Casey Mears

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Casey James Mears
Born: March 12, 1978
Birthplace: Bakersfield, California
Awards: 2006 24 Hours of Daytona overall co-winner
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics
Car #, Team 25 - Hendrick Motorsports
2006 NEXTEL Cup Position: 14th
Best Cup Position: 14th - 2006 (NEXTEL Cup)
First Race: 2003 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
First Win: {{{First_Win}}}
Last Win: -
Wins Top Tens Poles
0 25 2
All stats current as of November 14, 2006.

Casey Mears (born March 12, 1978 in Bakersfield, California) is the driver of the #25 National Guard Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears, and he competed in 3 ChampCar races in 2001 after Alex Zanardi was injured in a race in Germany.

Casey added arguably the most impressive win to his resume on January 29, 2006 when he, Scott Dixon, and Dan Wheldon teamed up to win the 44th annual Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for Chip Ganassi racing. They set a race record for the Daytona Prototype category, running 723 laps in 24 hours to score the win. Casey became the first ever full-time NASCAR driver to win the Rolex 24.

On Friday June 9, 2006 it was confirmed that Casey Mears will leave Chip Ganassi Racing in 2007 and join Hendrick Motorsports to replace the departing Brian Vickers. On July 8, he finally won his first NASCAR race, a Busch Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, coasting to the finish after running out of fuel.

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Year Starts* Wins Top Fives Top Tens Poles Rank
2003 36 0 0 0 0 35th
2004 36 0 1 8 2 22nd
2005 36 0 3 9 0 22nd
2006 29 0 2 6 0 14th

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Hendrick Motorsports
Nextel Cup drivers Kyle Busch (#5) | Jeff Gordon (#24) | Casey Mears (#25) | Jimmie Johnson (#48)
Partnerships and affiliations Ginn Racing | Haas CNC Racing
Other Rick Hendrick | Ricky Hendrick