Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope
Cope at Pocono Raceway in 2017
Born	Derrike Wayne Cope (1958-11-03) November 3, 1958 San Diego, California, U.S.
Achievements	1990 Daytona 500 Winner
Awards	1984 Winston West Series Rookie of the Year West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2013)
NASCAR Cup Series career
429 races run over 32 years
2021 position	42nd
Best finish	15th (1995)
First race	1982 Winston Western 500 (Riverside)
Last race	2021 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
First win	1990 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last win	1990 Budweiser 500 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 32 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
280 races run over 22 years
2016 position	29th
Best finish	20th (2011)
First race	1990 Budweiser 300 (New Hampshire)
Last race	2016 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
First win	1994 NE Chevy 250 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 8 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
15 races run over 7 years
Best finish	51st (2007)
First race	1995 Fas Mart SuperTruck Shootout (Richmond)
Last race	2008 Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of December 25, 2021.

Derrike Wayne Cope (born November 3, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is best known for his surprise win in the 1990 Daytona 500. He last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Rick Ware Racing in an alliance with his own StarCom Racing. Cope also served as team manager of StarCom. As of 2022, he is the last driver to compete in at least one NASCAR Cup Series race in five consecutive decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s).

Early life and education

Cope was born in San Diego, California and raised in Spanaway, Washington. In high school, he enjoyed auto racing and baseball. He was a catcher on the Bethel High School baseball team, and later played college baseball at Whitman College. While being scouted by Major League Baseball teams, Cope suffered a knee injury that ended his playing career. He then devoted himself to racing full-time.

Career

Early career

Cope progressed through the short-track ranks in the Northwest, and later made his Winston Cup Series debut at Riverside International Raceway in 1982. Cope's No. 95 car finished 36th there after developing an oil leak, and he won $625. He ran part-time in the Winston Cup Series after that, making an attempt at Rookie of the Year in 1987. In 1989, he signed with Bob Whitcomb to drive the No. 10 Purolator Pontiac and later Chevrolet, posting four top-10 finishes.

1990–1995

During the last lap of the 1990 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt, who dominated the race, ran over a piece of debris and cut a tire in turn three. After narrowly avoiding most of the resulting debris, Cope went underneath, passed Earnhardt's slowing car, assumed the lead and earned his first win, as well as his first Top 5 (his best finish prior to the 1990 Daytona 500 was sixth) in NASCAR competition. He became an overnight sensation as a result of the win, appearing on Late Night with David Letterman that week. At Dover later in the 1990 season, Cope rallied for another win after running out of fuel and falling off the lead lap. At year's end, he wound up 18th in points.

Following the 1992 season, the Whitcomb team closed down, and Cope drove an originally unsponsored No. 66 Ford for Cale Yarborough. After Daytona, the car was sponsored by Bojangles, and the number changed to No. 98 starting the next race at Rockingham, reflecting the restaurant's 98 cent value menu. Midway through the 1994 season, Cope was replaced by Jeremy Mayfield and began driving for Bobby Allison's No. 12 Straight Arrow-sponsored Ford, after a brief stint with car owner T.W. Taylor. During this season, Cope won his first career Busch Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway, driving the No. 82 Ford Thunderbird for Ron Zook, co-owner of Bobby Allison Motorsports. The 1995 season was Cope's most consistent. He had eight Top 10 finishes, and garnered a 15th-place finish in points. His best finish of the season was at Phoenix, in which he led 34 laps and finished runner-up to Ricky Rudd following a late-race shootout.

1996–2005

Cope's No. 36 car in 1997

When Allison's team shut down after the 1996 season, Cope signed on with the fledgling MB2 Motorsports operation, driving the No. 36 Skittles-sponsored Pontiac to a 27th-place finish in points. After one year, he was released and signed on with the Bahari Racing operation. Despite missing some races due to an injury, Cope won his first career pole position at Lowe's Motor Speedway, although he failed to post a Top 10 finish in the No. 30 Gumout-sponsored car. Cope returned to Bahari in 1999 with Sara Lee sponsorship. After failing to qualify for 10 races, Cope was released from the team. He made sporadic appearances for LJ Racing and Larry Hedrick Motorsports, and later signed on to drive the No. 15 Ford Taurus owned by Fenley-Moore Motorsports. Cope became unhappy when the team only ran a part-time schedule, and quit after a few races. He spent the rest of the year on the sidelines, before taking over the No. 86 R.C. Cola-sponsored Dodge Ram at Impact Motorsports at the end of the season in the Craftsman Truck Series.

