Cody Lane

Cody Lane
Nationality United States American
Born (1996-01-03) January 3, 1996
Missouri
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season 2013
Starts 3
Wins 0
Poles 0
Previous series
2010 Florida All Star Tour
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
Truck no., team No. 27 (Cody Lane Motorsports)
2015 position 115th
Best finish 115th (2015)

Cody Lane (born January 3, 1996 in Missouri) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Silverado for Cody Lane Motorsports.

Career

A native of Missouri,[1] Lane began his career in racing at age 4, racing in go-karts; he moved up to late model racing at the age of 14.[1] Racing in central Tennessee in his mid-teens,[2] his family moved to Florida due to family issues, where he became a regular competitor at Citrus County Speedway and Showtime Speedway, as well as a student at Fivay High School in Hudson, Florida.[1] Lane competed in the Florida All Stars Tour in 2010, finishing tenth in series points;[3] he received the series' Rookie of the Year award.[4]

Lane made his debut in major-league stock car racing in ARCA Racing Series competition on March 9, 2013, competing in the ARCA Mobile 200 at Mobile International Speedway.[5] Driving for a team owned by his family,[6] he started 18th in the event, finishing 25th after an accident in which he launched his car outside the track in turn 3, landing in a grove of trees;[7] during practice for the event, he had skidded outside the track in Turn 4.[8] Lane finished 27th in his second race of the year at Toledo Speedway; he then posted his best finish of the year, fourteenth, at Winchester Speedway in June.[9]

Blue Collar Racing

Lane's 2011 and 2012 racing seasons were the subject of a documentary, Blue Collar Racing, filmed by James Sherry.[1]

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rice, David. (April 11, 2012) "Pasco father, son team races torwards dreams". St. Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Times. Accessed 2013-03-10.
  2. ↑ "Racer Spotlight: Cody Lane - Kid With a lot of Mileage". Middle Tennessee Racing Scene. May 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  3. ↑ "Official Standings". Florida All Stars Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  4. ↑ Frederick, Sandra (November 7, 2013). "Student by Day and Race Car Driver by Night: The Daily Life of Cody Lane". Huddlin' with the Pros. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  5. ↑ Rice, David. (February 22, 2013) "Port Richey teen revving up on the ARCA racing circuit". St. Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Times. Accessed 2013-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Daytime 17 year old Race Car Driver". WFLA-TV. Tampa, FL. September 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  7. ↑ Nugent, Joe (March 10, 2013). "Post-Race Notes from second annual ARCA Mobile 200". WTVG. Toledo, OH. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  8. ↑ Inabinett, Mark. (March 8, 2013) "ARCA-Mobile 200 practice led by fast 15-year-olds". Mobile, AL: Press-Register. Accessed 2013-03-10.
  9. ↑ "Cody Lane - 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-06-27.


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