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    Dawson Cram

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    Dawson Cram
    Cram at Phoenix Raceway in 2018
    BornDawson Kevin Cram
    (2001-09-12) September 12, 2001 (age 22)
    San Diego, California, U.S.
    NASCAR Xfinity Series career
    24 races run over 4 years
    Car no., teamNo. 4 (JD Motorsports)
    2023 position46th
    Best finish46th (2023)
    First race2021 Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 (Loudon)
    Last race2024 SciAps 200 (Loudon)
    Wins Top tens Poles
    0 0 0
    NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
    31 races run over 5 years
    Truck no., teamNo. 46 (Faction46)
    2023 position111th
    Best finish30th (2021)
    First race2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
    Last race2023 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 (Darlington)
    Wins Top tens Poles
    0 0 0
    ARCA Menards Series career
    1 race run over 1 year
    Best finish62nd (2020)
    First race2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
    Last race2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
    Wins Top tens Poles
    0 0 0
    Statistics current as of June 15, 2024.

    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. 4 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado for Faction46.

    From 2017 to 2021 he ran for his own race team that he co-owned with his family, being the youngest team owner in NASCAR history at only the age of 16.

    Racing career[edit]

    Early career[edit]

    In 2007, at the age of five, Cram started racing in Mini Dwarf race cars in his hometown at the time, San Diego, California. He later moved to Mooresville, North Carolina and started to race in the INEX Bandolero Series. After winning 13 times in Bandoleros,[1] he made the move to legend cars in 2014. His racing slate in 2017 included various starts in legends cars, Super Trucks and late models in the Whelen All-American Series and an attempt at a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.[2]

    NASCAR[edit]

    On October 24, 2017, Cram was announced to be driving for Cram Racing Enterprises in the No. 11 truck at Martinsville Speedway in 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200. A blown engine during practice ended the team's weekend, forcing the No. 11 team and Cram to withdraw.[3]

    He returned to Martinsville in the spring of 2018, driving for Beaver Motorsports. In his first race with live pit stops, Cram accidentally hit a crew member on his first pit stop and climbed to a 17th-place finish on the lead lap.[4] Cram's third attempt was also at Martinsville; this time it was a joint effort between his family Cram Racing Enterprises and Copp Motorsports. He finished 24th and also ran the next race on the schedule at ISM Raceway in the No. 83.[5]

    In 2020, Cram served as a mechanic for the No. 6 NASCAR Xfinity Series team of JD Motorsports. He also ran Truck races for Long Motorsports and Reaume Brothers Racing.[6] Cram left Long Motorsports in August for financial reasons,[7] but later purchased the team and ran the No. 41 under the Cram Racing Enterprises banner for the rest of the 2020 Truck season.[8]

    Ahead of the 2021 Truck season, Cram voiced his plans to run the full schedule.[9] In July, he joined Mike Harmon Racing for his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.[10]

    In 2022, Cram announced that he would attempt the Xfinity Series' September Darlington race driving the No. 35 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports. He qualified for the race and finished 30th. He would also attempt to qualify for two races in the Mike Harmon Racing No. 47 car but failed to qualify. He also drove the MBM Motorsports No. 13 in the season-finale at Phoenix, which he did qualify for, and finished 31st.

    In 2023, Cram would run the majority of the Xfinity Series season in the No. 74 car for CHK Racing (formerly Mike Harmon Racing). However, him and the team would fail to qualify for the majority of the races they attempted. After one of the races that they did qualify for, Charlotte in May, Cram and the team lost 10 driver and owner points due to the car having an air duct violation. He became one of few drivers in NASCAR history to have a negative points total in the standings at some point in a season. (Michael Waltrip in 2007 in the Cup Series is another example after he was penalized during Daytona 500 Speedweeks that year.)[11] He would also drive the SS-Green Light Racing No. 07 car at Martinsville in April and the Alpha Prime Racing No. 44 car at Darlington in September.[12] He would also drive the G2G Racing No. 47 in the Truck Series race at Darlington in May. His team would later be penalized with the loss of 25 owner points for having an outdated window net in that race.[13]

    Cram's No. 4 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

    On December 6, 2023, it was announced that Cram will run full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2024, driving the No. 4 car for JD Motorsports.[14]

    Personal life[edit]

    Cram's father Kevin Cram is a former crew chief in all three NASCAR national series and his uncle Clinton Cram is still in the profession, crew chiefing Dawson's first Truck attempt.[15][16][17]

    Motorsports career results[edit]

    NASCAR[edit]

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

    Xfinity Series[edit]

