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LEFA98 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:38 GMT

LEFA98: /* #68 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/Crown Way/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta. Mike Raymond will drive the #68 Macaulay Racing Ford at Homestead.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Daniel Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville, Richard Allen drove the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega and Texas, Jon Rayner drove at Phoenix with CircuitState, and Daniel Alexander will drive at Homestead with backSRC.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports and finished 24th.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D (finishing 14th), Jon Rayner at Texas with ZOCAX, and Richard Allen at Phoenix with JD Fitzpatrick Trucking. James Young will drive the #86 Crown Way Ford at Homestead with Tony Page as crew chief.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

Ricky David

LEFA98 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:56:18 GMT

LEFA98: /* Ricky David Racing */

'''Ricky David''' (born '''Richard Dale Lee David''') is a [[United States|American]] race car driver. Ricky David most recently drove the #86 99 Universe Ford for L.E.T. Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
==Early Career==
Ricky David started racing when he was a teenager. He worked on his uncle's race team at a local short track. David raced in five races before he started racing in his own car.

Ricky David started his career in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series in 1987 as a jack man on the #54 Chevrolet driven by Cale Parsons for Ne Motorsports. In 1989, Ricky David was hired by RD Motorsports to the #84 Chevrolet driven by Terry Miller. In 1990 David was switched to Miller's teammate, Mark Johnson and the #74 Chevrolet.

In 1991, Ricky David was hired by [[RAM Racing]] for the #31 Ford driven by Jake Rogers. Partway through the season, Rogers was suffering from the flu and decided to stay out a few races. RAM Racing picked three different drivers to drive the three races and one was Ricky David. David performed the best finishing 10th.

In 1992, Ricky David was hired by RAM Racing to drive the #81 Ford part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish.

In 1993, RAM Racing was able to run full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win two races and six top fives.

==Fenwick Motorsports==
David got his break in 1994, when he was signed by Callaghan Performance Motorsport to drive the #67 Pontiac in the Winston Cup Series. David managed to score two top fives and six top tens but failed to win a race. In mid 1994, Callaghan Performance Motorsport was purchased by Fenwick Motorsports.

In 1995, CPM switched from Pontiac to Chevrolet to align with Fenwick Motorsports. At the end of the year, Don MacAuley was hired as David's crew chief. David managed two wins, 8 top fives, and 17 top tens between 1995 and 1996.

For the 1997 season, VeFox came on board as sponsor for David's car. Fenwick Motorsports signed rookie, Bobby Garrett Jr. to drive the 76 car. David managed to win 8 races and 21 top tens between 1997 and 1998. Partway through the year, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina.

In 1999, Ricky David had already won four races and had the points lead when he was involved in a crash near the end of the season. David was unable to race for the remainder of the season and was replaced with Jerry Nelson and Scott Benson Jr. David ended up fifth in points. By 2000, Ricky David was back in the #67 VeFox car. In 2000, David failed to win a race and only managed three top 10s. Ricky David started the 2001 season with Fenwick Motorsports. After a series of finishes of 25th or worse, including three straight DNFs, David was eventually replaced by Scott Benson Jr. in June.

David was determined to go back to racing however, he could not find a full time ride. So in mid 2001, Ricky David formed Ricky David Racing. A month later, Ricky David purchased two used race cars. Ricky David made his return at the Fall race at Talladega. Ricky David managed to qualify 26th in his unsponsored #82 Ford. David was running in the top 15 late in the race when he was caught up in an accident and failed to finish the race. Ricky David stayed out the next race and announced that he was preparing his own race team for the the next few races and has bought more cars. However, he only attempted the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he finished 12th.

==Ricky David Racing==
Ricky David announced that he would attempt to race the full season in 2001 and would start using cars from Fenwick Motorsports. David started driving the #82 Lowie-Kola Chevrolet in 2001. However, David only managed to qualify for less than half of the races. For 2002, Ricky David started using cars from DOM and switched from Chevrolet to Ford. David successfully ran the full season with one top five and three top tens and finished 26th in points. For 2003, Lowie-Kola scaled back their sponsorship to a lower number and PRG R+D brought sponsorship to the car. In 2003, David managed 3 top fives and 6 top tens. By the end of the year, David was also purchasing cars from JRR. At the end of 2003, it was announced that Ricky David had purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] which runs in the NASCAR Busch Series. David also purchased a share in RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. Rumors began that David was going to help bring RAM Racing up to the Winston Cup Series.

In early 2004, David opened a new race shop in North Carolina to operate Ricky David Racing and RAM Racing was also run in the same building. Ricky David Racing was also able to get partial sponsorship from Wanx Foods so Ricky David entered a part time second car as the #63 Ford driven by Michael Regan. RDR started building their own cars part way through the year but were still using used cars from DOM and JRR. David managed 4 top fives and 8 top tens and finished second at Martinsville. Due to poor finishes Michael Regan left RDR after 2004.

After Regan left Ricky David Racing, Ricky David hired rookie James Young as the new part time driver. Ricky David drove the #63 PRG R+D Ford and James Young began driving the #53 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Lowie-Kola part time. Todd O'Brien became the new crew chief for Ricky David. David managed 3 top ten finishes.

RDR started 2006 with James Young drove the #53 Crown Way/Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] Ford and David drove the #63 PRG R+D/Lowie-Kola Ford. RDR was doing well despite minor sponsorship problems. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] and Lowie-Kola left at the end of 2006.

Ricky David started 2007 with even higher expectations. James Young drove the #53 Crown Way/Cottonwell Ford and David drove the #63 PRG R+D/BuzzAray Ford. However, the crew at RDR had a difficult time with the Car of Tomorrow especially the first COT race where they finished 37th and 40th. The overall performance of Ricky David Racing began to fall around July. Ricky David failed to win a race and RDR never finished higher than 14th. By the end of 2007, Ricky David Racing was looking for a potential new partner to buy cars from and share information on the COT. However, David could not find a suitable partner. Crown Way and Cottonwell left at the end of the year.

For 2008, James Young drove the #53 PRG R+D Ford Fusion and David drove the #63 BuzzAray/cojico.com Ford Fusion. In 2008, the performance of Ricky David Racing improved slightly. However Ricky David had bad luck in the first half of the season with a best finish of 16th at Atlanta. David earned five top tens. Ricky David failed to win a race and finished 17th in the standings. At the end of 2008, sponsorship was not confirmed and were still looking for sponsorship. RDR had only one top ten, with James Young, and three top 15s.

==AD Motorsports==
In early 2009, it was announced that Ricky David Racing was purchased by Kyle Andrews Motorsports and will operate as Andrews/David Motorsports. The team attempted to run a total of four cars. Ricky David will drive the #63 99 Universe Technology Chevrolet, Scott Miller will drive the #56 LGYonline.com Chevrolet, Bobby Garrett Jr. will drive the #53 RayJack Chevrolet formerly driven by James Young, who moved back to the Nationwide Series full-time with [[RAM Racing]], and Justin Andrews will drive the #65 Andrews FixWay/arewayNOW.com Chevrolet.

