Cody Erickson

Cody Erickson
Cody Erickson
Born	Cody E. Erickson; September 22, 1988 (age 36); Ulen, Minnesota
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	5 races run over 4 years
2021 position	61st
Best finish	61st (2021)
First race	2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2021 Corn Belt 150 (Knoxville)
	Statistics current as of December 30, 2021.

Cody E. Erickson (born September 22, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado for Cram Racing Enterprises.

Career

A dirt, ATV, and snowmobile driver for at least ten years prior to 2014,^[1] Erickson attempted to qualify for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the dirt track of Eldora that same year, driving the No. 82 for Empire Racing. He came up just short of making the race after not finishing well enough in the last-chance qualifier. After he failed to make the field, the team invited him back for a pavement start at Martinsville that October, which he did qualify for, finishing 23rd in the race.

Empire put Erickson in their ARCA Racing Series No. 82 car at Salem in September of that year, which was his debut in the series.^[1] He finished in the top-15 in his first ARCA start.

Erickson returned to Eldora to try to qualify for the race there again in 2015, driving a second truck for Empire due to Sean Corr being in the No. 82 that Erickson had driven the prior year. The second truck for the team used the No. 35 with leased owner points from Win-Tron Racing. Empire did this instead of fielding a separate truck of their own so Erickson could have a better chance of qualifying (which he successfully did). He went on to finish 25th in the race.^[2]

On September 15, 2020, it was announced that Erickson would return to the now-Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series for the first time in five years, driving the No. 41 Cram Racing Enterprises Chevrolet at Bristol.^[3] Erickson returned to the team in the No. 41 for the new dirt race at Bristol in 2021.^[4]

Personal life

Erickson works as a farmer, an owner of two businesses, and an owner-driver of a dirt racing team in his hometown of Ulen, Minnesota. He graduated from both the University of Northwestern Ohio with a degree in High Performance and Chassis Fabrication, and Northland Technical College (in Minnesota) with a degree in Farm Business Management.^[1]

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2014	Empire Racing	82	Chevy	DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD DNQ	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL						73rd	21	^[5]
2014		82	Ford																			MAR 23	TEX	PHO	HOM		73rd	21	^[5]
2015		35	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD 25	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	72nd	19	^[6]
2020	Cram Racing Enterprises	41	Chevy	DAY	LVS	CLT	ATL	HOM	POC	KEN	TEX	KAN	KAN	MCH	DAY	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI 30	LVS	TAL	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	74th	7	^[7]
2021	Cram Racing Enterprises	41	Chevy	DAY	DAY	LVS	ATL	BRI 26	RCH	KAN	DAR	COA	CLT	TEX	NSH	POC	KNX 22	GLN	GTW	DAR	BRI	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO		61st	26	^[8]

^* Season still in progress

ARCA Racing Series