Cody E. Erickson (born September 22, 1988) is an American professional

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driver. He last competed part-time in the

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, driving the No. 41

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for

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Career

A dirt, ATV, and snowmobile driver for at least ten years prior to 2014, Erickson attempted to qualify for the

race at the dirt track of Eldora that same year, driving the No. 82 for Empire Racing. He came up just short of making the race after not finishing well enough in the last-chance qualifier. After he failed to make the field, the team invited him back for a pavement start at Martinsville that October, which he did qualify for, finishing 23rd in the race. Empire put Erickson in their ARCA Racing Series No. 82 car at

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in September of that year, which was his debut in the series. He finished in the top-15 in his first ARCA start. Erickson returned to Eldora to try to qualify for the race there again in 2015, driving a second truck for Empire due to Sean Corr being in the No. 82 that Erickson had driven the prior year. The second truck for the team used the No. 35 with leased owner points from

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. Empire did this instead of fielding a separate truck of their own so Erickson could have a better chance of qualifying (which he successfully did). He went on to finish 25th in the race. On September 15, 2020, it was announced that Erickson would return to the now-

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for the first time in five years, driving the No. 41

Chevrolet at

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. Erickson returned to the team in the No. 41 for the new dirt race at Bristol in 2021.

Personal life

Erickson works as a farmer, an owner of two businesses, and an owner-driver of a dirt racing team in his hometown of

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. He graduated from both the

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with a degree in High Performance and Chassis Fabrication, and Northland Technical College (in Minnesota) with a degree in Farm Business Management.

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress

ARCA Racing 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 West

Season still in progress

References

External links

* {{NASCAR-bio-stub 1988 births Living people NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Racing drivers from Minnesota People from Clay County, Minnesota