| Bayley Currey | |||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Currey atMartinsville Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Bayley Alexander Currey (1996-10-29)October 29, 1996 (age 29) Driftwood, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2014Viper Pro Late Model Series Champion | ||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
| 12 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2021 position | 64th | ||||||
| Best finish | 52nd (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2019TicketGuardian 500 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2021Quaker State 400 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 111 races run over 6 years | |||||||
| 2023 position | 98th | ||||||
| Best finish | 20th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2018My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023United Rentals 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 83 races run over 9 years | |||||||
| 2025 position | 22nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 18th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2017Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Weather Guard Truck Race (Bristol) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of October 31, 2025. | |||||||
Bayley Alexander Currey[1] (born October 29, 1996) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 44 and No. 45Chevrolet Silverado RST forNiece Motorsports as well as part-time inDirt Super Late Models, driving the No. 0 and No. 4Longhorn Chassis forNiece Motorsports. He has also competed in theNASCAR Cup Series andNASCAR Xfinity Series in the past.
Currey started hisgo-kart racing career in 2003, later moving up toBandolero racing. After that, he competed at Central Texas Speedway, drivingpro late models.[2][3]
Currey made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville at theTexas Roadhouse 200, driving the No. 50 truck forBeaver Motorsports. The offer was brought to him by a personal friend.[3] He started 27th and finished 25th. Currey returned in Phoenix, driving the No. 83 forCopp Motorsports. He started 21st, and finished tenth, surviving multiple wrecks in the process. He drove the No. 83 truck again at Homestead, starting 30th and finishing 28th after an engine failure.[4][5] Currey wound up running 13 Truck races in 2018.
On February 9, 2019, it was announced that Currey andVizion Motorsports agreed to run a partial schedule in the No. 35Toyota Tundra for2019.[6] The announcement came after Currey tested anARCA Racing Series car for Vizion. In July, he joinedNiece Motorsports for theGander RV 150 atPocono Raceway,[7] and later finished sixth with the team atMichigan International Speedway.[8]
In 2020, Currey joinedCMI Motorsports for theStrat 200 atLas Vegas Motor Speedway.[9] He returned to Niece at Pocono after regular driverNatalie Decker was hospitalized withbile duct complications.[10]
On January 3, 2021, Currey revealed on theTalking in Circles podcast that he would return to Niece in 2021 for another part-time schedule. Although plans were for his season debut to take place atCircuit of the Americas,[11] he did so in April at Kansas in the No. 45 truck after regular driverBrett Moffitt switched to Xfinity points.[12] Currey changed his points declaration to the Truck Series on May 4.[13]
Currey joined Niece Motorsports for a partial schedule in 2023 and scored three top-five finishes. On October 26, 2023, it was announced the Currey would drive the No. 41 truck full-time in 2024.[14] He struggled throughout the regular season, failing to record a single top-ten finish and as a result, failed to make the playoffs.
A few weeks after competing in the 2018 Stratosphere 200 in theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Currey made hisNASCAR Xfinity Series debut atTexas Motor Speedway withB. J. McLeod Motorsports.[15][16] He qualified 23rd and finished twentieth after falling back to 30th at the end of Stage 1 and 27th at the end of Stage 2.[17] Currey returned at Loudon in July withJP Motorsports in their No. 55 entry, and piloted the car for most of the remainder of the 2018 season.
On August 15, 2019, leading into theFood City 300 at Bristol, Currey was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after failing a drug test;[8] Currey, in a statement, said that the failure was due to a banned ingredient (Octodrine) in a pre-workout supplement. He apologized publicly on the night the suspension was announced and asked NASCAR to enter him in to the Road to Recovery program, which is mandatory for members looking to be reinstated by NASCAR.[18] He was reinstated on September 18 after completing the Road to Recovery.[19] He made his racing return at the Charlotte Roval, where he finished 37th.[20]
Currey joinedMike Harmon Racing for the 2020 season, where he ran much of the schedule in the No. 74. He was elevated to a full-time seat with the team in 2021.[21] In theCall 811 Before You Dig 200 atPhoenix Raceway, Currey posted his and MHR's best career finishes of seventh.[22]
On October 15, 2021, Currey stated in an interview withJayski's Silly Season Site that he was hoping to return toJD Motorsports in 2022. He drove forMike Harmon Racing for most of the 2021 season until he was taken out of the ride due to other drivers bringing sponsorship.[23] On December 27, JDM announced that Currey would drive one of their cars full-time in 2022. Although he drove the No. 15 in all of his starts for the team in 2021, his car number for 2022 was No. 4 and was sponsored by the Swedish rock bandGhost at the spring Phoenix race.[24]
In March 2019, Currey partnered withRick Ware Racing for hisMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in theTicketGuardian 500 atISM Raceway.[25] He was slated to run theBass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol with Ware until his suspension.[26][27]Kyle Weatherman took his place in the 52.
Currey returned to Ware and the Cup Series in May 2020, driving the No. 53 in theSupermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol.[28] In August, he replacedJ. J. Yeley during theGo Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course when Yeley required medical attention due to a failed cooling system.[29]
Currey returned to the series in the2021 Quaker State 400 at Atlanta, driving the No. 15 for RWR.[30]
Currey's father was a race car driver.[3] Bayley attendedTexas State University.[3]
Currey bussed tables at The Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, Texas while in high school.[31][32]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Cup 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 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2019 | Rick Ware Racing | 52 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO 31 | CAL | MAR | KAN 33 | CLT 35 | CHI 32 | DAY | 52nd | 01 | [33] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | TEX 35 | BRI 31 | RCH 32 | TAL | DOV | PHO 32 | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Ford | POC 25 | MCH | SON | KEN 33 | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | ROV | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 53 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CAL | PHO | DAR | DAR | CLT | CLT | BRI 38 | ATL | MAR | HOM | TAL | POC | POC | IND | KEN | TEX | KAN | NHA | MCH | MCH | 54th | 01 | [34] | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | Ford | DRC RL† | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | ROV | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 15 | Chevy | DAY | DRC | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | BRD | MAR | RCH | TAL | KAN | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | SON | NSH | POC | POC | ROA | ATL 32 | NHA | GLN | IRC | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | ROV | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 64th | 01 | [35] | |
| † – RelievedJ. J. Yeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key)
| CARS Pro Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | CPLMTC | Pts | Ref | |||
| 2025 | Conner Jones Racing | 44 | Chevy | AAS | CDL | OCS | ACE | NWS | CRW | HCY | HCY | AND | FLC | SBO | TCM 2 | NWS | 45th | 41 | [50] | |||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
@BayleyCurrey announced today on @SiriusXMNASCAR that he will drive in select @NASCAR_Trucks events for @NieceMotorsport. His first race will be at @COTA.
Brandon Brown and Bayley Currey scored career-best finishes in third and seventh, respectively; the latter enjoyed his first career Xfinity top ten and his first such finish in a national series since he recorded a sixth-place run in the 2019 Camping World Truck Series race at Michigan. Currey also notched Mike Harmon Racing's second top ten in their history after team-mateKyle Weatherman finished eighth at Kentucky in 2020.