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| Owner(s) | Ray Ciccarelli |
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| Series | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
| Race drivers | 49. Andrew Gordon (part-time) |
| Sponsors | 49. Staar Trucking |
| Manufacturer | Ford |
| Opened | 2017 (ARCA) 2019 (Trucks) |
| Closed | 2017 (ARCA)
2022 (Trucks) |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona) |
| Latest race | 2022 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt (Bristol) |
| Races competed | 41 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
CMI Motorsports (formerly Ciccarelli Racing) is an American professional dirt track racing team that competes in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, fielding the No. 49 Rocket XR1 part-time for Ray Ciccarelli. The team also previously fielded teams in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series.
Although Ciccarelli announced on June 10, 2020 that he would be closing down the team and selling off all its equipment after the conclusion of the 2020 Truck Series season. His decision to shut down his race team came in response to NASCAR's announcement on the same day that they would be banning the display of the Confederate flag from all tracks. Ciccarelli believed that the sport was getting too political and unnecessarily taking sides in those matters.[1] In a Twitter post, in October 2020 they said that they would return in 2021 in some capacity, and three weeks later CMI Motorsports would announce that Tim Viens would run the No. 83 truck full time.[2] However, after 2022 the team shut down and sold their assets to G2G Racing on the NASCAR side however continued on as a Super Late Model team.
- ^ Fernandez, Gabriel (June 10, 2020). "NASCAR driver Ray Ciccarelli says he's leaving at end of the season, citing disagreement with flag policy". CBS Sports.
- ^ Carey, Michael (2020-11-19). "Timothy Viens returning to CMI Motorsports for full-time campaign in Truck Series". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.