Chris Cockrum

Biography Lists Also Viewed

The basics

Quick facts

Intro

American stock car racing driver

Gender:

Male

Places:

United States of America

Is:

Driver

Birth:

24 December 1986(Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia, U.S.A.)

The details

Biography

Introduction

Chris Cockrum (born December 24, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Camaro for Chris Cockrum Racing.

Racing career

Cockrum in 2012 at Rockingham Speedway

Cockrum began his racing career at the age of 8, competing in kart racing events; he transitioned to full-bodied stock cars at 16. He moved to Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) competition in 2006, making his series debut at Kentucky Speedway for his family-owned team; he ran nine races in the series between 2006 and 2010, posting a best finish of twelfth at Daytona International Speedway in 2010.

Cockrum moved to NASCAR competition in 2011, making his debut in the Camping World Truck Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Turn One Racing, finishing 24th. He drove in the first four races of the 2012 season for RSS Racing, posting a best finish of 16th in the season-opening event at Daytona before leaving the team.

The 2013 season saw Cockrum joining SS-Green Light Racing for the Truck Series season opener at Daytona, finishing 15th, his best career run in the series.

In 2014, Cockrum ran the season-opening Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway; in May, he announced he would attempt to make his debut in the Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

In 2015, Cockrum joined MBM Motorsports to drive the No. 13 Chevrolet for one race at Daytona, where he finished career best finish 21st. Cockrum also raced at his hometown track Atlanta where he finished 29th, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet for RWR. Cockrum joined a new Xfinity Series team Deese Racing Enterprises, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet to attempt to qualify at Talledega but he failed to. Cockrum formed his team to race at the fall Daytona race but he failed to qualify.

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.)

Xfinity Series

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
2014	Rick Ware Racing	87	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT 35	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL 29	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM	114th¹	0¹
2015	MBM Motorsports	13	Chevy	DAY 21																																	49th	38
	Rick Ware Racing	15	Chevy		ATL 29	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH
	Deese Racing Enterprises	35	Chevy									TAL DNQ	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI
	Chris Cockrum Racing	37	Chevy															DAY DNQ	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2016	Chris Cockrum Racing	25	Chevy	DAY 28	ATL 29	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL 37	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH 32	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA 29	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH QL^†	CHI			CLT 35	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	44th	56
2016	B.J. McLeod Motorsports		Ford																											KEN QL^‡	DOV						44th	56
2017	Chris Cockrum Racing		Chevy	DAY 28	ATL 34	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL 33	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	-*	-*
^† - Qualified but replaced by Austin Theriault · ^‡ - Qualified but replaced by Todd Peck

Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts
2011	Turn One Racing	66	Chevy	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL 24	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	68th	20
2012	RSS Racing	93	Chevy	DAY 16	MAR 27	CAR 29	KAN 26	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				44th	78
2013	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Toyota	DAY 15	MAR	CAR	KAN			TEX 28	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL 34	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				40th	77
2013	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy					CLT 22	DOV																				40th	77
2014	Rick Ware Racing	74	Chevy	DAY 35	MAR	KAN	CHA	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				86th	9

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points