Erik Darnell

#96
RANK POINTS BEHIND
47 472 -6180
Born: December 2, 1982
Hometown: Beach Park, IL
Manufacturer: Ford
Erik Darnell Bio
Erik Darnell (born December 2, 1982 in Beach Park, Illinois) is an American stock car racing driver, currently driving the #99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-Series for Roush Fenway Racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is the grandson of former USAC and NASCAR driver Bay Darnell, who also started three NASCAR races for Holman Moody. Darnell joined Roush Fenway in 2005 after being a co-winner on the Discovery Channel program Driver X, along with David Ragan. Erik began racing at the age of 12 in the River Vally Kart Club. He won the championship in the purple plate class in his second year of competition, later racing Allison Legacy cars after go karts. His first year of super late models was at Illiana...
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Stats Summary

Sprint Cup | Nationwide Series | Camping World Truck
Races Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Avg. Finish
This Season 7 0 0 0 31.9
Career Stats 7 0 0 0 31.9

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Busch clinches championship and wins at Homestead
... before he got free and then chased me down.' During the sixth caution for an incident involving Erik Darnell, Busch and Burton pitted, while...  More »
Sports Network · Nov. 22, 2009
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Ambrose wants to finish strong before going home
There were no major incidents in the final 60-minute session, although Erik Darnell scraped up the right side of his No.  More »
Nascar · Nov. 21, 2009
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Homestead, his first Top-10 since Fontana in October and just his 14th of the season.What exactly was Erik Darnell doing on pit road when he...
Motorsports FanHouse · Nov. 24, 2009
... we’ll see where we stand.” ERIK DARNELL – No. 96 Hall of Fame Ford Fusion (Qualified 32nd) – LOOKING FOR A LITTLE MORE?
SpeedwayMedia.com · Nov. 20, 2009
... pledged to put all emotions aside and focus on scoring one final trip to Victory Lane there this weekend.” Erik Darnell, driver of the No.
NASCAR - FanZone Sports · Nov. 19, 2009

Top Questions & Answers about Erik Darnell

It was a hard battle with Erik (Darnell). He had a good race car, too. It was another Roush (Fenway Racing) car. I just tried to race him clean and try to get by him there and eventually I finally did. We probably had a second, third or may...
http://www.catchfence.com/2009/nationwide/06/21/toyota-nascar-nationwide-series-the-milwaukee-mile-post-race-notes-quotes/
Rookie Erik Darnell had a less than spectacular season with just four Top 5’s and twelve Top 10 finishes. However, Darnell was awarded Rookie of the Race the most out of any of the Truck rookie class this season (15 times). Named 2006 Rooki...
http://www.frontstretch.com/blunkenheimer/6266/
My first kiss! I'm not going to say it's better than a win, but it's tied with my win. It's kind of the same feeling; you don't know what you're doing. Yeah, you're first kiss ever.
http://www.ask.com/questions-about/First-NASCAR-Race#anchq_5

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Current Season Stats

Sprint Cup | Nationwide Series
Date Race Start Finish Laps Lead Laps Winnings Points Status
11/22 Ford 400 31 36 0 247/267 $92,879 55 running
11/15 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 39 31 0 306/312 $95,004 70 running
11/08 Dickies 500 38 30 0 331/334 $127,529 73 running
11/01 AMP Energy 500 31 37 0 167/188 $100,929 52 running
10/04 Price Chopper 400 41 29 0 265/267 $114,804 76 running
09/20 Sylvania 300 37 30 0 297/300 $101,629 73 running
09/06 Pep Boys Auto 500 42 30 0 323/325 $113,104 73 running

Career Stats

Sprint Cup | Nationwide Series | Camping World Truck
Year Rank Starts Pts. Winnings Wins Poles Top 5 Top 10 Laps Led Avg. Start Avg. Finish
2009 47 7 472 $745,878 0 0 0 0 0 37 32

Erik Darnell's Official Site

The Offical Web Site of NASCAR Superstar Erik Darnell
www.erikdarnell.com

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