Midway trough the year, Ricky David's car was facing sponsorship problems. ADM eventually decided to shut the #63 team down due to lack of sponsorship. In June, Ricky David announced that he will be leaving AD Motorsports at the end of 2009 and will be focusing on his [[RAM Racing|Nationwide team]]. On July 23, 2009 Rick Andrews, President of AD Motorsports, said that it has reached a deal to sell the #63 team to Ricky David.

==Personal Life==
Ricky David was born in North Carolina to parents Dale and Lucy David. In 1996 Ricky David was married to Jenny David and they have two sons.

In 1998, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina. In 2003, David purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] and RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. RAM Ford Lincoln and RAM Racing were both co-owned by Ricky David and Randy Macaulay. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.
===RAM Racing===
In 2003, Ricky David became part owner of [[RAM Racing]] and in late 2004 became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. RAM Ford Lincoln is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Jerry Clark and RAM Racing is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Don Macaulay, his former crew chief. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.

==See Also==
* [[RAM Racing]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:33:11 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta. Mike Raymond will drive the #68 Macaulay Racing Ford at Homestead.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Daniel Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville, Richard Allen drove the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega and Texas, Jon Rayner drove at Phoenix with CircuitState, and Daniel Alexander will drive at Homestead with backSRC.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports and finished 24th.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D (finishing 14th), Jon Rayner at Texas with ZOCAX, and Richard Allen at Phoenix with JD Fitzpatrick Trucking. James Young will drive the #86 Crown Way Ford at Homestead with Tony Page as crew chief.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:13 GMT

LEFA98: /* #68 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta. Mike Raymond will drive the #68 Macaulay Racing Ford at Homestead.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Daniel Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville, Richard Allen drove the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega and Texas, Jon Rayner drove at Phoenix with CircuitState, and Daniel Alexander will drive at Homestead with backSRC.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports and finished 24th.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D (finishing 14th), Jon Rayner at Texas with ZOCAX, and Richard Allen at Phoenix with JD Fitzpatrick Trucking.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:37:00 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Daniel Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville, Richard Allen drove the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega and Texas, Jon Rayner drove at Phoenix with CircuitState, and Daniel Alexander will drive at Homestead with backSRC.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports and finished 24th.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D (finishing 14th), Jon Rayner at Texas with ZOCAX, and Richard Allen at Phoenix with JD Fitzpatrick Trucking.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:34:13 GMT

LEFA98: /* Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Daniel Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville, Richard Allen drove the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega and Texas, Jon Rayner drove at Phoenix with CircuitState, and Daniel Alexander will drive at Homestead with backSRC.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports and finished 24th.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D (finishing 14th).

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:55:56 GMT

LEFA98: /* #63 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Dan Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville and Richard Allen will drive the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports and finished 24th.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D (finishing 14th).

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:32:11 GMT

LEFA98: /* L.E.T. Motorsports */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Dan Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville and Richard Allen will drive the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports and finished 24th.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D (finishing 14th).

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:31:09 GMT

LEFA98: /* Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Dan Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville and Richard Allen will drive the #54 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford at Talladega.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

Ricky David

LEFA98 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:41:42 GMT

LEFA98: /* Ricky David Racing */

'''Ricky David''' (born '''Richard Dale Lee David''') is a [[United States|American]] race car driver. Ricky David most recently drove the #86 99 Universe Ford for L.E.T. Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
==Early Career==
Ricky David started racing when he was a teenager. He worked on his uncle's race team at a local short track. David raced in five races before he started racing in his own car.

Ricky David started his career in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series in 1987 as a jack man on the #54 Chevrolet driven by Cale Parsons for Ne Motorsports. In 1989, Ricky David was hired by RD Motorsports to the #84 Chevrolet driven by Terry Miller. In 1990 David was switched to Miller's teammate, Mark Johnson and the #74 Chevrolet.

In 1991, Ricky David was hired by [[RAM Racing]] for the #31 Ford driven by Jake Rogers. Partway through the season, Rogers was suffering from the flu and decided to stay out a few races. RAM Racing picked three different drivers to drive the three races and one was Ricky David. David performed the best finishing 10th.

In 1992, Ricky David was hired by RAM Racing to drive the #81 Ford part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish.

In 1993, RAM Racing was able to run full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win two races and six top fives.

==Fenwick Motorsports==
David got his break in 1994, when he was signed by Callaghan Performance Motorsport to drive the #67 Pontiac in the Winston Cup Series. David managed to score two top fives and six top tens but failed to win a race. In mid 1994, Callaghan Performance Motorsport was purchased by Fenwick Motorsports.

In 1995, CPM switched from Pontiac to Chevrolet to align with Fenwick Motorsports. At the end of the year, Don MacAuley was hired as David's crew chief. David managed two wins, 8 top fives, and 17 top tens between 1995 and 1996.

For the 1997 season, VeFox came on board as sponsor for David's car. Fenwick Motorsports signed rookie, Bobby Garrett Jr. to drive the 76 car. David managed to win 8 races and 21 top tens between 1997 and 1998. Partway through the year, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina.

In 1999, Ricky David had already won four races and had the points lead when he was involved in a crash near the end of the season. David was unable to race for the remainder of the season and was replaced with Jerry Nelson and Scott Benson Jr. David ended up fifth in points. By 2000, Ricky David was back in the #67 VeFox car. In 2000, David failed to win a race and only managed three top 10s. Ricky David started the 2001 season with Fenwick Motorsports. After a series of finishes of 25th or worse, including three straight DNFs, David was eventually replaced by Scott Benson Jr. in June.

David was determined to go back to racing however, he could not find a full time ride. So in mid 2001, Ricky David formed Ricky David Racing. A month later, Ricky David purchased two used race cars. Ricky David made his return at the Fall race at Talladega. Ricky David managed to qualify 26th in his unsponsored #82 Ford. David was running in the top 15 late in the race when he was caught up in an accident and failed to finish the race. Ricky David stayed out the next race and announced that he was preparing his own race team for the the next few races and has bought more cars. However, he only attempted the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he finished 12th.

==Ricky David Racing==
Ricky David announced that he would attempt to race the full season in 2001 and would start using cars from Fenwick Motorsports. David started driving the #82 Lowie-Kola Chevrolet in 2001. However, David only managed to qualify for less than half of the races. For 2002, Ricky David started using cars from DOM and switched from Chevrolet to Ford. David successfully ran the full season with one top five and three top tens and finished 26th in points. For 2003, Lowie-Kola scaled back their sponsorship to a lower number and PRG R+D brought sponsorship to the car. In 2003, David managed 3 top fives and 6 top tens. By the end of the year, David was also purchasing cars from JRR. At the end of 2003, it was announced that Ricky David had purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] which runs in the NASCAR Busch Series. David also purchased a share in RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. Rumors began that David was going to help bring RAM Racing up to the Winston Cup Series.

In early 2004, David opened a new race shop in North Carolina to operate Ricky David Racing and RAM Racing was also run in the same building. Ricky David Racing was also able to get partial sponsorship from Wanx Foods so Ricky David entered a part time second car as the #63 Ford driven by Michael Regan. RDR started building their own cars part way through the year but were still using used cars from DOM and JRR. David managed 4 top fives and 8 top tens and finished second at Martinsville. Due to poor finishes Michael Regan left RDR after 2004.

After Regan left Ricky David Racing, Ricky David hired rookie James Young as the new part time driver. Ricky David drove the #63 PRG R+D Ford and James Young began driving the #53 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Lowie-Kola part time. Todd O'Brien became the new crew chief for Ricky David. David managed 3 top ten finishes.

RDR started 2006 with James Young drove the #53 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Lowie-Kola Ford and David drove the #63 PRG R+D Ford. RDR was doing well despite minor sponsorship problems. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] and Lowie-Kola left at the end of 2006.

Ricky David started 2007 with even higher expectations. James Young drove the #53 PRG R+D Ford and David drove the #63 BuzzAray Ford. However, the crew at RDR had a difficult time with the Car of Tomorrow especially the first COT race where they finished 37th and 40th. The overall performance of Ricky David Racing began to fall around July. Ricky David failed to win a race and RDR never finished higher than 14th. By the end of 2007, Ricky David Racing was looking for a potential new partner to buy cars from and share information on the COT. However, David could not find a suitable partner.

For 2008, James Young drove the #53 PRG R+D Ford Fusion and David drove the #63 BuzzAray/cojico.com Ford Fusion. In 2008, the performance of Ricky David Racing improved slightly. However Ricky David had bad luck in the first half of the season with a best finish of 16th at Atlanta. David earned five top tens. Ricky David failed to win a race and finished 17th in the standings. At the end of 2008, sponsorship was not confirmed and were still looking for sponsorship. RDR had only one top ten, with James Young, and three top 15s.

==AD Motorsports==
In early 2009, it was announced that Ricky David Racing was purchased by Kyle Andrews Motorsports and will operate as Andrews/David Motorsports. The team attempted to run a total of four cars. Ricky David will drive the #63 99 Universe Technology Chevrolet, Scott Miller will drive the #56 LGYonline.com Chevrolet, Bobby Garrett Jr. will drive the #53 RayJack Chevrolet formerly driven by James Young, who moved back to the Nationwide Series full-time with [[RAM Racing]], and Justin Andrews will drive the #65 Andrews FixWay/arewayNOW.com Chevrolet.

Midway trough the year, Ricky David's car was facing sponsorship problems. ADM eventually decided to shut the #63 team down due to lack of sponsorship. In June, Ricky David announced that he will be leaving AD Motorsports at the end of 2009 and will be focusing on his [[RAM Racing|Nationwide team]]. On July 23, 2009 Rick Andrews, President of AD Motorsports, said that it has reached a deal to sell the #63 team to Ricky David.

==Personal Life==
Ricky David was born in North Carolina to parents Dale and Lucy David. In 1996 Ricky David was married to Jenny David and they have two sons.

In 1998, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina. In 2003, David purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] and RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. RAM Ford Lincoln and RAM Racing were both co-owned by Ricky David and Randy Macaulay. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.
===RAM Racing===
In 2003, Ricky David became part owner of [[RAM Racing]] and in late 2004 became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. RAM Ford Lincoln is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Jerry Clark and RAM Racing is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Don Macaulay, his former crew chief. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.

==See Also==
* [[RAM Racing]]

Ricky David

LEFA98 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:31:48 GMT

LEFA98: /* Fenwick Motorsports */

'''Ricky David''' (born '''Richard Dale Lee David''') is a [[United States|American]] race car driver. Ricky David most recently drove the #86 99 Universe Ford for L.E.T. Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
==Early Career==
Ricky David started racing when he was a teenager. He worked on his uncle's race team at a local short track. David raced in five races before he started racing in his own car.

Ricky David started his career in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series in 1987 as a jack man on the #54 Chevrolet driven by Cale Parsons for Ne Motorsports. In 1989, Ricky David was hired by RD Motorsports to the #84 Chevrolet driven by Terry Miller. In 1990 David was switched to Miller's teammate, Mark Johnson and the #74 Chevrolet.

In 1991, Ricky David was hired by [[RAM Racing]] for the #31 Ford driven by Jake Rogers. Partway through the season, Rogers was suffering from the flu and decided to stay out a few races. RAM Racing picked three different drivers to drive the three races and one was Ricky David. David performed the best finishing 10th.

In 1992, Ricky David was hired by RAM Racing to drive the #81 Ford part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish.

In 1993, RAM Racing was able to run full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win two races and six top fives.

==Fenwick Motorsports==
David got his break in 1994, when he was signed by Callaghan Performance Motorsport to drive the #67 Pontiac in the Winston Cup Series. David managed to score two top fives and six top tens but failed to win a race. In mid 1994, Callaghan Performance Motorsport was purchased by Fenwick Motorsports.

In 1995, CPM switched from Pontiac to Chevrolet to align with Fenwick Motorsports. At the end of the year, Don MacAuley was hired as David's crew chief. David managed two wins, 8 top fives, and 17 top tens between 1995 and 1996.

For the 1997 season, VeFox came on board as sponsor for David's car. Fenwick Motorsports signed rookie, Bobby Garrett Jr. to drive the 76 car. David managed to win 8 races and 21 top tens between 1997 and 1998. Partway through the year, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina.

In 1999, Ricky David had already won four races and had the points lead when he was involved in a crash near the end of the season. David was unable to race for the remainder of the season and was replaced with Jerry Nelson and Scott Benson Jr. David ended up fifth in points. By 2000, Ricky David was back in the #67 VeFox car. In 2000, David failed to win a race and only managed three top 10s. Ricky David started the 2001 season with Fenwick Motorsports. After a series of finishes of 25th or worse, including three straight DNFs, David was eventually replaced by Scott Benson Jr. in June.

David was determined to go back to racing however, he could not find a full time ride. So in mid 2001, Ricky David formed Ricky David Racing. A month later, Ricky David purchased two used race cars. Ricky David made his return at the Fall race at Talladega. Ricky David managed to qualify 26th in his unsponsored #82 Ford. David was running in the top 15 late in the race when he was caught up in an accident and failed to finish the race. Ricky David stayed out the next race and announced that he was preparing his own race team for the the next few races and has bought more cars. However, he only attempted the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he finished 12th.

==Ricky David Racing==
Ricky David announced that he would attempt to race the full season in 2001 and would keep using cars from Robert Yates Racing. David started driving the #82 Lowie-Kola Ford in 2001. However, David only managed to qualify for less than half of the races. For 2002, Ricky David returned and successfully ran the full season with one top five and three top tens and finished 26th in points. For 2003, Lowie-Kola scaled back their sponsorship to a lower number and PRG R+D brought sponsorship to the car. In 2003, David managed 3 top fives and 6 top tens. By the end of the year, David was also purchasing cars from Roush Racing. At the end of 2003, it was announced that Ricky David had purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] which runs in the NASCAR Busch Series. David also purchased a share in RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. Rumors began that David was going to help bring RAM Racing up to the Winston Cup Series.

