Camden Murphy

Camden Murphy (born July 23, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Silverado for NEMCO Motorsports, and participates in Monster Jam, driving the Bakugan Dragonoid truck. Murphy is colloquially known as Monster Jam Cam for his involvement in Monster Jam.

Camden Murphy
Murphy at Darlington Raceway in 2019
Born (1996-07-23) July 23, 1996
Itasca, Illinois
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
7 races run over 2 years
2019 position94th
Best finish72nd (2016)
First race2016 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Last race2019 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
26 races run over 7 years
Truck no., teamNo. 8 (NEMCO Motorsports)
2020 position64th
Best finish32nd (2017)
First race2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2020 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 11, 2020.

Racing career

Early years
Murphy's American Ethanol Truck Series No. 85 at Rockford Speedway in 2015

Due to the lack of racing opportunities and the large amount of racing pushback in his hometown Chicago area, Murphy often raced in southeastern Wisconsin at tracks like Madison International Speedway[1] and the Milwaukee Mile. Murphy gained substantial attention in 2012 when he won a Midwest Truck Series race at the Mile by way of a three-wide pass.[2] Starting in 2013, Murphy instructed drivers on road courses like Road America and the Daytona International Speedway road course.

NASCAR

Murphy made his NASCAR debut in 2014,[3] driving the No. 08 truck for SS-Green Light Racing in the Camping World Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway.[4] He finished on the lead lap in 21st[5] while donating sponsorship to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.[6] Murphy returned to Martinsville again in 2015, driving the No. 1 entry for MAKE Motorsports.[7] Again Murphy posted a lead lap finish, this time in 24th.[8] In 2016, Murphy moved up to the Xfinity Series, turning in a 26th-place finish in Rick Ware Racing's No. 25 entry at Bristol Motor Speedway.[9] Off the merits of that race, Truck team Contreras Motorsports signed Murphy to drive his first NASCAR road course race, at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in summer 2016.[10] Murphy fell out with clutch problems after completing only three laps of the race in an unsponsored truck.[11] Murphy made his first intermediate track start in 2017, where he was a field-filler for Copp Motorsports in a Truck race at Kansas Speedway.[12] A week later, MB Motorsports named Murphy as the driver of their No. 63 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[13]

Monster Jam

Murphy has been driving Monster Jam trucks since 2017, transitioning to the Bakugan Dragonoid truck in 2019, where he finished second in the freestyle and high jump events at Monster Jam World Finals XX.[14]

Personal life

After donating sponsorship space to the Ronald McDonald House Charities for a race in 2014, Murphy became an ambassador for the group in the Chicago region. He has volunteered for the charity dating back to 2012.[15]

Murphy has taken up telling the story of another Illinois driver, Fred Lorenzen, to libraries around the state.[16]

Murphy is friends with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Josh Bilicki due to them both growing up in the same area and their interest of racing.[17]

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.)

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2016 Rick Ware Racing 25 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI
26		 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 72nd 15 [9]
2019 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT
29		 CHI
31		 DAY NHA
DNQ		 94th 01 [18]
Rick Ware Racing 17 Chevy POC
32		 MCH IOW KEN
33
RSS Racing 93 Chevy IOW
24		 GLN MOH DAR
20		 IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM
38 BRI
DNQ		 ROA

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 NGTC Pts Ref
2014 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
21		 TEX PHO HOM 71st 20 [5]
2015 Rick Ware Racing 1 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
24		 TEX PHO HOM 70th 20 [8]
2016 Contreras Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP
31		 CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 110th 01 [11]
2017 Copp Motorsports 36 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN
30		 CLT POC
28		 MCH
25		 BRI HOM
27		 32nd 124 [19]
63 DOV
32		 TEX KEN
30		 ELD NHA
27
83 GTW
23		 IOW MSP
22		 CHI
22		 LVS
17		 TAL MAR TEX PHO
2018 63 DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV
29		 54th 40 [20]
TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy KAN
DNQ		 CLT
JJC Racing 0 Chevy TEX
31		 IOW
DNQ		 GTW
DNQ		 CHI
30		 KEN
31		 ELD POC
29		 MCH
DNQ		 BRI MSP LVS
Wth		 TAL MAR TEX PHO
Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy HOM
32
2019 NEMCO Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT
30		 TEX IOW GTW
28		 CHI
23		 KEN
28		 POC ELD 108th 01 [21]
87 MCH
31		 BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM
DNQ
2020 8 DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI
19		 LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 64th 18 [22]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
  1. "Andy Jones Wins Midwest Truck Feature | Madison International Speedway". misracing.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  2. "NCWTS: Camden Murphy to Make Truck Debut for SS Green Light at Martinsville". Race Chaser Online. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  3. "Driver Websites Creates New Website for Camden Murphy Racing - Inside Line Promotions | Shawn Miller - Racing Press Releases, Race Drivers, Tracks, Series, Businesses". www.insidelinepromotions.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  4. "SS Racing - Green Light Racing". www.ssracingonline.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  5. "Camden Murphy – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  6. "NASCAR...On the Road of Glory: Fred Lorenzen | LaSalle Public Library". www.lasalle.lib.il.us. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  7. "TRUCKS: J.J. Haley Only Retiree From Martinsville Slugfest". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  8. "Camden Murphy – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  9. "Camden Murphy – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  10. "MURPHY TO PILOT CONTRERAS MOTORSPORTS TRUCK IN CANADA - OFFICIAL Camden Murphy website | NASCAR Driver | Driving Coach | Public Speaker | Midwest Truck Tour| Itasca, IL". 11206.app.myracepass.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  11. "Camden Murphy – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  12. "TRUCKS: Stewart Friesen scores first Truck Series last-place finish for #52 since 2005". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  13. "Preliminary Entry List Storylines: All-Star Week". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  14. Caruso III, Anthony. "Read wins Freestyle at World Finals XX". Capital Sports Report. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  15. "| Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana". rmhccni.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  16. Summerville, Community Contributor Roslyn. "Pinspiring crafternoon at the Bartlett Library". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  17. "Josh Bilicki files Part 2 of his Blog".
  18. "Camden Murphy – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  19. "Camden Murphy – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  20. "Camden Murphy – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  21. "Camden Murphy – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  22. "Camden Murphy – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
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