Chris Cockrum
Cockrum at Daytona International Speedway in 2018
BornChristopher R. Cockrum
(1986-12-24) December 24, 1986 (age 37)
Conyers, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
19 races run over 6 years
2021 position109th
Best finish44th (2016)
First race2014 History 300 (Charlotte)
Last race2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
10 races run over 4 years
2014 position85th
Best finish40th (2013)
First race2011 Good Sam Club 200 (Atlanta)
Last race2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 28, 2021.

Christopher R. Cockrum (born December 24, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Camaro for ACG Motorsports.

Racing career

Cockrum's No. 93 RSS truck at Rockingham in 2012 after finishing a pit stop

Cockrum began his racing career at the age of 8, competing in kart racing events; he transitioned to full-bodied stock cars at 16. He moved to the ARCA Re/Max Series in 2006, making his series debut at Kentucky Speedway in Mark Gibson's No. 56 car.[1] He ran nine races in the series between 2006 and 2010, posting a best finish of twelfth at Daytona International Speedway in 2010 in his family-owned No. 28 car.[2]

Cockrum moved up to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, making his debut in the at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Turn One Racing, finishing 24th.[3] He drove in the first four races of the 2012 season for RSS Racing,[4] posting a best finish of 16th in the season-opening event at Daytona before leaving the team.[5]

The 2013 season saw Cockrum joining SS-Green Light Racing for the Truck Series season opener at Daytona,[6] finishing 15th, his best career run in the series.[7]

In 2014, Cockrum ran the season-opening Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway; in May, he announced he would attempt to make his debut in the Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[8]

Cockrum's No. 25 in the garage area at Charlotte in October 2016
Cockrum's No. 25 at the Daytona season-opener in 2017

In 2015, Cockrum joined MBM Motorsports to drive the No. 13 Chevrolet for one race at Daytona, where he finished career best finish 21st. Cockrum also raced at his hometown track Atlanta where he finished 29th, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet for RWR. Cockrum joined a new Xfinity Series team Deese Racing Enterprises, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet to attempt to qualify at Talledega but he failed to. Cockrum formed his team to race at the fall Daytona race but he failed to qualify.

In 2019, Cockrum scored his first Xfinity Series top-ten at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 17 car.[9]

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.)

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 NXSC Pts Ref
2014 Rick Ware Racing 87 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT
35 		DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI 114th 01 [10]
Ford ATL
29 		RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM
2015 MBM Motorsports 13 Chevy DAY
21 		49th 38 [11]
Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevy ATL
29 		LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
Deese Racing Enterprises 35 Chevy TAL
DNQ 		IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI
Chris Cockrum Racing 37 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2016 25 DAY
28 		ATL
29 		LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL
37 		DOV CLT POC MCH
32 		IOW DAY KEN NHA
29 		IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH
QL† 		CHI CLT
35 		KAN TEX PHO HOM 44th 56 [12]
Rick Ware Racing Ford KEN
QL‡ 		DOV
2017 Chris Cockrum Racing Chevy DAY
28 		ATL
34 		LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL
33 		CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY
26 		KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI
30 		KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 53rd 34 [13]
2018 DAY
DNQ 		ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [14]
2019 ACG Motorsports 17 DAY
31 		ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL
10 		DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI 47th 51 [15]
25 DAY
19 		KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM
2020 DAY
34 		LVS CAL PHO DAR 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 70th 3 [16]
2021 DAY
DNQ 		DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO 109th - [17]
† – Qualified but replaced by Austin Theriault · ‡ – Qualified for Todd Peck

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 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2011 Turn One Racing 66 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL
24 		CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM 68th 20 [18]
2012 RSS Racing 93 Chevy DAY
16 		MAR
27 		CAR
29 		KAN
26 		CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 44th 78 [19]
2013 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Toyota DAY
15 		MAR CAR KAN TEX
28 		KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL
34 		MAR TEX PHO HOM 40th 77 [20]
Chevy CLT
22 		DOV
2014 Rick Ware Racing 74 Chevy DAY
35 		MAR KAN CHA DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 86th 9 [21]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2006 Mark Gibson Racing 56 Chevy DAY NSH
DNQ 		SLM WIN KEN
19 		TOL POC MCH KAN KEN
DNQ 		BLN POC GTW NSH
DNQ 		MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI
DNQ 		SLM TAL IOW 97th 235 [22]
2007 13 DAY
DNQ 		USA 96th 225 [23]
21 KEN
DNQ 		POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI
DNQ 		SLM TAL TOL
Hagans Racing 9 Chevy NSH
26 		SLM KAN
36 		WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN
2008 ACG Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY 120th 140 [24]
Mark Gibson Racing 21 Chevy KEN
37 		BLN POC NSH
32 		ISF DSF CHI SLM NJM TAL TOL
2009 ACG Motorsports 28 Chevy DAY
33 		SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN
17 		BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 103rd 210 [25]
2010 DAY
12 		PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI
15 		DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 66th 325 [26]

References

  1. ^ Rohr, Karen J. (February 13, 2010). "Driven to succeed: Conyers man crafts professional racing career". The Rockdale Citizen. Conyers, GA. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  2. ^ "Chris Cockrum - ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  3. ^ Turnbull, Doug (January 19, 2012). "Scanner Chatter: Conyers' Cockrum on verge of big break". WSB. Atlanta, GA. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  4. ^ "Chris Cockrum to run Daytona for Sieg Racing". Rotoworld. NBC Sports. January 23, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  5. ^ "Chris Cockrum - 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  6. ^ "Starr set to return to SS Green Light Racing for 2013". Motorsport.com. February 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
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  8. ^ Turnbull, Doug (May 18, 2014). "Race Capsule: Million dollar McMurray does the All-Star dance". WSB. Atlanta, GA. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  9. ^ Bearden, Aaron (28 April 2019). "Beat Breakdown: MoneyLion 300". Motorsports Beat. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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