In early 2004, David opened a new race shop in North Carolina to operate Ricky David Racing and RAM Racing was also run in the same building. Ricky David Racing was also able to get partial sponsorship from Wanx Foods so Ricky David entered a part time second car as the #63 Ford driven by Michael Regan. RDR started building their own cars part way through the year but were still using used cars from other teams. David managed 4 top fives and 8 top tens and finished second at Martinsville. Due to poor finishes Michael Regan left RDR after 2004.

After Regan left Ricky David Racing, Ricky David hired rookie James Young as the new part time driver. Ricky David drove the #63 PRG R+D Ford and James Young began driving the #53 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Lowie-Kola part time. Todd O'Brien became the new crew chief for Ricky David. David managed 3 top ten finishes.

RDR started 2006 with James Young drove the #53 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Lowie-Kola Ford and David drove the #63 PRG R+D Ford. RDR was doing well despite minor sponsorship problems. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] and Lowie-Kola left at the end of 2006.

Ricky David started 2007 with even higher expectations. James Young drove the #53 PRG R+D Ford and David drove the #63 BuzzAray Ford. However, the crew at RDR had a difficult time with the Car of Tomorrow especially the first COT race where they finished 37th and 40th. The overall performance of Ricky David Racing began to fall around July. Ricky David failed to win a race and RDR never finished higher than 14th. By the end of 2007, Ricky David Racing was looking for a potential new partner to buy cars from and share information on the COT. However, David could not find a suitable partner.

For 2008, James Young drove the #53 PRG R+D Ford Fusion and David drove the #63 BuzzAray/cojico.com Ford Fusion. In 2008, the performance of Ricky David Racing improved slightly. However Ricky David had bad luck in the first half of the season with a best finish of 16th at Atlanta. David earned five top tens. Ricky David failed to win a race and finished 17th in the standings. At the end of 2008, sponsorship was not confirmed and were still looking for sponsorship. RDR had only one top ten, with James Young, and three top 15s.

==AD Motorsports==
In early 2009, it was announced that Ricky David Racing was purchased by Kyle Andrews Motorsports and will operate as Andrews/David Motorsports. The team attempted to run a total of four cars. Ricky David will drive the #63 99 Universe Technology Chevrolet, Scott Miller will drive the #56 LGYonline.com Chevrolet, Bobby Garrett Jr. will drive the #53 RayJack Chevrolet formerly driven by James Young, who moved back to the Nationwide Series full-time with [[RAM Racing]], and Justin Andrews will drive the #65 Andrews FixWay/arewayNOW.com Chevrolet.

Midway trough the year, Ricky David's car was facing sponsorship problems. ADM eventually decided to shut the #63 team down due to lack of sponsorship. In June, Ricky David announced that he will be leaving AD Motorsports at the end of 2009 and will be focusing on his [[RAM Racing|Nationwide team]]. On July 23, 2009 Rick Andrews, President of AD Motorsports, said that it has reached a deal to sell the #63 team to Ricky David.

==Personal Life==
Ricky David was born in North Carolina to parents Dale and Lucy David. In 1996 Ricky David was married to Jenny David and they have two sons.

In 1998, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina. In 2003, David purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] and RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. RAM Ford Lincoln and RAM Racing were both co-owned by Ricky David and Randy Macaulay. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.
===RAM Racing===
In 2003, Ricky David became part owner of [[RAM Racing]] and in late 2004 became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. RAM Ford Lincoln is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Jerry Clark and RAM Racing is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Don Macaulay, his former crew chief. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.

==See Also==
* [[RAM Racing]]

Ricky David

LEFA98 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:24:07 GMT

LEFA98: /* Personal Life */

'''Ricky David''' (born '''Richard Dale Lee David''') is a [[United States|American]] race car driver. Ricky David most recently drove the #86 99 Universe Ford for L.E.T. Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
==Early Career==
Ricky David started racing when he was a teenager. He worked on his uncle's race team at a local short track. David raced in five races before he started racing in his own car.

Ricky David started his career in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series in 1987 as a jack man on the #54 Chevrolet driven by Cale Parsons for Ne Motorsports. In 1989, Ricky David was hired by RD Motorsports to the #84 Chevrolet driven by Terry Miller. In 1990 David was switched to Miller's teammate, Mark Johnson and the #74 Chevrolet.

In 1991, Ricky David was hired by [[RAM Racing]] for the #31 Ford driven by Jake Rogers. Partway through the season, Rogers was suffering from the flu and decided to stay out a few races. RAM Racing picked three different drivers to drive the three races and one was Ricky David. David performed the best finishing 10th.

In 1992, Ricky David was hired by RAM Racing to drive the #81 Ford part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish.

In 1993, RAM Racing was able to run full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win two races and six top fives.

==Fenwick Motorsports==
David got his break in 1994, when he was signed by Darrell Vick Racing to drive the #67 Pontiac in the Winston Cup Series. David managed to score two top fives and six top tens but failed to win a race. In mid 1994, Darrell Vick Racing was purchased by Fenwick Motorsports.

In 1995, David's team switched from Pontiac to Chevrolet to align with Fenwick Motorsports. At the end of the year, Don MacAuley was hired as David's crew chief. David managed two wins, 8 top fives, and 17 top tens between 1995 and 1996.

For the 1997 season, VeFox came on board as sponsor for David's car. Fenwick Motorsports signed rookie, Bobby Garrett Jr. to drive the 76 car. David managed to win 8 races and 21 top tens between 1997 and 1998. Partway through the year, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina.

In 1999, Ricky David had already won four races and had the points lead when he was involved in a crash near the end of the season. David was unable to race for the remainder of the season and was replaced with Jerry Nelson and Scott Benson Jr. David ended up fifth in points. By 2000, Ricky David was back in the #67 VeFox car. In 2000, David failed to win a race and only managed three top 10s. Ricky David started the 2001 season with Fenwick Motorsports. After a series of finishes of 25th or worse, including three straight DNFs, David was eventually replaced by Scott Benson Jr. by June.

David was determined to go back to racing however, he could not find a full time ride. So in mid 2001, Ricky David formed Ricky David Racing. A month later, Ricky David purchased a Ford race car from Robert Yates Racing. Ricky David made his return at the Fall race at Talladega. Ricky David managed to qualify 26th in his unsponsored #82 Ford. David was running in the top 15 late in the race when he was caught up in an accident and failed to finish the race. Ricky David stayed out the next race and announced that he was preparing his own race team for the the next few races and has bought more cars from Robert Yates Racing. However, he only attempted the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he finished 12th.

