Juan Carlos Blum | |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1994 |
Birth Place: | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
Total Busch Races: | 13 |
Years In Busch: | 2 |
Prev Busch Pos: | 40th |
Prev Busch Year: | 2013 |
Best Busch Pos: | 40th (2013) |
First Busch Race: | 2012 Dollar General 300 (Chicagoland) |
Last Busch Race: | 2013 Dollar General 300 (Chicagoland) |
Busch Wins: | 0 |
Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
Busch Poles: | 0 |
Updated: | November 16, 2013 |
Juan Carlos Blum (born June 7, 1994) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver.
After beginning his racing career in karts,[1] Blum began competing in the NASCAR Mini Stock Series in his native Mexico in 2009;[2] he posted five wins in the series, with a best finish in the standings of second in 2010.[3] He moved to the United States to continue his racing career in 2011, driving for Revolution Racing in late model events in Virginia and the Carolinas;[4] he also competed in a single race in the NASCAR Corona Series during the year, having made two starts in the series in 2010.[5]
After the 2011 season Blum tested an ARCA Racing Series car at Daytona International Speedway;[5] during 2012 he competed in the Corona Series, finishing 18th in points with a best finish of 9th.[6] He also made his debut in ARCA competition, competing in two races with a best finish of 15th,[7] and drove in three Nationwide Series events for Rick Ware Racing, finishing 26th in his series debut at Chicagoland Speedway.[8]
In February 2013, it was announced that Blum would compete full-time in the Nationwide Series for Rick Ware Racing, driving the No. 15.[9] Blum wound up competing in 10 races during the season, with a best finish of 26th at Phoenix International Raceway.[10]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)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 | Pts | Ref | ||||||
2012 | Rick Ware Racing | 41 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MON | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI 26 | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX 29 | PHO | HOM 37 | 68th | 40 | [11] | |||||
2013 | 15 | Ford | DAY 37 | PHO 26 | LVS 28 | BRI | CAL 29 | TEX 29 | 40th | 140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Chevy | RCH 29 | TAL | DAR | CLT 28 | DOV | IOW 35 | MCH 30 | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rick Ware Racing | 23 | Ford | CHI 29 | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM |
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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 Racing 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 | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Donnie Neuenberger | 18 | Dodge | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL 29 | ELK | POC | 81st | 240 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carter 2 Motorsports | 97 | Dodge | MCH 15 | WIN | NJM | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | SLM | DSF | KAN |