Ray Ciccarelli

Raymond J. Ciccarelli (born January 20, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 49 Chevrolet Silverado for his own team, CMI Motorsports. He has also competed in what are now the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East in the past.

Racing career ARCA Racing Series Ciccarelli drove part-time in the series in 2014, 2015, and 2016 for teams Carter 2 Motorsports, Kimmel Racing, Hamilton-Hughes Racing, and Hixson Motorsports. He started his own team, Ciccarelli Racing, for 2017. The team's first race came in the season-opener at Daytona where Ciccarelli finished 21st in his No. 38 Ford after a solid seventh-place qualifying run. The team returned at Talladega, although they used owner points from the full-time Hixson Motorsports No. 3 car to have a better shot of qualifying for the race (which they successfully did). Using that number instead of the No. 38 (which had only run Daytona), they picked up a thirteenth-place finish in the race. Ciccarelli had driven for the Hixson team in a few races in 2016.

Truck Series Ciccarelli in the No. 0 for Jennifer Jo Cobb at Homestead in 2018. In 2017, Ciccarelli made his Truck Series debut in the Eldora Dirt Derby, driving the No. 10 truck for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing. He started 32nd and finished 22nd. After that, he start-and-parked the No. 0 truck for the same team in 4 races at Michigan, New Hampshire, Texas, and Phoenix. He finished 26th, 29th, 28th, and 26th respectively. He returned to the No. 10 truck at Homestead. He qualified 31st, but an engine malfunction before the green flag waved gave him a 32nd-place finish.

In 2019, Ciccarelli acquired trucks, equipment, and owner points from the closed Premium Motorsports No. 49 truck and restarted his own team, now under the name CMI Motorsports, which stood for "Ciccarelli Moving & Installation", a company owned by Ciccarelli and which is one of the team's sponsors. After running the first two races of the season, Ciccarelli and the CMI Motorsports team skipped the third round at Las Vegas with a planned comeback for the fourth round at Martinsville. Later in the year, he would score a career-best 9th-place finish at Michigan.

Planned departure from NASCAR announcement Ciccarelli announced in June 2020 his retirement from NASCAR as a driver and a team owner at the end of the 2020 season. His announcement, which came in the form of a post on his Facebook page on June 10, was made on the same day as NASCAR's decision to ban the display of the Confederate battle flag from their events, a decision they made in the midst of the George Floyd protests due to the flag's longtime association with white supremacist groups. While many NASCAR drivers praised the ban, Ciccarelli decried it, as he believed that it and other recent decisions by the sanctioning body ventured into the realm of politics.

However, Ciccarelli's team, CMI Motorsports, posted on their Twitter account on October 30 that "We're not done yet. See you all in 2021", signaling he would not close down his team after the 2020 season as planned. On November 19, when it was revealed on TobyChristie.com that Tim Viens was to continue as a driver for CMI, Ciccarelli told the website that he planned on driving in three to four races in 2021.

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 23 Pts Ref 2017 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 10 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD22 POC HOM32 38th 59 0 MCH26 BRI MSP CHI NHA29 LVS TAL MAR TEX28 PHO26 2018 TJL Motorsports 1 DAY ATL LVS MAR DOVWth KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN 61st 31 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 ELDDNQ TALDNQ MARDNQ TEX PHO HOM25 Beaver Motorsports 50 POC27 MCH BRI MSP28 LVS 2019 CMI Motorsports 49 DAY28 ATL26 LVS MARDNQ TEX16 DOV24 KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KENDNQ POC19 ELD MCH9 BRI MAR21 PHO HOM31 33rd 130 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 MSP29 LVS TAL 2020 CMI Motorsports 49 DAYDNQ LVS CLT ATL HOM29 POC27 KAN32 KAN24 RCH31 BRI LVS26 TAL27 40th 111 83 KEN32 TEX MCH34 DAY DOV GTW DAR KAN26 TEX22 MAR25 PHO 2021 49 DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT 67th 20 Toyota TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR Ford BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO

Busch East Series NASCAR Busch East Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Ref 2006 Glidden Motorsports 83 Ford GRE STA HOL TMP ERI NHA ADI16 WFD15 NHA31 DOVDNQ LRP 35th 331

ARCA Racing Series 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 2014 Carter 2 Motorsports 97 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP19 POC 44th 390 40 BLN19 ISF22 MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 2015 Kimmel Racing 68 Ford DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC32 MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP 90th 200 Carter 2 Motorsports 97 Dodge POC20 BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 2016 Hamilton-Hughes Racing 63 Dodge DAYDNQ NSH33 SLM TAL TOL NJE 74th 300 Hixson Motorsports 2 Chevy POC26 MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP24 POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 2017 Ciccarelli Racing 38 Ford DAY21 NSH SLM 66th 290 3 TAL13 TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN