Randy MacDonald

Randy MacDonald (born July 26, 1962) is a Canadian stock car racer and a former competitor in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series. He is currently team owner of MacDonald Motorsports, which competes in the Nationwide Series. He is the older brother of former NASCAR racer Teri MacDonald.

Early career

Born in Oshawa, Ontario, MacDonald originally pursued a career in hockey, playing for the Bowmanville Eagles before changing his career path to stock car racing.^[1]

MacDonald began racing in his native Canada, and won the Canada ACT Series championship, before moving to North Carolina during the 1990s. He won the American Speed Association Rookie of the Year honors in 1993.

MacDonald made his NASCAR debut in 1986 at Oxford Plains Speedway, finishing 26th after his cooling fan expired. He ran one race apiece over the next few years, before posting his first career top-ten finish at the Goody's 300 in 1991. He ran two races apiece over the next two years in his own #01, his best finish being 16th at Daytona in 1993. After three finishes of 21st or better in 1994, he made his Winston Cup debut that year at North Carolina Speedway, finishing 24th in a car owned by Billy Hagan.

Mid 1990s

He only ran one race the next year, finishing 23rd at Watkins Glen. In 1996, he declared for NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors,^[2] and ran three races for Triad Motorsports, his best finish a 24th at Pocono Raceway, but was unable to make a serious challenge for the top Rookie honor. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut that year, finishing 30th at North Wilkesboro Speedway for Manison Motorsports.

In 1997, MacDonald debuted his Truck team at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing 25th after suffering mechanical failure. He ran ten races the next year for Dick Greenfield, MB Motorsports, and K Automotive Racing, posting an eighth-place run for Greenfield at Flemington Speedway. He also made his most recent attempt at a Cup race, when he missed the field at Martinsville in the #85 sponsored by Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce. He began 1999 hoping to run full-time with Greenfield, but sponsorship opportunities did not come through, and he ran three races with Marty Walsh and Rick Ware.

2000s

In 2000, MacDonald got sponsorship on his truck from 3M and was able to make his first full-time schedule in NASCAR, posting a sixth-place run at Daytona and finishing 19th in points. Unfortunately, MacDonald injured his neck during the next season, and was forced to sit out most of the year. MacDonald returned in 2002, and split the year between his own team and Troxell Racing, finishing 19th in points. He followed that up with another full-time bid in 2003, posting eleven top-20 runs and finishing a career-best 15th in points. He also made his return to the Busch Series, running five races and having a best finish of 22nd at Daytona.

In 2004, MacDonald made his last Truck race to date, finishing 21st at Daytona. He ran six more Busch races that year, posting a best finish of 24th at Pikes Peak. He made one start in 2005, and three in 2006, running twice for his own team and other for Jay Robinson Racing. In 2007, he made two starts, exiting both races with handling problems.

Team owner

In 2008, MacDonald switched from the driver's seat to the owner's box, running only 2 races himslelf. He fielded 26 races with DJ Kennington, getting a best finish of 22nd. Other drivers behind the wheel of the No. 81 in 2008 were Brad Baker, Bryan Clauson, Kevin Hamlin, Bobby Hillin, Jr., Shane Huffman, and PJ Jones. In 2009, 12 different drivers drove the MacDonald Motorsports No. 81. The best result for the team was a 13th-place result by Mike Bliss at Fontana. Michael McDowell became the main driver in 2010, starting 33 of 34 races for MacDonald and the team. Sponsors on the No. 81 included, Mobile-Shop, K-LOVE Radio, and Red Line Oil. MacDonald Motorsports No. 81 ended the year 31st in the owner's standings and McDowell was 21st in the driver's points. Blake Koch drove for the team in 2011; in 2012, American Majority joined as sponsor, with Jason Bowles driving the No. 81.^[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – 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	32	33	NWCC	Pts
1994	Hagan Racing	14	Chevy	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 24	PHO	ATL			65th	91
1995	Hagan Racing	14	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI											POC DNQ	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL			N/A	0
1995	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford							NWS DNQ	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA																		N/A	0
1996	Triad Motorsports	78	Ford	DAY	CAR DNQ	RCH DNQ	ATL DNQ	DAR DNQ	BRI	NWS DNQ	MAR DNQ	TAL	SON	CLT DNQ	DOV	POC 24	MCH	DAY	NHA 32	POC 31	TAL	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL			50th	228
1997	T.R.I.X. Racing	79	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR DNQ	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA 41	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA DNQ	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL		69th	40
1998	Manison Motorsports	85	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	CLT DNQ	DOV	RCH	MCH	POC	SON	NHA										MAR DNQ	CLT DNQ	TAL	DAY	PHO	CAR	ATL	N/A	0
	T.R.I.X. Racing	79	Chevy																		POC DNQ
	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Chevy																			IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	35	NNSC	Pts
1986	MacDonald Motorsports	86	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	HCY	MAR	BRI	DAR	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL	OXF 26	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU	CLT	CAR	MAR					121st	0
1987		86		DAY	HCY	MAR	DAR	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT	DOV	IRP	ROU	JFC	OXF 21	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI	JFC	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR									93rd	0
1990		16		DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR 31	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					101st	70
1991		16		DAY 9	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR					84th	138
1992		01		DAY 41	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR																															90th	134
1992			Chevy						DAR 23	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL	IRP	ROU	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY					90th	134
1993				DAY 16	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 18	ROU	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL								65th	224
1994				DAY 18	CAR																							DOV 21	CLT	MAR	CAR								60th	361
1994	Key Motorsports	05	Chevy			RCH 21	ATL 37	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH												60th	361
1995	MacDonald Motorsports	01	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN 23	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR DNQ	HOM										90th	94
1998	Whitaker Racing	7	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 DNQ	HOM					N/A	0
1999	Vince DiAugustine Racing	54	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM DNQ				N/A	0
2003	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Pontiac	DAY 22	CAR	LVS																																	81st	287
2003			Chevy				DAR 39	BRI	TEX	TAL 42	NSH	CAL	RCH DNQ	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR 39	RCH 34	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO DNQ	CAR	HOM		81st	287
2004				DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH 30	TAL 34	CAL 35	GTY	RCH	NZH 34	CLT	DOV	NSH 27	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI		PPR 24	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM		64th	426
2004		71																					NHA DNQ																64th	426
2005		71		DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR QL^†	GTY														129th	67
2005		72																								IRP 32	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	129th	67
2006	Jay Robinson Racing	28	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL 43	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA																136th	49
2006	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy																					MAR 38	GTY	IRP 35	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	136th	49
2007		71	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV 43	NSH	KEN	MLW																			157th	34
2007		72	Dodge																		NHA 43	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	157th	34
2008		81	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 26	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP 25	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	101st	173
^† - Replaced by Dale Quarterley

