Ron Barfield Jr.

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.

Ronald Barfield II
Born (1971-04-20) April 20, 1971
Florence, South Carolina
Awards1987 World Karting Association National Dirt Series Championship
1994 Texas Pete All-Pro Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish59th (1997)
First race1997 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
29 races run over 4 years
Best finish37th (1997)
First race1996 GM Goodwrench/Delco 200 (Dover)
Last race2003 Funai 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
71 races run over 6 years
Best finish9th (1998)
First race1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead)
Last race2001 Darlington 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 17 0

Beginnings

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.

Early NASCAR

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.

Final years

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.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

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 NWCC Pts Ref
1996 Elliott-Hardy Racing 94 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH
QL
DAY NHA POC TAL NA - [1]
Bill Elliott Racing 91 IND
DNQ
GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO
David Blair Motorsports 27 Ford ATL
DNQ
1997 Bill Elliott Racing 92 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND
22
GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 59th 97 [2]
- Qualified for Todd Bodine

Busch Series

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 NBSC Pts Ref
1996 Bill Elliott Racing 94 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT
DNQ
DOV
23
SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL
DNQ
IRP MCH
DNQ
BRI DAR
28
RCH
37
DOV
13
CLT
11
CAR
41
HOM 53rd 519 [3]
1997 DAY
DNQ
CAR
19
RCH
9
ATL
20
LVS
38
DAR
13
HCY TEX
25
BRI
39
NSV TAL
9
NHA NZH CLT
23
DOV
22
SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH
DNQ
BRI
24
DAR
16
RCH
DNQ
DOV
29
CLT
DNQ
CAL
22
CAR HOM 37th 1362 [4]
1998 RC Racing 2 Chevy DAY
DNQ
CAR LVS
DNQ
NSV DAR
DNQ
BRI
21
TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL
28
SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR
DNQ
RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 107th 79 [5]
2003 Stanton Barrett Motorsports 91 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR
21
BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH
32
CLT DOV
39
NSH KEN MLW
41
DAY CHI NHA
30
PPR IRP MCH BRI 69th 472 [6]
Havill-Spoerl Racing 73 Ford DAR
35
RCH
25
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 PPR
DNQ
IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM NA - [7]

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 26 27 NCTC Pts Ref
1996 Bill Elliott Racing 94 Ford HOM
4
PHO
8
POR
11
EVG
9
TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW
28
LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO
27
LVS
19
29th 837 [8]
1997 WDW
8
TUS HOM PHO POR 39th 618 [9]
Gloy/Rahal Racing 55 Ford EVG
12
I70 NHA TEX BRI
29
NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR
Charles Hardy Racing 35 Chevy CAL
19
PHO
27
LVS
26
1998 WDW
22
HOM
5
PHO
21
POR
18
EVG
9
I70
12
GLN
23
TEX
30
BRI
7
MLW
9
NZH
20
CAL
28
PPR
13
IRP
9
NHA
4
FLM
7
NSV
10
HPT
16
LVL
11
RCH
30
MEM
6
GTY
14
MAR
20
SON
13
MMR
23
PHO
15
LVS
9
9th 3227 [10]
1999 Gloy/Rahal Racing 55 Ford HOM
15
PHO
21
EVG
3
MMR
29
MAR
24
MEM
31
PPR
7
I70
19
BRI
11
TEX
18
PIR
18
GLN
14
MLW
11
NSV
7
NZH
26
MCH
17
NHA
14
IRP
13
GTY
13
HPT
28
RCH
18
LVS
29
17th 2743 [11]
McCray Racing 40 Chevy LVL
17
42 TEX
33
CAL
21
2000 RDR Racing 97 Ford DAY
17
HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY DOV
DNQ
TEX
DNQ
CAL 44th 501 [12]
Nessa Motorsports 28 Ford MEM
27
PPR EVG TEX KEN
21
GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH
Black Tip Racing 69 Chevy IRP
20
Nessa Motorsports 8 Ford NSV
20
CIC RCH
2001 Team 23 Racing 23 Chevy DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR
22
PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 99th 97 [13]
2002 Kelvin Locklear 97 Ford DAY
DNQ
DAR
DNQ
MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM NA - [14]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts Ref
1999 RDR Racing 92 Ford TUS LVS PHO CAL PPR MMR IRW EVG POR IRW RMR LVS MMR MOT
12
66th 127 [15]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(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 ABMSC Pts Ref
1996 Bill Elliott Racing 94 Ford DAY
5
ATL
4
SLM TAL
32
FIF LVL CLT
38
CLT KIL FRS POC
3
MCH
1
FRS TOL POC
2
MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT
3
ATL
24
24th - [16]
1997 DAY
2
ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF ATL 121st - [17]
1998 RC Racing 2 Ford DAY
5
ATL SLM NA 0 [18]
Chevy CLT
4
MEM MCH
16
POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT TAL ATL
1999 RDR Racing 92 Ford DAY
6
ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 89th 200 [19]

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  14. "Ron Barfield Jr. – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  15. "Ron Barfield Jr. – 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  16. "Ron Barfield Jr. – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
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