==Ricky David Racing==
Ricky David announced that he would attempt to race the full season in 2001 and would keep using cars from Robert Yates Racing. David started driving the #82 Lowie-Kola Ford in 2001. However, David only managed to qualify for less than half of the races. For 2002, Ricky David returned and successfully ran the full season with one top five and three top tens and finished 26th in points. For 2003, Lowie-Kola scaled back their sponsorship to a lower number and PRG R+D brought sponsorship to the car. In 2003, David managed 3 top fives and 6 top tens. By the end of the year, David was also purchasing cars from Roush Racing. At the end of 2003, it was announced that Ricky David had purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] which runs in the NASCAR Busch Series. David also purchased a share in RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. Rumors began that David was going to help bring RAM Racing up to the Winston Cup Series.

In early 2004, David opened a new race shop in North Carolina to operate Ricky David Racing and RAM Racing was also run in the same building. Ricky David Racing was also able to get partial sponsorship from Wanx Foods so Ricky David entered a part time second car as the #63 Ford driven by Michael Regan. RDR started building their own cars part way through the year but were still using used cars from other teams. David managed 4 top fives and 8 top tens and finished second at Martinsville. Due to poor finishes Michael Regan left RDR after 2004.

After Regan left Ricky David Racing, Ricky David hired rookie James Young as the new part time driver. Ricky David drove the #63 PRG R+D Ford and James Young began driving the #53 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Lowie-Kola part time. Todd O'Brien became the new crew chief for Ricky David. David managed 3 top ten finishes.

RDR started 2006 with James Young drove the #53 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Lowie-Kola Ford and David drove the #63 PRG R+D Ford. RDR was doing well despite minor sponsorship problems. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] and Lowie-Kola left at the end of 2006.

Ricky David started 2007 with even higher expectations. James Young drove the #53 PRG R+D Ford and David drove the #63 BuzzAray Ford. However, the crew at RDR had a difficult time with the Car of Tomorrow especially the first COT race where they finished 37th and 40th. The overall performance of Ricky David Racing began to fall around July. Ricky David failed to win a race and RDR never finished higher than 14th. By the end of 2007, Ricky David Racing was looking for a potential new partner to buy cars from and share information on the COT. However, David could not find a suitable partner.

For 2008, James Young drove the #53 PRG R+D Ford Fusion and David drove the #63 BuzzAray/cojico.com Ford Fusion. In 2008, the performance of Ricky David Racing improved slightly. However Ricky David had bad luck in the first half of the season with a best finish of 16th at Atlanta. David earned five top tens. Ricky David failed to win a race and finished 17th in the standings. At the end of 2008, sponsorship was not confirmed and were still looking for sponsorship. RDR had only one top ten, with James Young, and three top 15s.

==AD Motorsports==
In early 2009, it was announced that Ricky David Racing was purchased by Kyle Andrews Motorsports and will operate as Andrews/David Motorsports. The team attempted to run a total of four cars. Ricky David will drive the #63 99 Universe Technology Chevrolet, Scott Miller will drive the #56 LGYonline.com Chevrolet, Bobby Garrett Jr. will drive the #53 RayJack Chevrolet formerly driven by James Young, who moved back to the Nationwide Series full-time with [[RAM Racing]], and Justin Andrews will drive the #65 Andrews FixWay/arewayNOW.com Chevrolet.

Midway trough the year, Ricky David's car was facing sponsorship problems. ADM eventually decided to shut the #63 team down due to lack of sponsorship. In June, Ricky David announced that he will be leaving AD Motorsports at the end of 2009 and will be focusing on his [[RAM Racing|Nationwide team]]. On July 23, 2009 Rick Andrews, President of AD Motorsports, said that it has reached a deal to sell the #63 team to Ricky David.

==Personal Life==
Ricky David was born in North Carolina to parents Dale and Lucy David. In 1996 Ricky David was married to Jenny David and they have two sons.

In 1998, David opened Ricky David Buick GMC in North Carolina. In 2003, David purchased a small share of [[RAM Racing]] and RAM Ford Lincoln in North Carolina. RAM Ford Lincoln and RAM Racing were both co-owned by Ricky David and Randy Macaulay. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.
===RAM Racing===
In 2003, Ricky David became part owner of [[RAM Racing]] and in late 2004 became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. RAM Ford Lincoln is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Jerry Clark and RAM Racing is co-owned by Ricky David, Randy Macaulay, and Don Macaulay, his former crew chief. RAM Racing races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.

==See Also==
* [[RAM Racing]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:21:06 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Dan Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010. Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:16:30 GMT

LEFA98: /* Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Dan Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner drove the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010 and Dan Alexander will drive the #92 backSRC Ford for at least three races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:12:53 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers. On Oct. 22, Lombardi announced that LETM has signed James Young to drive the #63 99 Universe/Crown Way Ford part time in 2010.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:02:24 GMT

LEFA98: /* L.E.T. Motorsports */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 99 Universe/VarAway Chevrolet at Charlotte in October with Richard Allen and Todd O'Brien as crew chief. The car was prepared by AD Motorsports and used the LET9 engine. Allen failed to qualify the car.

LET Motorsports entered the #86 Chevrolet at Martinsville with Ricky David and Todd O'Brien. However, the car and engine was prepared by AD Motorsports.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:55:55 GMT

LEFA98: /* Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Martinsville.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports will enter the #86 car at Charlotte in October. The car will again be a Chevrolet prepared by AD Motorsports. Richard Allen will drive the car with sponsorship from 99 Universe and VarAway and Todd O'Brien will crew chief.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:54:21 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports will enter the #86 car at Charlotte in October. The car will again be a Chevrolet prepared by AD Motorsports. Richard Allen will drive the car with sponsorship from 99 Universe and VarAway and Todd O'Brien will crew chief.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, Ricky David at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods, and Allen at Memphis with PRG R+D.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:18:11 GMT

LEFA98: /* L.E.T. Motorsports */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #86 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]]. By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.

LET Motorsports will enter the #86 car at Charlotte in October. The car will again be a Chevrolet prepared by AD Motorsports. Richard Allen will drive the car with sponsorship from 99 Universe and VarAway and Todd O'Brien will crew chief.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, and Ricky David will Drive at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:11:45 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, Allen at Fontana with Zocax, and Ricky David will Drive at Charlotte with Ross-Morgan Foods.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:46:58 GMT

LEFA98: /* Racing */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 9 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, and Allen drove at Fontana with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:45:21 GMT

LEFA98: /* #68 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 10 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. RAM Racing hired Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David. David failed to win but earned nine top 10 finishes. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. For 2002, James Young drove the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. For 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won once more. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 6th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, and Allen drove at Fontana with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:41:01 GMT

LEFA98: /* Racing */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 10 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, and Allen drove at Fontana with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:39:32 GMT

LEFA98: /* #35 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. In 1993, Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol. In 1994, Rogers won once again. At the end of the season, Greg Rogers and KeyStone 31 left RAM Racing.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, and Allen drove at Fontana with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:34:20 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D, Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax, and Allen drove at Fontana with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:19:54 GMT

LEFA98: /* #68 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D and Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:18:50 GMT

LEFA98: /* #35 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX Ford. In 1996 Allen dtove the Valley3/verX Ford and finished 6th at Talladega. Allen left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.

