Terry McCarthy (racing driver)

Terry McCarthy
Born January 7, 1964
Mountain View, California, U.S.
Achievements 1994 SCCA E Production Champion
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish 74th (1996)
First race 1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead)
Last race 1996 Chevy Desert Star Classic (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0

Terry M. McCarthy (born January 7, 1964)[1] is an American stock car, sports car and touring car racing driver. He is a former competitor in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Featherlite Southwest Tour. He won the first national sports car championship to be captured by the driver of a Mazda Miata in 1994.

Career

A native of Mountain View, California,[2] McCarthy established a successful career in local and amateur racing, including winning the 1994 Sports Car Club of America E Production National Championship;[3] this was the first E Production national championship won by a driver competing in a Mazda Miata.[4]

In 1996, McCarthy moved up to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, making two starts at the start of the season driving the No. 27 Chevrolet for B&R Racing. Registered as a competitor for Cintas Rookie of the Year honors, McCarth finished 6th in his first race in the series at Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, where he improved 23 positions from his starting position during the race.[5] In the following race at Phoenix International Raceway, McCarthy was involved in a four-truck accident on the seventh lap of the race;[6] a lack of sponsorship meant that that became the final Truck Series race of the season for him, and would also prove to be the final Truck Series race of his career.[7] McCarthy would attempt one Truck Series race in 1997, at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, but failed to qualify the No. 51 Chevrolet.[8]

Following his aborted Truck Series career, McCarthy went on to compete for a number of years in the Featherlite Southwest Tour, a regional NASCAR touring series,[9] as well as the Sports Car Club of America SpeedVision World Challenge touring car series,[10] and the Mazdaspeed Miata Cup.[11]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results

References

Citations
  1. ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ↑ "Hall Takes First Half of Portland Miata Cup Doubleheader". Racer. July 30, 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Mazda Motorsports Milestones". Mazda Motor of America. 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  4. ↑ Edsall 2008, p. 148
  5. ↑ Smith, Marcia C. (March 18, 1996). "50,000 Turn Out for Trucks". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  6. ↑ "Chevrolet Desert Star 300 Race Results". RacingWest. Thousand Oaks, CA. April 21, 1996. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  7. ↑ "Terry McCarthy – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  8. ↑ "Terry McCarthy - NASCAR Craftsman / Camping World Truck Series DNQs". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  9. ↑ "Bleeding Ulcers Put Richard Petty In Hospital". San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA). June 27, 1999. p. 16D.
  10. ↑ "Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Championship Results". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. July 23, 2000. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  11. ↑ "Hall Wraps Up SCCA Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Pacific Tour Championship at Infineon". Racer. August 27, 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
Bibliography
  • Edsall, Larry (2008). Miata: 20 Years. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. ISBN 978-0760333860.

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