Ron Cox

Ron Cox (born July 12, 1966) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who competed in the ARCA Racing Series for twenty-three years, mainly driving for Hixson Motorsports.

Racing career Cox made his first attempt in the ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series in 1984 at the age of seventeen, failing to qualifying for the event at the Springfield dirt track. He would not return to the series until 1987, where he attempted three races and failed to qualify for two. In 1988, Cox only attempted Springfield again, but would fail to qualify. After three more years without making a start in the series, he would return in 1991 for the Talladega race in a No. 46 Chevrolet, where he would finish 26th. After another four years without making a start, he would make five starts through 1996 to 1998.

In 1999, Cox ran the full schedule in the now ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series for Hixson Motorsports in the No. 23 Chevrolet, where he would get four top-ten finishes with a best finish of seventh at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt track. He would finish eighth in the point despite failing to qualify for the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway on route to winning rookie of the year honors. In 2000, he would drop to eleventh in the standings, although he would get his first top-five finish at Kentucky Speedway with a fifth-place finish. In 2001, Cox would run the full schedule again, this time finishing fourth in the points with six top-ten finishes with a best finish of seventh at Winchester Speedway, Salem Speedway, and Berlin Raceway. For the following year, he would spend a majority in the year in the No. 23 for Hixson, while running four races in the No. 50 on his way to finishing ninth in the points that year. At the season ending event at Lowe's Motor Speedway, he would be withdrawn from the event after the death of teammate Eric Martin from a crash involving Deborah Renshaw during a practice session.

Cox finished ninth in the points again in 2003, with seven top-tens and two top-fives with a best result of third at Berlin. His season was also notable due to being involved in a crash with Kyle Busch at the second Pocono Raceway event, where he would turn Busch into the inside wall heading into the first corner shortly after a restart late in the race. Cox would go on the finish 21st in the race, while Busch would be classified in 25th position. Cox would only run the first five races of 2004, earning a best result of sixth at Salem. He would run only six races in 2005, and would only run nine total races from 2006 to 2008, with a best result of ninth at Springfield in 2007 whilst driving for Bobby Gerhart Racing in the No. 5 Pontiac.

In 2009, Cox ran six races for Hixson, first driving the No. 57 Chevrolet for two races, although he was originally scheduled to drive the No. 23 at Salem, and then driving the No. 28 for his remaining races. At the event at Springfield, he would lead eleven laps on his way to finish second behind race winner Parker Kligerman. He would run five more races in 2010, getting a best result of tenth at Salem. In 2011, he would run fourteen of the nineteen races on the schedule, mainly driving the No. 28 for Hixson, although he would run one race in the No. 29 at Iowa Speedway. He would finish seventeenth in the final standings.

After making two starts in the series in both 2012 and 2014, Cox returned in 2017 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Hixson. He would finish 25th after running only six laps due to vibrations in the car. He has not competed in ARCA ever since.

Personal life Cox currently serves as an industrial technology teacher as well as a weightlifting teacher at Sale Creek Middle/High School in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. He has also served as a high school football head coach at the school, and prior to that, coaching the Soddy Daisy Middle School football team. He had founded the Sale Creek High School football program in 2012 and was the team's first coach. In the later years of his racing career, he would adorn the top of his drivers side window where his name would be with "Teachers Office".

Motorsports career results

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All 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 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 1984 Cleve Smith DAY ATL TAL CSP SMS FRS MCS LCS IRP TAL FRS ISF DSF TOL MGR N/A 0 1987 Cox Racing 08 Mercury DAY ATL TAL DEL ACS TOL ROC POC FRS KIL TAL FRS ISF INF DSF SLM ATL N/A 0 1988 DAY ATL TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL N/A 0 1991 46 Chevy DAY ATL KIL TAL TOL FRS POC MCH KIL FRS DEL POC TAL HPT MCH ISF TOL DSF TWS ATL N/A 0 1996 Hixson Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT ATL N/A 0 5 CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN 1997 23 DAY ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF ATL N/A 0 1998 DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT TAL ATL NA 0 1999 DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 8th 4335 2000 DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 11th 3690 2001 DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH MEM GLN MCH POC NSH ISF DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL 4th 5070 Pontiac POC KEN CHI ATL 2002 Chevy DAY ATL SLM CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH WIN CHI SLM TAL CLT 9th 4405 50 Pontiac NSH Chevy KEN ISF DSF 2003 23 Pontiac DAY TOL KEN BLN MCH ISF DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 9th 4445 Chevy ATL NSH SLM CLT KAN LER POC POC NSH WIN 2004 Pontiac DAY 29th 895 Chevy NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 2005 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 42nd 850 2006 Shaver Motorsports 49 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 135th 120 2007 Hixson Motorsports DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH 60th 425 Bobby Gerhart Racing 5 Pontiac ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 2008 Hixson Motorsports 28 Chevy DAY SLM IOW 59th 455 29 KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 2009 57 DAY SLM CAR 36th 810 28 TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 2010 29 DAY PBE 40th 655 23 SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 2011 28 DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 17th 2025 29 MCH 2012 2 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN 73rd 290 Ford ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 2014 RACE 101 3 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 59th 290 2017 Hixson Motorsports 3 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 112th 105