===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D and Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:53:32 GMT

LEFA98: /* Racing */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010. The third car was later announced as LET Motorsports.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D and Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:39:13 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond. Allen drove at Dover with PRG R+D and Jon Rayner drove at Kansas with Zocax.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:13:07 GMT

LEFA98: /* Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On September 30, LET Motorsports announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #92 JC-AG.com Ford at Daytona in February. LET Motorsports also announced that Aaron Hughes will drive the #92 NoBLOK Toyota for six races in 2010. LET Motorsports will likely run less then half of the schedule and will lease the new trucks from a unnamed team.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:08:55 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. The team will operate like a Macaulay Racing third team but will run under LET Motorsports. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided and Tony Page will be the crew chief for both drivers.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:34:48 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. Lombardi also announced that the team will field a car full time for 2010 with Jon Rayner part time in the #63 LnV Ford Fusion. The other driver has not been decided

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:30:04 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

On September 30, Anton Lombardi announced that he signed an agreement with Macaulay Racing to allow Ricky David to purchase LET Motorsport's Nationwide team. Lombardi also announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #63 LnV Ford Fusion part time in 2010.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:47:22 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 Zocax Ford at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:09:40 GMT

LEFA98: /* Racing */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. Currently James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:08:34 GMT

LEFA98: /* Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Jon Rayner will drive the #54 at Las Vegas. Ricky David stepped down as general manager in September and was replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:44:31 GMT

LEFA98: /* Racing */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

On September 22, Randy Macaulay announced that he has sold RAM Racing to Don Macaulay and Ricky David. Don Macaulay announced that in 2010, RAM Racing will be renamed to Macaulay Racing. Macaulay Racing will run three full time cars with Erik Davis driving the #35 VarAway/Cottonwell Ford Fusion with Mick Hulstrand as crew chief and Mike Raymond driving the #68 JD Fitzpatrick Trucking Ford Fusion with Josh Kirby as crew chief. James Young will not be driving for Macaulay Racing in 2010 and the third car will be announced later.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he stepped down as general manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:22:03 GMT

LEFA98: /* #63 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will fielded a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drove the car and Todd O'Brien was the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he stepped down as general manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:14:01 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drive the car and Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he stepped down as general manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. Richard Allen and Jay Edwards failed to qualify at Richmond.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:10:10 GMT

LEFA98: /* #68 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drive the car and Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers. Jerry Bakers best finish was 26th, Ricky David's best finish was 15th, and Richard Allen's best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he stepped down as general manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. LET will return at Richmond with Richard Allen and Jay Edwards.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:22:30 GMT

LEFA98: /* Nationwide */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drive the car and Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he stepped down as general manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta. LET will return at Richmond with Richard Allen and Jay Edwards.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:21:07 GMT

LEFA98: /* NASCAR Camping World Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drive the car and Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In September 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. Erik Davis replaced Ron Macaulay for three races at the end of 2004.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2008, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win and finished 6th in points.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he stepped down as general manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that would be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports originally announced that Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver would drive the #54 Ford F150 part time for 2010. L.E.T. later announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta.
==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:04:39 GMT

LEFA98: /* #68 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drive the car and Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series.

In 2006, RAM Racing returned full time with Ron Macaulay in the #84 Ford. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues and the team was unsure if it would return in 2007.

In early 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2007, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he is stepping down to assistant manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta.
==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:46:52 GMT

LEFA98: /* NASCAR Camping World Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drive the car and Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Davis drove the #54 Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time and Mick Hulstrand was hired as the crew chief. In 2007, Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports for 2010. L.E.T. Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he is stepping down to assistant manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta.
==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:36:39 GMT

LEFA98: /* #63 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. [[Ricky David]] will drive the car and Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race. David said he plans on running more races if sponsorship is found and trying to get something for 2010 going.

===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Lyon Engine Technologies signed for six races which let the team run the full schedule and RAM Racing hired Mick Hulstrand as the crew chief. In 2007, [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] was signed on as the primary sponsor. Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win in 2007. In September 2008, Erik Davis switched rides with Richard Allen in the Nationwide Series.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to David Lyon Motorsports, a new team owned by Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports. David Lyon Motorsports will take over RAM Racing's truck series team for 2010. David Lyon Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he is stepping down to assistant manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta.
==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:56:06 GMT

LEFA98: /* #68 History */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race and the driver has not been announced.
===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Tony Page returned as crew chief for the #68 car at Atlanta.

==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Lyon Engine Technologies signed for six races which let the team run the full schedule and RAM Racing hired Mick Hulstrand as the crew chief. In 2007, [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] was signed on as the primary sponsor. Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win in 2007. In September 2008, Erik Davis switched rides with Richard Allen in the Nationwide Series.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to David Lyon Motorsports, a new team owned by Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports. David Lyon Motorsports will take over RAM Racing's truck series team for 2010. David Lyon Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he is stepping down to assistant manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta.
==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:37:16 GMT

LEFA98:

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. Todd O'Brien will be the crew chief for the race and the driver has not been announced.
===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young drove the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief.
==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Lyon Engine Technologies signed for six races which let the team run the full schedule and RAM Racing hired Mick Hulstrand as the crew chief. In 2007, [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] was signed on as the primary sponsor. Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win in 2007. In September 2008, Erik Davis switched rides with Richard Allen in the Nationwide Series.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to David Lyon Motorsports, a new team owned by Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports. David Lyon Motorsports will take over RAM Racing's truck series team for 2010. David Lyon Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he is stepping down to assistant manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand for the rest of 2009.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal or Atlanta.
==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:31:59 GMT

LEFA98:

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant manager of the Nationwide teams.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and Ricky David. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the Nationwide team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. The driver has not been announced.
===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young will be driving the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief.
==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Lyon Engine Technologies signed for six races which let the team run the full schedule and RAM Racing hired Mick Hulstrand as the crew chief. In 2007, [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] was signed on as the primary sponsor. Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win in 2007. In September 2008, Erik Davis switched rides with Richard Allen in the Nationwide Series.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to David Lyon Motorsports, a new team owned by Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports. David Lyon Motorsports will take over RAM Racing's truck series team for 2010. David Lyon Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon. Ricky David announced that he is stepping down to assistant manager and will be replaced with Mick Hulstrand.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal and may not run at Atlanta.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:18:29 GMT

LEFA98: /* NASCAR Camping World Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant mannager.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and will from David Lyon Motorsports. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. The driver has not been announced.
===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young will be driving the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief.

