Ted Minor

Ted D. Minor (born February 1, 1974) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Silverado for self-owned Ted Minor Motorsports.

Ted Minor
Born	Ted D. Minor (1974-02-01) February 1, 1974 (age 51) Weatherford, Texas, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 2 years
2019 position	114th
Best finish	47th (2017)
First race	2014 Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway)
Last race	2017 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of July 9, 2020.

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.^[1]

Minor's first stock car start came in the ARCA Racing Series in 2010 driving the No. 89 for Lafferty Motorsports at Salem, 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.^[2] finishing 25th. He returned again for Cefalia at Chicagoland finishing 31st. Minor returned in the following race at New Hampshire now start and parking the No. 57 Chevrolet Silverado for Norm Benning Racing and finished 30th. He was going to attempt the Iowa 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.^[3] He drove for them at Iowa and Chicagoland. Ted returned at Texas 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).^[4] and he tied his best finish of 25th-place. Minor returned in the following race at Phoenix with the same sponsorship but now driving the No. 63 truck for MB Motorsports and finished 31st.

In June 2019, Minor returned to the Truck Series for the SpeedyCash.com 400 at Texas, driving the No. 25 for self-owned Ted Minor Motorsports.^[5] He failed to qualify.^[6] He attempted to race at Chicagoland but he withdrew.

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.)

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series results
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	NGOTC	Pts	Ref
2014	Cefalia Motorsports	12	Chevy	DAY	MAR Wth	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW 25	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI 31									65th	32	[7]
	Norm Benning Racing	57	Chevy																NHA 30	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2017	Long Motorsports	14	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW 27	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI 26	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR				47th	39	[8]
	Faith Motorsports	44	Chevy																					TEX 25
	MB Motorsports	63	Chevy																						PHO 31	HOM
2019	Ted Minor Motorsports	25	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX DNQ	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM	114th	-	[9]

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2010	Lafferty Motorsports	89	Chevy	DAY	PBE	SLM 25	TEX	TAL	TOL	POC	MCH	IOW	MFD	POC	BLN	NJE	ISF	CHI	DSF	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR	118th	105	[10]

^* Season still in progress