Erin Crocker

Born:	March 23, 1981 (1981-03-23) (age 26)
Birthplace:	Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Awards:	1993–1995 Quarter Midgets of American Female Driver of the Year 1993–1996 Quarter Midgets of America Northeast Regional Champion Image File history File links Ecrocker. ... Image File history File links Ecrocker. ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Wilbraham is a town located in Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 13,473. ... 1999 Eastern Limited Sprints Rookie of the Year 2002 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 Wild Card Award 2002 ESS Outstanding Newcomer award 2003 Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year The Knoxville Nationals is an annual World of Outlaws sprint car event held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. ... 2003 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 410 Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Busch Series Statistics
2006 NBS Position:	67th
Best NBS Position:	67th - 2006
First Race:	2005 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
0	0	0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Statistics
2006 NCTS Position:	25th
Best NCTS Position:	25th - 2006
First Race:	2005 Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix)
Last Race:	2006 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
0	0	0
All stats current as of October 7, 2006.

Erin Mary Crocker (born on March 23, 1981 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts) is an American race car driver. She drives the #98 Evernham Motorsports owned Dodge Charger in the ARCA Remax Racing Series and is a development driver for the team. In the past she played soccer, tennis, and varsity lacrosse on both her high school and college teams. Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... The Busch Series is celebrating its 25th season with this special logo. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... The Emerson Radio 250 is a NASCAR Busch Series race that takes place at Richmond International Raceway. ... Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a A 3/4 mile, D shaped, asphalt race track located outside Richmond, Virginia. ... Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... The 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will begin on February 17, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway with the Florida Dodge Dealers 200, and end on November 17, 2006 with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... The Phoenix 150 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at Phoenix International Raceway. ... Phoenix International Raceway is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, AZ. It opened in 1964, but wasnt used by NASCAR until 1988, with the first race won by the late Alan Kulwicki. ... The Ford 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... Homestead-Miami Speedway is a speedway in Homestead, Florida, USA, southwest of Miami. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Wilbraham is a town located in Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 13,473. ... Evernham Motorsports is a racing team in NASCAR. For the 2005 NEXTEL Cup Season, the team won two races, which were also the first two for the new Dodge Charger, along with nine top-5 finishes and seventeen top-10 finishes. ... There have been many different Dodge vehicles, on three different platforms, bearing the Charger nameplate. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... The Dive Shot. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played with ten players (mens field), six players (mens box), or twelve players (womens field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a hard rubber ball with the aim...

Early career

Crocker first starting racing quarter midgets at the age of 7 in the Custom Quarter Midget Club, based in Thompson, Connecticut, and the Silver City Quarter Midget Club from Meriden, Connecticut and was named the Most Improved Novice during her first year of competition. She then moved on to win several awards and three Northeast Regional Quarter Midgets of America championships from 1993 to 1996 while in middle and high school. In 1997, Crocker began running Mini Sprints at Whip City Speedway She became the youngest driver and the first female to win a race at the track. In 1998 she again competed in a 1200cc Mini sprint at Whip City and also with the Central New York Mini Sprint Association (CNYMS). In 1999, she moved to the Eastern Limited Sprint Series, and was named Rookie of the Year. Quarter Midget racing is a sport similar to Go-Karting. ... Thompson is a town located in Windham County, Connecticut. ... Meriden is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. ... World of Outlaws drivers make a Four Abreast lap at the Knoxville Raceway Sprint cars, high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short dirt or paved tracks. ...

Crocker started racing professionally in the World of Outlaws while attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in industrial and management engineering in 2003. In 2002, Crocker signed with Woodring Racing to drive a 360 winged sprint car. She won five feature races as well as twelve heat events, earning her the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Outstanding Newcomer Award. The following season, she switched to 410 Dirt Sprints, and became the first woman to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals. She won the 410 division's Rookie of the Year honors at season's end. World of Outlaws sprint car World of Outlaws late model The World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American sanctioning body. ... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a nonsectarian, coeducational private research university in Troy, New York, a city lying just outside the state capital of Albany. ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is visible in the background at the Knoxville Raceway The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is a Hall of Fame and museum for sprint car drivers. ... The Knoxville Nationals is an annual World of Outlaws sprint car event held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. ...

