Angela Ruch | |||||||
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![]() Ruch in 2011 | |||||||
Born | Angela Christine Cope August 18, 1983 Puyallup, Washington, U.S. | ||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||
Weight | 100 lb (45 kg) | ||||||
Achievements | 1995 Tri-Cities Gold Cup Yamaha Class champion 1998 PSGKA Gold Cup Junior Piston Port winner 2002 Lucas Oil Can-Am 150 (Sun Valley Speedway) winner | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 4 years | |||||||
2018 position | 68th | ||||||
Best finish | 55th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2011 Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
18 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2020 position | 42nd | ||||||
Best finish | 31st (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2010 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Vankor 350 (Texas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 11, 2020. |
Angela Christine Ruch (/rək/RUHK, née Cope, born August 18, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She is the niece of Derrike Cope and the sister of Amber Cope. She last competed in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet Silverado/Toyota Tundra for Reaume Brothers Racing.
Racing career
[edit]Angela and Amber Cope became the third generation of Copes to enter into the world of racing. They started racing go-karts in the Greater Puget Sound area after their parents gave them a go-kart for Christmas at age 9. In their seven years of driving go-karts in the Pacific Northwest, Angela and her sister earned 50 wins and 20 pole positions combined. Angela also set new track records at five of six tracks in the same region.[citation needed]
At age 15, both Angela and Amber progressed to racing late models. In 2000, they were featured on The Early Show with host Bryant Gumbel during their career in late models.[citation needed]
As Angela and Amber became more experienced behind the wheel, they knew that in order to advance their careers and have the chance at driving in NASCAR, they would have to leave Washington, so they moved across the country to the Charlotte metropolitan area, where most of the race teams are located. Putting their focus into learning the in and outs of professional racing, the twins traveled with their uncle Derrike to every Cup race that he was competing in.[1]
In 2006, the twins split seat time in the ARCA Re/Max Series at Berlin, Gateway, Chicagoland, Milwaukee and Toledo. Angela's starts were at Berlin in the No. 1 for Andy Belmont and Milwaukee in the No. 72 for Mario Gosselin. After not making any ARCA starts in 2007, Angela returned for one race in the series in 2008 at Kentucky Speedway. Driving the No. 68 Dodge for Rick Markle, she qualified eighth and finished 29th. Amber was also in this race, qualifying 15th and finishing 38th in the No. 70 car for her uncle's team.
In 2011, Angela competed in four Nationwide Series races. In 2012, she was announced to share the No. 24 SR2 Motorsports Toyota in the series with her twin sister and Benny Gordon on a part-time schedule.[2]
Five years later, she made her return to NASCAR's Xfinity Series at Kentucky Speedway, now going by Angela Ruch after getting married during her time without a ride. She drove the No. 78 B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet.[3]
In 2019, Ruch returned to the Gander Outdoors Truck Series with NEMCO Motorsports. She finished a NASCAR career-best 8th at Daytona, her first lead lap finish and the second-highest ever for a female in the Truck Series.[4] In March, Ruch and Niece Motorsports announced she would be tapped to race 12 events in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series starting at Texas Motor Speedway.[5]
It was announced on January 29, 2020 that Ruch would run a full-time Truck schedule in 2020, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet/Toyota for Reaume Brothers Racing with an alliance with Niece Motorsports, who she drove for in 2019.[6] After running the first five races, Ruch missed the Pocono Raceway event due to sponsorship issues and was replaced by team owner Josh Reaume in the No. 00.[7]
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
[edit]NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | |
2011 | TriStar Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW 28 |
CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA | DAY | KEN | NHA 25 |
NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI DNQ |
DOV | 55th | 56 | [8] | ||||||
23 | KAN 32 |
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70 | CLT 35 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | SR² Motorsports | 00 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT 36 |
DOV | 76th | 25 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | MCH 28 |
ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
00 | Toyota | CLT 43 |
KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN 30 |
NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN 32 |
DOV | CLT 35 |
KAN | TEX 38 |
PHO | HOM | 66th | 14 | [10] | ||
2018 | 8 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA 30 |
IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | 68th | 16 | [11] | ||||||||
38 | KAN 29 |
TEX | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RSS Racing | 39 | Chevy | HOM 37 |
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
[edit]NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NGTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2010 | Daisy Ramirez Motorsports | 01 | Dodge | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR 30 |
TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 111th | 73 | [12] | |||||||||||||
2019 | NEMCO Motorsports | 8 | Chevy | DAY 8 |
ATL | LVS 16 |
MAR | 31st | 139 | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niece Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | TEX 30 |
DOV | KAN 16 |
CLT 23 |
TEX 29 |
IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH | BRI 30 |
MSP | LVS 22 |
TAL 28 |
MAR | PHO | HOM 29 |
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2020 | Reaume Brothers Racing | 00 | Chevy | DAY 28 |
42nd | 84 | [14] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toyota | LVS 24 |
CLT 23 |
ATL 28 |
HOM 24 |
POC | KEN 25 |
TEX 23 |
KAN | KAN | MCH | DAY | DOV | GTW | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO |
ARCA Re/Max Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARMC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
2006 | Andy Belmont Racing | 1 | Ford | DAY | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN 22 |
POC | GTW | NSH | MCH | ISF | 110th | 190 | [15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
DGM Racing | 72 | Chevy | MIL 32 |
TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | IOW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Rick Markle Racing | 68 | Dodge | DAY | SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN 29 |
BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJE | TAL | TOL | 136th | 85 | [16] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
[edit]- ^ "Derrike Cope's Racing Nieces". Motorsport.com. August 23, 1999. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ Adamczyk, Jay (February 12, 2012). "Nationwide Series". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ Allaway, Phil (July 3, 2017). "Angela Ruch Returns to XFINITY Series With BJ McLeod Motorsports at Kentucky". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ "Austin Hill Wins NextEra Energy 250 Demolition Derby At Daytona". Frontstretch. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
- ^ "NASCAR's Angela Ruch Signs with Niece Motorsports". 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Angela Ruch to compete full-time in Gander Trucks series". NASCAR.com. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (June 23, 2020). "Angela Ruch Not on Entry List for Saturday's Pocono Organics 150, Reaume & Iwuji Driving for Reaume Brothers Racing". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Angela Ruch – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Angela Ruch driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Cope twins hope to mix fashion, fierce racing in NASCAR. Sports Illustrated, February 8, 2011.
- Truck Series is about to get a double injection of style. NASCAR. January 15, 2010.