Dominick Casola

Dominick Casola (born August 17, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver who most recently competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series in 2013. He drove in ARCA for a total of four seasons full or part-time. He also ran two races in the NASCAR Truck Series, and made one attempt in the Nationwide Series (now Xfinity) in 2008.

Dominick Casola
Casola's No. 40 ARCA car at Road America in 2013
Nationality American
Born (1987-08-17) August 17, 1987
Holmdel, New Jersey
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2006
Starts41
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish13th in 2007
Finished last season38th (2013)
Previous series
2006, 2008, 2009X-1R Pro Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World East Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish76th (2013)
First race2010 Mountain Dew 250 (Talladega)
Last race2013 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Last updated on: March 20, 2020.

Racing career

Casola started out racing in local Saturday night short track races, winning races and championships along the way. He eventually reached the Hooters X-1R Pro Cup Series, which he competed in part-time for a single season in 2006 (in his family's No. 02 car). He could not get behind the wheel of a stock car until age seventeen because of New Jersey state regulations. Despite this, he worked at sending resumes to many ARCA and NASCAR teams.[1]

He got a chance to compete in ARCA full-time and for rookie of the year in 2007, driving the No. 1 Ford for Andy Belmont's team and sponsored by his family's business A. Casola Farms. He only missed one race that season, the season-opener at Daytona, with his car owner Belmont in the car for that race (which he failed to qualify for), presumably because Casola had never competed on a plate track before meaning he would not be approved to race. Finishing the season thirteenth in points, Casola got three top-10 finishes as well as two top-5's, which were a fifth at Gateway and a third at Talladega.[2]

For the 2008 season, he joined Win-Tron Racing to drive their No. 32 Dodge part-time, sharing this car with Andy Hanson, Chris Wimmer, James Buescher, Matt Merrell, and Bradley Riethmeyer. He ran the first six races of the season, before then only competing in both races at his home track of Pocono as well as Berlin.[3] He earned his first top-10 of the season at the first of the two Pocono races.[4]

In 2010, Casola made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet Silverado for Daisy Ramirez Motorsports at Talladega. Since he was a late entry for the race, he received zero points. This was his only start in any NASCAR series that year. He started 35th and finished 28th in the race.

Casola did not race in any series in 2011, and believed that his career was over at that point. However, in August 2012, driver Roger Carter, owner of the Carter 2 Motorsports team in the ARCA Series, called Casola to drive for his team when the normal driver of his car (Larry Barford Jr.) parted ways with them and he needed a new driver. His first and only race for C2M that year came at the dirt race at Springfield, where he started and finished 26th in the No. 04 Dodge.[5] He returned to the team in the No. 40 for a part-time schedule in 2013, splitting time in that car with Galen Hassler, Nick Tucker, Mark Meunier, Cody Lane, Korbin Forrister, Justin Lloyd, Joseph Hughs, and David Sear. Casola ran six races, which included both races at Pocono again as well as his other home track of New Jersey Motorsports Park. His best finish was a 16th at Chicago. The other two races he ran were Road America and DuQuoin. On top of that, he returned to the Truck Series that year in their race at Pocono, driving the No. 28 for FDNY Racing.

Although he has not made any stock-car starts since the 2013 season, Casola, as recently as 2018, continues to occasionally compete in local late model races, including at Wall Stadium, according to his Facebook page.[6]

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.)

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide 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 NNSC Pts
2008 Stott Classic Racing 02 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV
DNQ		 NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM N/A 0

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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
2010 Daisy Ramirez Motorsports 00 Chevy DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL
28		 TEX PHO HOM 122nd 0
2013 FDNY Racing 28 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC
29		 MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 76th 15

Camping World East Series
NASCAR Camping World East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NCWEC Pts
2009 Andy Belmont Racing 1 Ford GRE
29		 47th 179
Olsen Racing 61 Chevy TRI
20		 IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV

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
2007 Andy Belmont Racing 1 Ford DAY USA
17		 NSH
34		 SLM
25		 KAN
17		 WIN
25		 KEN
16		 TOL
18		 IOW
16		 POC
14		 MCH
25		 BLN
23		 KEN
36		 POC
8		 NSH
17		 ISF
13		 MIL
27		 GTW
5		 DSF
17		 CHI
38		 SLM
15		 TAL
3		 TOL
21		 13th 3920
2008 Win-Tron Racing 32 Dodge DAY
33		 SLM
27		 IOW
17		 KAN
22		 CAR
36		 KEN
10		 TOL POC
8		 MCH CAY KEN BLN
11		 POC
21		 NSH ISF DSF 23rd 1580
38 CHI
20		 SLM NJE
Andy Belmont Racing 14 Ford TAL
35		 TOL
2012 Carter 2 Motorsports 04 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF
26		 MAD
19		 SLM DSF KAN 82nd 235
2013 40 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC
27		 MCH ROA
22		 WIN CHI
16		 NJE
29		 POC
19		 BLN ISF MAD DSF
23		 IOW SLM KEN KAN 38th 700

References
  1. Casola, Dominick (February 11, 2008). "FROM THE COCKPIT: Dominick Casola". Hot Rod. Motor Trend Group LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. "Vacation is Over and Casola Heads Back to Work at Pocono". ARCARacing.com. July 30, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. "Dominick Casola & Win-Tron Racing Look For Another Strong Run At Pocono". ThePitLane.org. July 30, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. "Casola Captures Season Best In Pocono; Win-Tron Three-For-Three "New Jersey Native Ties Pocono Best Finish"". Motorsport.com. Win-Tron Racing. June 9, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. Biggy, David (2012). "Casola enjoying second chance at auto racing" (PDF). Asbury Park Press. USA Today Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. "Fast track to fame presented by Valvoline Entry: Dominick Casola". Valvoline. February 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
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