Caesar Bacarella

Caesar Peter Bacarella (born December 18, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet Camaro SS, for his own team, Alpha Prime Racing. Bacarella has also driven in the ARCA Menards Series and Pirelli World Challenge.

Racing career Pirelli World Challenge For the 2018 season, Bacarella joined Squadra Corse Garage Italia Americas for the series Sprint-X races.

ARCA Racing Series Bacarella drove in two races in the 2017 ARCA Racing Series with Finney Racing, driving the No. 80 car. Bacarella finished 33rd after being involved in a wreck in his first start, at Daytona. His second start, also with Finney Racing and his No. 80 car, came at Talladega. There, he yielded a DNF once again but finished 25th.

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Teaming up with B. J. McLeod Motorsports, Bacarella made his debut in the 2017 Ticket Galaxy 200 at Phoenix. After qualifying on owner points in 37th, he cut down on Playoff contender Brennan Poole early in the race as a lapped car, eliminating Poole from the race and ending his championship hopes. Poole later sounded off on the dangers of lapped cars, as did Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Dillon, who was running the race. Referring to Bacarella's overall driving, Dillon said over in-car communications, "Get that guy off the freaking track, man! Where did he get a license to do this?" Poole, for his part, commented on what he saw as the need for NASCAR to look at how it approves drivers for competition. Bacarella finished 30th in the race, and ran the following week at Homestead, finishing 31st.

During the off-season, Bacarella was tapped to drive the No. 8 car once again at the season opener at Daytona in 2018.

On August 30, 2021, it was announced that Bacarella and Tommy Joe Martins will form Alpha Prime Racing, and will compete full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2022. Bacarella, Martins, and Rajah Caruth are expected to run the full season under part-time schedules. On November 22, NASCAR indefinitely suspended Bacarella for substance abuse after he claimed he unknowingly took a workout supplement that is on the banned substances list. Bacarella has since enrolled in the Road to Recovery program and is expected to return for the Daytona race. On February 14, 2022, Bacarella was reinstated by NASCAR.

For 2023, Bacarella continued to run a partial schedule in the Xfinity Series. On April 22 at Talladega, Bacarella scored his first career Xfinity Series top-ten with a sixth-place finish.

On January 3, 2024, Bacarella and Alpha Prime announced that he would run at least four races in the No. 45 on superspeedways in the Xfinity Series during the 2024 season, starting with the February Daytona race. Bacarella scored his second career top-ten at Talladega with a seventh-place finish. He would then score his third career top-ten at Michigan, his first top-ten on a non-superspeedway.

On August 18, 2025, Alpha Prime announced that Bacarella would drive a fourth entry for the team at Daytona, which is the No. 5, using the owner's points from the now-defunct Our Motorsports team of the same number. At the fall Talladega race, Bacarella scored a new career-best fifth-place finish, his first top-five in the series.

On January 28, 2026, it was announced that Bacarella would compete in the season-opening United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 4 entry for Alpha Prime Racing. Bacarella qualified 26th but gave up his seat to full-time driver Anthony Alfredo, who was not fast enough in qualifying to make the race on speed.

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.)

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2017 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO30 HOM31 68th 13 2018 Toyota DAY13 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC 52nd 45 Chevy MCH34 IOW CHI DAY38 KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND23 LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO DGM Racing 90 Chevy HOM34 2019 DAY29 ATL LVS PHO CAL37 TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY29 KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 67th 17 2020 DAY29 LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM29 HOM30 TAL17 POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY36 DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL13 ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 46th 68 2021 DAY12 DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL38 DAR DOV COADNQ CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH35 DAY36 DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL32 ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 54th 37 2022 Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevy DAY38 CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL25 DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL28 NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY28 DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL31 ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 54th 37 2023 DAYINQ† CAL LVS PHO 51st 38 66 ATL38 COA RCH MAR 43 TAL6 DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN 44 DAY31 DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2024 45 DAYDNQ ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL7 DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH9 DAY29 DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TALQL‡ ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 52nd 46 2025 DAY13 ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TAL30 TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN 42nd 72 5 DAY28 PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL5 MAR PHO 2026 4 DAYQL¶ ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY31 DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* † – Qualified but replaced by Stefan Parsons ‡ – Qualified but replaced by Tommy Joe Martins ¶ – Qualified but replaced by Anthony Alfredo

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (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 Pts Ref 2017 Finney Racing 80 Chevy DAY33 NSH SLM TAL25 TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 92nd 170