Ricky Sanders (racing driver)

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Ricky Sanders (born July 30, 1966) is an American former stock car racing driver. He raced part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from 2000 to 2003.

Racing career

Busch Series

Sanders only ran one career NASCAR Busch Series race. It came in 2001, when Jimmy Means allowed Sanders to pilot his #52 in a start-and-park deal. Sanders started 39th, but parked six laps into the race. He finished 41st.

Craftsman Truck Series

Sanders made his Truck debut in 2000, driving for Walsh Racing. He made his first start in the #9 Walsh Ford at Texas, where he started 32nd and wound up 30th. He also added on a 22nd at Kentucky before moving onto the #27 Hastings Filters Ford for three more starts. After finishes of 26th and 31st, Sanders set his season best finish of 16th in his return to Texas. It would wind up being his best career finish.

Sanders ran 13 races in 2001, en route to 27th in points. It was a miserable year for Sanders, who joined the #19 James Murphy Ford team. He only managed a best finish of 20th at Nashville, although he did finish in the top-25 in half of his starts. Sanders struggled with finishing races, as his team only completed 7 of their 13 starts.

Sanders' low-budget team only managed to make three starts in 2002. However, Sanders had a productive year. He was 19th in the season opener at Daytona. After a 32nd at Las Vegas, Sanders managed a 21st at California, earning two top-21s in three 2002 starts.

Sanders' team made six starts in 2003. It was a decent year for Sanders and his team, as they earned top-20 finishes in half of their starts. Their best was a 17th at Texas, 19th at Kentucky and 20th at Gateway. However, the budget issue finally bit. Sanders and team had to close up shop following the Nashville race.

File:69 Ricky Sanders 2017 Road America 100 ARCA.jpg
Sanders racing in a 2017 ARCA race at Road America

Sports car racing

Today, Sanders is a competitor in SCCA's Trans-Am competition, in TA2. He drives for his own single-car team which he self-sponsors through his company Pitboxes.com.[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.)

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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NBSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2001 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR
41Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 145th 40 [2]

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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NCTCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2000 Ricky Sanders Racing 19 Ford DAY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY MEM
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
PPR EVG MCH
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP NSV
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
36th 667 [3]
Raptor Performance Motorsports 9 Ford TEX
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
KEN
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GLN MLW NHA NZH
CJ Racing 27 Ford CIC
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TEX
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAL
2001 Ricky Sanders Racing 19 Ford DAY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOM
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MMR MAR
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GTY
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
PPR
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TEX
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MEM MLW KAN
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
KEN
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NHA IRP NSH
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CIC
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NZH
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH SBO
31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TEX LVS PHO CAL 27th 1091 [4]
2002 DAY
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR GTY PPR
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAL
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
PHO
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOM 58th 273 [5]
2003 DAY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MEM MLW KAN
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
KEN
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GTW
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MCH
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP NSH
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI RCH NHA CAL
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LVS
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 41st 573 [6]

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />ARSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
1992 18 Buick DAY FIF TWS TAL
16
TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL 148th - [7]
2003 Mark Gibson Racing 56 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN
35
MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 185th 55 [8]
2006 Hixson Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY
DNQ
MCH
30
TAL
22
16th 3270 [9]
Pontiac NSH
DNQ
SLM
17
WIN
DNQ
KEN
37
TOL
DNQ
POC
37
MCH
39
KAN
36
KEN
16
BLN
14
POC
17
GTW
26
NSH
37
ISF
23
MIL
30
TOL
18
DSF
24
CHI
21
SLM
17
IOW
29
2007 TC Motorsports 35 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL
DNQ
185th 25 [10]
2008 DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR
45
KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJM TAL TOL 156th 30 [11]
2017 Kimmel Racing 69 Ford DAY
7
NSH SLM ROA
18
DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 47th 420 [12]
08 TAL
29
TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF

References

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External links

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