Rick Carelli

Rick Carelli

Born: November 9, 1954
Age: 69
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Biography

Rick Carelli (born November 9, 1954) is an American crew member for Stewart-Haas Racing and former race car driver from Arvada, Colorado. He was nicknamed the "High Plains Drifter". He won multiple times in the #6 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series truck.

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Racing career

Carelli won the NASCAR Southwest Tour championship in 1991 and won 21 times in the series during his career. He joined the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1992, and he was named the series Rookie of the Year. He returned to the series in 1993, capturing the series championship and Most Popular Driver award. He has won nine times in that series.

He was one of the original drivers in the Craftsman Truck Series, starting at the series' first race at Phoenix in 1995. Carelli raced every series race until he suffered near-fatal injuries when his truck hit the wall during a race at Memphis Motorsports Park in 1999. He suffered a basal skull fracture, damaged his carotid artery and sinus. He recovered and returned to race the entire 2000 season. He won another race at Richmond International Raceway in 2000 with an underfunded team that he was the crew chief for. He also made 9 Winston Cup starts from 1992 to 1994. He stopped driving in 2004 and moved into the administrative side of motorsport.

After retiring from driving, he later became the team manager for Kevin Harvick Incorporated - a position that he held when Ron Hornaday won the 2007 championship. He currently works with NTS Motorsports as the team general manager. Carelli is also the spotter for the Stewart-Haas Racing #41, driven by Kurt Busch.

Awards

Carelli was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2009 along with Wayne Spears, Doug George, and Chuck Bown.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 NWCC Pts
1992 Chesrown Racing 37 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON
POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO
ATL 74th 89
1993 61 DAY CAR RCH ATL
DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL PHO
ATL
49th 258
37 SON
CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR
1994 61 DAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
DAR
BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
CLT DOV POC MCH
DAY NHA POC TAL IND
GLN MCH
BRI DAR
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR
PHO
ATL
49th 283

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 NBC Pts
1990 Chesrown Racing 46 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT DOV
ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR NA -
1998 Phoenix Racing 41 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR
GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 126th 0
2000 Ken Schrader Racing 86 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO
HOM NA -
2003 Biagi Brothers Racing 4 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR
IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 119th 106

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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 26 27 NCTC Pts
1995 Chesrown Racing 6 Chevy PHO
TUS
SGS
MMR
POR
EVG
I70
LVL
BRI
MLW
CNS
HPT
IRP
FLM
RCH
MAR
NWS
SON
MMR
PHO
6th 2683
1996 HOM
PHO
POR
EVG
TUS
CNS
HPT
BRI
NZH
MLW
LVL
I70
IRP
FLM
GLN
NSV
RCH
NHA
MAR
NWS
SON
MMR
PHO
LVS
10th 2953
1997 WDW
TUS
HOM
PHO
POR
EVG
I70
NHA
TEX
BRI
NZH
MLW
LVL
CNS
HPT
IRP
FLM
NSV
GLN
RCH
MAR
SON
MMR
CAL
PHO
LVS
7th 3461
1998 WDW
HOM
PHO
POR
EVG
I70
GLN
TEX
BRI
MLW
NZH
CAL
PPR
IRP
NHA
FLM
NSV
HPT
LVL
RCH
MEM
GTY
MAR
SON
MMR
PHO
LVS
11th 3195
1999 HOM
PHO
EVG
MMR
MAR
MEM
PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 33rd 739
2000 Phelon Motorsports 66 Ford DAY
HOM
PHO
MMR
MAR
PIR
GTY
MEM
PPR
EVG
TEX
KEN
GLN
MLW
NHA
NZH
MCH
IRP
NSV
CIC
RCH
DOV
TEX
CAL
15th 2606
2001 DAY
HOM
MMR
MAR
GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH 40th 675
Petty Brothers Racing 44 Dodge RCH
SBO TEX LVS
Harvick Motorsports 6 Chevy PHO
CAL
2002 DAY
DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 72nd 160

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2002 AGT 90 Flis Motorsports Chevy Corvette Kevin Harvick
John Metcalf
Davy Lee Liniger
123 69 8
2003 GTS 05 Team Re/MAX Racing Chevy Corvette Craig Conway
John Metcalf
Davy Lee Liniger
378 27 8

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