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Dominick Casola
Casola's No. 40 ARCA car at Road America in 2013
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1987-08-17) August 17, 1987 (age 37)
Holmdel, New Jersey
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2006
Starts41
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish13th in 2007
Finished last season38th (2013)
Previous series
2006, 2008, 2009X-1R Pro Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World East Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish76th (2013)
First race2010 Mountain Dew 250 (Talladega)
Last race2013 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Last updated on: March 20, 2020.

Dominick Casola (born August 17, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver who most recently competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series in 2013. He drove in ARCA for a total of four seasons full or part-time. He also ran two races in the NASCAR Truck Series, and made one attempt in the Nationwide Series (now Xfinity) in 2008.

Racing career

Casola started out racing in local Saturday night short track races, winning races and championships along the way. He eventually reached the Hooters X-1R Pro Cup Series, which he competed in part-time for a single season in 2006 (in his family's No. 02 car). He could not get behind the wheel of a stock car until age seventeen because of New Jersey state regulations. Despite this, he worked at sending resumes to many ARCA and NASCAR teams.[1]

He got a chance to compete in ARCA full-time and for rookie of the year in 2007, driving the No. 1 Ford for Andy Belmont's team and sponsored by his family's business A. Casola Farms. He only missed one race that season, the season-opener at Daytona, with his car owner Belmont in the car for that race (which he failed to qualify for), presumably because Casola had never competed on a plate track before meaning he would not be approved to race. Finishing the season thirteenth in points, Casola got three top-10 finishes as well as two top-5's, which were a fifth at Gateway and a third at Talladega.[2]

For the 2008 season, he joined Win-Tron Racing to drive their No. 32 Dodge part-time, sharing this car with Andy Hanson, Chris Wimmer, James Buescher, Matt Merrell, and Bradley Riethmeyer. He ran the first six races of the season, before then only competing in both races at his home track of Pocono as well as Berlin.[3] He earned his first top-10 of the season at the first of the two Pocono races.[4]

In 2010, Casola made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet Silverado for Daisy Ramirez Motorsports at Talladega. Since he was a late entry for the race, he received zero points. This was his only start in any NASCAR series that year. He started 35th and finished 28th in the race.

Casola did not race in any series in 2011, and believed that his career was over at that point. However, in August 2012, driver Roger Carter, owner of the Carter 2 Motorsports team in the ARCA Series, called Casola to drive for his team when the normal driver of his car (Larry Barford Jr.) parted ways with them and he needed a new driver. His first and only race for C2M that year came at the dirt race at Springfield, where he started and finished 26th in the No. 04 Dodge.[5] He returned to the team in the No. 40 for a part-time schedule in 2013, splitting time in that car with Galen Hassler, Nick Tucker, Mark Meunier, Cody Lane, Korbin Forrister, Justin Lloyd, Joseph Hughs, and David Sear. Casola ran six races, which included both races at Pocono again as well as his other home track of New Jersey Motorsports Park. His best finish was a 16th at Chicago. The other two races he ran were Road America and DuQuoin. On top of that, he returned to the Truck Series that year in their race at Pocono, driving the No. 28 for FDNY Racing.

Although he has not made any stock-car starts since the 2013 season, Casola, as recently as 2018, continues to occasionally compete in local late model races, including at Wall Stadium, according to his Facebook page.[6]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2008 Stott Classic Racing 02 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV
DNQ 		NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [7]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2010 Daisy Ramirez Motorsports 00 Chevy DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL
28 		TEX PHO HOM 122nd 0 [8]
2013 FDNY Racing 28 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC
29 		MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 76th 15 [9]

Camping World East Series

NASCAR Camping World East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NCWEC Pts Ref
2009 Andy Belmont Racing 1 Ford GRE
29 		47th 179 [10]
Olsen Racing 61 Chevy TRI
20 		IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARSC Pts Ref
2007 Andy Belmont Racing 1 Ford DAY USA
17 		NSH
34 		SLM
25 		KAN
17 		WIN
25 		KEN
16 		TOL
18 		IOW
16 		POC
14 		MCH
25 		BLN
23 		KEN
36 		POC
8 		NSH
17 		ISF
13 		MIL
27 		GTW
5 		DSF
17 		CHI
38 		SLM
15 		TAL
3 		TOL
21 		13th 3920 [11]
2008 Win-Tron Racing 32 Dodge DAY
33 		SLM
27 		IOW
17 		KAN
22 		CAR
36 		KEN
10 		TOL POC
8 		MCH CAY KEN BLN
11 		POC
21 		NSH ISF DSF 23rd 1580 [12]
38 CHI
20 		SLM NJE
Andy Belmont Racing 14 Ford TAL
35 		TOL
2012 Carter 2 Motorsports 04 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF
26 		MAD
19 		SLM DSF KAN 82nd 235 [13]
2013 40 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC
27 		MCH ROA
22 		WIN CHI
16 		NJE
29 		POC
19 		BLN ISF MAD DSF
23 		IOW SLM KEN KAN 38th 700 [14]

References

  1. ^ Casola, Dominick (February 11, 2008). "FROM THE COCKPIT: Dominick Casola". Hot Rod. Motor Trend Group LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Vacation is Over and Casola Heads Back to Work at Pocono". ARCARacing.com. July 30, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dominick Casola & Win-Tron Racing Look For Another Strong Run At Pocono". ThePitLane.org. July 30, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Casola Captures Season Best In Pocono; Win-Tron Three-For-Three "New Jersey Native Ties Pocono Best Finish"". Motorsport.com. Win-Tron Racing. June 9, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Biggy, David (2012). "Casola enjoying second chance at auto racing" (PDF). Asbury Park Press. USA Today Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Fast track to fame presented by Valvoline Entry: Dominick Casola". Valvoline. February 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  8. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  11. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "Dominick Casola – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
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