==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Lyon Engine Technologies signed for six races which let the team run the full schedule and RAM Racing hired Mick Hulstrand as the crew chief. In 2007, [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] was signed on as the primary sponsor. Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win in 2007. In September 2008, Erik Davis switched rides with Richard Allen in the Nationwide Series.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to David Lyon Motorsports, a new team owned by Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports. David Lyon Motorsports will take over RAM Racing's truck series team for 2010. David Lyon Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. In July, Richard Allen left RAM Racing's truck team and will focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. Jon Rayner drove the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal and may not run at Atlanta.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

LEFA98 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:06:17 GMT

LEFA98: /* NASCAR Camping World Truck Series */

'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant mannager.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and will from David Lyon Motorsports. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. The driver has not been announced.
===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young will be driving the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief.

==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Lyon Engine Technologies signed for six races which let the team run the full schedule and RAM Racing hired Mick Hulstrand as the crew chief. In 2007, [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] was signed on as the primary sponsor. Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win in 2007. In September 2008, Erik Davis switched rides with Richard Allen in the Nationwide Series.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to David Lyon Motorsports, a new team owned by Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports. David Lyon Motorsports will take over RAM Racing's truck series team for 2010. David Lyon Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On July 3, Richard Allen announced that he will be leaving RAM Racing's truck team before the next race on the 18th and will now focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. RAM Racing announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago. Jason Alexander will drive the #54 backSRC Ford at Iowa, Gateway, and Loudon.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal and may not run at Atlanta.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]

RAM Racing

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'''RAM Ford Racing''' (more commonly known as '''RAM Racing''') is an American stock car racing racing team that currently races in NASCAR. RAM Racing fields cars in the Nationwide Series and a truck in the truck series. The team is owned by RAM Ford Lincoln, a car dealership in Rockvale, North Carolina. Randy and Don Macaulay and [[Ricky David]] all share ownership.
==RAM Ford Lincoln==
In the 1950s, Robert A. MacAulay opened Macaulay Ford Mercury in Stevens, North Carolina.

In the late 1960s, Robert moved to Rockvale and renamed the dealership to Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. In the mid 1970s, Robert A. Macaulay Ford Mercury became known as R.A. Macaulay Ford Mercury. By the mid 1980s, the dealership was known as RAM Ford Lincoln and Robert's son Randy Macaulay became assistant manager.

In 1992, Robert Macaulay retired and gave his dealership to his son, Randy Macaulay. In 2003, Randy Macaulay sold a minority share of the dealership to Ricky David. In 2006, Randy Macaulay sold the dealership to the Jerry Clark Automotive Group. Randy Macaulay and Ricky David still share a part of the dealership.

==Racing==
Randy Macaulay started his race team in the late 1970s. Randy Macaulay Racing raced on tracks around North Carolina with sponsorship from his father's car dealership. By the mid 1980s, Randy Macaulay decided that he wanted to start racing in NASCAR. Robert Macaulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports in 1985. In 1988, Robert Macaulay hired Max Nelson as the general manager for Jerry Brown Motorsports.

In 1990, the team changed from Chevrolet to Ford and the name was changed to RAM Racing. Nelson became in charge of finding drivers and sponsors. In 1997, RAM Racing expanded into the Truck Series. Max Nelson stepped down in 1998 and became assistant manager. Randy Macaulay became the new general manager. Nelson retired in 2003. In late 2004, Ricky David purchased part of RAM Racing from Randy Macaulay and became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team. In mid 2008, Don Macaulay was hired as General Manager of RAM Racing, replacing Randy Macaulay who moved to assistant mannager.

In June, RAM Racing also announced that it will be selling its truck series team to L.E.T. Motorsports and will from David Lyon Motorsports. In August, Ricky David said that he will not return as the general manager of the 54 truck. Anton Lombardi, LETM manager later confirmed this and the name will be L.E.T. Motorsports. Anton Lombardi said that the truck team is considering a manufacturer change and will return to the Nationwide Series with help from RAM Racing. Randy Macaulay has said that he is looking to possibly sell the team. In August 2009, Don Macaulay announced that they signed a driver development deal with Clark Autosport Racing in the ARCA series.

RAM Racing has won 15 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and once in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

==NASCAR Nationwide Series==
===#35 History===
What is now the #35 began in 1982 as the #18 Dodge Challenger for Jerry Brown Motorsports. JB Motorsports raced in the Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide) with Darrell Brown driving the #18 Valley View Dodge Challenger. In 1983, Brown decided to switch to the Chevrolet Nova. In early 1985 Robert MacAulay purchased Jerry Brown Motorsports. In 1987, Jerry Brown Motorsports hired Joseph Alexander to drive the #18 Valley View Chevrolet. In 1989, Joseph Alexander was replaced with Greg Rogers and the performance improved slightly.

In 1990, Robert Macaulay took over Jerry Brown Motorsports and officially became RAM Racing and switched manufactures from Chevrolet to Ford. Greg Rogers drove the #18 Randy Mason Windows and Doors/RAM Ford Thunderbird. In 1991, the 18 car was sponsored by varX and KeyStone 31. In 1992, KeyStone 31 sponsored the car full time and the number was changed from 18 to 31. Greg Rogers won RAM Racing's first race at Bristol in 1992. In 1993, Greg Rogers won twice in the #31 car. In 1994, Rogers one once and at the end of the season, Rogers left RAM Racing for JRE Racing. KeyStone 31 and the number 31 left with Rogers.

In 1995, the #31 team was switched to the #81 and Richard Allen was hired to drive the #81 verX car. Allen got his first win in 1996 in the Valley3/verX car. Richard Allen won once more in 1997 and left at the end of 1997 and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with Mike Raymond in the the #84.

In 1999, RAM Racing started a new time team with Adam Warner in the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Adam Warner left RAM Racing at the end of 2000.

In 2001, Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford. Mike Raymond left at the end of 2002.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. However, James Young was hired by RAM Racing in 2009. Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 car. Erik Davis began driving the #35 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford Fusion. Josh Kirby was hired as the crew chief for the 35.

Don Macaulay announced that they have signed a two year deal with Erik Davis.
===#63 History===
RAM Racing will field a third car at Atlanta with the #63 Ross-Morgan Foods Ford Fusion. The driver has not been announced.
===#68 History===
What is now the #68 car began in 1991 as the #81 car. The team started as a part-time driver development program for RAM Racing. RAM hired three different drivers and were put in rotation. Jerry Bakers was the first and his best finish was 26th. Ricky David was second in rotation and his best finish was 15th. Richard Allen drove third his best finish was 21st.

In 1992, KeyStone 31 added more sponsorship to the #31. That allowed RAM Racing to hire Ricky David to drive the #81 RAM Ford/Randy Mason Windows and Doors part-time in the Busch Grand National Series. David earned four top fives including one 2nd pace finish. For 1993, additional sponsorship was found for the 81 car. RAM Racing was able to run the #81 verX full time with Ricky David in the Busch Grand National Series. David managed to win one race and ten top 10s. At the end of 1993, Ricky David left for Darrell Vick Racing and RAM Racing went back to a single car team with the 31.

For 1996, RAM Racing hired Mike Raymond to drive the #84 [[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]]/HiFli1 Ford. HiFli1 left at the end of 1998. Mike Raymond won his first race in 1999. 2000 was Raymond's best year with two wins and finishing fourth in the standings..

