was taken out of the ride due to other drivers bringing sponsorship.[23] On December 27, JDM announced that Currey would drive one of their cars full-time in 2022. Although he drove the No. 15 in all of his starts for the team in 2021, his car number for 2022 was #4, and was sponsored by the Swedish rock band Ghost at the spring Phoenix race.[24]

Cup Series

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In March 2019, Currey partnered with Rick Ware Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway.[25] He was slated to run the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol with Ware until his suspension.[26][27] Kyle Weatherman took his place in the 52.

Currey returned to Ware and the Cup Series in May 2020, driving the No. 53 in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol.[28] In August, he replaced J. J. Yeley during the Go Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course when Yeley required medical attention due to a failed cooling system.[29]

Currey returned to the series in the 2021 Quaker State 400 at Atlanta, driving the No. 15 for RWR.[30]

Personal life

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Currey's father was a race car driver.[3] Bayley attended Texas State University.[3]

Currey bussed tables at The Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, Texas while in high school.[31][32]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Cup Series

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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 NCSC Pts Ref
2019 Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO
31
CAL MAR KAN
33
CLT
35
CHI
32
DAY 52nd 01 [33]
Chevy TEX
35
BRI
31
RCH
32
TAL DOV PHO
32
HOM
51 Ford POC
25
MCH SON KEN
33
NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX
2020 53 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR DAR CLT CLT BRI
38
ATL MAR HOM TAL POC POC IND KEN TEX KAN NHA MCH MCH 54th 01 [34]
27 Ford DRC
RL
DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO
2021 15 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA ATL
32
NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 64th 01 [35]
– Relieved J. J. Yeley

Xfinity Series

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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
2018 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
22
BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN 103rd 01 [36]
JP Motorsports 55 Toyota NHA
29
IOW GLN MOH BRI
27
ROA DAR
26
IND
39
LVS
24
RCH
29
ROV
35
DOV
29
KAN
DNQ
TEX
Wth
PHO
30
HOM
DNQ
45 TEX
21
2019 Rick Ware Racing 17 Chevy DAY ATL
22
LVS
34
PHO
37
CAL
35
TEX
DNQ
BRI RCH TAL DOV
34
CLT
33
POC MCH
33
IOW CHI
QL
DAY KEN NHA
35
IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH KAN
35
93rd 01 [20]
RSS Racing 38 Chevy ROV
37
DOV
33
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy TEX
20
RSS Racing 93 Chevy PHO
36
HOM
2020 Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy DAY LVS CAL
32
81st 01 [37]
74 PHO
DNQ
DAR
33
CLT
18
BRI
20
ATL
18
HOM
24
HOM
26
TAL POC
24
IRC
34
KEN
22
KEN
25
TEX
19
KAN
23
ROA
37
DRC
14
DOV
35
DOV
33
DAY DAR
24
RCH
21
RCH
19
BRI
30
LVS
25
TAL ROV KAN
18
TEX
12
MAR
36
PHO
15
2021 DAY
33
DRC
32
HOM
35
LVS
22
PHO
7
ATL
24
MAR
26
TAL
40
DAR
25
DOV
24
COA
DNQ
CLT
DNQ
MOH
37
TEX
40
NSH
30
POC ROA
DNQ
ATL
34
NHA GLN
32
IRC
DNQ
MCH
34
DAY DAR BRI
38
84th 01 [38]
JD Motorsports 15 Chevy RCH
27
LVS
13
TAL
36
ROV TEX
17
KAN
16
MAR
35
PHO
31
2022 4 DAY
20
CAL
34
LVS
18
PHO
20
ATL
29
COA
38
RCH
31
MAR
17
TAL
17
DOV
36
DAR
23
TEX
24
CLT
15
PIR
30
NSH
31
ROA
16
ATL
29
NHA
10
POC
26
IRC
21
MCH
30
GLN
26
DAY
30
DAR
19
KAN
35
BRI
11
TEX
12
TAL
24
ROV
26
LVS
33
HOM
13
MAR
38
PHO
19
20th 428 [39]
2023 DAY
38
CAL
30
LVS
28
PHO
28
ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 98th 01 [40]
– Qualified but replaced by Josh Bilicki

Craftsman Truck Series

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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 NCTC Pts Ref
2017 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
25
TEX 43rd 38 [41]
Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy PHO
10
HOM
28
2018 DAY ATL LVS
20
MAR DOV
26
CLT
25
TEX
29
IOW
24
GTW CHI
27
MCH
27
BRI
32
MSP LVS
16
TAL MAR TEX
23
PHO HOM 31st 141 [42]
36 KAN
29
63 KEN
30
ELD POC
32
2019 Beaver Motorsports 1 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX
Wth
DOV KAN
29
CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN 48th 54 [43]
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
23
ELD MCH
6
BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM
2020 CMI Motorsports 49 Chevy DAY LVS
DNQ
CLT
28
ATL
32
HOM 41st 103 [44]
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
16
KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV
18
GTW DAR
12
RCH BRI LVS
40 TAL
15
KAN TEX MAR PHO
2021 45 DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN
12
COA
26
CLT
19
TEX NSH POC
37
KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 48th 50 [45]
44 DAR
21
2022 DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN
27
BRI
15
TAL
21
HOM PHO 96th 01 [46]
2023 41 DAY LVS ATL
4
COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT
13
GTW
17
NSH
5
MOH POC RCH
18
IRP MLW
10
KAN
21
BRI
13
TAL
31
HOM
5
PHO
31
24th 260 [47]
2024 DAY
13
ATL
30
LVS
28
BRI
11
COA
16
MAR
17
TEX
14
KAN
11
DAR
22
NWS
19
CLT
26
GTW
29
NSH
29
POC
17
IRP
14
RCH
23
MLW
29
KAN
8
TAL
36
HOM
31
MAR
16
PHO -* -* [48]
44 BRI
15

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

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