Travis McCullough
{{Short description|American racing driver}}
{{Infobox NASCAR driver
|name=Travis McCullough
|image=Travis McCullough ARCA Sonoma 2024.jpg
|caption=McCullough's car at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
|nationality={{flagicon|USA}} American
|birth_name=
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1984|10|3}}
|birth_place=Lodi, California
|updated=June 7, 2022
|Total_ARCA_West_Races=4|Years_In_ARCA_West=3|ARCA_West_Car_Team=||First_ARCA_West_Race=2007 Blue Lizard Suncream 200 (Sonoma)|Last_ARCA_West_Race=2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma)|ARCA_West_Wins=0|ARCA_West_Top_Tens=1|ARCA_West_Poles=0}}
Travis McCullough (born October 3, 1984) is an American professional racing driver who competes full-time in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series, driving the No. 36 for his own family team, McCullough Racing.{{Cite web |title=SRL Invades All American Speedway with Wild West Shootout |url=https://www.racingamerica.com/news/late-models/srl-invades-all-american-speedway-with-wild-west-shootout |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Racing America}}
Racing career
=Early career=
In 2000, McCullough raced mini stocks at Delta Speedway.{{Cite web |title=Top qualifiers win features at Delta Speedway |url=https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/2000/08/13/top-qualifiers-win-features-at/50794586007/ |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=The Stockton Record |language=en-US}}
In 2005, McCullough ran and was the lead instructor of the Uraceit racing school in Altamont Speedway.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Marshall |date=2005-05-29 |title=Take the wheel / A day in the race cars in Tracy will get your engine running |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Take-the-wheel-A-day-in-the-race-cars-in-Tracy-2631178.php |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}
In 2019, McCullough would finish third in the Lucas Oil Modified Series in points.
In 2021, McCullough would earn his first career victory in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series at the Irwindale Event Center.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-04-12 |title=Travis McCullough and the RBK Racing Team Win at Irwindale |url=https://www.spearsmodifiedseries.com/travis-mccullough-and-the-rbk-racing-team-win-at-irwindale/ |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Spears Modified Series |language=en-US}} Since then, he has gained one more victory in the series.
On June 8, 2022, G2G Racing announced that McCullough would attempt to make his Truck Series debut in the team's No. 47 truck in the race at Sonoma.{{Cite web |title=FILIPPI, MCCULLOUGH TO MAKE FIRST STARTS AT SONOMA |url=http://www.g2gracing.com/1/post/2022/06/filippi-mccullough-to-make-first-starts-at-sonoma.html |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=G2G Racing |language=en}} However, McCullough was unable to drive the truck at all due to his drug test results not coming in in time for practice. (As it was his first start of the season, he had to take a drug test beforehand.) The No. 47 truck would end up being withdrawn from the race.
On July 27, 2022, McCullough and G2G owner Tim Viens both tweeted that McCullough would run a race for the team in 2023 after being unable to hit the track at Sonoma,{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/timviensnascar/status/1552461875480231942 |title=(Twitter post) |website=Twitter |publisher=Tim Viens |date=July 27, 2022 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |quote="Pleased to announce that G2G racing has worked a deal for @TravisMcc35 to drive a race next season! We look forward to working together next year!"}}{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/TravisMcc35/status/1552479744880365570 |title=(Twitter post) |website=Twitter |publisher=Travis McCullough |date=July 27, 2022 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |quote="I like you all to know Tim did reach out to me via phone so we can put this behind us and move forward. We talked and had a good conversation. Tim wants to make it right with us. Everyone has struggles and I believe he will work hard to gain everyone’s trust and support in time."}} although this never materialized.
In June 2024, it was revealed that McCullough will make his ARCA Menards Series West return after 16 years at Sonoma Raceway, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports. He would end up finishing 10th in the race.{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/06/07/race-results-general-tire-200-at-sonoma-raceway-3/|title=Race results: General Tire 200 at Sonoma Raceway |website=ARCA Racing |date=June 11, 2024}}
Motorsports results
=ARCA Menards Series West=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
! colspan=23 |ARCA Menards Series West results |
| Year
! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! {{Tooltip|AMSWC|ARCA Menards Series West classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |
|---|
| 2007
! rowspan=2| McCullough Racing ! rowspan=2| 35 ! rowspan=2| Chevy | CTS | PHO | AMP | ELK | IOW | CNS | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON | DCS | IRW | MMP | EVG | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CSR | AMP ! 46th ! 161 |
| 2008
| AAS | PHO | CTS | IOW | CNS | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON | IRW | DCS | EVG | MMP | IRW | AMP | AAS ! 62nd ! 109 |
| 2024
! 21 ! Toyota | PHO | KER | PIR | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | ! 51st ! 34 |
References
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External links
- {{Racing-Reference driver|Travis_McCullough}}
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