    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
    2021 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA
    35     		GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 102nd 01 [18]
    2022 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR
    30     		KAN 64th 13 [19]
    Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy BRI
    DNQ     		TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR
    DNQ
    MBM Motorsports 13 Ford PHO
    31
    2023 CHK Racing 74 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO
    38     		ATL
    DNQ     		COA RCH
    DNQ     		DOV
    DNQ     		DAR
    DNQ     		CLT
    36     		PIR SON NSH
    DNQ     		CSC
    DNQ     		ATL NHA POC
    DNQ     		ROA MCH
    28     		IRC GLN DAY TEX
    21     		ROV LVS
    31     		HOM
    36     		MAR 46th 59 [20]
    SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy MAR
    36     		TAL KAN
    21     		BRI PHO
    19
    Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevy DAR
    DNQ
    2024 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
    31     		ATL
    31     		LVS
    34     		PHO
    28     		COA RCH
    25     		MAR
    24     		TEX
    37     		TAL
    28     		DOV
    29     		DAR
    28     		CLT
    22     		PIR SON IOW
    22     		NHA NSH
    		 CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [21]

    Craftsman Truck Series[edit]

    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 Cram Racing Enterprises 11 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
    Wth     		TEX PHO HOM 104th – [22]
    2018 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR
    17     		DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL 43rd 54 [23]
    Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy MAR
    24     		TEX PHO
    16     		HOM
    2019 63 DAY ATL LVS MAR
    DNQ     		TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL 71st 24 [24]
    Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Chevy MAR
    13     		PHO HOM
    2020 Long Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY LVS CLT
    DNQ     		ATL
    DNQ     		HOM
    32     		POC KEN
    28     		TEX MCH
    14     		DRC DOV
    25     		32nd 154 [25]
    Reaume Brothers Racing 00 Toyota KAN
    25     		KAN
    Cram Racing Enterprises 41 Chevy GTW
    22     		DAR
    33     		RCH BRI LVS
    35     		TAL
    35     		KAN
    23     		TEX
    18     		MAR
    16     		PHO
    28
    2021 DAY
    DNQ     		DRC
    17     		LVS
    21     		ATL
    31     		BRD RCH
    25     		KAN
    31     		DAR
    31     		COA
    DNQ     		CLT
    21     		TEX
    21     		NSH
    28     		POC KNX GLN GTW
    30     		DAR
    23     		BRI
    35     		LVS TAL MAR
    23     		PHO
    DNQ     		30th 144 [26]
    2023 G2G Racing 47 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRI MAR KAN DAR
    35     		NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 111th 01 [27]
    2024 Faction46 46 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH
    		 POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO -* -* [28]

    * Season still in progress
    1 Ineligible for series points

    ARCA Menards Series[edit]

    (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
    2020 Fast Track Racing 11 Toyota DAY PHO
    11     		TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DRC GTW I44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 62nd 33 [29]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Top 10: Best Drivers 15 and Under in Short Track Draft". speed51.com. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
    2. ^ Seelman, Jacob. "Cram Attempting Truck Debut At Martinsville". www.racechaseronline.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
    3. ^ Beard, Brock. "PREVIEW: Several new faces - and some familiar ones - look to make their season debuts at Martinsville". LASTCAR.info. Blogger. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
    4. ^ Catanzareti, Zach. "16-Year-Old Dawson Cram Leaves Truck Debut Happy". KickinTheTires.net. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
    5. ^ Eggert, Seth. "Up to Speed: Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
    6. ^ Srigley, Joseph (July 21, 2020). "Dawson Cram, Kevin Donahue, Ryan Huff, Driving for Reaume Brothers Racing in a Hectic Weekend at Kansas". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
    7. ^ Gillispie, Zach (August 13, 2020). "Long Motorsports, Dawson Cram part ways". Frontstretch. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
    8. ^ "Dawson Cram to run his own Truck team the remainder of the season: UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 25, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
    9. ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 7, 2021). "Cram Racing Enterprises Returning to NASCAR Truck Series Full-Time; Possible ARCA Entry in 2021?". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
    10. ^ "Dawsom Cram Making Xfinity Series Debut at New Hampshire for Mike Harmon Racing". Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
    11. ^ Kim, Andrew (May 30, 2023). "NASCAR issues one-race suspension for Elliott as part of penalty report from Charlotte". Speedway Media. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
    12. ^ "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Alpha Prime Racing. August 30, 2023. @dawsoncram41 joins the team lineup this weekend at @TooToughToTame! He will honor @kylepetty and his 2003 colors.
    13. ^ Hembree, Mike (May 18, 2023). "Four Truck teams penalized for window net infractions - NBC Sports". NBC Sports. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
    14. ^ Srigley, Joseph (December 6, 2023). "Dawson Cram Tapped for Full-Season Xfinity Campaign with JD Motorsports". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
    15. ^ "Kevin Cram Crew Chief Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
    16. ^ "Clinton Cram Crew Chief Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
    17. ^ "NASCAR Truck: Dawson Cram hopes to make debut at Martinsville Speedway". www.autoracingdaily.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
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    20. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
    21. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
    22. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    23. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    24. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    25. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
    26. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
    27. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
    28. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
    29. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

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