Eric Caudell

Eric Caudell
Caudell in 2019
Born (1967-01-02) January 2, 1967 (age 57)
Piedmont, Oklahoma
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish79th (2014)
First race2014 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
66 races run over 10 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 7 (CCM Racing)
Best finish10th (2017)
First race2015 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 200 (Talladega)
Last race2024 Reese's 150 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
4 races run over 3 years
ARCA East no., teamNo. 22 (CCM Racing)
Best finish30th (2021)
First race2021 Shore Lunch 150 (Iowa)
Last race2024 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 21, 2024.

Eric Caudell (born January 2, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 7 Ford/Toyota for his team, CCM Racing. He has competed in ARCA since 2015, including running full-time for one season in 2017, where he finished tenth in points. He also made one Truck Series start in 2014 at Iowa.

Racing career

Caudell's No. 2 car in 2017 for Hixson Motorsports at Road America.
Caudell's No. 2 car in 2019 for CCM Racing at Madison.

Caudell had raced for many years in the United States Super Truck Series until the series shut down.[1]

Caudell made his Truck Series debut in 2014, driving the No. 12 for Cefalia Motorsports. He finished 28th.

In 2017, Caudell competed in a full season in the ARCA Racing Series in the No. 2 for Hixson Motorsports, a team he previously drove part-time for in the series in 2016. Also, his crew chief that year was Crystal Bates,[2] one of the few female crew chiefs in stock car racing. He ended up finishing tenth in points.

For 2020, it was announced that Caudell and his No. 7 team would be returning to ARCA in ten races: Daytona, Talladega, Chicagoland, Lucas Oil, Elko, Iowa, Springfield, DuQuoin, Bristol, Memphis, and Kansas.[3] In addition, Caudell and his team participated in ARCA's Daytona testing in January 2020 leading up to the race there the following month. Caudell and his former Hixson Motorsports teammate Rick Tackman shared his No. 7 car during the test session.[4]

In 2021, Caudell returned for another part-time schedule in his No. 7 car.[5] He also made his debut in the ARCA Menards Series East (formerly the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) that year as his schedule included the three combination races (Iowa, Milwaukee, and Bristol) that the main ARCA Series had with the East Series.

Personal life

Caudell graduated from the University of Oklahoma, earning a degree in Management Information Systems.[1]

He lives in Piedmont, Oklahoma and in addition to racing and has worked as an energy trading software consultant for Murphy USA for over twenty years.[1]

Outside of racing, Caudell serves as a marketing consultant in the oil industry by trade.

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2014 Cefalia Motorsports 12 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW
28 		ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 79th 16 [6]

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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 AMSC Pts Ref
2015 Carter 2 Motorsports 40 Dodge DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL
33 		TOL NJE POC
27 		MCH CHI SLM
25 		47th 490 [7]
97 WIN
18 		IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF
40 Ford KEN
29 		KAN
2016 Hamilton-Hughes Racing 64 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		38th 700 [8]
Dodge NSH
26 		SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD
Hixson Motorsports 2 Chevy WIN
16 		IOW IRP POC BLN
20 		KAN
19
11 ISF
14 		DSF SLM CHI KEN
2017 2 DAY
36 		NSH
22 		SLM
20 		TAL
35 		TOL
27 		ISF
26 		ROA
28 		DSF
17 		SLM
20 		10th 3220 [9]
Ford ELK
18 		POC
26 		MCH
18 		MAD
18 		IOW
19 		IRP
28 		POC
30 		WIN
21 		CHI
20 		KEN
24 		KAN
23
2018 Dodge DAY NSH
20 		SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW
18 		CHI
21 		IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM
23 		IRP KAN
11 		27th 710 [10]
2019 CCM Racing Ford DAY
33 		FIF SLM TAL 18th 1450 [11]
Dodge NSH
14 		TOL CLT POC MCH MAD
13
7 Toyota GTW
12 		CHI
14 		IOW
13 		POC IRP
20 		KAN
18
Dodge ELK
13 		ISF
20 		DSF SLM
2020 Ford DAY
17 		PHO TAL
14 		POC IRP KEN IOW MEM
14 		18th 217 [12]
Kimmel Racing 69 Toyota KAN
12 		TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI
CCM Racing 7 WIN
8 		KAN
10
Chevy ISF
16
2021 Ford DAY
16 		PHO TAL
9 		MLW
21 		DSF BRI SLM 25th 171 [13]
Toyota KAN
14 		TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW
14 		WIN GLN MCH ISF KAN
19
2022 Ford DAY
36 		PHO TAL
27 		KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF 69th 47 [14]
Chevy MLW
22 		DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL
2023 Toyota DAY
34 		PHO TAL
23 		KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 90th 32 [15]
2024 DAY
Wth 		PHO TAL
15 		DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW 47th 89 [16]
Ford DSF
Wth 		GLN
Fast Track Racing 12 Chevy BRI
14
CCM Racing 7 Chevy KAN
14 		TOL

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2021 CCM Racing 7 Toyota NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW
14 		30th 53 [17]
Ford MLW
21 		BRI
2022 22 Chevy NSM FIF DOV
Wth 		NSV IOW 53rd 22 [18]
7 MLW
22 		BRI
2024 Fast Track Racing 12 Chevy FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI
14 		51st 30 [19]

* Season still in progress

References

  1. ^ a b c Radebaugh, Don (December 19, 2017). "Energy trading software consultant Caudell looking for space to race". ARCARacing.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Radebaugh, Don (April 23, 2017). "Crew chief Crystal Bates ready for Salem". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Eric Caudell planning on a partial schedule; looking at two cars". ThePitLane.org. January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Daytona Test Entry List". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Eric Caudell, CCM Racing Prepare For Talladega, Remainder Of 2021 Season". ARCARacing.com. April 20, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  13. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  14. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  15. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  16. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  17. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  18. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  19. ^ "Eric Caudell – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2024.