Ricky Craven

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Richard Allen Craven (born May 24, 1966) is an American stock car race analyst and former racer who now works for Fox NASCAR.

He competed in four different series—the K&N Pro Series and the three national series—before his broadcasting duties.

Craven is perhaps best known for winning the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, defeating Kurt Busch in the closest finish in Cup Series history.

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Racing career

At Unity Raceway, Craven began racing at the age of 15, winning twice as well as the Rookie of the Year award. He won 12 feature events and the track championship this year. In 1984, Craven rode at Wiscasset Speedway in the Late Model Division; this year, he captured the track championship as well as the Rookie of the Year award. He then began racing in the American Canadian Tour, where he had a blasting success. In 1986, he made his NASCAR debut at Oxford Plains Speedway in his own No. 66. After suffering from an engine failure, the 12th in the world finished 25th. He began running the Busch North Series four years ago, winning the Rookie of the Year award. He was voted champion in that series in 1991 and he came back ten times in the No. ten championships. 25 Chevrolet, with two of those ten winners in "combination" races with the Busch Grand National Series, including the prestigious Oxford 250. In addition,, he made his Winston Cup debut at Rockingham, beginning and finishing 34th for Dick Moroso. In 1992, he switched to the Busch Series full-time. Bill Papke's 99 Chevy was voted Rookie of the Year for the first time in his lifetime, and he was voted Rookie of the Year once more. In 1993 and 1994, he finished runner-up to Steve Grissom and David Green, respectively, in the championship standings. Craven will appear as a pit reporter for TBS' coverage of the Mello Yello 500 in 1994, serving as a precursor to his broadcasting career on October 9, 1994.

Craven took on Winston Cup Rookie of the Year in 1995 with Larry Hedrick Motorsports and Kodiak. Craven qualified for all 31 races, appeared in the top ten times, and was able to defeat Robert Pressley for the top rookie award. He was given a part ownership interest in the company for his efforts. He began 1996 with three straight Top 10 finishes and his first career pole. He was fourth in points before the Winston Select 500, in which he was involved in a multi-car accident. His car was lifted into the air and hit by the catch fence above the wall before being thrown back onto the track and struck by another vehicle on lap 130. This crash was similar to Jimmy Horton's barrel roll in 1993, where he maintained the track. The catchfence was off the track off the track off the track, but NASCAR threw a long red flag to make repairs. He walked away from college, but in terms of points, he ranked twentieth in points and only had one top-five finish and one pole for the remainder of the season.

Craven told Hedrick that he should drive the No. at the end of the year. Hendrick Motorsports' 25 Chevy is a homage to Hendrick Motorsports. In the first two races of the season, Craven placed in the Top 5 places. In the 1997 Daytona 500, he finished third behind Terry Labonte in second and Jeff Gordon in first, with Hendrick Motorsports a 1-2-3 sweep. Craven crashed hard against the wall when training for the inaugural Interstate Batteries 500. Due to a concussion resulting from the accident, he missed two races. He won the Winston Open and finished a second-career-best 19th in points and a total of $1,139,860 in winnings for 1997. Craven was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) syndrome early in the 1998 season, and he was forced to miss multiple races before returning. He returned to his home track at New Hampshire International Speedway, winning the pole later this year. He was released from Hendrick permanently, but did not return until the final three races of the season, filling in for Ernie Irvan at MB2 Motorsports.

Craven bought the No. 96 for 1999. Scott Barbour's SBIII Motorsports team, a brand new team in NASCAR, has 58 Ford Taurus for him. He didn't finish better than 19th when driving the car, and after being unable to qualify for the Coca Cola 600, Loy Allen Jr. was hired by another new team Midwest Transit Racing, swapping rookie Dan Pardus in the No. 58. They've all been 50 and finished the season with them. Craven returned to the team in 2000, but the team switched to a part-time schedule after struggling to qualify for four of the first nine races of the season. Craven had four Top 20 finishes but finished 44th in points after this decision, but fell 44th in points.

Craven will replace Scott Pruett in PPI Motorsports' No. 1 in January. 32 Ford. He won the pole at Michigan International Speedway, and in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway, he saw Dale Jarrett win in the closing laps for his first Winston Cup victory. He won two poles, nine Top 10 finishes, and finished a career-best 15th in points in 2002. In 2003, his Ford's staff went from Ford to Pontiac, bringing the No. 1 in the world. A 32-car with a factory-backed engine program. He faced Kurt Busch for the victory in the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway, defeating him by.02 seconds in what was voted as the "Finish of the 2000s" in the Sprint Cup Series in December 2009. He became the last person to win in a Pontiac in the competition. Craven didn't win races again this season, dropping 12 spots in the points standings. He did not have a single top-ten finish three-quarters of the way through 2004, but he was then promoted by Bobby Hamilton Jr., who only returned to run at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his home track. Joe Gibbs Racing's last cup appearance was the 2004 EA Sports 500 in Talladega, where he rode in a development car for Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 125. 11 Chevrolet.

Craven's fifth visit to the Craftsman Truck Series in 2005 made him the No. 1 in the country. Roush Racing is a 99 Ford. After nine races, Craven came in second, and there was rumors that he had been promoted to Mark Martin's No. 2. 2006 was the 6th ride on the Nextel Cup. However, a tough stretch of finishes culminated in a free fall in point standings, and it was announced that Roush will be withdrawn at the end of the year. Craven did win at Martinsville Speedway late last year and finished 14th in points.

In the Busch Series for FitzBradshaw Racing, he got his first NASCAR start at the Goody's 250 at Martinsville in 2006. After the brakes failed on his No. 98, he finished 39th. Dodge 14 Dodge.

He retired and worked with ESPN and Yahoo! As a NASCAR analyst, I enjoy sports. He left ESPN after 12 years with the network to work for Fox in January 2019. Craven departed Fox at the end of the 2020 season to pursue a new Ricky Craven Motorsports venture. He had previously owned a motorsports dealership in Belfast, Maine.

Motorsports career results

(Bold) (British – Pole position earned by qualifying time) – Key (Bold) Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * (Most laps led) – the most laps led.)

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