Cale Conley (born May 13, 1992) is an American professional
stock car racing
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driver.
Racing career
![Cale Conley CCR Toyota Richmond 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Cale_Conley_CCR_Toyota_Richmond_2013.jpg)
Conley began in go-karts at age 5, working his way through quarter midgets, open-wheel racing and sprint cars, including
World of Outlaws
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and
USAC competition. Conley debuted in the
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
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in 2011, with his first win coming in 2012 at
Columbus Motor Speedway
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History
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after leading all 150 laps. He competed full-time in the East series in 2013, scoring four top-five finishes.
In February 2014, Conley joined the No. 33 of
Richard Childress Racing
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in the
Nationwide Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
on a part-time basis, working with crew chief
Nick Harrison. Conley was signed to run ten total races. He made his debut at
Bristol Motor Speedway
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in March.
Conley started 12th and finished a strong 11th in his debut, after battling from being a lap down. Conley finished 15th at
Richmond
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in April. In July, Conley ran a 160-lap tire test in an RCR
Sprint Cup Series
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car at
Nashville Superspeedway
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. Also in July, Conley announced his support for sponsor
IAVA's (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) "Convoy to Combat Suicide" along with music artists
Lady Gaga
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and
Linkin Park
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.
![14 Cale Conley 2015 Road America](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/14_Cale_Conley_2015_Road_America.jpg)
For 2015, Conley signed with
TriStar Motorsports
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to drive their No. 14
Toyota Camry
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full-time, running for Rookie of the Year.
However, after 30 races, Conley announced that he would not complete the remainder of the season due to a lack of funding.
After being without a ride for the entire
2016 season, Conley joined
JGL Racing
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's "Young Guns Program" in
2017
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to drive the No. 24 Camry part-time starting at
Charlotte
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.
However, that ended up being his only race in the car all year, and he was without a ride again after that and has not raced in NASCAR ever since.
Personal life
On August 2, 2018, Conley married Emma Blaney, the sister of driver
Ryan Blaney
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.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
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) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
Xfinity Series
Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points
K&N Pro Series East
K&N Pro Series West
References
External links
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Living people
1992 births
People from Vienna, West Virginia
Racing drivers from West Virginia
NASCAR drivers
World of Outlaws drivers
CARS Tour drivers
Richard Childress Racing drivers