17 Facts About Rick Carelli

Richard Dean Carelli was born on November 9,1954 and is an American former race car driver from Arvada, Colorado.

Rick Carelli won multiple times in the No 6 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series truck.

Rick Carelli is the spotter for Erik Jones in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Rick Carelli won the NASCAR Southwest Tour championship in 1991 and won 21 times in the series during his career.

Rick Carelli joined the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1992, and he was named the series Rookie of the Year.

Rick Carelli returned to the series in 1993, capturing the series championship and Most Popular Driver award.

Rick Carelli was one of the original drivers in the Craftsman Truck Series, starting at the series' first race at Phoenix in 1995.

Rick Carelli raced every series race until he suffered near-fatal injuries when his truck hit the wall during a race at Memphis Motorsports Park in 1999.

Rick Carelli suffered a basilar skull fracture, damaged his carotid artery and sinus.

Rick Carelli recovered and returned to race the entire 2000 season.

Rick Carelli won another race at Richmond International Raceway in 2000 with an underfunded team that he was the crew chief for.

Rick Carelli made 9 Winston Cup starts from 1992 to 1994.

Rick Carelli stopped driving in 2004 and moved into the administrative side of motorsport.

Rick Carelli later worked with NTS Motorsports as the team general manager.

Rick Carelli was the spotter for the Stewart-Haas Racing No 41, driven by Kurt Busch after first working with him at Furniture Row Racing; FRR's general manager Joe Garone was Rick Carelli's crew chief from 1989 to 1994.

Rick Carelli later became Erik Jones' spotter at FRR before following him to Joe Gibbs Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports.

Rick Carelli was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2009 along with Wayne Spears, Doug George, and Chuck Bown.