Bayley Currey

Bayley A. Currey[1] (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro for Mike Harmon Racing, as well as part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. Currey has also previously made starts in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Bayley Currey
Currey in 2019
BornBayley A. Currey
(1996-10-29) October 29, 1996
Driftwood, Texas
NASCAR Cup Series career
11 races run over 2 years
2020 position54th
Best finish52nd (2019)
First race2019 TicketGuardian 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2020 Supermarket Heroes 500 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
50 races run over 3 years
Car no., teamNo. 74 (Mike Harmon Racing)
2020 position81st
Best finish81st (2020)
First race2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas)
Last race2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
25 races run over 4 years
Truck no., teamNo. 44 (Niece Motorsports)
2020 position41st
Best finish31st (2018)
First race2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2020 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of January 18, 2021.

Racing career

Currey started his go-kart racing career in 2003, later moving up to Bandolero racing. After that, he competed at Central Texas Speedway, driving pro late models.[2][3]

Truck Series

Currey made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville at the Texas Roadhouse 200, driving the No. 50 truck for Beaver Motorsports. The offer was brought to him by a personal friend.[3] He started 27th and finished 25th. Currey returned in Phoenix, driving the No. 83 for Copp Motorsports. He started 21st, and finished 10th, surviving multiple wrecks in the process. He drove the No. 83 truck again at Homestead, starting 30th and finishing 28th after an engine failure.[4][5] Currey wound up running 13 Truck races in 2018.

On February 9, 2019, it was announced that Currey and Vizion Motorsports agreed to run a partial schedule in the No. 35 Toyota Tundra for 2019.[6] The announcement came after Currey tested an ARCA Racing Series car for Vizion. In July, he joined Niece Motorsports for the Gander RV 150 at Pocono Raceway,[7] and later finished sixth with the team at Michigan International Speedway.[8]

In 2020, Currey joined CMI Motorsports for the Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[9] He returned to Niece at Pocono after regular driver Natalie Decker was hospitalized with bile duct complications.[10]

On January 3, 2021, Currey revealed on the Talking in Circles podcast that he would return to Niece in 2021 for another part-time schedule, beginning at Circuit of the Americas.[11]

Xfinity Series

A few weeks after competing in the 2018 Stratosphere 200 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Currey made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway with B. J. McLeod Motorsports.[12][13] He qualified 23rd and finished 20th after falling back to 30th at the end of Stage 1 and 27th at the end of Stage 2.[14] Currey returned at Loudon in July with JP Motorsports in their No. 55 entry, and piloted the car for most of the remainder of the 2018 season.

On August 15, 2019, leading into the Food City 300 at Bristol, Currey was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after failing a drug test;[8] Currey, in a statement, said that the failure was due to a banned ingredient (Octodrine) in a pre-workout supplement. He apologized publicly on the night the suspension was announced and asked NASCAR to enter him in to the Road to Recovery program, which is mandatory for members looking to be reinstated by NASCAR.[15] He was reinstated on September 18 after completing the Road to Recovery.[16] He made his racing return at the Charlotte Roval, where he finished 37th.[17]

Currey joined Mike Harmon Racing for the 2020 season, where he ran much of the schedule in the No. 74. He was elevated to a full-time seat with the team in 2021.[18]

Cup Series

In March 2019, Currey partnered with Rick Ware Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway.[19] He was slated to run the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol with Ware until his suspension.[20][21]

Currey returned to Ware and the Cup Series in May 2020, driving the No. 53 in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol.[22] In August, he replaced J. J. Yeley during the Go Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course when Yeley required medical attention due to a failed cooling system.[23]

Personal life

Currey's father was a race car driver.[3] Bayley attended Texas State University.[3]

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.)

Cup Series
NASCAR 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 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2019 Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO
31		 CAL MAR KAN
33		 CLT
35		 CHI
32		 DAY 52nd 01 [24]
Chevy TEX
35		 BRI
31		 RCH
32		 TAL DOV PHO
32		 HOM
51 Ford POC
25		 MCH SON KEN
33		 NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX
2020 53 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR DAR CLT CLT BRI
38		 ATL MAR HOM TAL POC POC IND KEN TEX KAN NHA MCH MCH 54th 01 [25]
27 Ford DAY
RL†		 DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO
† – Relieved J. J. Yeley

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
2018 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
22		 BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN 103rd 01 [26]
JP Motorsports 55 Toyota NHA
29		 IOW GLN MOH BRI
27		 ROA DAR
26		 IND
39		 LVS
24		 RCH
29		 CLT
35		 DOV
29		 KAN
DNQ		 TEX
Wth		 PHO
30		 HOM
DNQ
45 TEX
21
2019 Rick Ware Racing 17 Chevy DAY ATL
22		 LVS
34		 PHO
37		 CAL
35		 TEX
DNQ		 BRI RCH TAL DOV
34		 CLT
33		 POC MCH
33		 IOW CHI
QL†		 DAY KEN NHA
35		 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH KAN
35		 93rd 01 [17]
RSS Racing 38 Chevy CLT
37		 DOV
33
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy TEX
20
RSS Racing 93 Chevy PHO
36		 HOM
2020 Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy DAY LVS CAL
32		 81st 01 [27]
74 PHO
DNQ		 DAR
33		 CLT
18		 BRI
20		 ATL
18		 HOM
24		 HOM
26		 TAL POC
24		 IND
34		 KEN
22		 KEN
25		 TEX
19		 KAN
23		 ROA
37		 DAY
14		 DOV
35		 DOV
33		 DAY DAR
24		 RCH
21		 RCH
19		 BRI
30		 LVS
25		 TAL CLT KAN
18		 TEX
12		 MAR
36		 PHO
15
2021 DAY 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
† – Qualified but replaced by Josh Bilicki

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 NGTC Pts Ref
2017 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
25		 TEX 43rd 38 [28]
Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy PHO
10		 HOM
28
2018 DAY ATL LVS
20		 MAR DOV
26		 CLT
25		 TEX
29		 IOW
24		 GTW CHI
27		 MCH
27		 BRI
32		 MSP LVS
16		 TAL MAR TEX
23		 PHO HOM 31st 141 [29]
36 KAN
29
63 KEN
30		 ELD POC
32
2019 Beaver Motorsports 1 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX
Wth		 DOV KAN
29		 CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN 48th 54 [30]
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
23		 ELD MCH
6		 BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM
2020 CMI Motorsports 49 Chevy DAY LVS
DNQ		 CLT
28		 ATL
32		 HOM 41st 103 [31]
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
16		 KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV
18		 GTW DAR
12		 RCH BRI LVS
40 TAL
15		 KAN TEX MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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