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Cram Racing Enterprises (formerly in partnership with Long Motorsports) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and ARCA Menards Series. In the NASCAR Xfinity Series they fielded the No. 35 Ford Mustang part-time for Dawson Cram, in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series they fielded the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado part-time for Dawson Cram, and in the ARCA Menards Series they fielded the No. 94 Toyota Camry part-time for Bryce Haugeberg.
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| Owner(s) | Clinton Cram Dawson Cram Kevin Cram Mark Cram |
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| Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ARCA Menards Series |
| Race drivers | Xfinity Series: 35. Dawson Cram Truck Series: 41. Dawson Cram ARCA Menards Series: 94. TBA |
| Sponsors | Xfinity Series: 35. Be Water Truck Series: 41. Marcus Lemonis Companies & Investments (Camping World, Overton’s, Good Sam, BeWater) ARCA Menards Series: 94. TBA |
| Manufacturer | Ford Chevrolet Toyota |
| Opened | 2017 |
| Career | |
| Debut | Xfinity Series: TBA Truck Series: 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 ARCA Menards Series: 2021 Lucas Oil 200 ARCA Menards Series West: 2020 Arizona Lottery 100 |
| Latest race | Xfinity Series: TBA Truck Series: 2021 Lucas Oil 150 ARCA Menards Series: 2021 General Tire 150 ARCA Menards Series West: 2020 Arizona Lottery 100 |
| Races competed | Total: 40 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 36 ARCA Menards Series: 3 ARCA Menards Series West: 1 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 0 |
| Race victories | Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 0 |
| Pole positions | Xfinity Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 0 |
History
editTeam History
editThe team had existed since the start of Cram’s racing career in 2007 and has 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, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and ARCA Menards Series.
ARCA Menards Series
edit2020
editIn a partnership with Fast Track Racing, Cram Racing Enterprises would make their debut in the ARCA Menards Series West in the 2020 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
editThe team would return to run the 2021 season-opener at Daytona 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, and Bryce Haugeberg.
At Charlotte the team tabbed Chris Hacker who was originally supposed to drive at Daytona but was forced to sit out after contracting COVID-19, to drive the car and would end up coming home in 10th, the team and drivers first ever top 10 in the series.
2022
editBryce Haugeberg would attempt the 2022 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
edit| ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | ||||
| 2021 | Benny Chastain | 94 | Toyota | DAY 20 |
PHO | TAL 21 |
KAN | TOL | CLT | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | |||||||
| Chris Hacker | CLT 10 |
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| 2022 | Bryce Haugeberg | DAY 33 |
PHO | TAL 18 |
KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC |
IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | ||||||||
Truck Series
edit2017
editIn 2017, then 15-year-old Dawson Cram entered the 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Silverado but would later lose a motor in practice and would not attempt a race with the team again until 2020.
2020
editIn 2020, Cram announced he would be returning and competing at Charlotte 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).[1] 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.[2]
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 ARCA Menards Series driver Ryan Huff drove it at his home track of Richmond for his second start in the series,[3] and Cody Erickson would drive at Bristol in his first Truck Series start in five years.[4]
2021
editIn 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, Keith McGee, and Todd Peck getting a best finish of 10th with Keith McGee at Talladega, the team and drivers first top 10 in the series.
2022
editIn 2022 the team attempts to do the full season with Dawson Cram in the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado but has not entered a race yet.
Truck No. 41 results
edit| Year | Driver | 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 |
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| 2017 | Ted Minor | 14 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW 27 |
GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI 26 |
NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 48th | 21 |
| 2020 | Dawson Cram | 55 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CLT DNQ |
ATL DNQ |
HOM 32 |
POC | KEN 28 |
TEX | KAN | KAN | MCH 14 |
DRC | DOV 25 |
36th | 158 | ||||||||||
| 41 | GTW 22 |
DAR 33 |
LVS 35 |
TAL 35 |
KAN 23 |
TEX 18 |
MAR 16 |
PHO 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Huff | RCH 28 |
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| Cody Erickson | BRI 30 |
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| 2021 | Dawson Cram | DAY DNQ |
DRC 17 |
LVS 21 |
ATL 31 |
RCH 25 |
KAN 31 |
DAR 31 |
COA DNQ |
CLT 21 |
TEX 21 |
NSH 28 |
GTW 30 |
DAR 23 |
BRI 35 |
LVS | MAR 23 |
PHO DNQ |
37th | 206 | ||||||||
| Cody Erickson | BRI 26 |
KNX 22 |
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| Todd Peck | POC 29 |
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| Will Rodgers | GLN 39 |
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| Keith McGee | Toyota | TAL 10 |
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Xfinity Series
edit2022
editOn August 29, 2022, Cram was announced to run the No. 35 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in a partnership with his own team CRE and sponsorship from Be Water.
References
edit- ^ "Dawson Cram parts ways with Long Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 13, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ "Dawson Cram to run his own Truck team the remainder of the season: UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 25, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ "Ryan Huff to drive for Cram Racing at Richmond". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 9, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (September 15, 2020). "Cody Erickson Returning to NASCAR Truck Series Competition with Cram Enterprises at Bristol". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
External links
edit- Long Motorsports Archived 2020-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Cram Racing Enterprises owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Long Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference