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Caesar Peter Bacarella (born December 18, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet Camaro SS, for his own team, Alpha Prime Racing. Bacarella has also driven in the ARCA Menards Series and Pirelli World Challenge.[1]

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Racing career

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Pirelli World Challenge

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For the 2018 season, Bacarella joined Squadra Corse Garage Italia Americas for the series Sprint-X races.[2]

ARCA Racing Series

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Bacarella drove in two races in the 2017 ARCA Racing Series with Finney Racing, driving the No. 80 car. Bacarella finished 33rd after being involved in a wreck in his first start, at Daytona. His second start, also with Finney Racing and his No. 80 car, came at Talladega. There, he yielded a DNF once again but finished 25th.[3]

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

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Teaming up with B. J. McLeod Motorsports, Bacarella made his debut in the 2017 Ticket Galaxy 200 at Phoenix.[4] After qualifying on owner points in 37th,[5] he cut down on Playoff contender Brennan Poole early in the race as a lapped car,[6] eliminating Poole from the race and ending his championship hopes.[7] Poole later sounded off on the dangers of lapped cars, as did Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Dillon, who was running the race. Referring to Bacarella's overall driving, Dillon said over in-car communications, "Get that guy off the freaking track, man! Where did he get a license to do this?"[8] Poole, for his part, commented on what he saw as the need for NASCAR to look at how it approves drivers for competition.[9] Bacarella finished 30th in the race,[10] and ran the following week at Homestead, finishing 31st.[11]

During the off-season, Bacarella was tapped to drive the No. 8 car once again at the season opener at Daytona in 2018.[12]

On August 30, 2021, it was announced that Bacarella and Tommy Joe Martins will form Alpha Prime Racing, and will compete full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2022. Bacarella, Martins, and Rajah Caruth are expected to run the full season under part-time schedules.[13] On November 22, NASCAR indefinitely suspended Bacarella for substance abuse after he claimed he unknowingly took a workout supplement that is on the banned substances list. Bacarella has since enrolled in the Road to Recovery program and is expected to return for the Daytona race.[14] On February 14, 2022, Bacarella was reinstated by NASCAR.[15]

For 2023, Bacarella continued to run a partial schedule in the Xfinity Series. On April 22 at Talladega, Bacarella scored his first career Xfinity Series top-ten with a sixth-place finish.

On January 3, 2024, Bacarella and Alpha Prime announced that he would run at least four races in the No. 45 on superspeedways in the Xfinity Series during the 2024 season, starting with the February Daytona race.[16] Bacarella scored his second career top-ten at Talladega with a seventh-place finish. He would then score his third career top-ten at Michigan, his first top-ten on a non-superspeedway.

On August 18, 2025, Alpha Prime announced that Bacarella would drive a fourth entry for the team at Daytona, which is the No. 5, using the owner's points from the now-defunct Our Motorsports team of the same number.[17] At the fall Talladega race, Bacarella scored a new career-best fifth-place finish, his first top-five in the series.

On January 28, 2026, it was announced that Bacarella would compete in the season-opening United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 4 entry for Alpha Prime Racing.[18] Bacarella qualified 26th but gave up his seat to full-time driver Anthony Alfredo, who was not fast enough in qualifying to make the race on speed.[19]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

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NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 NOAPSC Pts Ref
2017 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO
30 		HOM
31 		68th 13 [20]
2018 Toyota DAY
13 		ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC 52nd 45 [21]
Chevy MCH
34 		IOW CHI DAY
38 		KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND
23 		LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO
DGM Racing 90 Chevy HOM
34
2019 DAY
29 		ATL LVS PHO CAL
37 		TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY
29 		KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 67th 17 [22]
2020 DAY
29 		LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM
29 		HOM
30 		TAL
17 		POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY
36 		DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL
13 		ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 46th 68 [23]
2021 DAY
12 		DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL
38 		DAR DOV COA
DNQ 		CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH
35 		DAY
36 		DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL
32 		ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 54th 37 [24]
2022 Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevy DAY
38 		CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL
25 		DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL
28 		NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY
28 		DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL
31 		ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 54th 37 [25]
2023 DAY
INQ† 		CAL LVS PHO 51st 38 [26]
66 ATL
38 		COA RCH MAR
43 TAL
6 		DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN
44 DAY
31 		DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
2024 45 DAY
DNQ 		ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL
7 		DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH
9 		DAY
29 		DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL
QL‡ 		ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 52nd 46 [27]
2025 DAY
13 		ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TAL
30 		TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN 42nd 72 [28]
5 DAY
28 		PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL
5 		MAR PHO
2026 4 DAY
QL 		ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* [29]
† – Qualified but replaced by Stefan Parsons ‡ – Qualified but replaced by Tommy Joe Martins – Qualified but replaced by Anthony Alfredo