In 2001, Cope announced the formation of Quest Motor Racing, a team he would co-own with drag racer Warren Johnson. The team did not qualify for a race all year, and his only start came with CLR Racing. He ran four races in the Busch Series in the No. 94 owned by Fred Bickford, posting a best finish of 21st at Bristol Motor Speedway. The team had mild success the next year, garnering sponsorship from Avacor and Poison. Cope also ran some races with BAM Racing that year. After 18 starts in 2003 driving the No. 37 Friendly's Ice Cream-sponsored Chevrolet, Cope merged the team with Arnold Motorsports. Cope qualified fifth for the 2004 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, but after several starts, Cope was released from the ride, and took back his equipment. He also ran 30 races in the No. 49 Advil-sponsored Ford for Jay Robinson in the Busch Series that season. His best finish, 20th, came at Daytona. In 2005, Cope tried merging his team again, joining forces with Larry Hollenbeck and S.W.A.T. Fitness, but lost the opportunity after he failed to qualify for the Daytona 500. Cope had attempted a couple of races with Ware Racing Enterprises before making his only Cup start of the season at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 33rd in the No. 08 Royal Administration/Sundance Vacations/My Guardian 911-sponsored Dodge for McGlynn Racing. Cope was later given the team's full-time ride in the No. 00, as requested by the sponsor.

2006–2011

In 2006, Cope intended to run a full schedule for McGlynn with No. 74 car, but soon cut back to part-time. His best finish was at Michigan International Speedway, where he finished 34th. In the Busch Series, his best finish in the 49 car was 33rd at Dover International Speedway, and his best start was 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway. He intended to run more races with McGlynn in 2007, but the team suspended operations after only attempting one race. He spent the season driving part-time schedules for Robinson and Xpress Motorsports.

In 2008, he signed to drive for Means Racing in the Nationwide Series, but switched midseason to drive for James Finch and Jay Robinson Racing. Later in the season, Cope began entering his own trucks and cars in the Craftsman Truck Series and Nationwide Series. In the truck series he fielded the No. 73 and No. 74 trucks with Nick Tucker and Jennifer Jo Cobb being the primary drivers, while in the Nationwide Series he fielded the No. 73 and No. 78 cars with Kevin Lepage driving the No. 73 and others racing the No. 78.

Cope in his No. 73 Nationwide car in 2009

As the 2009 season approached, Cope announced he would be involved on all three of NASCAR's circuits, as he would pilot the No. 75 Cope/Keller Racing Dodge in the Sprint Cup series with BluFrog Energy Drink coming on board as a primary sponsor during Daytona Speedweeks. He began the season as the driver of the No. 41 Metal Jeans Chevrolet Impala for Rick Ware Racing in the Nationwide Series, but was released after three races, and moved to his own team. He has also fielded trucks part-time for himself, Larry Foyt, and Jennifer Jo Cobb. Cope has fielded the No. 78 car for one race in nationwide. He has fielded the No. 73 for most of the races.

In 2009, Cope attempted six races with his self-owned team; he failed to qualify for any of them. At the October Martinsville race, Cope successfully attempted his first Sprint Cup race since 2006 while driving for Larry Gunselman.

In 2010, Cope teamed up with Dale Clemons as co-owners of new racing venture Stratus Racing Group. The team ran a full schedule with Cope as driver in both the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. It also ran a limited schedule in the ARCA Re/Max Series, fielding a car for Cope's twin nieces Amber Cope and Angela Cope, who split the ride.

Cope racing his 2011 Nationwide car

Cope returned to Jay Robinson Inc. for 2011 in the No. 28 Chevrolet. For the 2011 Daytona 500, Cope attempted to qualify the No. 64 Toyota for Larry Gunselman with sponsorship from Sta-Bil. Cope finished 13th in the Budweiser Shootout driving for Gunselman. Cope has decided to field his cup car in select races with manufacturing backing from Chevrolet instead of Dodge. In the 2011 Sprint Showdown, Cope was involved in a crash with Landon Cassill, where he T-boned Cassill's car when he spun out. Neither driver was injured. Cope finished 20th in Nationwide Series standings, competing in all but one event.

2012-2016

Cope returned to the Nationwide Series in 2012, competing in the No. 73 Chevrolet for his own CFK Motorsports. After missing the opening race at Daytona, Cope would return to Jay Robinson's team for Las Vegas, and later Darlington for ML Motorsports. Cope and his No. 73 the fall race a Phoenix. Cope announced that he would run a part-time schedule in 2013. Cope made his first attempt at Darlington, resulting in a DNQ. Cope would qualify at Kentucky, finishing 39th. After two more DNQs at Richmond and Charlotte in his own car, Cope was hired to ru. the No. 70 Toyota, driving for NEMCO-JRR at Phoenix International Raceway, but after a crash in qualifying crash, Cope's No. 73 Chevy Impala served as the 70 car's backup. Cope would finish 35th.

