07 Casey Mears
POLES
0
WINS
0
RANK
20
POINTS
3471
BEHIND
-2777
Casey Mears enters 2009 as the newest driver at Richard Childress Racing. Mears spent the past two seasons at Hendrick Motorsports driving the No. 5 car. During his first year at Hendrick in 2007, Mears earned his first career win, which came in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Career Highlights
- 2004 polesitter at Brickyard 400
- Posted career-first top five in 2004 at Watkins Glen
- Three-time ARCA series winner
- 1999 Dayton Indy Lights Series runner-up
- Second-youngest driver in USAC history to win a race
Driver Details
- Ht: 68 Wt: 158
- Born: 03/12/1978
- Hometown: Bakersfield, California
Related Links
| 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Poles | Rank | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Winnings |
| 33 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3471 | 3,662,388 |
Year-by-Year Sprint Cup Series Recap
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2008 Finished 20th in series points … Announced plans to leave Hendrick Motorsports and join Richard Childress Racing for 2009.
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2007 Earned his first career series win at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May … Finished 15th in the series standings with five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes … Announced plans to partner with crew chief Alan Gustafson and the No. 5 team for 2008 as the No. 25 ceases to exist at Hendrick.
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2006 Finished 14th in series points … Announced plans to leave Chip Ganassi Racing and join Hendrick Motorsports for 2007 … Earned two top-five and eight top-10 finishes … Top finish was second in both the season-opening Daytona 500 and the October race at Kansas Speedway … Led laps in two races.
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2005 Finished 22nd in series points. ... Recorded three top-five finishes and nine top-10 finishes. ... Finished in fourth place at both Texas events. ... Captured two top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes in the final 10 events. ... Led a total of 145 laps.
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2004 Finished 22nd in series points. ... Had his first career pole at Pocono in August and followed up the effort with a pole at Indianapolis for the Brickyard 400. ... Posted his career-best finish with a fourth at Watkins Glen, his lone top-five effort of the season. ... Led 88 laps. ... Only driver in the Ganassi stable to win a pole in 2004.
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2003 Finished 35th in points in his rookie season. ... Struggled throughout his rookie season, finishing with 10 DNFs. ... Led nine laps. ... Had 11 top-15 qualifying efforts. ... Ran 14 Busch Series races and finished with four top 10s.
