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Eric Caudell (born January 2, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 7 Ford for his own team, CCM Racing. He has competed in ARCA for the past five years, including running full-time for one season in 2017, where he finished tenth in points. He also made one Truck Series start in 2014 at Iowa.

Racing career

Caudell had raced for many years in the United States Super Truck Series until the series shut down.

Caudell made his Truck Series debut in 2014, driving the No. 12 for Cefalia Motorsports. He finished 28th.

In 2017, Caudell competed in a full season in the ARCA Racing Series in the No. 2 for Hixson Motorsports, a team he previously drove part-time for in the series in 2016. Also, his crew chief that year was Crystal Bates, one of the few female crew chiefs in stock car racing. He ended up finishing tenth in points.

For 2020, it was announced that Caudell and his No. 7 team would be returning to ARCA in ten races: Daytona, Talladega, Chicagoland, Lucas Oil, Elko, Iowa, Springfield, DuQuoin, Bristol, Memphis, and Kansas. In addition, Caudell and his team participated in ARCA's Daytona testing in January 2020 leading up to the race there the following month. Caudell and his former Hixson Motorsports teammate Rick Tackman shared his No. 7 car during the test session.

Personal life

Caudell graduated from the University of Oklahoma, earning a degree in Management Information Systems.

He lives in Piedmont, Oklahoma and in addition to racing and has worked as an energy trading software consultant for Murphy USA for over twenty years.

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.)

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 NCWTC Pts
2014 Cefalia Motorsports 12 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW
ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 79th 16

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(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
2015 Carter 2 Motorsports 40 Dodge DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL
TOL NJE POC
MCH CHI SLM
47th 490
97 WIN
IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF
40 Ford KEN
KAN
2016 Hamilton-Hughes Racing 64 Chevy DAY
38th 700
Dodge NSH
SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD
Hixson Motorsports 2 Chevy WIN
IOW IRP POC BLN
KAN
11 ISF
DSF SLM CHI KEN
2017 2 DAY
NSH
SLM
TAL
TOL
ISF
ROA
DSF
SLM
10th 3220
Ford ELK
POC
MCH
MAD
IOW
IRP
POC
WIN
CHI
KEN
KAN
2018 Dodge DAY NSH
SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW
CHI
IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM
IRP KAN
27th 710
2019 CCM Racing Ford DAY
FIF SLM TAL 18th 1450
Dodge NSH
TOL CLT POC MCH MAD
7 Toyota GTW
CHI
IOW
POC IRP
KAN
Dodge ELK
ISF
DSF SLM
2020 Ford DAY
PHO SLM TAL CLT MOH MCH CHI POC IRP ELK IOW GTW MAD WGI ISF DSF BRI MEM KAN