2015 Xfinity car at Road America

In 2014, Cope's team bought the equipment from the defunct ML Motorsports. After piecing together sponsorship deals early on, Youtheory agreed to sponsor Cope for the entire 2014 season, enabling Cope to race full-time for the first time since 2011. It was a much needed break for Cope, and he piloted the No. 70 Youtheory Chevrolet to a 22nd-place points finish. In January 2015, Cope announced that he would return to the Xfinity Series for the part-time 2015 season with Charlie's Soap as the sponsor. The 2015 season saw a dip in performance. At Auto Club, Cope's hauler was swarmed with bees. Several crew members, including Cope's wife, were stuck inside the hauler. Cope attempted 29 races, with Matt Frahm, Matt Waltz and Garrett Smithley running the remaining four. Cope returned in 2016, with him driving 28 races, Timmy Hill driving 2 races and Dexter Stacey driving the last three races of season. Cope missed the race at Daytona after issues in qualifying, but qualified the following week in Atlanta. During the Zippo 200 at The Glen, Cope radioed to his team that he was having a brake problem. Shortly after, the front end of the car exploded and black smoke blew from the car. NASCAR confiscated the car and investigated what had happened. Cope was unharmed. It was later discovered that the explosion was caused by tire failure triggered by excess heat from a broken spindle.

2017

In January 2017, Cope closed down his Xfinity Series team after 16 years of competition. In February, it was announced that Cope would return to the NASCAR Cup Series, driving for Premium Motorsports. On March 3, Cope qualified for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his first race since 2009 at NASCAR's highest level. Cope would finish under power in 36th, after suffering power steering problems during the race. Sundance Vacations and the United Way of NEPA partnered to sponsor Cope at the Overton's 400 at Pocono. As part of Darlington Raceway's annual "throwback" weekend, Cope's No. 55 car was designed like his No. 12 Mane 'n Tail car that he drove for Bobby Allison Motorsports from 1994 to 1996, and Mane 'n Tail returned as the sponsor.

On September 10, 2017, Cope announced that he and Premium Motorsports had agreed to part ways, saying, "I'm thankful to Jay Robinson and the folks at Premium for the opportunity they have given me this season to return to the Cup Series but the timing is right to pursue other opportunities." Two weeks later, Premium sponsor StarCom Fiber formed StarCom Racing, fielding the No. 00 for Cope at Dover. However, on September 26, 2017, StarCom Racing announced they will withdraw from Dover due to personnel hiring and timing. Cope did make his first start with StarCom at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, starting 39th and finishing last after mechanical problems plagued the car. Cope's best race of the season came in the penultimate race of the season at Phoenix. He started last due to not making a qualifying run after an engine problem appeared on his No. 00, but spent most of the race charging through the field to place 32nd due to late-race crashes.

2018–present

In January 2018, StarCom Racing announced that they had secured a charter for the 2018 Cup Series season and will run the full schedule with Cope and Jeffrey Earnhardt serving for the majority of the schedule. However, Earnhardt and StarCom split, and Landon Cassill was hired. Cope announced that they would hopefully run his No. 99 car at Texas Motor Speedway, though the team did not attempt to make that race. Cope and the 99 would make their 2018 debut at Dover International Speedway, the site of Cope's second Cup win in 1990. Cope would also run Pocono and Darlington that year. Cope would run Darlington with sponsorship from Bojangles, who sponsored Cope in 1993, for the annual Throwback Weekend.

After focusing on his management role in 2019 and 2020, Cope announced a return to driving in 2021, driving the No. 15 Jacob Companies Chevrolet Camaro for Rick Ware Racing in a partnership with StarCom Racing for the Daytona 500. At season's end, StarCom shut down, making Cope a free agent.

2022–present

At the end of 2021, with StarCom shutting down, Cope and his wife sold their shares of the operation. Afterwards, Cope joined Nick Tucker's SCCA team, Nitro Motorsports, in the managing department of Nitro's Trans-Am 2 team. He also has been active in the GT America Series.

Personal life

Cope's first cousin is NASCAR crew chief Ernie Cope. Cope's nieces, Angela Ruch and Amber Cope, have also raced in NASCAR. Angela still competes part time, while Amber quit driving in 2012 after an incident with Kevin Harvick. Cope has been married twice. His current wife, Elyshia, serves as Marketing Director at StarCom Racing.

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.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup 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	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
1982	Jefferson Racing	95	Ford	DAY	RCH	BRI	ATL	CAR	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	CLT	MAR	CAR	ATL	RSD 36							101st	55
1984	Jefferson Racing	95	Ford	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD 15	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR								RSD 18							57th	-
		07																								RCH 29	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL
1985				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT	RSD 15	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD 19									55th	224
1986	Autosports Enterprises	79	Ford	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR 9	TAL	DOV	CLT 30	RSD 31	POC	MCH 28	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD 41								45th	400
1987	Stoke Racing	19	Ford	DAY 33	CAR	RCH	ATL 36	DAR	NWS	BRI			CLT 37	DOV			MCH 41	DAY				MCH 38	BRI 16	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 39	CAR										37th	797
			Chevy								MAR 13	TAL			POC 38	RSD			POC 31	TAL	GLN 31
		93																													RSD 20	ATL
1988	Testa Racing	68	Ford	DAY 27	RCH 32	CAR 20	ATL 26	DAR 26	BRI 24	NWS 22	MAR 29	TAL 26	CLT 40	DOV 18		POC 24	MCH 32	DAY 39	POC 33	TAL 24	GLN 40	MCH 34	BRI 30	DAR 35	RCH DNQ	DOV 36	MAR	CLT 32	NWS	CAR 36	PHO 16	ATL 33								31st	1985
			Chevy												RSD 17
1989			Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR	ATL 34	RCH 35	DAR 35	BRI	NWS	MAR																													28th	2180
	Bob Whitcomb Racing	10	Pontiac									TAL 30	CLT 12	DOV 28	SON	POC 36	MCH 9	DAY 26	POC 35	TAL 38	GLN 40	MCH 6	BRI 29	DAR 25	RCH 25	DOV 8	MAR 13	CLT 6	NWS 26	CAR 11	PHO 14	ATL 12
1990			Chevy	DAY 1	RCH 29	CAR 12	ATL 29	DAR 27	BRI 32	NWS 21	MAR 17	TAL 40	CLT 9	DOV 1	SON 13	POC 12	MCH 12	DAY 28	POC 13	TAL 7	GLN 35	MCH 19	BRI 27	DAR 9	RCH 35	DOV 13	MAR 24	NWS 22	CLT 7	CAR 33	PHO 14	ATL 12								18th	3140
1991				DAY 26	RCH 32	CAR 34	ATL 11	DAR 31	BRI 32	NWS 15	MAR DNQ	TAL 28	CLT 12	DOV 27	SON 30	POC 10	MCH 41	DAY 17	POC 36	TAL 35	GLN 13	MCH 34	BRI 29	DAR 4	RCH 16	DOV 36	MAR 19	NWS 30	CLT 33	CAR 15	PHO 16	ATL 24								28th	2516
1992				DAY 34	CAR 19	RCH 19	ATL 14	DAR 16	BRI 10	NWS 14	MAR 22	TAL 12	CLT 17	DOV 33	SON 18	POC 12	MCH 22	DAY 34	POC 19	TAL 22	GLN 34	MCH 33	BRI 12	DAR 12	RCH 35	DOV 9	MAR 20	NWS 22	CLT 17	CAR 14	PHO 7	ATL 15								21st	3033
1993	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	66	Ford	DAY 29																																				26th	2787
		98			CAR 18	RCH 19	ATL 17	DAR 17	BRI 12	NWS 30	MAR 25	TAL 8	SON 18	CLT 36	DOV 31	POC 33	MCH 27	DAY 24	NHA 22	POC 29	TAL 36	GLN 11	MCH 21	BRI 27	DAR 17	RCH 28	DOV 32	MAR 20	NWS 20	CLT 39	CAR 19	PHO 23	ATL 19
1994				DAY 21	CAR 29	RCH 29	ATL 34	DAR 16	BRI 27	NWS 27	MAR 28	TAL 31	SON 43	CLT 18	DOV 23	POC 40	MCH 37	DAY 23	NHA 35																					30th	2612
	Taylor Racing	02	Ford																	POC 19	TAL DNQ	IND 27
	Bobby Allison Motorsports	12	Ford																				GLN 40	MCH 18	BRI 16	DAR 35	RCH 19	DOV 12	MAR 17	NWS 19	CLT 8	CAR 37	PHO 30	ATL 7
1995				DAY 31	CAR 8	RCH 6	ATL 13	DAR 5	BRI 13	NWS 30	MAR 28	TAL 42	SON 12	CLT 19	DOV 12	POC 20	MCH 19	DAY 13	NHA 7	POC 39	TAL 15	IND 40	GLN 15	MCH 34	BRI 10	DAR 15	RCH 34	DOV 7	MAR 9	NWS 13	CLT 11	CAR 19	PHO 2	ATL 35						15th	3384
1996				DAY 41	CAR 8	RCH 22	ATL 35	DAR 39	BRI 22	NWS 13	MAR 28	TAL 29	SON 39	CLT 14	DOV 23	POC 27	MCH 40	DAY 42	NHA 38	POC 10	TAL 27	IND 14	GLN 16	MCH 24	BRI 29	DAR 34	RCH 8	DOV 31	MAR DNQ	NWS 37	CLT 18	CAR 39	PHO 43	ATL DNQ						35th	2374
1997	MB2 Motorsports	36	Pontiac	DAY 36	CAR 31	RCH 30	ATL DNQ	DAR 20	TEX 41	BRI 16	MAR 34	SON 18	TAL 13	CLT 12	DOV 20	POC 11	MCH 8	CAL 29	DAY 28	NHA 20	POC 16	IND 41	GLN 38	MCH 16	BRI 32	DAR 14	RCH 16	NHA 26	DOV 30	MAR 36	CLT 33	TAL 18	CAR 20	PHO 16	ATL 5					27th	2901
1998	Bahari Racing	30	Pontiac	DAY 37	CAR 15	LVS 31	ATL 38	DAR 40	BRI 26	TEX DNQ	MAR	TAL 22	CAL 39	CLT 33	DOV 35	RCH 34	MCH DNQ	POC 26	SON 38	NHA 16	POC 23	IND DNQ	GLN 39	MCH 43	BRI 36	NHA DNQ	DAR 27	RCH 24	DOV 35	MAR 30	CLT 14	TAL 11	DAY 38	PHO 33	CAR 25	ATL 30				37th	2065
1999				DAY 18	CAR DNQ	LVS 34	ATL 41	DAR DNQ	TEX 22	BRI DNQ	MAR 34	TAL DNQ	CAL 42	RCH 42	CLT DNQ	DOV 36	MCH 32	POC DNQ	SON 37	DAY DNQ	NHA DNQ	POC DNQ	IND 32																	44th	915
	Eel River Racing																							GLN DNQ	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR	RCH
	LJ Racing	91	Chevy																										NHA DNQ	DOV DNQ	MAR
