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Tony Ave (born 10 November 1968) is an American race car driver born in Hurley, Wisconsin, US. He competed in the Grand-Am Series from 2000 until 2002, in Formula Atlantic from 1996 until 2001, and in the Trans-Am Series since 2009. He also made three Indy Lights starts in 1993 and one Indy Pro Series start in 2003. He also has sporadic starts in NASCAR as a road course ringer.

Trans-Am

In 2009, he was a regular competitor in the revived SCCA Trans-Am Series, driving a Chevrolet Corvette. In 2010, he brought Chevrolet its first Trans Am championship since Paul Gentilozzi in 1998.

Ave won the 2010 and 2011 Trans-Am Series Championships. Ave owns Tony Ave Motorsports, which has become one of the most popular race teams amongst fans. However, he mostly drives for Lamers Racing.

thumb|left|Ave driving a [[Chevrolet Corvette in the Trans Am Series in 2014]]

NASCAR

thumb|left|2010 NASCAR Nationwide car at [[Road America]]

In 2004, Ave made his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series debut at Watkins Glen International when he drove the No. 80 car owned by Hover Motorsports, a satellite team of Joe Gibbs Racing. Starting 42nd, Ave dropped out after 84 laps with a brake problem, finishing 31st.

Ave returned to the Cup Series in 2009, competed at Watkins Glen on August 10, 2009 in the rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen. Ave completed eight laps and finished 43rd in his No. 37 Long John Silver's Dodge owned by Front Row Motorsports.

In 2016, Ave made an agreement with Bill Riley to build a prototype chassis for ELMS for the P3 and IMSA for the Prototype Challenge.

Motorsports career results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year !! Track !! Car !! Engine !! Class !! Finish !! Start !! Status

| 1991 || Road Atlanta || Lola T87/90 || Ford || Sports 2000 || 16 || 3 || Running

|rowspan=2| 1994 ||rowspan=2| Mid-Ohio || Van Diemen || Ford || Formula Continental || 22 || 7 || Retired

| XFR GS-94|| Toyota || Formula Atlantic || 10 || 2 || Retired

| 2007 || Heartland Park || Chevrolet Corvette || Chevrolet || GT1 ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 1 || Running

| 2008 || Heartland Park || Ford Mustang || Ford || GT1 ||style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 || 2 || Running

|rowspan=2| 2019 ||rowspan=2| VIR || Chevrolet Corvette || Chevrolet || GT1 ||style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 || 1 || Running

| Acura RSX || Honda || GT3 || 11 || 2 || Retired

|rowspan=2| 2020 ||rowspan=2| Road America || Ford Mustang || Ford || GT1 ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 2 || Running

| Nissan 240SX || Nissan || GT3 || 7 || 4 || Running

|rowspan=2| 2022 ||rowspan=2| VIR || Nissan 350Z || Nissan || GT2 || 4 || 3 || Running

| Acura RSX || Honda || GT3 ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 3 || Running

|rowspan=4| 2023 ||rowspan=4| VIR || Nissan 350Z || Nissan || GT2 || 13 || 2 || Retired

| Acura RSX || Honda || GT3 ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 1 || Running

| Stohr WF1 || Suzuki || Prototype 2 || 4 || 5 || Running

| Mercedes-AMG GT4 || Mercedes-AMG || T1 || 4 || 4 || Running

|rowspan=5| 2024 ||rowspan=5| Road America || Swift 016a || Mazda || Formula Atlantic ||style="background-color:#FFDF9F"| 3 || 3 || Running

| Ford Mustang || Ford || GT1 || DNF || 13 || Retired

| Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup || Porsche || GT2 || 6 || 7 || Running

| Honda Civic || Honda || GT3 || 10 || 1 || Running

| Mercedes-AMG GT4 || Mercedes-AMG || T1 || style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 || 3 || Running

NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=45| NASCAR Sprint 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

