Edward MacDonald (born July 7, 1980) is an American professional

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driver. He most recently competed part-time in the

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

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, a series which he competed in for over a decade and a half. In addition, MacDonald raced numerous times in the

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between 2007 and 2018 (including two full seasons in 2016 and 2018), and in the PASS (Pro All Star Series) North. MacDonald has made starts in all three of

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's national touring series, the

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, and the

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. Much of MacDonald's success has home at

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, where he has five wins in the ACT, three in the Pro Series East, and one with the PASS (Pro All Star Series) North. MacDonald also won at

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. He is also a back-to-back, two-time champion of the

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, winning in 2009 and 2010; MacDonald is only one of three drivers to ever have consecutive wins at

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. He is nicknamed "The Outlaw".

Racing career

Touring series

MacDonald first ran in the

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in 2001, finishing 19th in points, and claimed his first series win the following season at

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. After going winless in 2003 and 2004, MacDonald won at

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; two years later, he would win at

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, and in 2008, won both races at

. In 2009, he won at Loudon again, finishing second in the championship to

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. During the season, MacDonald won the

late model race at

; after electing to replace four tires on a

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with the threat of being lapped, MacDonald passed Brian Hoar on lap 167 to win. In 2014, MacDonald won his first Pro Series East race in five seasons and his seventh series win at

after holding off

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and Ben Rhodes on the

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. In 2005, MacDonald made his debut in the

at Loudon, finishing 37th. He returned to the Modifieds in 2009 at Loudon, replacing Andy Seuss, who was racing at Caraway Speedway in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. MacDonald ran and won the inaugural

invitational race at Loudon in 2009, and repeated in 2011. In 2014, MacDonald won the ACT season-opener at Lee USA Speedway. MacDonald is the most recent K&N East driver to have competed when the series had the Busch North name. He made a spot 2019 start in the ARCA Midwest Tour at the Milwaukee Mile and finished in the top 10; it was the first stock car race in five years at the track. MacDonald has been working with his crew chief Rollie Lachance since the early 2000s; Lachance previously worked with other big names in the New England short track circuit, including Tracy Gordon, Dale Shaw, and Kelly and Ryan Moore.

National series

In 2010, MacDonald made his

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debut in the TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 at Loudon for Grimm Racing, finishing 30th after crashing on lap 86. In early 2014, Michael Alden, the owner of Blue Vase Marketing, a sponsor for Cup Series team

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, requested to Go FAS owner Archie St. Hilaire, another New Englander, to put a driver from New England in their No. 32 car for the Camping World RV Sales 301 at Loudon, which led to the team picking MacDonald. This made MacDonald the only active driver at the time to race in all five NASCAR touring series at the track (K&N East, Modified, and the three national series), and the first since

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in 1996. To support MacDonald, the track offered an "Eddie Mac Pack" ticket package worth $32 (matching his car number). In his first Cup race, MacDonald started 40th and finished 35th, five laps down. MacDonald also ran the July Cup races at Loudon in 2015 and 2016.

Personal life

MacDonald's parents, Red and Judy, owned Lee USA Speedway in

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. They sold the track in February 2018.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

Whelen Modified Tour

References

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