	Fenley-Moore Motorsports	15	Ford																													CLT 35					ATL DNQ
	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy																														TAL 37	CAR 25	PHO 43	HOM DNQ
2000	Fenley-Moore Motorsports	15	Ford	DAY 41	CAR	LVS 37	ATL 19	DAR DNQ	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			57th	198
2001	Quest Motor Racing	37	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT DNQ	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV										60th	91
	Team CLR	57	Ford																												KAN 24	CLT DNQ	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM DNQ	ATL	NHA
2002				DAY	CAR	LVS DNQ	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH																										53rd	361
	Quest Motor Racing	37	Ford												CLT DNQ	DOV DNQ	POC	MCH 38	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC 35	IND DNQ	GLN
	BAM Racing	49	Dodge																							MCH 37	BRI 41	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL 37	CAR	PHO 38	HOM 34
2003	Quest Motor Racing	37	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 43	LVS 29	ATL	DAR	BRI 43	TEX	TAL	MAR 42	CAL 43	RCH DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV DNQ	POC DNQ	MCH 40	SON	DAY	CHI 43	NHA 35	POC 42	IND 36	GLN	MCH 34	BRI DNQ	DAR 39	RCH	NHA DNQ	DOV 35	TAL	KAN 38	CLT 37	MAR 42	ATL 40	PHO DNQ	CAR 43		46th	822
	Arnold Motorsports	79	Dodge																																				HOM DNQ
2004		50		DAY 30	CAR 30	LVS 33	ATL 38	DAR 25	BRI 26	TEX 37	MAR 33	TAL 38	CAL 31	RCH 29	CLT 34	DOV	POC																							40th	1058
	SCORE Motorsports	02	Chevy															MCH 42	SON
	W.W. Motorsports	94	Dodge																	DAY DNQ	CHI	NHA	POC											CLT DNQ	MAR	ATL DNQ	PHO
	Mach 1 Motorsports	98	Ford																					IND 40	GLN	MCH 41	BRI 38		RCH 42	NHA
		96																										CAL 40
	Hover Motorsports	80	Ford																												DOV DNQ	TAL	KAN
	W.W. Motorsports	94	Ford																																			DAR DNQ	HOM
2005	SWAT Racing	55	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC																							81st	64
	Conely Racing	79	Chevy															MCH DNQ	SON	DAY	CHI
	Rick Ware Racing	52	Dodge																			NHA DNQ	POC DNQ	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT
	McGlynn Racing	08	Chevy																																MAR 33	ATL	TEX
		00	Dodge																																			PHO DNQ	HOM DNQ
2006		74		DAY DNQ	CAL DNQ	LVS	ATL DNQ	BRI DNQ	MAR DNQ	TEX 41	PHO	TAL	RCH 43	DAR 43	CLT QL†	DOV 37	POC DNQ	MCH 43	SON	DAY	CHI DNQ	NHA DNQ	POC DNQ			MCH 34	BRI 43	CAL	RCH DNQ	NHA DNQ	DOV 43	KAN	TAL 43	CLT DNQ	MAR DNQ	ATL DNQ	TEX DNQ	PHO DNQ	HOM DNQ	52nd	317
	Front Row Motorsports	61	Chevy																					IND DNQ	GLN
2007	McGlynn Racing	74	Dodge	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	70th	0
2008	Derrike Cope Inc.	75	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT DNQ	MAR DNQ	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	83rd	0
2009	Cope/Keller Racing			DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR DNQ	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV DNQ	POC DNQ	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND DNQ	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA DNQ	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT						66th	37
	Gunselman Motorsports	64	Toyota																																MAR 42	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2010	Stratus Racing Group	75	Dodge	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	83rd	0
2011	Max Q Motorsports	64	Toyota	DAY DNQ	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL					82nd	01
	Stratus Racing Group	75	Dodge																																	MAR DNQ	TEX	PHO	HOM
2017	Premium Motorsports	55	Chevy	DAY	ATL 36	LVS 35	PHO 33	CAL 38	MAR								POC 33	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND																	37th	42
			Toyota							TEX 37	BRI 31	RCH	TAL	KAN 39	CLT 31	DOV								POC 34	GLN			DAR 32
		15																								MCH 39	BRI
			Chevy																										RCH 36	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	TAL
	StarCom Racing	00	Chevy																																KAN 40	MAR	TEX	PHO 32	HOM
2018		99		DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV 37	KAN	CLT	POC 34	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR 33	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	43rd	8
2021	Rick Ware Racing	15	Chevy	DAY 40	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	BRI	MAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON	NSH	POC	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	42nd	1
† - Qualified but slot bought by Michael Waltrip

