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Eddie MacDonald
MacDonald in 2017
BornEdward MacDonald
(1980-07-07) July 7, 1980 (age 44)
Rowley, Massachusetts
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career
Debut season2001
Car number17MA, 71
Crew chiefRollie Lachance
Former teamsHRM Motorsports, Jerry Morello, Grimm Racing, Calabrese Motorsports
Starts196
Wins7
Poles2
Best finish2nd in 2009
Finished last season45th (2018)
Previous series
2007–2018
2005, 2009
2010		American Canadian Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR Cup Series career
3 races run over 3 years
2016 position49th
Best finish48th (2015)
First race2014 Camping World RV Sales 301 (Loudon)
Last race2016 New Hampshire 301 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish132nd (2009)
First race2007 Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com (Loudon)
Last race2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish110th (2010)
First race2010 TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Last updated on: August 1, 2020.

Edward MacDonald (born July 7, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2018, a series which he competed in for over a decade and a half. In addition, MacDonald raced numerous times in the American Canadian Tour between 2007 and 2018 (including two full seasons in 2016 and 2018), and in the PASS (Pro All Star Series) North. MacDonald has made starts in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, the K&N Pro Series East, and the Whelen Modified Tour.

Much of MacDonald's success has home at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he has five wins in the ACT, three in the Pro Series East, and one with the PASS (Pro All Star Series) North. MacDonald also won at Bristol Motor Speedway. He is also a back-to-back, two-time champion of the Oxford 250, winning in 2009 and 2010; MacDonald is only one of three drivers to ever have consecutive wins at Oxford Plains Speedway.

He is nicknamed "The Outlaw".[1]

Racing career

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Touring series

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MacDonald's No. 17 ACT car in 2014

MacDonald first ran in the Busch East Series in 2001, finishing 19th in points, and claimed his first series win the following season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. After going winless in 2003 and 2004, MacDonald won at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park; two years later, he would win at Stafford Speedway, and in 2008, won both races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In 2009, he won at Loudon again,[2] finishing second in the championship to Ryan Truex.[3] During the season, MacDonald won the Oxford 250 late model race at Oxford Plains Speedway; after electing to replace four tires on a pit stop with the threat of being lapped,[4] MacDonald passed Brian Hoar on lap 167 to win.[5] In 2014, MacDonald won his first Pro Series East race in five seasons and his seventh series win at Bristol Motor Speedway after holding off Gray Gaulding and Ben Rhodes on the green–white–checker finish.[6]

In 2005, MacDonald made his debut in the Whelen Modified Tour at Loudon, finishing 37th.[7] He returned to the Modifieds in 2009 at Loudon, replacing Andy Seuss, who was racing at Caraway Speedway in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.[8]

MacDonald ran and won the inaugural American Canadian Tour invitational race at Loudon in 2009, and repeated in 2011.[9] In 2014, MacDonald won the ACT season-opener at Lee USA Speedway.[10]

MacDonald is the most recent K&N East driver to have competed when the series had the Busch North name. He made a spot 2019 start in the ARCA Midwest Tour at the Milwaukee Mile and finished in the top 10; it was the first stock car race in five years at the track.[11]

MacDonald has been working with his crew chief Rollie Lachance since the early 2000s; Lachance previously worked with other big names in the New England short track circuit, including Tracy Gordon, Dale Shaw, and Kelly and Ryan Moore.

National series

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MacDonald's No. 32 Cup Series car at the 2015 5-hour Energy 301

In 2010, MacDonald made his Camping World Truck Series debut in the TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 at Loudon[12] for Grimm Racing, finishing 30th after crashing on lap 86.[13] In early 2014, Michael Alden, the owner of Blue Vase Marketing, a sponsor for Cup Series team Go FAS Racing, requested to Go FAS owner Archie St. Hilaire, another New Englander, to put a driver from New England in their No. 32 car for the Camping World RV Sales 301 at Loudon, which led to the team picking MacDonald. This made MacDonald the only active driver at the time to race in all five NASCAR touring series at the track (K&N East, Modified, and the three national series), and the first since Steve Park in 1996. To support MacDonald, the track offered an "Eddie Mac Pack" ticket package worth $32 (matching his car number).[14] In his first Cup race, MacDonald started 40th and finished 35th, five laps down.[15] MacDonald also ran the July Cup races at Loudon in 2015 and 2016.

