Terry McCarthy

Terry M. McCarthy (born January 7, 1964) is an American stock car, sports car and touring car racing driver. He is a former competitor in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Featherlite Southwest Tour. He won the first national sports car championship to be captured by the driver of a Mazda Miata in 1994.

Career A native of Mountain View, California, McCarthy established a successful career in local and amateur racing, including winning the 1994 Sports Car Club of America E Production National Championship; this was the first E Production national championship won by a driver competing in a Mazda Miata.

In 1996, McCarthy moved up to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, making two starts at the start of the season driving the No. 27 Chevrolet for B&R Racing. Registered as a competitor for Cintas Rookie of the Year honors, McCarthy finished sixth in his first race in the series at Homestead–Miami Speedway, where he improved 23 positions from his starting position during the race. In the following race at Phoenix Raceway, McCarthy was involved in a four-truck accident on the seventh lap of the race; a lack of sponsorship meant that that became the final Truck Series race of the season for him, and would also prove to be the final Truck Series race of his career. McCarthy would attempt one Truck Series race in 1997, at the Homestead–Miami Speedway, but failed to qualify the No. 51 Chevrolet.

Following his aborted Truck Series career, McCarthy went on to compete for a number of years in the Featherlite Southwest Tour, a regional NASCAR touring series, as well as the Sports Car Club of America SpeedVision World Challenge touring car series, and the Mazdaspeed Miata Cup.

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.) 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 Pts 1996 B&R Racing 27 Chevy HOM6 PHO33 POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO LVS 74th 214 1997 Rosenblum Racing 51 Chevy WDW TUS HOMDNQ PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 172nd 4