| Coleman Pressley | |||||||
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| Born | Coleman C. Pressley October 10, 1988 Asheville, North Carolina | ||||||
| Achievements | 2010 UARA-Stars Champion | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 12 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 57th ( 2010) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 U.S. Cellular 250 ( Iowa) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 Wypall 200 ( Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 19, 2012. | |||||||
Coleman C. Pressley (born October 10, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is the current spotter of the No. 22 Ford Mustang driven by Joey Logano in the NASCAR Cup Series. [1] He is also the son of former NASCAR Cup driver Robert Pressley and the grandson of Bob Pressley. [2] He is a Fox Sports (United States) broadcast commentator for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He won the UARA Stars Championship in 2010.
Early career
Coleman began racing in karts as a 6-year-old. [2] He then raced Bandoleros at Lowes Motor Speedway. [3] Pressley raced in legends cars before taking a year off. [3] In 2005 when he began racing late models at Hickory Motor Speedway. [3] He had four second-place finishes to finish sixth in season points. [3] In 2006, he continued racing at Hickory with additional events at other tracks. [3] He scored his first late model victory in the second race of the season at Hickory. [3] With the victory, he began the youngest driver to win in the track's 55-year history. [3] He is the cousin of former North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback and current Barstool Sports blogger Caleb Pressley.
NASCAR career
His first race in the Nationwide Series in the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing at the Iowa Speedway and finished 41st. [4] He raced for R3 Motorsports part-time in the Nationwide Series. As of June 7, 2010, his best finish was a 12th-place effort at Nashville Superspeedway, driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. [4] He spent the rest of the season racing part-time in the No. 23 car.
After ending his driving career, Pressley became a spotter, starting in 2015. [1] His first job was spotting for A. J. Allmendinger, who was driving for JTG Daugherty Racing. [1] In 2019, he was named Brad Keselowski's spotter. [5] In 2020 he became the spotter for the #22 car and Joey Logano. [6]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | JTG Daugherty Racing | 47 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP |
IOW 41 |
GLN | MCH |
BRI 39 |
CGV | ATL |
RCH 41 |
DOV 41 |
KAN | CAL | CLT |
MEM 38 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 93rd | 215 | [7] |
| 2010 | R3 Motorsports | 23 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS |
BRI 31 |
NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL |
RCH 18 |
DAR 15 |
DOV | CLT |
RCH 25 |
DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX |
PHO 17 |
HOM | 57th | 733 | [8] | ||||||||||||||
| JR Motorsports | 88 | Chevy |
NSH 12 |
KEN 18 |
ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
K&N Pro Series East
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | X Team Racing | 14 | Toyota |
GRE 2 |
SBO 4 |
RCH 11 |
IOW 5 |
BGS 22 |
LGY 7 |
NHA | COL | GRE | NHA | DOV | 21st | 948 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 59 |
JFC 26 |
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| 2012 | 15 | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | JFC | LGY | CNB | COL | IOW | NHA | DOV | GRE |
CAR 4 |
51st | 40 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | BRI |
GRE 4 |
FIF | RCH | BGS | IOW | LGY | COL | IOW | VIR | GRE | NHA | DOV | RAL | 50th | 41 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c "NASCAR podcast: Coleman Pressley". Racer. July 22, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Hembree, Mike. "Father's experience helping Coleman Pressley navigate move into NASCAR". Scene Daily.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hamilton, Mark (February 2009). "All in the Family: Carrying on the Pressley family racing tradition". Stock Car Racing magazine. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Coleman Pressley Nationwide Series results". Yahoo!.
- ^ Albert, Zack (January 7, 2019). "Coleman Pressley to serve as spotter for Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Ford in 2019". NASCAR. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ Huber, Zachary (February 16, 2023). "Can Asheville natives Nick Hensley and Coleman Pressley add Daytona win to last year's NASCAR title?". Asheville Citizen-Times. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ "Coleman Pressley – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Coleman Pressley – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Coleman Pressley – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Coleman Pressley – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Coleman Pressley – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
External links
- Coleman Pressley driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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