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! Pts

! Ref

! rowspan=2| 2004

! rowspan=2| Hover Motorsports

! rowspan=2| 80

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| MAR

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN

| MCH

| colspan=13|

! rowspan=2| 83rd

! rowspan=2| 70

! rowspan=2|

! Ford

| colspan=23|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI

| CAL

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| TAL

| KAN

| CLT

| MAR

| ATL

| PHO

| DAR

| HOM

! 2009

! nowrap| Front Row Motorsports

! 37

! Dodge

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| ATL

| BRI

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| NHA

| DAY

| CHI

| IND

| POC

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| ATL

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| KAN

| CAL

| CLT

| MAR

| TAL

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 67th

! 34

! 2010

! TriStar Motorsports

! 35

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| ATL

| BRI

| MAR

| PHO

| TEX

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| DOV

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| NHA

| DAY

| CHI

| IND

| POC

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| ATL

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| KAN

| CAL

| CLT

| MAR

| TAL

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! N/A

! 0

! 2011

! Front Row Motorsports

! 38

! Ford

| DAY

| PHO

| LVS

| BRI

| CAL

| MAR

| TEX

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| DOV

| CLT

| KAN

| POC

| MCH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| SON

| DAY

| KEN

| NHA

| IND

| POC

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| ATL

| RCH

| CHI

| NHA

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| TAL

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! N/A

! 0

Nationwide Series

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| NASCAR Nationwide 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

! 35

! Pts

! Ref

! 2009

! nowrap| Jimmy Means Racing

! 52

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| PHO

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| NHA

| DAY

| CHI

| GTY

| IRP

| IOW

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CGV

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CAL

| CLT

| MEM

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 145th

! 46

! 2010

! TriStar Motorsports

! 35

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| BRI

| NSH

| PHO

| TEX

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| DOV

| CLT

| NSH

| KEN

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROA

| NHA

| DAY

| CHI

| GTY

| IRP

| IOW

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CGV

| ATL

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CAL

| CLT

| GTY

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 87th

! 281

Craftsman Truck Series

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=31| 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

! Pts

! Ref

! 2000

! nowrap| Brevak Racing

! 31

! Ford

| DAY

| HOM

| PHO

| MMR

| MAR

| PIR

| GTY

| MEM

| PPR

| EVG

| TEX

| KEN

| GLN

| MLW

| NHA

| NZH

| MCH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IRP

| NSV

| CIC

| RCH

| DOV

| TEX

| CAL

! N/A

! 0

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=30| ARCA Re/Max 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

! Pts

! Ref

! 2002

! nowrap| Burroughs Motorsports

! 53

! Ford

| DAY

| ATL

| NSH

| SLM

| KEN

| CLT

| KAN

| POC

| MCH

| TOL

| SBO

| KEN

| BLN

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| WIN

| DSF

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CHI

| SLM

| TAL

| CLT

! 108th

! 125

! rowspan=2| 2003

! Bobby Gerhart Racing

! 7

! Pontiac

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY

| ATL

| NSH

| SLM

| TOL

| KEN

| CLT

| BLN

| KAN

| MCH

| LER

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| WIN

| DSF

| CHI

| SLM

| colspan=4|

! rowspan=2| 82nd

! rowspan=2| 330

! rowspan=2|

! Hendren Motorsports

! 66

! Pontiac

| colspan=19|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL

| CLT

| SBO

! rowspan=2| 2006

! Fast Track Racing

! 11

! Chevy

| DAY

| NSH

| SLM

| WIN

| KEN

| TOL

| POC

| MCH

| KAN

| KEN

| BLN

| POC

| GTW

| NSH

| MCH

| ISF

| MIL

| TOL

| DSF

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CHI

| SLM

| colspan=2|

! rowspan=2| 140th

! rowspan=2| 110

! rowspan=2|

! rowspan=3| CyberSpeed Racing

! rowspan=2| 87

! rowspan=3| Chevy

| colspan=21|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL

| IOW

! 2007

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY

| USA

| NSH

| SLM

| KAN

| WIN

| KEN

| TOL

| IOW

| POC

| MCH

| BLN

| KEN

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| MIL

| GTW

| DSF

| CHI

| SLM

| TAL

| TOL

! N/A

! 0

! 2008

! 66

| DAY

| SLM

| IOW

| KAN

| CAR

| KEN

| TOL

| POC

| MCH

| CAY

| KEN

| BLN

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| DSF

| CHI

| SLM

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NJE

| TAL

| TOL

| colspan=2|

! 141st

! 75

References

External links

Tony Ave Racing Products official website