Rick Carelli

Richard Dean Carelli (born November 9, 1954) is an American former race car driver from Arvada, Colorado. He was nicknamed the "High Plains Drifter". He won multiple times in the No. 6 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series truck. He is the spotter for Erik Jones in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Racing career

Carelli won the NASCAR Southwest Tour championship in 1991 and won 21 times in the series during his career. He recovered and returned to race the entire 2000 season. Carelli was also the spotter for the Stewart–Haas Racing No. 41, driven by Kurt Busch after first working with him at Furniture Row Racing; FRR's general manager Joe Garone was Carelli's crew chief from 1989 to 1994. He later became Erik Jones' spotter at FRR before following him to Joe Gibbs Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports.

Awards Carelli was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2009 along with Wayne Spears, Doug George, and Chuck Bown.

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.)

Winston Cup Series NASCAR Winston 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 Pts Ref 1991 Chesrown Racing 37 Chevy DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHODNQ ATL NA - 1992 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON37 POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO42 ATL 74th 89 1993 61 DAY CAR RCHDNQ ATLDNQ DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL PHO21 ATL35 49th 258 37 SON21 CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR 1994 61 DAYDNQ CARDNQ RCHDNQ ATLDNQ DARDNQ BRI NWS MAR TAL SON41 CLT DOV POC MCHDNQ DAY NHA POC TAL INDDNQ GLN MCH27 BRI DARDNQ RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR22 PHO33 ATLDNQ 49th 283

Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 1990 Chesrown Racing 46 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT DOVDNQ ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR NA - 1998 Phoenix Racing 41 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR42 GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 126th 0 2000 Ken Schrader Racing 86 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHODNQ HOM NA - 2003 Biagi Brothers Racing 4 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR19 IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 119th 106

Craftsman Truck Series 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 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1995 Chesrown Racing 6 Chevy PHO24 TUS3 SGS9 MMR12 POR8 EVG8 I706 LVL5 BRI23 MLW4 CNS7 HPT11 IRP3 FLM2 RCH12 MAR29 NWS12 SON15 MMR11 PHO11 6th 2683 1996 HOM16 PHO6 POR6 EVG13 TUS23 CNS19 HPT24 BRI1 NZH16 MLW11 LVL7 I703 IRP18 FLM7 GLN24 NSV9 RCH15 NHA13 MAR29 NWS6 SON9 MMR34 PHO16 LVS14 10th 2953 1997 WDW5 TUS30 HOM8 PHO10 POR28 EVG19 I707 NHA3 TEX22 BRI4 NZH6 MLW5 LVL19 CNS7 HPT9 IRP8 FLM5 NSV10 GLN10 RCH11 MAR15 SON7 MMR12 CAL15 PHO5 LVS6 7th 3461 1998 WDW3 HOM18 PHO17 POR3 EVG7 I7032 GLN28 TEX9 BRI30 MLW6 NZH9 CAL16 PPR4 IRP17 NHA20 FLM16 NSV17 HPT30 LVL31 RCH8 MEM30 GTY1* MAR11 SON11 MMR6 PHO11 LVS35 11th 3195 1999 HOM10 PHO27 EVG6 MMR1 MAR9 MEM36 PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 33rd 739 2000 Phelon Motorsports 66 Ford DAY7 HOM34 PHO26 MMR20 MAR33 PIR17 GTY29 MEM34 PPR20 EVG7 TEX31 KEN7 GLN32 MLW13 NHA11 NZH8 MCH31 IRP24 NSV23 CIC5 RCH1 DOV8 TEX9 CAL21 15th 2606 2001 DAY13 40th 675 Chevy HOM30 MMR4 MAR12 GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH Petty Brothers Racing 44 Dodge RCH34 SBO TEX LVS Harvick Motorsports 6 Chevy PHO11 CAL 2002 DAY5 DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 72nd 160

Winston West Series NASCAR Winston West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 1991 Chesrown Racing 37 Chevy EVG MMR SON SGS POR EVG 27 SSS MMR 2 PHO DNQ 24th 391 1992 MMR 1* SGS 1* SON 37 SHA 4* POR 10 EVG 4 SSS 1 CAJ 14 TWS 6 MMR 2 PHO 42 3rd 1765 1993 TWS 8 MMR 4 SGS 1* SON 21 TUS 9 SHA 1* EVG 1* POR 2* CBS 1* SSS 4 CAJ 1 TCR 8 1st 2390 61 MMR 3 PHO 21 1994 MMR TUS SON 41 SGS YAK MMR POR 1 IND DNQ CAJ TCR LVS MMR 10 PHO 33 TUS 19th 804 1995 TUS MMR SON CNS 6 MMR POR SGS TUS AMP MAD POR LVS SON MMR PHO 46th 150 1996 TUS 5 AMP MMR SON MAD POR TUS EVG CNS 15 MAD MMR SON MMR PHO LVS 34th 273 1999 Chesrown Racing 57 Chevy TUS 4 LVS 16 PHO CAL 3 PPR MMR IRW EVG POR IRW RMR LVS MMR MOT 32nd 445 2001 Team Re/MAX Racing 05 Chevy PHO LVS TUS MMR CAL 9 IRW LAG KAN EVG CNS IRW RMR LVS IRW 47th 143

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max 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 Pts Ref 1992 Chesrown Racing 37 Chevy DAY FIF TWS TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS 6 SLM ATL N/A – 1993 DAY FIF TWS 8 TAL KIL CMS FRS TOL POC MCH FRS POC KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL N/A – 2001 Team Re/MAX Racing 05 Chevy DAY NSH 4 WIN SLM GTY 5 KEN CLT KAN MCH 8 POC MEM 2 GLN KEN MCH 4 POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT 40 TAL 3 ATL 31st 1285 2002 DAY 2 ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN 38 POC 3 MCH 36 TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI 2 SLM TAL 4 CLT 30th 975 2003 DAY 6 ATL NSH 10 SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN 5 MCH 27 LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 39th 700

24 Hours of Daytona (key) 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos. 2002 AGT 90 Flis Motorsports Chevy Corvette Kevin Harvick John Metcalf Davy Lee Liniger 123 69 8 2003 GTS 05 Team Re/MAX Racing Chevy Corvette Craig Conway John Metcalf Davy Lee Liniger 378 27 8