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1987	Stoke Racing	Ford	23	33
1988	Testa Racing	Ford	22	27
1989		Pontiac	DNQ
1990	Bob Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	12	1
1991			33	26
1992			20	34
1993	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	35	29
1994			16	21
1995	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	22	31
1996			22	41
1997	MB2 Motorsports	Pontiac	29	36
1998	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	11	37
1999			20	18
2000	Fenley-Moore Motorsports	Ford	12	41
2001	Quest Motor Racing	Pontiac	DNQ
2003	Quest Motor Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
2004	Arnold Motorsports	Dodge	42	30
2005	SWAT Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
2006	McGlynn Racing	Dodge	DNQ
2007			DNQ
2009	Cope/Keller Racing	Dodge	DNQ
2010	Stratus Racing Group		DNQ
2011	Max Q Motorsports	Toyota	DNQ
2021	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	32	40

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	34	35	NXSC	Pts	Ref
1990	Whitcomb Racing	10	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY	CLT	DOV	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA 32	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR					104th	67
1994	Bobby Allison Motorsports	82	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI 8	ROU	NHA 1	NZH	CLT 37	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW 16	SBO	TAL 23	HCY	IRP	MCH 21	BRI 23	DAR 12	RCH 13	DOV	CLT 3	MAR	CAR 14								32nd	1314
1995				DAY 22	CAR 7	RCH	ATL 8	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI																52nd	471
	Bobby Jones Racing	50	Ford																					DAR 42	RCH	DOV 39	CLT DNQ	CAR	HOM 41
1996	Champion Racing	26	Ford	DAY 8	CAR 21	RCH	ATL 12	NSV	DAR 18	BRI 21	HCY	NZH	CLT 7	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL 42	IRP	MCH	BRI 6	DAR 29	RCH	DOV	CLT 37	CAR 12	HOM 43										40th	1200
1998	Mac Martin Racing	92	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 24	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI DNQ	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV	RCH DNQ	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR							87th	146
	Xpress Motorsports	61	Pontiac																														ATL 36	HOM
1999				DAY DNQ	CAR 15	LVS 23	ATL 35	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH													70th	380
	NorthStar Motorsports	89	Chevy																								BRI 40	DAR 32	RCH	DOV	CLT DNQ	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM
2001	PF2 Motorsports	94	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI 37	GTY 31	PPR	IRP	MCH 34	BRI 21	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			71st	283
2002				DAY	CAR	LVS 31	DAR 28	BRI 21	TEX 32	NSH 38	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH													54th	551
	Jay Robinson Racing	49	Ford																								BRI 36
			Chevy																									DAR 27	RCH 38	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM
2003			Pontiac	DAY 13	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX																														62nd	601
			Ford							TAL 14	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV 20	NSH	KEN	MLW 30	DAY 35	CHI 33
		39																					NHA 35	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM
2004		49		DAY 20	CAR 37	LVS 27	DAR 35	BRI 30	TEX 31	NSH 35	TAL 41	CAL 33	GTY INQ†	RCH 27	NZH	CLT 27	DOV 27	NSH 24	KEN	MLW 22	DAY 35	CHI 38	NHA 37	PPR 43	IRP	MCH 34	BRI 24	CAL 32	RCH 28	DOV 32	KAN 31	CLT 38	MEM 32	ATL 30	PHO 30	DAR 30	HOM 40		27th	2050
2005		28		DAY 16	CAL 34	MXC	LVS 34	ATL 29	NSH 29	BRI 43	TEX 21	PHO 29	TAL	DAR 37	RCH 29	CLT 42	DOV	NSH 35	KEN	MLW 33	DAY DNQ	CHI	NHA DNQ	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI 39	CAL DNQ	RCH								50th	932
		94										PHO DNQ																				DOV DNQ