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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(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 ARSC Pts Ref
2017 Finney Racing 80 Chevy DAY
33 		NSH SLM TAL
25 		TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 92nd 170 [30]

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''Caesar Bacarella'' is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner known for his part-time participation in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and his role as co-founder of Alpha Prime Racing.[1] Born on December 18, 1975, in Parkland, Florida, Bacarella has developed a diverse racing career that bridges stock car competition and sports car racing.[2] He co-founded Alpha Prime Racing with Tommy Joe Martins ahead of the 2022 season and has since served as both team owner and occasional driver, primarily piloting the No. 45 Chevrolet in NASCAR Xfinity Series events at superspeedways such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.[1] His Xfinity Series efforts have yielded notable results, including a fifth-place finish at Talladega in 2025.[2] Prior to his focus on NASCAR, Bacarella competed in the Ferrari Challenge North America starting in 2016, where he contested 14 races and achieved a best season finish of seventh in the Trofeo Pirelli Am category in 2017, demonstrating consistent performance with multiple top-10 results.[3] His background in GT and sports car racing has complemented his stock car endeavors, establishing him as a multifaceted figure in American motorsports.

Early life

Early life

Caesar Bacarella was born on December 18, 1975, in Parkland, Florida. [4] [5] He has been described as a New Jersey native who has lived in Parkland for many years. [6] Bacarella grew up with his father after his mother left the family at an early age, shaping a childhood marked by early responsibility and challenges. [7] His father ran a pizzeria, where Bacarella began working at a young age, handling tasks such as cutting pepperoni, sorting beer bottles, and making pizzas himself by the time he was nine. [7] He developed a passion for cars during childhood, influenced by his Italian heritage and admiration for drivers like Michael Schumacher and Jeff Gordon. [7] Bacarella does not hold a university degree and has stated that no one in his family has graduated from university. [7] Limited additional details about his early education, extended family, or other formative experiences are available in public sources.

Racing career

Pirelli World Challenge

In 2018, Caesar Bacarella competed in the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX series, joining Squadra Corse Garage Italia Americas to drive a Ferrari 488 GT3 alongside teammate Martin Fuentes. [8] [9] The pairing proved highly successful, winning nine races en route to capturing the Sprint X GT AM championship by 66 points. [9] Their performance also helped secure the team's GTA class championship and Ferrari's manufacturer title. [9] The following year, as the series rebranded to Blancpain GT World Challenge America while retaining the SprintX format, Bacarella and Fuentes continued their partnership and won multiple races in the AM category, clinching back-to-back AM Cup championships. [9] This two-year run established Bacarella's competitive record in GT3 sprint-style racing with Ferrari machinery. [9] [7]

ARCA Menards Series

Caesar Bacarella participated in two races in the ARCA Menards Series in 2017, marking his debut in stock car racing while driving the No. 80 Chevrolet for Finney Racing.[10] In his first start, the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway, he was collected in a multi-car wreck with 31 laps remaining after contact among several drivers sent cars sliding and caused his No. 80 car to catch fire, though he was uninjured; he completed 49 laps before exiting the race and was credited with a 33rd-place finish.[11] His second appearance came in the General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway, where he finished 25th but did not complete the full race distance, resulting in a DNF.[10] Bacarella ended the 2017 ARCA Menards Series season ranked 92nd in the final points standings with 170 points.[12] These limited starts represented his initial foray into stock car competition ahead of further opportunities in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.[10]

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Caesar Bacarella has competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since making his debut in 2017, amassing 36 starts across nine seasons through 2025 without ever running a full-season campaign. [10] [13] He has driven for multiple teams during this period, including B. J. McLeod Motorsports in the No. 8, DGM Racing in the No. 90, and Alpha Prime Racing in the Nos. 45, 43, 66, and 5, almost exclusively behind the wheel of Chevrolet Camaro SS entries. [10] Bacarella has recorded no wins and no pole positions in the series, but he has earned four top-10 finishes throughout his career. [10] His first start came at Phoenix Raceway in 2017, where he finished 30th. [10] His strongest results have come primarily at superspeedways, highlighted by a career-best fifth-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway in the fall race of 2025. [10] Additional top-10 performances include a sixth-place result at Talladega in the spring of 2023, a seventh at Talladega in the spring of 2024, and a ninth at Michigan International Speedway in 2024. [10] These accomplishments reflect his occasional competitiveness on restrictor-plate tracks despite his limited schedule. [10] Statistics are current as of November 1, 2025. [10]

