Ray Black, Jr.

Raymond Black Jr. (born May 17, 1991) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing.

Racing career Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Black moved to Palm Coast, Florida when he was nine years old. After playing racing video games on his PlayStation, Black developed an interest in racing professionally at the age of fourteen. In 2006, Black began racing in the Florida Mini Cup Racing Association's Junior All-Star division, winning the championship after finishing in the top five in every race. In 2013, he began racing Pro Late Models.

Camping World Truck Series In 2014, Black made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway for SS-Green Light Racing, driving the No. 07. Due to qualifying being rained out, Black started 29th based on his team's owners points standing in 2013. Black finished 24th, five laps behind race winner Matt Crafton. Black made six additional starts for the team in 2014, with a best finish of eighteenth at Chicagoland Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, the former being where he led his only lap of the season.

On December 16, Black announced he would compete full-time in the Truck Series with SS-Green Light for 2015, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. In the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, Black finished fifth after avoiding a crash on the backstretch. After not finishing in the top-ten for the rest of the season, but rarely finishing outside the top-twenty, he managed an eleventh-place points finish.

Xfinity Series

In November 2015, Black made his Xfinity Series debut at Texas, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing. On January 13, 2016, Black announced he would drive the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for SS-Green Light Racing. He finished nineteenth in his debut season, failing to break in to the top-ten in any races.

After starting the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with SS-Green Light, Black was replaced by Todd Bodine for the Charlotte race in 2017 due to a lack of sponsorship. Spencer Boyd, Korbin Forrister, Andy Lally, Ryan Ellis and Devin Jones also ran in the 07 when Black could not bring sponsorship. Boyd took over the ride that Black ran 21 of the 33 races in 2017 for 2018 with funding from Grunt Style.

After losing his ride with Ware in the Cup Series, Black returned with B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Daytona in 2018. The team failed to qualify along with five other cars. Black returned to the Xfinity Series sporadically in summer 2018, with Isokern Fireplaces as his sponsor.

In January 2019, it was announced that Black would compete full-time in 2019, driving the No. 07 car for SS-Green Light Racing.

Black began the 2020 season by scoring his first career Xfinity top-ten finish, avoiding late crashes to finish eighth at Daytona. Despite enjoying a strong start to the year with an average finish of 18.6 across the first five races, he withdrew from full-time racing in late May to help his sponsor and father's business CDA Technical Institute, which was struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Monster Energy Cup Series In September 2017, Black joined Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car at Chicagoland's Tales of the Turtles 400. After qualifying 39th, he finished 40th, sixteen laps behind race winner Martin Truex Jr. He made two more starts in the Playoffs, finishing 34th at Texas and 38th at Homestead. On November 22, 2017, Black joined the RWR team for a full 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and a Rookie of the Year effort. However the deal fell through later in the offseason, as Black's family, which owned reported sponsor ScubaLife, allegedly backed out of the commitment in December.

Despite no longer having a deal to drive full-time in the Cup Series for Ware, Black did drive RWR's No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro Zl1 for the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, with a 16th-place finish. It is worth mentioning, that Black's car was serviced by two female pit crew members, for the first time in NASCAR Cup Series history.

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 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 36 Pts Ref 2017 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI40 NHA DOV CLT TAL KAN MAR TEX34 PHO HOM38 64th 01 2018 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY16 KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 55th 01

Xfinity Series 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 Pts Ref 2015 SS-Green Light Racing 15 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX27 PHO HOM 107th 01 2016 07 DAY33 ATL33 LVS25 PHO25 CAL37 TEX22 BRI20 RCH24 TAL29 DOV17 CLT37 POC21 MCH23 IOW30 DAY39 KEN19 NHA21 IND33 IOW20 GLN20 MOH30 BRI14 ROA15 DAR21 RCH25 CHI28 KEN20 DOV24 CLT28 KAN19 TEX27 PHO36 HOM28 19th 515 2017 DAY18 ATL29 LVS31 PHO29 CAL27 TEX25 BRI37 RCH18 TAL40 CLT DOV24 POC MCH IOW29 DAY12 KEN27 NHA IND24 IOW30 GLN MOH BRI21 ROA DAR25 RCH CHI KEN DOV21 CLT21 KAN TEX PHO24 HOM25 27th 245 2018 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Toyota DAYDNQ ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DAY22 35th 131 8 Chevy DOV27 KEN22 NHA IOW28 GLN MOH BRI37 ROA DAR IND LVS17 RCH23 TEX19 PHO HOM 78 CLT19 POC MCH IOW CHI 74 CLT26 DOV KAN 2019 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY30 ATL23 LVS11 PHO18 CAL17 TEX35 BRI16 RCH21 TAL34 DOV24 CLT16 POC18 MCH30 IOW16 CHI20 DAY13 KEN35 NHA18 IOW11 GLN22 MOH19 BRI15 ROA14 DAR16 IND20 LVS19 RCH18 CLT32 DOV17 KAN14 TEX12 PHO14 HOM38 16th 547 2020 DAY8 LVS17 CAL22 PHO25 DAR21 CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO 40th 92

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 23 Pts Ref 2014 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY MAR24 KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW24 KEN IOW ELD 29th 148 08 POC28 MCH BRI MSP CHI18 NHA21 LVS TAL MAR TEX18 PHO HOM28 2015 07 DAY5 ATL25 MAR13 KAN21 CLT22 DOV11 TEX16 GTW13 IOW15 KEN13 ELD15 POC24 MCH26 BRI21 MSP15 CHI11 NHA13 LVS12 TAL14 MAR20 TEX19 PHO20 HOM18 11th 635 2016 DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI18 NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 99th 01

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points