Rick Crawford (NASCAR)
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| Born: | July 26, 1958 (age 48) | |
| Birthplace: |  Mobile, Alabama |
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| Awards: | 1981, 1982, 1985 Mobile Alabama Speedway Track Champion
1983, 1984, 1989 Snowball Derby Winner |
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Statistics | ||
| 2006 NCTS Position: | 9th | |
| Best NCTS Position: | 2nd - 2002 - (Craftsman Truck Series) | |
| First Race: | 1997 Chevy Trucks Challenge (Orlando) | |
| First Win: | 1998 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead) | |
| Last Win: | 2006 Power Stroke Diesel 200 Presented by Ford & International (ORP) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 5 | 123 | 4 |
| All stats current as of March 17, 2007. | ||
Rick Crawford from Mobile, AL was born July 26, 1958. He drives the 14 Circle Bar/Strategic Air Command Ford F-150 for Circle Bar Racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Crawford began his racing career as a short-track racer in the southeastern United States. During this time, he was a three-time winner of the annual Snowball Derby, in 1983, 1984, and 1989. He also won the track championship at Five Flags Speedway in 1981 and 1984, and won the championship at Mobile Alabama Speedway in 1981, 1982, and 1984. After that, he moved to the All Pro Series, where he made eleven starts, and collected sixty-one top tens, and earned five victories.
In 1997, Crawford moved to the Craftsman Truck Series with his Circle Bar team. He qualified for every race, had ten top-tens and finished 12th in the points, runner-up to Kenny Irwin, Jr. for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year. The next season, he picked up his first career win at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Unfortunately, the team struggled to find consistency and he dropped to eighteenth in the standings. He started 1999 with two consecutive top-tens, but only wound up fourteenth in the points.
In 2001, Crawford finished 8th in points, his first top-ten points finish. The next season, he had 17 top-nine finishes, two poles, and finished second in the standings. 2003 saw him grab his second victory, at the Florida Dodge Dealers 400K at Daytona, and finished seventh in points. He picked up a win at Martinsville Speedway in 2004, but dropped to twelfth in points. Despite a win at Loudon, he finished seventeenth in points, mainly due to missing the first race of his Truck career after suffering injuries while practicing for the Kroger 225.
In 2006, Crawford had four top-fives and ten top-ten finishes including a win on August 4 at O'Reilly Raceway Park, finishing 9th in the final standings.