Team ownership

Alpha Prime Racing

Alpha Prime Racing is a NASCAR Xfinity Series team co-owned by Caesar Bacarella and Tommy Joe Martins. The partnership was announced on August 30, 2021, with Martins Motorsports rebranding and expanding operations as Alpha Prime Racing, and the team beginning full-time competition in the series in 2022. [14] Bacarella serves as co-owner and CEO, contributing business knowledge and marketing expertise to the organization while Martins handles operational aspects. [14] Bacarella drives part-time for Alpha Prime Racing, focusing primarily on superspeedways and select events in the No. 45 Chevrolet. [15] In 2023, Advanced Drainage Systems partnered with Bacarella and the team as primary sponsor for their entry at Daytona International Speedway. [16] Alpha Prime Racing announced on January 1, 2025, that Bacarella would return to the driver's seat for the 2025 season opener at Daytona International Speedway in the No. 45 car. [15]

Personal life

Substance abuse suspension and reinstatement

On November 22, 2021, NASCAR indefinitely suspended Xfinity Series driver and Alpha Prime Racing co-owner Caesar Bacarella for violating Sections 12.1 and 19 of the league's substance abuse policy. [17] Alpha Prime Racing co-owner Tommy Joe Martins stated that Bacarella had unknowingly consumed a banned substance through a workout supplement. [18] Bacarella was later reinstated by NASCAR on February 14, 2022, making him eligible to resume all NASCAR activities. [19] Following the reinstatement, he returned to competition with Alpha Prime Racing. [18]

Personal background

Bacarella resides in Parkland, Florida, within Broward County. [20] [6] A New Jersey native, he has lived in Parkland for many years. [6] Detailed personal information about Bacarella remains limited in public sources, particularly in official racing outlets such as NASCAR profiles and related databases, which focus primarily on his professional activities as a driver and team owner. There are no documented details available regarding his marital status, education, family beyond occasional brief mentions, non-racing career specifics, or other personal events. This scarcity of information underscores the private nature of his life outside motorsports.

References

  1. https://www.jayski.com/nascar-drivers/caesar-bacarella/
  2. https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/4807/caesar-bacarella
  3. https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/corse-clienti/drivers/caesar-bacarella
  4. https://sports.yahoo.com/motorsports/drivers/Caesar-Bacarella-1640/
  5. https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/caesar-bacarella-driver-bio
  6. https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/xfinity/story/_/id/22482491/caesar-bacarella-parkland-florida-finishes-career-best-13th-xfinity-series-opener-daytona
  7. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/athletes-celebrities/pro-tips/caesar-bacarella-is-building-a-fitness-empire-at-full-speed/
  8. https://frontstretch.com/2018/02/03/martin-fuentes-to-race-pwc-full-time-in-2018-caesar-bacarella-joins-for-sprint-x/
  9. https://www.ferrariflracing.com/ferrari-of-fort-lauderdale-racing-history-squadra-corse-garage-italia-488-gt3-evo/
  10. https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/bacarca01/
  11. https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/regional/motor-racing/2017/02/19/drama-filled-arca-race-ends-with-frontstretch-wall-damage-sends-driver-to-hospital/22430028007/
  12. https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/caesar-bacarella
  13. https://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_xfinityseries/driver.php?drv_id=4172
  14. https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/08/30/caesar-bacarella-tommy-joe-martins-partner-to-form-new-xfinity-series-team-alpha-prime-racing/
  15. https://www.jayski.com/2025/01/03/caesar-bacarella-competing-for-alpha-prime-racing-at-daytona/
  16. https://www.jayski.com/2023/08/22/advanced-drainage-systems-partners-with-caesar-bacarella-alpha-prime-racing-at-daytona/
  17. https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/11/22/mike-harmon-penalized-for-violating-vehicle-testing-rules-bacarella-suspended-indefinitely/
  18. https://www.jayski.com/2022/02/14/caesar-bacarella-reinstated-by-nascar/
  19. https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/02/14/nascar-reinstates-bacarella-for-2022-season/
  20. https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-91296775-OPP-4.pdf
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