	MacDonald Motorsports	71	Chevy																														KAN DNQ	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2006	Jay Robinson Racing	49	Ford	DAY	CAL DNQ	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL 40	RCH	DAR DNQ	CLT	DOV 33	NSH	KEN	MLW 34	DAY	CHI DNQ	NHA 36	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL DNQ	RCH			CLT DNQ	MEM	TEX DNQ	PHO	HOM	83rd	287
		28	Chevy																													DOV 33	KAN
2007				DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH 29	DAR 25	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN				CHI 36				GLN 35	MCH			RCH 37	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	78th	440
		49																		MLW 43	NHA	DAY		GTY 42	IRP 41	CGV			BRI DNQ	CAL
2008	Means Racing	52	Chevy	DAY	CAL 36	LVS 32	ATL 37	BRI 36	NSH 40	TEX 37	PHO 35			RCH 33																									31st	1765
	Jay Robinson Racing	49	Chevy									MXC DNQ	TAL					NSH QL‡		MLW 38						CGV 43	GLN DNQ
		4													DAR 32	CLT 34	DOV 24	NSH 36	KEN 31		NHA 30	DAY 28	CHI 38	GTY 34	IRP 38			MCH 25	BRI 39	CAL 30	RCH 31	DOV 32	KAN 37	CLT 43	MEM 26	TEX 34
		82																																			PHO DNQ
	CFK Motorsports	78	Dodge																																			HOM DNQ
2009	Rick Ware Racing	41	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL 43	LVS DNQ	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL																												67th	619
	Derrike Cope Inc.	73	Dodge									RCH 22	DAR DNQ	CLT 34	DOV	NSH	KEN 22	MLW 40	NHA 37	DAY	CHI 36	GTY 38	IRP				BRI 26	CGV	ATL DNQ	RCH DNQ	DOV	KAN DNQ	CAL 39	CLT DNQ	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
		78																						IOW DNQ	GLN	MCH DNQ
2010	Stratus Racing Group, Inc.	73	Dodge	DAY DNQ	CAL 36	LVS DNQ	BRI 28	NSH 26	PHO 37	TEX DNQ	TAL DNQ	RCH 42	DAR 42	DOV	CLT DNQ	NSH 41	KEN 26	ROA	NHA	DAY 38	CHI	GTY DNQ	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH 39	BRI 39	CGV	ATL	RCH 42	DOV 34	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	58th	709
2011	Jay Robinson Racing	28	Chevy	DAY 25	PHO 23	LVS 25	BRI 23	CAL 31	TEX 32	TAL 27			DAR 24	DOV 27	IOW	CLT 30	CHI 23	MCH 28	ROA 17	DAY 29	KEN 25	NHA 31	NSH 25	IRP 22	IOW 30	GLN 30		BRI 25	ATL 24	RCH 21	CHI 32			CLT 24	TEX 30	PHO 32			20th	559
			Dodge								NSH 30	RCH 29															CGV 35					DOV 26	KAN 30				HOM 30
2012	CFK Motorsports	73	Chevy	DAY DNQ	PHO		BRI DNQ	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL																								PHO 24	HOM			63rd	49
	Robinson-Blakeney Racing	28	Dodge			LVS 32
		70										DAR 27	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX
2013	Creation-Cope Racing	73	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR DNQ	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN 39	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH DNQ	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT DNQ	TEX					80th	14
	ML Motorsports	70	Chevy																																PHO 35	HOM
2014	Derrike Cope Racing			DAY 37	PHO 34	LVS 35	BRI 28	CAL 28	TEX 38	DAR 29	RCH 28	TAL DNQ	IOW 37	CLT 36	DOV 24	MCH 35	ROA 33	KEN 37	DAY 13	NHA 28	CHI 30	IND 34	IOW 34	GLN 22	MOH 32	BRI DNQ	ATL 31	RCH DNQ	CHI 36	KEN 33	DOV 37	KAN 23	CLT 25	TEX DNQ	PHO 31	HOM DNQ			23rd	364
2015				DAY DNQ	ATL 36	LVS 33	PHO 33	CAL 31	TEX 36	BRI 37	RCH 35	TAL DNQ	IOW 29	CLT DNQ	DOV 28	MCH 37	CHI 35	DAY 38	KEN 33	NHA 32	IND 30	IOW	GLN 27	MOH 25	BRI 30	ROA 30	DAR 32	RCH	CHI 31	KEN 24	DOV 32	CLT 32	KAN 39	TEX 30	PHO	HOM			26th	309
2016				DAY DNQ	ATL 27	LVS DNQ	PHO 34	CAL 34	TEX 31	BRI 34	RCH 30	TAL DNQ	DOV 35	CLT 32	POC 37	MCH 31	IOW 34	DAY DNQ	KEN 35	NHA 35	IND 32	IOW 33	GLN 31	MOH	BRI 29	ROA	DAR 25	RCH 34	CHI 37	KEN 29	DOV 29	CLT 36	KAN 38	TEX	PHO	HOM			29th	202
† - Injured in practice and replaced by Josh Richeson · ‡ - Qualified for Shane Hall