NASCAR

In 2004, Crocker won an opportunity to drive for Ford Motor Company's driver development program, and tested a Ford sprint for Bob East and Steve Lewis that season. She also became the first World of Outlaws driver to win a feature race that year in Tulare, California. The following season, she left Ford to join Evernham Motorsports' driver development program. During the season, she raced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and collected 3 top 5's, including a second place finish, five top 10's, and two poles in six starts. She also made her NASCAR debut that season at Richmond International Raceway driving the #6 Country Crock Dodge for Evernham in the Busch Series, starting 42nd and finishing 39th after a wreck. In her next start at Dover International Speedway, she qualified ninth, but wrecked eleven laps into the race after being tapped by Justin Labonte. Crocker sustained a cracked rib from the incident forcing her to sit out some races she was scheduled to compete in. She ran two more races that season, one for Evernham and the other for FitzBradshaw Racing, her best finish coming at Memphis Motorsports Park, where she finished 29th for FitzBradshaw in the #40 Cheerios/St. Jude's Children's Hosptial Dodge Charger. She also ran a pair of Truck races for Bobby Hamilton Racing, at Phoenix and Homestead-Miami Speedway, her best finish a 30th at Homestead. Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after General Motors and Toyota, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... A Driver development program is a program used by NASCAR in order to develop younger drivers. ... Steve Lewis (March 19, 1896 - c 1941?) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... Tulare (pronounced: ) is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. ... The Auto Racing Club of America (ARCA) is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States. ... Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a A 3/4 mile, D shaped, asphalt race track located outside Richmond, Virginia. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... Dover International Speedway (nickname: The Monster Mile) is a NASCAR race track located near Dover, Delaware. ... Justin Labonte was born February 5, 1981 in Trinty, North Carolina. ... FitzBradshaw Racing is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is near Charlotte. ... Memphis Motorsports Park is a race track located in Millington, Tennessee, approximately twenty miles north of downtown Memphis. ... Bobby Hamilton (born May 29, 1957 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit. ... Homestead-Miami Speedway is a speedway in Homestead, Florida, USA, southwest of Miami. ...

In 2006 Crocker drove the #98 full-time in the Truck Series. She finished 25th in the Craftsman Truck standings. After struggling during the 2006 season, Evernham decided to close the #98 team. In 2007, Crocker will be running a combination of ARCA Series and NASCAR Busch Series events.[1] She won the pole for the season-opening ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway in 2007. She would struggle, finishing 20th in the race. The 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will begin on February 17, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway with the Florida Dodge Dealers 200, and end on November 17, 2006 with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...

During her tenure as a truck-series driver, a dispute between then-Evernham Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield and Ray Evernham resulted in a series of lawsuits between Mayfield and Evernham. In Mayfield’s legal filings, he asserted that the #19 team’s lack of on-track success was due in large part to Evernham’s attention being focused on his personal relationship with an unnamed female driver. At the time, Crocker was the only female driver employed by Evernham Motorports. Evernham confirmed in an interview with ESPN that the relationship exists and has hurt her career. http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=99&id=2951523 Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a driver in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series who drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Bill Davis Racing. ...

Crocker revealed on a Sirius Satellite Radio interview on May 9 that she has reached an agreenment with PRN Radio, one of two radio networks that broadcast NASCAR racing nationwide, to become a part of the broadcast team along with maintaining her status as a driver in the ARCA Series. Her exact duties with the network have not been confirmed as of this writing (5/9/07). Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... PRN may be a three-letter acronym or abbreviation for: Pro re nata, a medical term for As the situation arises. ...

References

• Drivers statistics at racing-reference.info
• Evernham Motorsports page