Personal life

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MacDonald's parents, Red and Judy, owned Lee USA Speedway in Lee, New Hampshire.[10] They sold the track in February 2018.[16]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

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NASCAR Sprint 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 NSCC Pts Ref
2014 Go FAS Racing 32 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA
35 		IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 54th 9 [17]
2015 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA
37 		IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 48th 7 [18]
2016 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA
36 		IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 49th 5 [19]

Nationwide Series

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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
2007 MacDonald Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA
41 		DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 152nd 40 [20]
2009 Go Green Racing 39 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM
22 		TEX PHO HOM
DNQ 		132nd 97 [21]

Camping World Truck Series

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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
2010 Grimm Racing 71 Ford DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA
30 		LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 110th 73 [22]

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 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 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2001 HRM Motorsports 17 Chevy LEE
8 		NHA
36 		SEE
18 		HOL
20 		BEE
26 		EPP
18 		STA
16 		WFD
18 		BEE
13 		TMP
28 		NHA
32 		STA
13 		SEE
13 		GLN
31 		NZH
24 		THU
17 		BEE
23 		DOV
12 		STA
29 		LRP
31 		19th 1985 [23]
2002 LEE
25 		NHA
13 		NZH
31 		SEE
6 		BEE
5 		STA
12 		HOL
23 		WFD
11 		TMP
19 		NHA
23 		STA
10 		GLN
22 		ADI
21 		THU
15 		BEE
1 		NHA
25 		DOV
13 		STA
20 		LRP
21 		15th 2182 [24]
2003 LEE
11 		STA
8 		ERI
8 		BEE
2* 		HOL
9 		NHA
29 		WFD
16 		SEE
7 		ADI
10 		BEE
3 		THU
5 		NHA
27 		STA
10 		LRP
7 		8th 2297 [25]
Ford STA
16 		TMP
12 		GLN
3
2004 LEE
3 		TMP
7 		LRP
24 		SEE
10 		STA
11 		HOL
21 		ERI
17 		WFD
16 		NHA
7 		ADI
20 		GLN
13 		NHA
19 		DOV
3 		11th 1637 [26]
2005 Jerry Morello 77 Chevy STA
8 		HOL
7 		ERI
15 		NHA
8 		WFD
20 		ADI
22 		STA
8 		DUB
6 		OXF
21 		NHA
27 		DOV
26 		LRP
6 		TMP
1* 		9th 1647 [27]
2006 Roland LaChance 48 Chevy GRE
19 		STA
13 		HOL
5 		TMP
20 		ERI
8 		NHA
40 		ADI WFD NHA
23 		DOV
11 		LRP 21st 854 [28]
2007 GRE ELK IOW SBO STA
1* 		NHA
41 		LRP
13 		NHA
10 		DOV
18 		21st 988 [29]
Grimm Racing 71 Chevy TMP
16 		NSH ADI
5 		MFD
14
2008 GRE
4 		SBO
4 		NHA
1 		TMP
15 		NSH
24 		ADI
3 		LRP
14 		MFD
21 		NHA
1* 		DOV
20 		STA
5 		7th 1733 [30]
75 IOW
20
71 Ford GLN
27
2009 Chevy GRE
3 		TRI
12 		IOW
8 		SBO
9 		GLN
7 		NHA
6* 		TMP
4 		ADI
10* 		LRP
2 		NHA
1 		DOV
9 		2nd 1685 [31]
2010 GRE
16 		SBO
7 		IOW
6 		MAR
27 		NHA
10 		LRP
7 		LEE
4* 		JFC
16 		NHA
6 		DOV
4 		5th 1368 [32]
2011 GRE
14 		SBO
19 		BGS
13 		JFC
6 		LGY
13 		NHA
9 		COL
10 		GRE
9 		NHA
5 		7th 1636 [33]
Toyota RCH
14 		DOV
4
7 Chevy IOW
3
2012 71 Toyota BRI
28 		6th 477 [34]
Chevy GRE
5 		RCH
8 		BGS
10 		JFC
8 		LGY
9 		CNB
6 		COL
10 		IOW
8 		NHA
8 		DOV
11 		GRE
10 		CAR
10
7 IOW
8
2013 71 Toyota GRE
8 		FIF
15 		BGS
12 		IOW
12 		LGY
9 		COL
6 		IOW
2 		VIR
9 		GRE
4 		NHA
23 		RAL
18 		5th 473 [35]
Chevy BRI
7 		RCH
4 		DOV
15
2014 NSM
17 		DAY
19 		BRI
1 		GRE
10 		RCH
27 		IOW
21 		BGS FIF LGY
8 		NHA
2 		COL IOW
6 		GLN VIR GRE DOV
4 		19th 329 [36]
2015 NSM GRE BRI
6 		IOW
12 		BGS LGY COL NHA
9 		IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH
19 		DOV
2 		22nd 172 [37]
2016 NSM MOB GRE BRI
8 		VIR DOM STA
13 		COL NHA
26 		IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV
12 		26th 117 [38]
2017 NSM GRE BRI
10 		SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP
13 		NHA
12 		IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV
2 		16th 139 [39]
2018 Calabrese Motorsports 43 Toyota NSM BRI
9 		LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM TMP NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV 45th 35 [40]

K&N Pro Series West

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2010 Grimm Racing 71 Chevy AAS PHO IOW DCS SON IRW PIR MRP CNS MMP AAS PHO
23 		72nd 94 [41]

Whelen Modified Tour

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NWMTC Pts Ref
2005 Info not available 80 Chevy TMP STA RIV WFD STA JEN NHA BEE SEE RIV STA TMP WFD MAR TMP NHA
37 		STA TMP 84th [42]
2009 Steve Seuss 70 Chevy TMP STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI TMP NHA
39 		MAR STA TMP 61st 46 [43]

References

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