1. Floyd Anthony Raines was born on April 14,1964 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver.
42 Facts About Tony Raines
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Tony Raines is a former National Touring Series champion in the American Speed Association and 1999 Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
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Tony Raines is currently the spotter for the No 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Ryan Preece.
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In 1988, Tony Raines competed in five ASA races, and then returned for his rookie year in 1989.
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In 1990, Tony Raines moved to NASCAR's All Pro Series, where he won Rookie of the Year and finished fourth in the final standings.
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Tony Raines returned to ASA in 1991 for a four-year stint as driver of a new team formed by Ernie Roselli.
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Tony Raines entered the 1997 season with a full-time ride, running for Rookie of the Year honors in the No 19 Pennzoil Ford F-150 for Kurt Roehrig.
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Tony Raines finished 15th in points and ended the season with two Top 5's and seven Top 10's, as well as two outside-pole positions.
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In 1999, Roehrig lost the Pennzoil sponsorship, causing Tony Raines to look elsewhere.
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Tony Raines raced 31 times during the season, with the exception of the Coca-Cola 300, in which Steve Grissom drove.
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In 1999, he made one start in the Truck Series at The Milwaukee Mile for Gerry Gunderman in the No 68 truck in 1999 when Tony Raines started 22nd and finished 19th.
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Tony Raines had a career-best 2nd-place finish at South Boston Speedway, but with no other Top 10's, he fell to 15th in the final points standings.
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Tony Raines followed that up with five Top 5's in 2002, but fell six spots in points.
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BACE and Tony Raines moved to the Winston Cup full-time in 2003, completing the whole season for NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors.
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BACE hired Damon Lusk to drive its No 74 Outdoor Channel Chevrolet Monte Carlo; after four races, Tony Raines returned to the team in favor of Lusk, and finished 6th in his first race at Bristol.
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Tony Raines ran 15 races for BACE that season, and drove additional races for Phoenix Racing, Haas CNC Racing, and Kevin Harvick Incorporated.
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Tony Raines ran one-race deals in Cup for Phoenix Racing and for Bill Davis Racing in 2004, before running four races for Competitive Edge Motorsports.
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Tony Raines made a total of six Nextel Cup races in 2005, his first being a 35th-place finish for Front Row Motorsports at Richmond.
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At Michigan, Tony Raines inherited the lead late in the race, however with a handful of laps left ran out of fuel.
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Tony Raines was expected to complete the full 2007 schedule with Hall of Fame Racing, but was replaced on road course events by Ron Fellows.
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Tony Raines had returned to the Busch Series with KHI for a part-time schedule, and in 2007 he had three Top 10 finishes in nine starts.
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Tony Raines began driving the No 70 Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet at Pocono, resulting in an 18th-place finish, that team's second-best finish of the season up to that point, and he bested that finish two races later with a 17th-place finish at Bristol.
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Tony Raines got back behind the wheel of the No 70 Haas CNC Chevrolet at the Camping World 400 at Dover International Speedway, qualifying 13th for the race, the best of any team outside the Top 35 in points, and finished 28th.
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Tony Raines ran the remainder of the season for Haas CNC, with the exception of the race at Phoenix where Johnny Sauter drove.
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In 2009, Tony Raines returned to the Nationwide Series for a full-time schedule driving the No 34 Long John Silver's Chevrolet for Front Row Motorsports, replacing Eric McClure who departed at the end of 2008.
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Tony Raines had a 4th-place finish in the Aaron's 312 at Talladaga Superspeedway, marking Front Row Motorsports first Top 5 finish in any series, and has had numerous Top 20 finishes throughout the year while remaining in the Top 15 in drivers points.
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Tony Raines was able to muscle his way to a 6th-place finish in the rain at the road race at Montreal.
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The No 37 and Tony Raines qualified for their first race at Richmond, however was a late entry and gained no points for the attempt.
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Tony Raines was announced as the replacement for John Andretti in the No 34 entry for three weeks while Andretti temporarily left the team to compete in the Indy 500.
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Tony Raines ran in the Top 20 at Martinsville before a cut tire ended his day.
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In 2011, Tony Raines began the season without a full-time ride in any series.
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Tony Raines' first start came at Phoenix, where he finished 25th in Max Q Motorsports' unsponsored No 37 Ford, fielded in association with Front Row Motorsports.
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Tony Raines continued to race the car, getting a 25th at Martinsville and getting the team back into the Top 35 in owners points following the seventh race of the season.
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Tony Raines would go on to be the full-time driver of the car until the 19th race of the season at Loudon, after which he drove sparingly for the team.
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In 2012, Tony Raines drove the No 26 Ford for Front Row Motorsports in the Daytona 500.
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Tony Raines was scheduled to drive in the No 40 for Joe Falk and Mike Hillman at Bristol for what would become Hillman-Circle Sport LLC, but the team withdrew.
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Tony Raines drove at Pocono for Tommy Baldwin Racing, finishing 32nd after a crash.
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Tony Raines drove for Robinson-Blakeney Racing in the Nationwide Series, mostly running the No 70 when ML Motorsports was not scheduled to do so.
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Tony Raines continued driving the JRR No 70 in 2013 at the Nationwide Series level.
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Tony Raines returned to the No 33 and No 40 cars for Hillman-Circle Sport in the Sprint Cup Series as a teammate to Landon Cassill, mostly starting and parking his appearances to fund Cassill's full race runs.
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Tony Raines was scheduled to run the full race at Talladega, however his engine expired on the second lap of the race.
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Tony Raines did not make any national series appearances in 2014.