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	24	25	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
1995	Bobby Allison Motorsports	32	Ford	PHO	TUS	SGS	MMR	POR	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI	MLW	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	RCH 7	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO						72nd	146
2000	Impact Motorsports	86	Dodge	DAY	HOM	PHO	MMR	MAR	PIR	GTY	MEM	PPR	EVG	TEX	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH	MCH	IRP	NSV	CIC	RCH	DOV	TEX 23	CAL 28		79th	173
2001			Ford	DAY 16	HOM 23	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO	TEX	LVS	PHO	CAL		71st	209
2003	Troxell-MacDonald Racing	93	Chevy	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTY	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO	HOM DNQ	NA	-
2004	Ron Rhodes Racing	48	Dodge	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT DNQ	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTY	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO 22	DAR	HOM DNQ	92nd	97
2005				DAY DNQ	CAL DNQ	ATL DNQ	MAR	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2006	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL 27	MAR	ATL 28	TEX	PHO	HOM	66th	161
2007	Pennington Motorsports	7	Chevy	DAY 33	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV																		51st	413
	Xpress Motorsports	16	Ford									TEX 31	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI 29	GTY 29	NHA	LVS	TAL 12	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2008	Derrike Cope Inc.	74	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT 36	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP 33	NSH	BRI	GTY	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	76th	119
2010	Stratus Racing Group	74	Dodge	DAY DNQ	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN DNQ	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NWWSC	Pts	Ref
1981	Jefferson Racing	95	Ford	RSD	S99	AAS	MMR	RSD	LAG	POR 6	WSP 18	EVG 16	SHA	RSD 27	SON	RSD	PHO	16th	188
1982				MMR	S99	AAS	RSD	POR 5							RSD 36	PHO 14		22nd	158
		85							WSP 14	SHA	EVG	SON	CDR	RSD
1983		95		S99	SON	RSD	YAK 2*	EVG 5*	SHA	RSD	CPL 12	RSD	PHO 5					18th	180
1984				RSD 15	YAK 9	SIR 5	POR 1	EVG 2	SHA 1*		SON 8	MMR 5	RSD 18	PHO 16				2nd	526
		7								WSR 3
1985		07		SON 5	SHA 13	RSD 15	MMR 20	SIR 3	POR 15	STA 17	YAK 13	EVG 1*	WSR 15	MMR 18	RSD 19			9th	492
1986	Autosports Enterprises	79	Ford	SON	RSD 31	EVG 21	RCS	TAC 2*	PIR 3	WSR 2	RSD 41							9th	269
1987	Kieper Racing	84	Pontiac	SON	RSD	SGP	EVG 4											19th	151
		98						POR 18	TAC	MMR
	Stoke Racing	93	Chevy								RSD 20
1988	Kieper Racing	98	Chevy	SON	MMR	RSD	SGP	POR 1	EVG 25	MMR 21	PHO							27th	116
1989	Midgley Racing	09	Chevy	MAD	MMR	RAS	SON	POR	TCR	EVG 4	MMR	SGS	SON	PHO				35th	160
1990	Whitcomb Racing	10	Chevy	MMR	SON	SGS	POR 4	EVG	RAS	TCR	MMR	PHO						35th	160

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
1991	GTP	4	Tom Milner Racing	Spice SE89P- Chevy	Brian Bonner Jeff Kline Scott Sharp	611	11	4
2002	GT	33	Scuderia Ferrari of Washington	Ferrari 360 Modena	Cort Wagner Bill Auberlen Constantino Bertuzzi	572	25	14
2003	SRPII	21	Archangel Motorsport Services	Lola B2K/40- Nissan	Larry Oberto Chris Bingham Brian DeVries	589	18 DNF	3 DNF

External links

• Official website
• Derrike Cope driver statistics at Racing-Reference