Tony Ave
Ave atRoad America in 2010
Born	(1968-11-10)10 November 1968 (age 57) Hurley, Wisconsin, U.S.
Racing licence	FIA Gold(until 2016) FIA Silver(2017–)[1] NASCAR driver
Achievements	2010Trans-Am Series champion
NASCARCup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	67th (2009)
First race	2004Sirius at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2009Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish	87th (2010)
First race	2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Last race	2010NAPA 200 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of 30 November 2011.

Tony Ave (born 10 November 1968) is an American race car driver born inHurley, Wisconsin, US.^[2] He competed in theGrand-Am Series from 2000 until 2002, inFormula Atlantic from 1996 until 2001, and in theTrans-Am Series since 2009. He also made threeIndy Lights starts in 1993 and oneIndy Pro Series start in 2003. He also has sporadic starts inNASCAR as aroad course ringer.^[3]

In 2009, he was a regular competitor in the revivedSCCATrans-Am Series, driving a Chevrolet Corvette.^[4] In 2010, he brought Chevrolet its first Trans Am championship sincePaul Gentilozzi in 1998.

He won the 2010 and 2011 Trans-Am Series Championships. Ave owns Tony Ave Motorsports, which has become one of the most popular race teams amongst fans. However, he mostly drives for Lamers Racing.

In 2004, Ave made hisNASCAR Nextel Cup Series debut atWatkins Glen International when he drove the No. 80 car owned byHover Motorsports, a satellite team ofJoe Gibbs Racing. Starting 42nd, Ave dropped out after 84 laps with a brake problem, finishing 31st.

Ave returned to the Cup Series in 2009, competed at Watkins Glen on August 10, 2009 in the rain-delayedHeluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen. Ave completed eight laps and finished 43rd in his No. 37 Long John Silver's Dodge owned byFront Row Motorsports.^[3] Ave also participated in theNASCAR Nationwide Series' NAPA Parts D'Auto 200 presented by Dodge atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve as aroad course ringer.

Ave participated in the No. 35 car owned byTriStar Motorsports in the 2010Bucyrus 200 atRoad America in his home state of Wisconsin. After racing in the top-ten for most of the race, he spun out on the final lap and dropped out of the top-ten. He returned to the No. 35 team for the other two road course races, finishing fifteenth at Watkins Glen and leading one lap in Montreal – his first and only lap led in his Nationwide Series career.

In 2011, Ave made his so far last NASCAR attempt at Sonoma, attempting to qualify his No. 38 Long John Silver's car for FRM. He was bumped out of the field byAndy Pilgrim and did not qualify.

In April 2002, Ave, along withAndy Hillenburg, tested for theTeam Racing Auto Circuit series atAtlanta Motor Speedway. Four months later, Ave andBoris Said tested for TRAC atLowe's Motor Speedway.^[5]

In 2016, Ave made an agreement with Bill Riley to build a prototype chassis forELMS for the P3 andIMSA for the Prototype Challenge.^[6]

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

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

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