Ron Barfield Jr.

American racing driver

Ron Barfield Jr. (born April 20, 1971) is an American former stock car racing driver. He raced in all of the major NASCAR series: Winston Cup, Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series, but did not win a race. He is a former protégé of Bill Elliott.

Barfield began racing at the age of six in go karts. In 1987, he won the World Karting Association's National Dirt Series Championship. Two years later, he switched to stock car racing and won nine races in a Late Model at Myrtle Beach Speedway. He would win the track championship at Myrtle Beach in 1991, collecting a total of 46 feature wins. In 1994, he was named the Texas Pete All Pro Series Rookie of the Year, finishing fourth in points.

In 1995, he moved to the Slim Jim All Pro Series, where he won two races and had sixteen top ten starts in twenty one starts. The next season, he began racing in the major NASCAR series. He made his debut in the Truck Series at Homestead Miami Speedway, driving the #94 for Super 8 Motel Ford F 150 for Elliott, starting third and finishing fourth. He ran six more races in the trucks that season and had two additional top ten finishes. He also ran six races in the Busch Series for Elliott's New Holland team, where his best finish was 11th. In addition, Barfield attempted the Brickyard 400 in the Cup series, but failed to qualify. He took home a victory at Michigan International Speedway in an Auto Racing Club of America as well. Barfield returned to the trucks for another part time run in 1997, finishing eighth at Walt Disney World Speedway. He also attempted to run in the Busch Series full time with Elliott's team, and posted two ninth place runs, but his schedule was eventually cut back. He ran two more truck races for Gloy Racing, before rounding out the schedule in a team owned by Elliott's partner, Charles Hardy. He also attempted again at Indianapolis in the Cup series, where he finished 22nd. In 1998, Barfield went full time with the Hardy team, with sponsorship from Ortho Lawn & Garden. He had ten top tens and finished 9th in points. He also ran a pair of races in the #2 for Craven, his best finish a 21st at Bristol.

Despite the success of 1998, Hardy's team closed its doors, and Barfield return to Gloy to pilot the #55 Icehouse Beer Ford. He had two top tens but was released late in the year, and finished the season driving for Rick McCray. He started 2000 driving for his own team, but ran four more races, his worst finish a 27th. He made his final truck start the following year at Darlington Raceway, finishing 22nd in a truck owned by Team 23 Racing. After not racing in 2002, Barfield made seven Busch starts in 2003, the first five in a car owned by Stanton Barrett. After running two more races in the #73 car, Barfield disappeared from the NASCAR circuit. He now runs a racing shop in Timmonsville, SC and in 2006, purchased an overgrown site that once was the site of a four tenths mile dirt track in nearby Dillon (1966 73, 1977 80). Barfield rebuilt the track, paving it, where today it runs as the Dillon Motor Speedway, hosting local and national (PASS) (Super) Late Models.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Winston 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 Pts Ref 1996 Elliott Hardy Racing 94 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCHQL† DAY NHA POC TAL NA Bill Elliott Racing 91 INDDNQ GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO David Blair Motorsports 27 Ford ATLDNQ 1997 Bill Elliott Racing 92 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND22 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 59th 97 † Qualified for Todd Bodine

NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 1996 Bill Elliott Racing 94 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLTDNQ DOV23 SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TALDNQ IRP MCHDNQ BRI DAR28 RCH37 DOV13 CLT11 CAR41 HOM 53rd 519 1997 DAYDNQ CAR19 RCH9 ATL20 LVS38 DAR13 HCY TEX25 BRI39 NSV TAL9 NHA NZH CLT23 DOV22 SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCHDNQ BRI24 DAR16 RCHDNQ DOV29 CLTDNQ CAL22 CAR HOM 37th 1362 1998 RC Racing 2 Chevy DAYDNQ CAR LVSDNQ NSV DARDNQ BRI21 TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL28 SBO IRP MCH BRI DARDNQ RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 107th 79 2003 Stanton Barrett Motorsports 91 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR21 BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH32 CLT DOV39 NSH KEN MLW41 DAY CHI NHA30 PPR IRP MCH BRI 69th 472 Havill Spoerl Racing 73 Ford DAR35 RCH25 DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 2004 Stanton Barrett Motorsports 97 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPRDNQ IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM NA

NASCAR Craftsman 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 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1996 Bill Elliott Racing 94 Ford HOM4 PHO8 POR11 EVG9 TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW28 LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO27 LVS19 29th 837 1997 WDW8 TUS HOM PHO POR 39th 618 Gloy/Rahal Racing 55 Ford EVG12 I70 NHA TEX BRI29 NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR Charles Hardy Racing 35 Chevy CAL19 PHO27 LVS26 1998 WDW22 HOM5 PHO21 POR18 EVG9 I7012 GLN23 TEX30 BRI7 MLW9 NZH20 CAL28 PPR13 IRP9 NHA4 FLM7 NSV10 HPT16 LVL11 RCH30 MEM6 GTY14 MAR20 SON13 MMR23 PHO15 LVS9 9th 3227 1999 Gloy/Rahal Racing 55 Ford HOM15 PHO21 EVG3 MMR29 MAR24 MEM31 PPR7 I7019 BRI11 TEX18 PIR18 GLN14 MLW11 NSV7 NZH26 MCH17 NHA14 IRP13 GTY13 HPT28 RCH18 LVS29 17th 2743 McCray Racing 40 Chevy LVL17 42 TEX33 CAL21 2000 RDR Racing 97 Ford DAY17 HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY DOVDNQ TEXDNQ CAL 44th 501 Nessa Motorsports 28 Ford MEM27 PPR EVG TEX KEN21 GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH Black Tip Racing 69 Chevy IRP20 Nessa Motorsports 8 Ford NSV20 CIC RCH 2001 Team 23 Racing 23 Chevy DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR22 PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 99th 97 2002 Kelvin Locklear 97 Ford DAYDNQ DARDNQ MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM NA

NASCAR Winston West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 1999 RDR Racing 92 Ford TUS LVS PHO CAL PPR MMR IRW EVG POR IRW RMR LVS MMR MOT12 66th 127

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Bondo/Mar Hyde 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 Pts Ref 1996 Bill Elliott Racing 94 Ford DAY5 ATL4 SLM TAL32 FIF LVL CLT38 CLT KIL FRS POC3 MCH1 FRS TOL POC2 MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT3 ATL24 24th 1997 DAY2 ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF ATL 121st 1998 RC Racing 2 Ford DAY5 ATL SLM NA 0 Chevy CLT4 MEM MCH16 POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT TAL ATL 1999 RDR Racing 92 Ford DAY6 ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 89th 200