Rajah Caruth

Driver

Birthday June 11, 2002

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Age 21 years old

Nationality Georgia

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1922

He started 22nd and finish 24th.

He made his second start in the 2022 A-GAME 200, where he qualified an impressive 15th.

Suspension issues ended Caruth's race on lap 58, and he finished dead last.

At the Pocono race, Caruth was involved in a vicious wreck with Alex Labbé on the first lap, resulting in another last place finish.

At Kansas, Caruth switched to the No. 45 car, sponsored by iRacing.

1925

He finished 25th after the race ended after stage 2 due to inclement weather.

He earned his first top 20 finish at Las Vegas, after finishing 20th in the race.

2002

Rajah Kirby Caruth (born June 11, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 71 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports.

On March 1, 2024, Caruth won the 2024 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200, becoming the third Black driver to win in the top three NASCAR series, joining Wendell Scott and Bubba Wallace.

Rajah first got his love for racing after watching Disney Pixars Cars as a kid.

When he was 12, his parents surprised him with a trip to the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway in September.

2010

Rajah ended his rookie season getting two top 10s, and ending up 13th in the Semi-pro points.

In his first start, Caruth initially finished in 10th, after the caution came out on the final lap.

2012

Caruth started 12th and finished 9th.

Caruth made his ARCA Menards Series West start in the 2021 Arizona Lottery 100, where he started and finished the race in 8th.

He made his second start in the 2022 General Tire 150, driving in the paired event with the main series.

He started 7th and finished 4th.

On August 30, 2021, Caruth announced that he will drive full time in the 2022 ARCA Menards Series season with Rev Racing.

He earned his best career finish at the 2022 Dutch Boy 150, finishing 2nd.

After earning eight top fives and fourteen top tens throughout the season, he finished 3rd in the final standings.

On August 30, 2021, along with the ARCA announcement, Tommy Joe Martins and Caesar Bacarella announced the formation of Alpha Prime Racing, that will compete in the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, with Caruth set as one of the drivers for the team.

On April 2, 2022, Caruth made his Xfinity Series debut at Richmond Raceway in the 44.

At Martinsville, Caruth dodged numerous wrecks and finished 12th, earning his best career finish in the Xfinity Series.

After the race, he had an altercation with Jeb Burton.

On January 27, 2023, Caruth announced that he would return to Alpha Prime Racing for the 2023 season, running another partial schedule.

He earned his best finish of 12th at Martinsville, surviving a crash-filled race.

On September 26, it was announced that Caruth would drive the No. 17 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway.

2014

Caruth consistently ran near the top ten throughout the race, and was in contention of earning his first top ten, until he got put into the wall by John Hunter Nemechek on the final lap, ultimately finishing 14th.

On May 31, 2022, it was announced that Caruth would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at the World Wide Technology Raceway for Spire Motorsports.

2018

In 2018, while juggling from school, basketball, track, and a summer job, Caruth and his family fundraised an iRacing sim, and once he turned 16 on June 11, he began racing virtually in the eNASCAR Ignite Series.

2019

Rajah was able to catch the attention of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Program, which resulted in him having a shot to race in a legends car at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2019 for the Bojangles' Southern Shootout.

2020

In 2020, Caruth moved up to the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, where he won his first career late model race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, and ending the rest of the season with 3 top 5s and 9 top 10s in a total of 19 late model starts.

In 2021, Caruth returned to the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, and got his second and third late model win after winning both Hickory Motor Speedway late-model features.

On May 1, 2021, Caruth won at the Tri-County Motor Speedway, becoming the first African-American driver to win at Tri-County, and earning his fourth overall late model win.

On February 3, 2021, Caruth announced that he would run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East for Rev Racing, and will compete for Rookie of the Year honors.

Caruth was able to finish off the season with 2 top 5s, 3 top 10s, and 3 top 15s, ending up third in the standings.

He made a one off start in the 2022 General Tire 125, starting 5th and finishing 4th.

He ran three more races that season, which were are all combination races with the main series.

On July 23, 2021, Rev Racing announced on Twitter that Caruth and teammate Nick Sanchez will drive in the 2021 Shore Lunch 150 at Iowa Speedway, which will be Caruth's first ARCA Menards Series start.