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Casey Mears
Birthday: March 12, 1978 Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif.
2008 -- Finished 20th in series points. ... Best finish a fifth at Sonoma. ... Announced exit from Hendrick Motorsports after two years there, to move to Richard Childress Racing's No. 07 Chevrolet.
2007 -- Finished 15th in series points. ... Finished with careerhigh five top-fives and 10 top-10s. ... Also won first series race in May at Charlotte. ... Pole came in July at Chicagoland. ... Struggled during first half of season. ... Climbed from low ranking of 35th, in May, to finish inside the top 15.
2006 -- Finished 14th in series points. ... Earned two runner-up finishes, in the Daytona 500 and at Kansas. ... Opened the season with eight consecutive weeks in the Cup Series top 10 in points. ... The 2006 season was the final of Mears' three consecutive seasons driving for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. ... He was named the 2007 driver of Hendrick Motorsports' No. 25 car on June 14, 2006.
2005 -- Finished 22nd in series points. ... Finished in fourth place at both Texas events. ... Captured two topfive finishes and five top-10 finishes in the final 10 events. ... Led a total of 145 laps.
2004 -- Finished 22nd in series points. .... Had first career pole at Pocono in August and followed up the effort with a pole at Indianapolis. ... Posted career-best finish with a fourth at Watkins Glen, lone top-five effort of the season. ... Only Ganassi driver to win a pole in 2004.
2003 -- Finished 35th in points in his rookie season. ... Struggled throughout his rookie season with 10 DNFs.
... Led nine laps. ... Had 11 top-15 qualifying efforts. ... Ran 14 Busch Series races and finished with four top- 10s.
PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Won first career stock-car race in the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) event June 14, 2003, at Michigan. Later that season, won back-to-back ARCA races at Pocono July 25 and 26, 2003. ... Finished 21st in his rookie season in the Busch Series in 2002, scoring one top-five, that coming at Talladega. ... Announced in December 2002 that he would drive No. 41 Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing in Cup Series, following his first season in the Busch Series. ... Also had two top-10s in 34 starts with his highest start, second place, coming at Nashville. ... In 2001, scored two top-10 finishes in four starts in CART after replacing Alex Zanardi, who was involved in a serious accident.... Finished ninth at Talladega in his lone ARCA start in 2001. ... In 2000, finished third in the Indy Lights Series, scoring his first win at the Grand Prix of Houston. ... Also made first career CART start at Fontana, finishing a career-best fourth. ... Successfully completed rookie test for Indy 500 in 2000. ... In 1999, finished second in Indy Lights Series and became only the fourth driver in series history to complete every lap. ... Won three races in offroad stadium SuperLites in 1996. ... Won 1995 Jim Russell USAC Triple Crown championship at 17.
NOTEWORTHY
Mears is the nephew of four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears.... He is the son of two-time Indy 500 starter and off-road legend Roger Mears. ... Was the second-youngest driver in USAC history to win a feature race (Mesa Marin, 1994) at 16. ... Began racing BMX bicycles at age 4. ... Mears' home was featured on an episode of MTV Cribs.
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