Christian Rauch Rose (born June 14, 1995) is an American professional

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driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and

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, driving the No. 32 Ford Fusion for AM Racing. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Ford F-150, and the

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, driving a

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, also for AM Racing in both series.

Racing career

Rose made his ARCA Menards Series West debut in

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. He made his debut at the

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, finishing 10th. He followed that up finishing 7th at the

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. In 2022, Rose entered in Phoenix in the combination race with the West Series and later on attempted the second race at Irwindale. Rose made his

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debut in

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at New Smyrna Speedway. He would drive in the rest of the East Series races that year except for Iowa. On January 10, 2023, AM Racing announced that Rose would drive full-time for the team in the main ARCA Series in 2023 in their No. 32 car as well as run part-time in the Truck Series for the team. It will be his debut in that series. On April 22, 2023,

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stated during the broadcast of the ARCA race at Talladega that Rose would make his Xfinity Series debut sometime in 2023 for AM Racing, the team Rose drives for in ARCA which expanded into the Xfinity Series that year fielding a full-time car, the No. 25, for Brett Moffitt. On October 7, it was announced that Rose will return to AM Racing for the 2024 ARCA season. Rose had two Top 5s and 13 Top 10s en route to a 3rd place points finish for the season.

Personal life

Prior to beginning his racing career, Rose played college baseball at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

Season still in progress

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Christian 1995 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from West Virginia Sportspeople from Martinsburg, West Virginia