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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
1996	Mansion Motorsports	01	Ford	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS 30	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS				117th	73
1997	Mansion Motorsports	0	Ford	WDW 19	TUS																										55th	371
	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy			HOM 25	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA 33	TEX	BRI									GLN DNP^†	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS
	Blake Motorsports	12	Chevy											NZH 29	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV
1998	Greenfield Racing	06	Dodge	WDW	HOM 29	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	GLN 11				NZH 19	CAL	PPR															32nd	964
	MB Motorsports	26	Ford								TEX 32	BRI	MLW 28				IRP 23	NHA			HPT 26	LVL	RCH		GTY 20	MAR	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS
	Greenfield Racing	09	Dodge																FLM 8	NSV
	K Automotive Racing	29	Dodge																					MEM 27
1999	Greenfield Racing	06	Dodge	HOM 13	PHO	EVG	MMR	MAR 18	MEM	PPR	I70																				40th	470
	Raptor Performance Motorsports	81	Ford									BRI 25	TEX	PIR	GLN	MLW	NSV	NZH	MCH								TEX 29	CAL
	Raptor Performance Motorsports	51	Ford																	NHA 30	IRP	GTY	HPT	RCH	LVS	LVL
2000	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy	DAY 6	HOM 20	PHO 29	MMR 17	MAR 32	PIR 16	GTY 17	MEM 25	PPR 15	EVG 23	TEX 25	KEN 20	GLN 20	MLW 23	NHA 30		MCH 27	IRP 19	NSV 28	CIC 31	RCH 22		TEX 14	CAL 25				19th	2321
2000			Dodge																NZH 26						DOV 22						19th	2321
2001			Chevy	DAY 30	HOM	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO	TEX	LVS	PHO	CAL				106th	73
2002				DAY 14	DAR 19	MAR 32	GTY 24	PPR 24	DOV 22	TEX 23		MLW 20	KAN 18	KEN 23	NHA 21	MCH 29	IRP 14	NSH 36	RCH 27	TEX 17	SBO 18	LVS 22									19th	2128
2002	Troxell Racing	93									MEM 20												CAL 20	PHO 20	HOM 23						19th	2128
2003	Troxell-MacDonald Racing	72		DAY 32	DAR 22	MMR 23	MAR 20		DOV 14	TEX 16	MEM 36	MLW 14	KAN 17	KEN 16	GTW 17	MCH 28	IRP 13	NSH 21	BRI 20	RCH 18	NHA 28	CAL 21	LVS 24	SBO 25	TEX 23	MAR 23	PHO 25	HOM 24			15th	2458
2003			Dodge					CLT 19																							15th	2458
2004			Chevy	DAY 21	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM			90th	100
2007	Green Light Racing	06	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW 36	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM			120th	0
^† - Replaced by Tammy Jo Kirk, who failed to qualify for the race.

References

1 2 McNulty, Dean (February 24, 2012). "Tea Party sponsors NASCAR Canuck team". The London Free Press. London, ON. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
↑ "McDonald to challenge Benson for rookie title". Star-News. Wilmington, NC. January 23, 1996. p. 3C. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

External links

Randy MacDonald driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Randy MacDonald owner statistics at Racing-Reference

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