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Nick Tucker

Nicholas Tucker (born August 26, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently owns an ARCA Menards Series and a Trans-Am Series team Nitro Motorsports and as a driver most recently competed in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series in 2021.

Nick Tucker
BornNicholas Tucker
(1985-08-26) August 26, 1985 (age 39)
Bremerton, Washington
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
29 races run over 5 years
Best finish30th (2009)
First race2004 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2009 Ford 200 (Homestead-Miami)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
14 races run over 5 years
Best finish37th (2007)
First race2007 Construct Corps–Palm Beach Grading 250 (Lakeland)
Last race2013 Ansell ActivArmr 150 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of August 21, 2022.

Career

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Tucker began racing at age five, starting out by racing flat track four-wheelers and go-karts. At age 14, he came to the point where he had to move up to racing late models to advance his career. However, because of Washington state regulations, he could not compete in those cars in his home state. As a result, he and his family moved to North Carolina in the Charlotte metropolitan area where most NASCAR teams are located, where he began to race those cars there.[1]

Tucker was a late entry to the 2009 rookie of the year class in the Truck Series. Joining the new GunBroker Racing team to drive their No. 21 Dodge, he drove nearly the entire season starting at the Michigan race. (The only race he did not run was Talladega, with Sean Murphy in the truck instead.) Unfortunately, Tucker had to start-and-park in almost all of those starts due to lack of sponsorship and the team's focus on fielding their primary truck, the No. 23, driven by Jason White. The only race he was running at the finish of was the season-finale at Homestead, where the team found sponsorship from the Denny Hamlin Foundation and ran the whole race. Tucker finished five laps down in 26th in what would turn out to be his final start in the Truck Series.

Tucker served as a crew chief for Carter 2 Motorsports in the ARCA Series in 2012, but gave up that role for three races (Salem, Elko, and the first Pocono race) to be a driver for the team in them. At the first two of those races, Tucker drove C2M's No. 40, and for Pocono, he was in the No. 97. His cars were sponsored by Ron Paul's Republican presidential campaign that year.[2]

After his time driving in NASCAR and ARCA, Tucker returned to the go-kart racing industry and founded a cadet karting race team called Nitro Kart in 2016 to help up-and-coming go-kart drivers move up the racing ladder.[3]

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.)

Nationwide Series

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NASCAR Nationwide 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 NNSC Pts Ref
2008 Ege Motorsports 57 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY
DNQ 		IRP CGV GLN MCH N/A 0 [4]
CFK Motorsports 78 Dodge BRI
DNQ 		CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Camping World Truck Series

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NASCAR Camping World 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 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2004 Ron Rhodes Racing 48 Dodge DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP
DNQ 		NSH BRI
DNQ 		RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR
20 		PHO DAR HOM 89th 103 [5]
2005 Brevak Racing 31 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR
DNQ 		GTY
26 		MFD CLT
DNQ 		DOV TEX MCH MLW
29 		KAN KEN
23 		MEM IRP NSH BRI
28 		RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 56th 334 [6]
2006 DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY
DNQ 		CLT
DNQ 		MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [7]
2008 Derrike Cope Inc. 73 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT
DNQ 		MFD DOV
35 		TEX
33 		IRP
32 		NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL 62nd 192 [8]
74 MCH
31 		MLW
33 		MAR
35 		ATL TEX PHO HOM
Lafferty Motorsports 89 Chevy MEM
34 		KEN
2009 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX
30 		30th 1065 [9]
GunBroker Racing 21 Dodge MCH
32 		MLW
33 		MEM
32 		KEN
30 		IRP
35 		NSH
31 		BRI
34 		CHI
34 		IOW
32 		GTW
30 		NHA
34 		LVS
29 		MAR
34 		TAL TEX
36 		PHO
34 		HOM
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ARCA Racing Series

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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.)

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2007 James Hylton Motorsports with Carter 2 Motorsports 48 Dodge DAY USA
15 		NSH
30 		SLM
16 		KAN
27 		WIN
26 		KEN
21 		TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI 37th 900 [10]
Prototype Racing 67 Dodge SLM
7 		TAL TOL
2008 Mark Gibson Racing 59 Dodge DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR
15 		KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJM TAL TOL 113th 150 [11]
2011 Carter 2 Motorsports 04 Dodge DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL
DNQ 		164th 0 [12]
2012 40 DAY MOB SLM
29 		TAL TOL ELK
15 		69th 315 [13]
97 POC
31 		MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN
2013 40 DAY MOB
7 		SLM
24 		TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN 62nd 410 [14]
97 CHI
25 		NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN

References

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  1. ^ Neff, Mike (May 17, 2008). "Last In and First Out: The Joy And Sadness Of NASCAR Qualifying For The Underdogs". Frontstretch. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nick Tucker To Return To Driving Duties At Salem Speedway". Speedway Media. April 20, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Howden, Rob (November 2, 2016). "Industry Insider: Tucker Launches Nitro Kart Cadet Program". E-Karting News. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  8. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  11. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "Nick Tucker – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
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