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Keith McGee
Keith Edward McGee (born May 7, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 2/22 Ford F-150 for Reaume Brothers Racing. He has also previously competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series West.
McGee previously served in the United States Air Force for eight years. McGee is notable for being the first Alaskan and the first disabled veteran to compete in a NASCAR national series race.
McGee was interested in racing as a child, but he either could become a professional snowboarder[citation needed] or go to the military, and he chose the latter. After moving from California to Alaska and serving for eight years in the United States Air Force beginning in 2001, he started racing when a go-kart facility opened near his town of Eagle River, Alaska. At the time, he was age 35.
He competed in 115 local go-karting events in 2017, racking up 78 wins. He competed in the Extreme Racing League, a go-kart series in its first year, where he won every race on the way to the championship. In 2018, McGee competed in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, finishing second in points and driving at his home track, Alaska Raceway Park. He also won the championship in the Pro Grand National Series.
McGee made his debut in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at the 2018 season-finale at Kern County Raceway Park in the No. 39 for Patriot Motorsports Group, but finished last, not finishing the race due to clutch issues.
For 2019, McGee had been announced to run at the Tucson doubleheader race in one of the Jefferson Pitts Racing cars, but this did not end up happening. His first start of the year came at Douglas County Speedway in Oregon in June of that year. He drove the No. 37 and finished eleventh. He later got his first top-10 in his next race at Meridian Speedway in Idaho. It was just his third start in the West Series.
McGee stated in an interview for the Racing-Reference website that he was hoping to run full-time in the ARCA Series and also make his Truck Series debut in 2020. He did drive an ARCA Menards Series car for the first time at the series' Daytona testing in January 2020, driving for Our Motorsports in the No. 02 car (along with Andy Seuss, Sebastian Arias, and Ronnie Osmer). McGee ended up not running the race there in February (Seuss and Benny Chastain filled the seats of team's two cars in that race), nor any others for the team and in the series in 2020. On the Truck side, McGee did try to attempt to make his Truck debut at Talladega, driving the No. 33 for Reaume Brothers Racing, but those plans were called off and postponed once he was not approved to race there. With his first start in the series coming at a restrictor plate track during the COVID-19 pandemic, where NASCAR canceled all practice and qualifying for the race, McGee would have gotten behind the wheel of a truck for the first time in the race, which NASCAR was against (the same thing happened in June to James Davison in the Cup Series, also at Talladega). As a result, RBR stated that he would make his Truck debut for them sometime in 2021. On January 18, 2021, Reaume announced that McGee's first race would be at Richmond and that he would be in the No. 33, which would be a Chevy in that race. In addition, the team stated that he could run more races in 2021 if sponsorship could be found. On May 25, 2021, McGee announced that he would be competing in the race at Charlotte in the No. 3 for Jordan Anderson Racing. After previously sponsoring Matt DiBenedetto in 2019 and Clint Bowyer in 2020, both in the NASCAR Cup Series, Barstool Sports returned to NASCAR as McGee's sponsor in this race. McGee later drove the No. 49 CMI Motorsports Ford at the Victoria's Voice Foundation 200. In his last appearance of the year at Talladega Superspeedway, he was one of only five trucks that finished clean, leading a lap and running in the top-fifteen for the final twenty laps; avoiding a last lap crash, he slipped to tenth for his best finish of the season.
On November 11, 2023, RBR announced that McGee would return to drive for the team in one of their trucks, the No. 27, in 2024 in six races: Daytona, Las Vegas, Texas, Charlotte, Richmond and Phoenix. On October 4, 2024, McGee ran the No. 02 for Young's Motorsports, but instead of their usual Chevrolet, it was a technical partnership with RBR, so it was a Ford instead. He failed to qualify for the race but ended up replacing Bryan Dauzat in the No. 28 FDNY Racing Chevrolet.
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Keith McGee
Keith Edward McGee (born May 7, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 2/22 Ford F-150 for Reaume Brothers Racing. He has also previously competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series West.
McGee previously served in the United States Air Force for eight years. McGee is notable for being the first Alaskan and the first disabled veteran to compete in a NASCAR national series race.
McGee was interested in racing as a child, but he either could become a professional snowboarder[citation needed] or go to the military, and he chose the latter. After moving from California to Alaska and serving for eight years in the United States Air Force beginning in 2001, he started racing when a go-kart facility opened near his town of Eagle River, Alaska. At the time, he was age 35.
He competed in 115 local go-karting events in 2017, racking up 78 wins. He competed in the Extreme Racing League, a go-kart series in its first year, where he won every race on the way to the championship. In 2018, McGee competed in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, finishing second in points and driving at his home track, Alaska Raceway Park. He also won the championship in the Pro Grand National Series.
McGee made his debut in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at the 2018 season-finale at Kern County Raceway Park in the No. 39 for Patriot Motorsports Group, but finished last, not finishing the race due to clutch issues.
For 2019, McGee had been announced to run at the Tucson doubleheader race in one of the Jefferson Pitts Racing cars, but this did not end up happening. His first start of the year came at Douglas County Speedway in Oregon in June of that year. He drove the No. 37 and finished eleventh. He later got his first top-10 in his next race at Meridian Speedway in Idaho. It was just his third start in the West Series.
McGee stated in an interview for the Racing-Reference website that he was hoping to run full-time in the ARCA Series and also make his Truck Series debut in 2020. He did drive an ARCA Menards Series car for the first time at the series' Daytona testing in January 2020, driving for Our Motorsports in the No. 02 car (along with Andy Seuss, Sebastian Arias, and Ronnie Osmer). McGee ended up not running the race there in February (Seuss and Benny Chastain filled the seats of team's two cars in that race), nor any others for the team and in the series in 2020. On the Truck side, McGee did try to attempt to make his Truck debut at Talladega, driving the No. 33 for Reaume Brothers Racing, but those plans were called off and postponed once he was not approved to race there. With his first start in the series coming at a restrictor plate track during the COVID-19 pandemic, where NASCAR canceled all practice and qualifying for the race, McGee would have gotten behind the wheel of a truck for the first time in the race, which NASCAR was against (the same thing happened in June to James Davison in the Cup Series, also at Talladega). As a result, RBR stated that he would make his Truck debut for them sometime in 2021. On January 18, 2021, Reaume announced that McGee's first race would be at Richmond and that he would be in the No. 33, which would be a Chevy in that race. In addition, the team stated that he could run more races in 2021 if sponsorship could be found. On May 25, 2021, McGee announced that he would be competing in the race at Charlotte in the No. 3 for Jordan Anderson Racing. After previously sponsoring Matt DiBenedetto in 2019 and Clint Bowyer in 2020, both in the NASCAR Cup Series, Barstool Sports returned to NASCAR as McGee's sponsor in this race. McGee later drove the No. 49 CMI Motorsports Ford at the Victoria's Voice Foundation 200. In his last appearance of the year at Talladega Superspeedway, he was one of only five trucks that finished clean, leading a lap and running in the top-fifteen for the final twenty laps; avoiding a last lap crash, he slipped to tenth for his best finish of the season.
On November 11, 2023, RBR announced that McGee would return to drive for the team in one of their trucks, the No. 27, in 2024 in six races: Daytona, Las Vegas, Texas, Charlotte, Richmond and Phoenix. On October 4, 2024, McGee ran the No. 02 for Young's Motorsports, but instead of their usual Chevrolet, it was a technical partnership with RBR, so it was a Ford instead. He failed to qualify for the race but ended up replacing Bryan Dauzat in the No. 28 FDNY Racing Chevrolet.