Bobby East

Robert East (born December 17, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has raced in USAC, ARCA, and NASCAR. During his career in the latter two, East was a member of Ford's driver development program.

Bobby East
Born (1984-12-17) December 17, 1984
Torrance, California
Awards2004 USAC National Midget Series Champion
2004 USAC Driver-of-the-Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
11 races run over 2 years
Best finish52nd (2007)
First race2005 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race2007 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
31 races run over 3 years
Best finish23rd (2006)
First race2005 Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2008 Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 1
Statistics current as of June 8, 2020.

Racing career

In 2001, East became the youngest driver in USAC history to win a feature when he won a USAC National Midget event at the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana at the age of 16 years, six months, and 25 days in 2001.

East competed full-time in the USAC National Midget Series where he was the champion in 2004 driving the Steve Lewis Racing No. 9. The car's chassis was built by his father, Bob East, who is legendary short-track car builder of midgets, sprints, and silver crown machines. The title gave him the distinction of the being the youngest national champion in the series' history at age 19.

East was the most victorious driver during the 2004 USAC season with 15 victories among the series' three divisions. He wound up in victory lane seven times in national midgets, five times in national sprint cars, and once each in the Silver Crown, Western States Sprint Car, and Speedrome Regional Midget Series during the season. The highlights of the season were winning the Hut Hundred and the Turkey Night Grand Prix.

East then moved on to racing stock cars. He first attempted to qualify for three races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in Roush Racing's No. 33 Ford, but failed to qualify for two of those races. In the one where he did qualify for (at Phoenix), he wrecked late in that event and finished 30th. Additionally, he drove the No. 21 for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing at the Homstead season-finale, but failed to qualify for that race, too. Also that year, East made his ARCA Re/Max Series debut, where he competed at Talladega in October 2005, driving the No. 29 Ford for K Automotive Racing. A few weeks later, he made his NASCAR Busch Series debut at Memphis in the No. 46 for ST Motorsports and had a solid race, finishing 17th.

In 2006, East competed nearly full-time in the same truck, where he was teammates in the team's driver development program with fellow rookie Marcos Ambrose, who drove the team's No. 20 truck. East would finish the year 23rd in points despite missing the first two races of the season.

In 2007, East ran part-time in the Busch Series with Brewco Motorsports, splitting time in the team's No. 27, No. 37 and No. 43 cars. During the season, Brewco became Baker Curb Racing after a change in ownership.

East returned to the Truck Series part-time in 2008, reuniting with Roush to driving their No. 09 Zaxby's Ford F-150. This included him winning the pole for the race at IRP. Roush also tasked East with qualifying Cup Series Carl Edwards' Nationwide (formerly Busch) Series No. 60 car for the race at Memphis, the same track he made his debut at three years earlier. However, East was not able to qualify very high in the field, placing 34th, although Edwards would go on to win the race after making his way through the field to the front, taking the lead on lap 69 and staying there for the rest of the race. This effort would end up being East's last outing in NASCAR.

Personal life

Although born in Torrance, California, East currently resides in Brownsburg, Indiana.

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.)

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2005 ST Motorsports 46 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
17		 TEX PHO HOM 106th 112 [1]
2007 Brewco Motorsports 37 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
24		 KEN MLW
22		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
16		 IRP
39		 CGV GLN MCH
38		 BRI 52nd 806 [2]
Baker Curb Racing CAL
24		 KAN
22		 CLT
27 RCH
25		 DOV HOM
12
43 MEM
36		 TEX PHO
2008 Roush Fenway Racing 60 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
QL†		 TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [3]
† - Qualified for Carl Edwards

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman 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 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2005 Roush Racing 33 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP
DNQ		 NSH BRI RCH
DNQ		 NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO
30		 83rd 73 [4]
Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 21 Ford HOM
DNQ
2006 20 DAY CAL ATL
23		 23rd 2186 [5]
21 MAR
13		 GTY
13		 CLT
24		 MFD
34		 DOV
17		 TEX
28		 MCH
30		 MLW
17		 KAN
24		 KEN
34		 MEM
21		 IRP
11		 NSH
36		 BRI
29		 NHA
30		 LVS
22		 TAL
23		 MAR
21		 ATL
15		 TEX
22		 PHO
18		 HOM
16
2008 Roush Fenway Racing 09 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN
24		 CLT MFD DOV TEX
8		 MCH
18		 MLW MEM
8		 KEN IRP
19		 NSH BRI GTW
25		 NHA LVS
25		 TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 34th 771 [6]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2005 K Automotive Racing 29 Ford DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
36		 169th 50 [7]

References
  1. "Bobby East – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. "Bobby East – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. "Bobby East – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  4. "Bobby East – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  5. "Bobby East – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  6. "Bobby East – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  7. "Bobby East – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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