Randy Renfrow Explained

Randy Renfrow
Birth Date:28 January 1958
Birth Place:Wilson, North Carolina
Total Cup Races:1
Years In Cup:1
Best Cup Pos:85th (2002)
First Cup Race:2002 Pontiac Excitement 400 (Richmond)
Cup Wins:0
Cup Top Tens:0
Cup Poles:0
Total Truck Races:48
Years In Truck:6
Best Truck Pos:23rd (2000)
First Truck Race:1996 Coca-Cola 200 (Bristol)
Last Truck Race:2003 MBNA Armed Forces Family 200 (Dover)
Truck Wins:0
Truck Top Tens:6
Truck Poles:0

Randy Renfrow (born January 28, 1958) is an American former stock car racing driver. He raced many years in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series before retiring. Renfrow has won 237 late model races at 40 different tracks over his career.

Nextel Cup Series

Renfrow attempted numerous races in early 2002, all for Price Motorsports. However, Renfrow only made one race. He would start and finish 43rd (last) on the spring field at Richmond. He only competed 58 laps in that race before retiring due to oil pump failure.

Craftsman Truck Series

Renfrow started his CTS career in 1996, running seven races. His debut came for the #41 George Turnage Dodge team at Bristol. He started the race in 15th position, but finished 27th after mechanical issues. In fact, Renfrow would only finish one race in 1996, a race at Richmond in which he would finish 12th. It would prove to be his only top-20 finish on the year. However, Renfrow qualified well. He had two top-10 starts, the best being a 5th at Nashville.

Renfrow competed in two races in 1997 for the Turnage team. He was 32nd at Bristol and 24th at Richmond, both without very much to comment on. He did not finish either race.

Renfrow began 1998 running Dominic Dobson's #78 Dodge. In his first race at California, Renfrow qualified 4th. Renfrow then led his first career CTS laps at Pikes Peak, leading ten laps before fuel issues forced him out. He would also lead nine laps at Loudon, but the results were not there and Renfrow left the team. He drove the #61 IWX Chevy at Martinsville in his next start. There, he drove a solid race to 9th place. It was his first career CTS top 10. The run earned Renfrow a run in the #66 Ford for two races, and then the #84 Ford for the season finale. However, for those two teams, his best race was 26th at Vegas and neither ride resulted in a 1999 offer. Overall, he finished 30th in points.

Renfrow would once again finish 30th in points during 1999. He started off his season by replacing the injured Rick Carelli in his #6 RE/MAX Chevy. However, in three starts, Renfrow only managed a best finish of 15th at I-70, before Carelli came back. Renfrow then moved back to the #41 Dodge, now owned by TKO Motorsports. He ran solidly in his six starts for that team. In his first start for the team, he started on the outside pole at Michigan, before finishing 26th. After that, he had five straight top-20 finishes to close out the year. This included a 9th at Richmond, matching his career best.

The late season for TKO earned Renfrow the full ride in 2000. In fourteen starts for the team, Renfrow managed four top-10s. This included his first career top-5 and eventual best career finish of fifth at Mesa Marin. Oddly, after the race at Milwaukee, Renfrow was released in favor of Jamie McMurray. Renfrow was 15th at that time in points, but only raced one more time in 2000. That was for Conely Motorsports at Texas, where he finished 30th.

Renfrow returned to the series for three races in 2003. He drove the #66 MLB Motorsports Dodge in all three starts. However, the team was low-budget and the best Renfrow managed was 25th at Dover, even though he did not finish that race or any other of his 2003 starts.

Renfrow has not raced in major NASCAR since. He continues to race Late Model cars occasionally at Wake County Speedway (Raleigh, N.C.), owns Randy Renfrow Race Cars, and is a crew chief in late model racing for Coulter Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536PtsRef
1998Mansion Motorsports85ChevyDAY
DNQ
CARLVSATLDARBRITEXMARTALCALCLTDOVRCHMCHPOCSONNHAPOCINDGLNMCHBRINHADARRCHDOVMARCLTTALDAYPHOCARATLN/A0[1]
2002Price Motorsports59DodgeDAYCAR
DNQ
LVSATLDARBRITEXMAR
DNQ
TALCALRCH
43
CLT
DNQ
DOV
DNQ
POCMCHSONDAYCHINHAPOCINDGLNMCHBRIDARRCHNHADOVKANTALCLTMARATLCARPHOHOM85th34[2]
Daytona 500

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627PtsRef
1996Greg Turnage41FordHOMPHOPOREVGTUSCNSHPTBRI
27
NZHMLWLVL
21
I70IRP
DNQ
FLM
28
GLNNSV
26
RCH
12
NHAMAR
24
NWS
35
SONMMRPHO
DNQ
LVS
DNQ
33rd733 [3]
1997WDW
DNQ
TUSHOMPHOPOREVGI70NHATEXBRI
32
NZHMLWLVLCNSHPTIRPFLMNSVGLNRCH
36
MAR
DNQ
SONMMRCALPHOLVS77th238[4]
1998PacWest S/T Motorsports78DodgeWDWHOMPHOPOREVGI70GLNTEXBRIMLWNZHCAL
33
PPR
27
IRP
16
NHA
32
FLM
DNQ
NSV
29
HPTLVL
18
RCH
31
MEMGTY
25
30th1074[5]
Xpress Motorsports61ChevyMAR
9
SON
Phelon Motorsports66FordMMR
29
PHO
26
Liberty Racing84FordLVS
40
1999Chesrown Racing6ChevyHOMPHOEVGMMRMARMEMPPR
22
I70
15
BRI
27
TEX
DNQ
PIRGLNMLWNSVNZH30th1055[6]
TKO Motorsports41DodgeMCH
26
NHAIRPGTY
12
HPTRCH
9
LVS
20
LVLTEX
13
CAL
17
2000DAY
31
HOM
25
PHO
8
MMR
5
MAR
13
PIR
14
GTY
10
MEM
30
PPR
7
EVG
11
TEX
37
KEN
28
GLN
21
MLW
15
NHANZHMCHIRPNSVCICRCHDOV23rd1610[7]
Conely Racing7TEX
30
CAL
2003MLB Motorsports66DodgeDAY
33
DAR
31
MMRMARCLTDOV
25
TEXMEMMLWKANKENGTWMCHIRPNSHBRIRCHNHACALLVSSBOTEXMARPHOHOM76th222[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.
  2. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.
  3. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.
  4. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.
  5. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.
  6. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.
  7. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.
  8. Web site: Randy Renfrow – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 14, 2023.