Randy Nelson (racing driver)

Randy Nelson is a former NASCAR driver from El Cajon, California. He competed in eight NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events in his career.

Nelson's debut came in 1997, when he competed at Colorado. Starting 27th in the Core Motorsports truck, Nelson completed all but six laps to record a respectable 25th place finish. He was unable to better that later in the year, losing his rear end gear to finish last (34th) at Infineon.

Nelson's busiest year would come in 1998, when he finished 41st in points. His finishes, however, turned out to be rather mediocre. Despite managing to be running at the end of every race that year (no DNFs), Nelson failed to crack the top-twenty. He finished just about the same in every race: a career and season-best 23rd place finish at Evergreen and just a season-worst finish of 27th at Bristol, with the other finishes sprinkled in between.

Nelson's final career event came in 1999, when he competed for MB Motorsports at Homestead-Miami. Starting 27th in the field of thirty-four, Nelson lasted just fifteen laps before engine failure doomed him to 30th.

Biography
But with 34 laps to go, Wallace came up on the lapped truck of Randy Nelson, and bumped Nelson's No. 82 Ford. Wallace was able to get around Nelson shortly thereafter, but Hornaday gained significant ground, and the Purolator truck never seemed to regain its strong form, and ran the 1999 season-opener, but only completed fifteen laps. Robertson returned to run three races in the MB truck, but only finished one race.

Randy Nelson was her crew chief, Great Clips, Inc. will be her sponsor, they drove a Toyota Tundra and received funding help from Lucas Oil.

His top-five at Evergreen marks a big step in the right direction, as the team climbed from 25th to 21st in the standings, but Nelson knows it could have been much better for the No. 52.

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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. )