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Dawson Cram

Dawson Kevin Cram (born September 12, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver, mechanic, and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado for Faction46 and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports, the No. 74 Camaro for Mike Harmon Racing, and the No. 92 Camaro for DGM Racing.

Dawson Cram
Cram at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornDawson Kevin Cram
(2001-09-12) September 12, 2001 (age 23)
San Diego, California, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
33 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamNo. 4 (JD Motorsports)
No. 74 (Mike Harmon Racing)
No. 92 (DGM Racing)
2024 position101st
Best finish46th (2023)
First race2021 Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 (New Hampshire)
Last race2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
32 races run over 6 years
Truck no., teamNo. 46 (Faction46)
2024 position57th
Best finish30th (2021)
First race2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2024 Rackley Roofing 200 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish62nd (2020)
First race2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 9, 2024.

From 2017 to 2021 he ran for his own race team that he co-owned with his family, being the youngest team owner in NASCAR history at only the age of 16.

Racing career

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Early career

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In 2007, at the age of five, Cram started racing in Mini Dwarf race cars in his hometown, San Diego, California. He later moved to Mooresville, North Carolina and started to race in the INEX Bandolero Series. After winning 13 times in Bandoleros,[1] he made the move to legend cars in 2014. His racing slate in 2017 included various starts in legends cars, Super Trucks, and late models in the Whelen All-American Series and an attempt at a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.[2]

NASCAR

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On October 24, 2017, Cram was announced to be driving for Cram Racing Enterprises in the No. 11 truck at Martinsville Speedway in 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200. A blown engine during practice ended the team's weekend, forcing the No. 11 team and Cram to withdraw.[3]

He returned to Martinsville in the spring of 2018, driving for Beaver Motorsports. In his first race with live pit stops, Cram accidentally hit a crew member on his first pit stop and climbed to a 17th-place finish on the lead lap.[4] Cram's third attempt was also at Martinsville; this time it was a joint effort between his family Cram Racing Enterprises and Copp Motorsports. He finished 24th and also ran the next race on the schedule at ISM Raceway in the No. 83.[5]

In 2020, Cram served as a mechanic for the No. 6 NASCAR Xfinity Series team of JD Motorsports. He also ran Truck races for Long Motorsports and Reaume Brothers Racing.[6] Cram left Long Motorsports in August for financial reasons,[7] but later purchased the team and ran the No. 41 under the Cram Racing Enterprises banner for the rest of the 2020 Truck season.[8]

Ahead of the 2021 Truck season, Cram voiced his plans to run the full schedule.[9] In July, he joined Mike Harmon Racing for his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.[10]

In 2022, Cram announced that he would attempt the Xfinity Series' September Darlington race driving the No. 35 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports. He qualified for the race and finished 30th. He would also attempt to qualify for two races in the Mike Harmon Racing No. 47 car but failed to qualify. He also drove the MBM Motorsports No. 13 in the season-finale at Phoenix, which he did qualify for, and finished 31st.

In 2023, Cram would run the majority of the Xfinity Series season in the No. 74 car for CHK Racing (formerly Mike Harmon Racing). However, he and the team would fail to qualify for the majority of the races they attempted. After one of the races that they did qualify for, Charlotte in May, Cram and the team lost 10 driver and owner points due to the car having an air duct violation. He became one of the few drivers in NASCAR history to have a negative point total in the standings at some point in a season. (Michael Waltrip in 2007 in the Cup Series is another example after he was penalized during Daytona 500 Speedweeks that year.)[11] He would also drive the SS-Green Light Racing No. 07 car at Martinsville in April and the Alpha Prime Racing No. 44 car at Darlington in September.[12] He would also drive the G2G Racing No. 47 in the Truck Series race at Darlington in May. His team would later be penalized with the loss of 25 owner points for having an outdated window net in that race.[13]

 
Cram's No. 4 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

On December 6, 2023, it was announced that Cram will run full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2024, driving the No. 4 car for JD Motorsports.[14] After four races, Cram would be scaled back to a part-time schedule. In July 2024, it was reported that back in April 2024, JD Motorsports had filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and laid off several of their employees. Starting at Pocono, Cram would return to Mike Harmon Racing in their No. 74 car and would qualify for the race after his original team, JD Motorsports withdrew their No. 6 entry. This would be the first race that MHR had qualified for all year. Cram would crash on Lap 1 and would finish the race in 38th. At Darlington he would back in the No. 74 but would fail to qualify. The next week at Atlanta he would qualify for the race but would retire after 18 laps due to engine troubles. He would once again fail to qualify at Bristol. On September 10, it was announced that Cram would drive for DGM Racing in their No. 92 entry for 5 races starting at Kansas.

