Ted D. Minor (born February 1, 1974) is an American professional

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driver. He last competed part-time in the

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, driving the No. 25

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for self-owned Ted Minor Motorsports.

Racing career

Minor started his racing career in 2001 on Texas dirt tracks and has progressed to racing on asphalt tracks in the ARCA, USST series, and super late models. Minor's first stock car start came in the ARCA Racing Series in

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driving the No. 89 for

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, but he crashed after 70 laps and finished 25th. It is to date his only ARCA attempt. Minor has made seven starts in the NASCAR's Truck Series. He attempted to make his debut at the spring Martinsville race in 2014 for Cefalia Motorsports but the team withdrew after the first practice. His debut came at Gateway driving for that same team. finishing 25th. He returned again for Cefalia at

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finishing 31st. Minor returned in the following race at

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now

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ing the No. 57

for

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and finished 30th. He was going to attempt the

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race in 2015 for Cefalia but the team withdrew. After almost 2 year-hiatus Minor returned in 2017 driving for newly formed team: Long Motorsports. He drove for them at Iowa and Chicagoland. Ted returned at

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driving the No. 44 for Faith Motorsports with sponsorship from SMD (Shawn Magee Design and the truck also feature a special tribute graphic on the deck lid honoring all 58 people who lost their lives in the tragic shootings at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas on October 1). and he tied his best finish of 25th-place. Minor returned in the following race at

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with the same sponsorship but now driving the No. 63 truck for

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and finished 31st. In June 2019, Minor returned to the Truck Series for the

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at Texas, driving the No. 25 for self-owned Ted Minor Motorsports. He failed to qualify. He attempted to race at Chicagoland but he withdrew.

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.)

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

ARCA Racing Series

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minor, Ted 1974 births Living people NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers People from Weatherford, Texas Racing drivers from Texas