Cody Erickson

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Cody Erickson
BornCody E. Erickson
(1988-09-22) September 22, 1988 (age 36)
Ulen, Minnesota
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
5 races run over 4 years
2021 position61st
Best finish61st (2021)
First race 2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2021 Corn Belt 150 (Knoxville)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of December 30, 2021.

Cody E. Erickson (born September 22, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado for Cram Racing Enterprises.

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Career

A dirt, ATV, and snowmobile driver for at least ten years prior to 2014, [1] Erickson attempted to qualify for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the dirt track of Eldora that same year, driving the No. 82 for Empire Racing. He came up just short of making the race after not finishing well enough in the last-chance qualifier. After he failed to make the field, the team invited him back for a pavement start at Martinsville that October, which he did qualify for, finishing 23rd in the race.

Empire put Erickson in their ARCA Racing Series No. 82 car at Salem in September of that year, which was his debut in the series. [1] He finished in the top-15 in his first ARCA start.

Erickson returned to Eldora to try to qualify for the race there again in 2015, driving a second truck for Empire due to Sean Corr being in the No. 82 that Erickson had driven the prior year. The second truck for the team used the No. 35 with leased owner points from Win-Tron Racing. Empire did this instead of fielding a separate truck of their own so Erickson could have a better chance of qualifying (which he successfully did). He went on to finish 25th in the race. [2]

On September 15, 2020, it was announced that Erickson would return to the now-Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series for the first time in five years, driving the No. 41 Cram Racing Enterprises Chevrolet at Bristol. [3] Erickson returned to the team in the No. 41 for the new dirt race at Bristol in 2021. [4]

Personal life

Erickson works as a farmer, an owner of two businesses, and an owner-driver of a dirt racing team in his hometown of Ulen, Minnesota. He graduated from both the University of Northwestern Ohio with a degree in High Performance and Chassis Fabrication, and Northland Technical College (in Minnesota) with a degree in Farm Business Management. [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.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2014 Empire Racing 82 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD
DNQ
POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL 73rd21 [5]
Ford MAR
23
TEX PHO HOM
2015 35 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
25
POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 72nd19 [6]
2020 Cram Racing Enterprises 41 Chevy DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI
30
LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 74th7 [7]
2021 DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI
26
RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX
22
GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 61st26 [8]

* Season still in progress

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2014 Empire Racing 82 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM
14
KEN KAN 96th160 [9]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011AMSWCPtsRef
2020 Fast Track Racing 10 Chevy LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO
19
39th25 [10]

* Season still in progress

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