Personal life

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Cram's father Kevin Cram is a former crew chief in all three NASCAR national series and his uncle Clinton Cram is still in the profession, crew chiefing Dawson's first Truck attempt.[15][16][17]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2021 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA
35 		GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 102nd 01 [18]
2022 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR
30 		KAN 64th 13 [19]
Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy BRI
DNQ 		TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR
DNQ
MBM Motorsports 13 Ford PHO
31
2023 CHK Racing 74 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO
38 		ATL
DNQ 		COA RCH
DNQ 		DOV
DNQ 		DAR
DNQ 		CLT
36 		PIR SON NSH
DNQ 		CSC
DNQ 		ATL NHA POC
DNQ 		ROA MCH
28 		IRC GLN DAY TEX
21 		ROV LVS
31 		HOM
36 		MAR 46th 59 [20]
SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy MAR
36 		TAL KAN
21 		BRI PHO
19
Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevy DAR
DNQ
2024 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
31 		ATL
31 		LVS
34 		PHO
28 		COA RCH
25 		MAR
24 		TEX
37 		TAL
28 		DOV
29 		DAR
28 		CLT
22 		PIR SON IOW
22 		NHA NSH
37 		CSC 101st 01 [21]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy POC
38 		IND MCH DAY DAR
DNQ 		ATL
37 		GLN BRI
DNQ 		HOM
33
DGM Racing 92 Chevy KAN
35 		TAL ROV
24 		LVS
36 		MAR
25 		PHO
32

Craftsman Truck Series

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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 NCTC Pts Ref
2017 Cram Racing Enterprises 11 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
Wth 		TEX PHO HOM 104th – [22]
2018 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR
17 		DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL 43rd 54 [23]
Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy MAR
24 		TEX PHO
16 		HOM
2019 63 DAY ATL LVS MAR
DNQ 		TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL 71st 24 [24]
Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Chevy MAR
13 		PHO HOM
2020 Long Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY LVS CLT
DNQ 		ATL
DNQ 		HOM
32 		POC KEN
28 		TEX MCH
14 		DRC DOV
25 		32nd 154 [25]
Reaume Brothers Racing 00 Toyota KAN
25 		KAN
Cram Racing Enterprises 41 Chevy GTW
22 		DAR
33 		RCH BRI LVS
35 		TAL
35 		KAN
23 		TEX
18 		MAR
16 		PHO
28
2021 DAY
DNQ 		DRC
17 		LVS
21 		ATL
31 		BRD RCH
25 		KAN
31 		DAR
31 		COA
DNQ 		CLT
21 		TEX
21 		NSH
28 		POC KNX GLN GTW
30 		DAR
23 		BRI
35 		LVS TAL MAR
23 		PHO
DNQ 		30th 144 [26]
2023 G2G Racing 47 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR
35 		NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 111th 01 [27]
2024 Faction46 46 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH
20 		POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 57th 17 [28]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
2 Switched to Truck points mid season

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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 AMSC Pts Ref
2020 Fast Track Racing 11 Toyota DAY PHO
11 		TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DRC GTW I44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 62nd 33 [29]

References

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  2. ^ Seelman, Jacob. "Cram Attempting Truck Debut At Martinsville". www.racechaseronline.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Beard, Brock. "PREVIEW: Several new faces - and some familiar ones - look to make their season debuts at Martinsville". LASTCAR.info. Blogger. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Catanzareti, Zach. "16-Year-Old Dawson Cram Leaves Truck Debut Happy". KickinTheTires.net. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Eggert, Seth (November 7, 2018). "Up to Speed: Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  6. ^ Srigley, Joseph (July 21, 2020). "Dawson Cram, Kevin Donahue, Ryan Huff, Driving for Reaume Brothers Racing in a Hectic Weekend at Kansas". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
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  8. ^ "Dawson Cram to run his own Truck team the remainder of the season: UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 25, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 7, 2021). "Cram Racing Enterprises Returning to NASCAR Truck Series Full-Time; Possible ARCA Entry in 2021?". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "Dawsom Cram Making Xfinity Series Debut at New Hampshire for Mike Harmon Racing". Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  11. ^ Kim, Andrew (May 30, 2023). "NASCAR issues one-race suspension for Elliott as part of penalty report from Charlotte". Speedway Media. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  12. ^ "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Alpha Prime Racing. August 30, 2023. @dawsoncram41 joins the team lineup this weekend at @TooToughToTame! He will honor @kylepetty and his 2003 colors.
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  21. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  22. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  23. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  24. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  25. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
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  27. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
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  29. ^ "Dawson Cram – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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