# Ray Black Jr.

Raymond Black Jr. (born May 17, 1991) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing.

## Racing career

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he moved to Palm Coast, Florida when he was nine years old. After playing racing video games on his PlayStation, Black developed an interest in racing professionally at age 14. In 2006, Black began racing in the Florida Mini Cup Racing Association's Junior All-Star division, winning the championship after finishing in the top five in every race. In 2013, he began racing Pro Late Models.

### Camping World Truck Series

In 2014, Black made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway for SS-Green Light Racing, driving the No. 07. Due to qualifying being rained out, Black started 29th based on his team's owners points standing in 2013. Black finished 24th, five laps behind race winner Matt Crafton. Black made six additional starts for the team in 2014, with a best finish of 18th at Chicagoland Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, the former being where he led his only lap of the season.
On December 16, Black announced he would compete full-time in the Truck Series with SS-Green Light for 2015, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. In the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, Black finished fifth after avoiding a crash on the backstretch. After not finishing in the top ten for the rest of the season, but rarely finishing outside the top twenty, he managed an eleventh-place points finish.

### Xfinity Series

In November 2015, Black made his Xfinity Series debut at Texas, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing. On January 13, 2016, Black announced he would drive the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for SS-Green Light Racing. He finished nineteenth in his debut season, failing to break in to the top ten in any races.
After starting the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with SS-Green Light, Black was replaced by Todd Bodine for the Charlotte race in 2017 due to a lack of sponsorship. Spencer Boyd, Korbin Forrister, Andy Lally, Ryan Ellis and Devin Jones also ran in the 07 when Black could not bring sponsorship. Boyd took over the ride that Black ran 21 of the 33 races in 2017 for 2018 with funding from Grunt Style.
After losing his ride with Ware in the Cup Series, Black returned with B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Daytona in 2018. The team failed to qualify along with five other cars. Black returned to the Xfinity Series sporadically in summer 2018, with Isokern Fireplaces as his sponsor.
In January 2019, it was announced that Black would compete full-time in 2019, driving the No. 07 car for SS-Green Light Racing.
Black began the 2020 season by scoring his first career Xfinity top-ten finish, avoiding late crashes to finish eighth at Daytona. Despite enjoying a strong start to the year with an average finish of 18.6 across the first five races, he withdrew from full-time racing in late May to help his sponsor and father's business CDA Technical Institute, which was struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Monster Energy Cup Series

In September 2017, Black joined Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car at Chicagoland's Tales of the Turtles 400. After qualifying 39th, he finished 40th, 16 laps behind race winner Martin Truex Jr. He made two more starts in the Playoffs, finishing 34th at Texas and 38th at Homestead. On November 22, 2017, Black joined the RWR team for a full 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and a Rookie of the Year effort. However the deal fell through later in the offseason, as Black's family, which owned reported sponsor ScubaLife, allegedly backed out of the commitment in December.
Despite no longer having a deal to drive full-time in the Cup Series for Ware, he did drive RWR's No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro Zl1 for the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, with a 16th-place finish. It is worth mentioning, that Black's car was serviced by two female pit crew members, for the first time in NASCAR Cup Series history.

## 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.)

#### Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy 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 | MENCC | Pts | Ref |
| 2017 | Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI 40 | NHA | DOV | CLT | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX 34 | PHO | HOM 38 | 64th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2018 | Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY 16 | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 55th | 0$^1$ | |

#### 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 |
| 2015 | SS-Green Light Racing | 15 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX 27 | PHO | HOM | 107th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2016 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 33 | ATL 33 | LVS 25 | PHO 25 | CAL 37 | TEX 22 | BRI 20 | RCH 24 | TAL 29 | DOV 17 | CLT 37 | POC 21 | MCH 23 | IOW 30 | DAY 39 | KEN 19 | NHA 21 | IND 33 | IOW 20 | GLN 20 | MOH 30 | BRI 14 | ROA 15 | DAR 21 | RCH 25 | CHI 28 | KEN 20 | DOV 24 | CLT 28 | KAN 19 | TEX 27 | PHO 36 | HOM 28 | 19th | 515 | |
| 2017 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 18 | ATL 29 | LVS 31 | PHO 29 | CAL 27 | TEX 25 | BRI 37 | RCH 18 | TAL 40 | CLT | DOV 24 | POC | MCH | IOW 29 | DAY 12 | KEN 27 | NHA | IND 24 | IOW 30 | GLN | MOH | BRI 21 | ROA | DAR 25 | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV 21 | CLT 21 | KAN | TEX | PHO 24 | HOM 25 | 27th | 245 | |
| 2018 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 99 | Toyota | DAY DNQ | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | | | | | | | DAY 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 131 | |
| 2018 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 8 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | DOV 27 | | | | | | | KEN 22 | NHA | IOW 28 | GLN | MOH | BRI 37 | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS 17 | RCH 23 | | | | TEX 19 | PHO | HOM | 35th | 131 | |
| 2018 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 19 | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 131 |
| 2018 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 26 | DOV | KAN | | | | | | 35th | 131 |
| 2019 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 30 | ATL 23 | LVS 11 | PHO 18 | CAL 17 | TEX 35 | BRI 16 | RCH 21 | TAL 34 | DOV 24 | CLT 16 | POC 18 | MCH 30 | IOW 16 | CHI 20 | DAY 13 | KEN 35 | NHA 18 | IOW 11 | GLN 22 | MOH 19 | BRI 15 | ROA 14 | DAR 16 | IND 20 | LVS 19 | RCH 18 | CLT 32 | DOV 17 | KAN 14 | TEX 12 | PHO 14 | HOM 38 | 16th | 547 | |
| 2020 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 8 | LVS 17 | CAL 22 | PHO 25 | DAR 21 | CLT | BRI | ATL | HOM | HOM | TAL | POC | IND | KEN | KEN | TEX | KAN | ROA | DAY | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | 40th | 92 | |

#### 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 | NCWTC | Pts |
| 2014 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY | MAR 24 | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW 24 | KEN | IOW | ELD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29th | 148 |
| 2014 | SS-Green Light Racing | 08 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | POC 28 | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI 18 | NHA 21 | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX 18 | PHO | HOM 28 | | 29th | 148 |
| 2015 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 5 | ATL 25 | MAR 13 | KAN 21 | CLT 22 | DOV 11 | TEX 16 | GTW 13 | IOW 15 | KEN 13 | ELD 15 | POC 24 | MCH 26 | BRI 21 | MSP 15 | CHI 11 | NHA 13 | LVS 12 | TAL 14 | MAR 20 | TEX 19 | PHO 20 | HOM 18 | 11th | 635 |
| 2016 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI 18 | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 99th | 0$^1$ |
$^*$ Season still in progress $^1$ Ineligible for series points