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Tim Cowen

American racing driver (born 1958)

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Tim Cowen (born August 18, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports.

01Early life

Cowen was born in Loudonville, Ohio and grew up in Perrysville. Sports were prominent in his life and he was initially interested in football before switching to racing.

2015 car at Road America
2015 car at Road America

02Racing career

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Cowen began racing in the Xfinity Series in 2014 at Mid-Ohio, where he drove the No. 86 Ford. He started 30th and finished 18th.

In 2015, Cowen drove the No. 13 Ford in the Mid-Ohio and Road America races. He finished 30th at Ohio and 25th at Road America.

In 2016, Cowen ran the Mid-Ohio race in the No. 13 Ford, but a crash took him out of the race, leading to a 37th-place finish.

In 2017, Cowen would again run the Mid-Ohio and Road America races. At Mid-Ohio, he drove the No. 40 Ford and finished 20th. At Road America, he drove the No. 40 Dodge and finished 36th due to a crash.

In 2018, Cowen drove the No. 66 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports and finished 26th at Mid-Ohio.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Cowen made his Truck Series debut in 2007, driving the No. 42 Ford F-150 for his own team, Cowen Racing. He planned to run the two races at Martinsville and the Mansfield race, but only successfully qualified for and ran the latter.

Cowen returned to the Truck Series in 2008, running three races (Martinsville, Mansfield, and Memphis) for his team.

2017 car at Road America
2017 car at Road America

03Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

Craftsman Truck Series

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 NCTC Pts Ref
2007 Cowen Racing 42 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR
DNQ
KAN CLT MFD
30
DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR
DNQ
ATL TEX PHO HOM 97th 73
2008 DAY CAL ATL MAR
33
KAN CLT MFD
36
DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM
28
KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 61st 198

Camping World East Series

NASCAR Camping World East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NCWESC Pts Ref
2006 Cowen Racing 75 Ford GRE STA HOL TMP LER
15
NHA ADI
21
WFD
18
NHA
29
DOV LRP 30th 403
2007 GRE
DNQ
ELK IOW SBO STA NHA TMP NSH
DNQ
ADI LRP MFD
27
NHA DOV 60th 129
2008 GRE IOW SBO GLN
9
NHA TMP NSH ADI LRP
16
MFD
17
NHA DOV STA 34th 369
2009 GRE TRI IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP
22
NHA DOV NA ,

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2010 Cowen Racing 80 Ford DAY PBE
9
SLM TEX TAL TOL
17
POC MCH IOW MFD
15
POC BLN NJE
22
ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 41st 605
2011 83 DAY TAL SLM TOL
17
NJE
12
CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP
DNQ
POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL
28
57th 430
2012 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL
19
ELK POC MCH WIN NJE
20
IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 75th 265
2013 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE
20
POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 125th 130

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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