In 2001, rookie James Young was hired to drive the #84 Crown Way Ford and Mike Raymond was moved to the #04 Cottonwell/[[Rezzi Tractors|Lynx Tractors]] Ford. Tony Page was hired as the crew chief. RAM Racing returned in 2002 with James Young in the #84 Crown Way Ford. James Young won his first race in 2003. At the end of the year [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] became a part time sponsor. In 2004, Young drove the Cottonwell/LET Ford and won two more races. In 2004, Young won two more races and finished 4th in points. At the end of 2005, it was announced that James Young would be leaving RAM Racing for Ricky David Racing in the Cup Series. [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engines Technologies]] also left at the end of the year.

In 2006, RAM Racing hired rookie Ron Macaulay to drive the #84 Cottonwell/LGYonline.com Ford part-time. After a disappointing season, LGYonline.com left RAM Racing. RAM Racing returned in 2006 full time with Ron Macaulay. However, the team shut down early in the season due to sponsor issues.

In 2007, RAM Racing returned part-time to the series with some changes. Ron Macaulay and Richard Allen drove the #68 (formerly 84) [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]/Varaway Ford. Josh Kirby replaced Tony Page as the crew chief. The best finish was Allen's 15th place finish at Charlotte.

For 2008, Richard Allen started full time. However, due to several poor finishes, Allen was replaced in August with a series of drivers including Ricky David, James Young, and Erik Davis.

For 2009, Erik Davis was to be driving the #68 car. However, in early 2009, James Young was left without a ride after the merger of Ricky David Racing and Kyle Andrews Motorsports. Young was hired by RAM Racing. Additional sponsorship was found so Erik Davis was switched to the new #35 car and James Young began driving the #68 RAM Ford/Highland/Varaway Ford Fusion. Tony Page became the crew chief. In May, Tony Page was hired by Lyon Motorsports and Don Macaulay became the interim crew chief for the #68 team. Young will be driving the #68 DTYcars.ca Ford at Montreal with Jay Edwards as the crew chief.

==NASCAR Camping World Truck Series==
RAM Racing's truck series team started started as a development team in 1997. Adam Warner drove the #58 Cottonwell Ford F150. In 1999, Adam Warner was moved to the #04 Cottonwell Ford in the Nationwide Series.

For 1999, RAM Racing hired James Young to drive the #54 Crown Way Ford. Young was moved to the #84 Crown Way Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2001. The team was closed after this.

Part way through 2003, RAM Racing hired Ron Macaulay to drive the #54 truck part-time. Ron Macaulay ran part-time again in 2004 and left at the end of the year. In late 2004, Ricky David became the general manager for RAM Racing's truck team.

In 2005, Erik Davis was hired to drive the #54 truck part-time. In 2006, Lyon Engine Technologies signed for six races which let the team run the full schedule and RAM Racing hired Mick Hulstrand as the crew chief. In 2007, [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]] was signed on as the primary sponsor. Erik Davis and RAM Racing got their only Truck Series win in 2007. In September 2008, Erik Davis switched rides with Richard Allen in the Nationwide Series.

For 2009, Erik Davis was moved to RAM Racing's #35 Nationwide car full time and Richard Allen started driving the #54 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies truck full time. In June, Lyon Engine Technologies suddenly stopped sponsoring the team.

In June 2009, RAM Racing announced that is will be selling the truck series team to David Lyon Motorsports, a new team owned by Ricky David and L.E.T. Motorsports. David Lyon Motorsports will take over RAM Racing's truck series team for 2010. David Lyon Motorsports announced that the #54 Ford F150 will return part time with Jon Rayner and an undetermined driver. In July, L.E.T. announced that Rayner will instead drive the #92 car in the Nationwide Series and a replacement has not been confirmed. On July 3, Richard Allen announced that he will be leaving RAM Racing's truck team before the next race on the 18th and will now focus on LET's Nationwide program. Bobby Garrett Jr. drove the 54 truck at Kentucky, Erik Davis drove the #54 ZOCAX at ORP, and Ricky David drove the #54 ZOCAX at Nashville. RAM Racing announced that Jon Rayner will drive the #54 CircuitState.com Ford at Bristol and Chicago.

==NASCAR Sprint Cup Series==
RAM Racing attempted its first cup race at Charlotte in 1997 with Richard Allen and failed to qualify.

RAM Racing made its second attempt at the Martinsvillle race in 1999 with Mike Raymond in the #86 RAM Racing Ford. Raymond failed to qualify.

In 2003, RAM Racing made two attempts at the Cup Series with James Young in the #86 Cottonwell Ford. Young attempted the Darlington and Charlotte race. Young failed to qualify at Darlington but finished 38th at Charlotte.

==L.E.T. Motorsports==
In May 2009, a partnership was announced between RAM Racing and [[Rezzi Tractors|L.E.T. Motorsports]]. LETM will attempt to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series later in 2009. RAM Racing will supply the cars and the driver(s) and Lyon Engine Technologies will supply the race engines. The partnership will help Lyon Engine Technologies test their new LE9 engine.

The team debuted at the 2009 Sprint All-Star Showdown with the #68 Lyon Engine Technologies Chevrolet Impala SS. Erik Davis drove the car and finished 21st. The car was prepared by [[Ricky David#AD Motorsports|AD Motorsports]].

By the next week, the team decided to switch to part-time in the Nationwide Series.
===Nationwide===
The team debuted at the Carquest 300 with Richard Allen in the #86 PRG R+D/Lyon Engine Technologies Ford. The team qualified 25th and finished 38th due to engine failure. The next week, the team announced they plan on running at at least 11 more races this year (Dover, Milwaukee, Daytona, Chicago, ORP, Michigan, Bristol, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead). The team also annunced that Richard Allen will be the interim driver, PRG R+D and Zocax will sponsor those races, and Tony Page will be the interim crew chief.

Ricky David drove the car in June at Nashville and Kentucky with sponsorship from 99 Universe Technology. Tony Page was replaced with Jay Edwards as crew chief the week of Kentucky. Allen failed to qualify the car at Milwaukee. Jon Rayner drove the car the next week at New Hampshire and finished 15th. Later in the week, LETM announced that they plan on running the rest of the races with the exception of Montreal if sponsorship is found. Richard Allen suffered from engine failure at Daytona and failed to qualify at Chicago. The following week at Gateway, Tony Page was back as the crew chief for Richard Allen. The next week, LETM announced that Tony Page will remain as crew chief for the rest of the year, with the exception of Watkins Glen. Jay Edwards will remain at LETM. Al Hill Jr. failed to qualify the #86 Circuit State Ford at Watkins Glen with Jay Edwards as the crew chief. Jon Rayner drove the #86 NoBLOK Ford for at Bristol. LET Motorsports did not run at Montreal and may not run at Atlanta.

==See Also==
* [[Rezzi Tractors|Lyon Engine Technologies]]
* [[Ricky David]]