Corrie Stott Racing

Stott Classic Racing has endured many ups and downs from the time Ramo and Judy started the team back in 1955 until present day with Corrie Stott as team owner and being renamed Corrie Stott Racing (CSR). Ramo, a farm boy from Missouri , was working at a local automotive salvage yard when the boys decided to race some old jalopies around the yard. It was discovered that Ramo had an untapped talent as a diver. This skill would be honed and refined over the next 30 years as Ramo became one of the Nation’s top stock car drivers. After slinging dirt for a few years Ramo went on to drive at many of the largest US tracks including the very first NASCAR race at the high banks of Talladega . Winning over 400 races and three National Championships, Stott even won the pole position for the 1976 Daytona 500. Judy’s focus was not only raising four children but was also a driving force of the keeping the race team organized. Stott Racing of Keokuk , Iowa was truly a family business. Even today many racers have major “bench” races over the battles of Stott and the other Keokuk, Iowa population of talented drivers. Ramo’s racing history fostered a love of racing in his two sons and now grandsons as they race through life.

With wife Allison’s support and encouragement in 1986 Corrie Put his driving of race cars behind him and started to build an outstanding resume as one of NASCAR’s top Car, Truck, and Crew Chiefs in the sport today. It all started with that first job on the Skoal Team with driver Phil Parsons proved to be the beginning of Corrie’s North Carolina racing career. After over six years and drivers Parsons, Terry Labonte and Rick Mast, Corrie left the Skoal teams and moved to Hendrick Motorsports to work with a young driver named Jeff Gordon.

After three years of working with Hendricks Young driver Jeff Gordon and including victories at Charlotte, Daytona and the Inaugural Brick Yard 400, Corrie Stott moved over to help build Hendricks NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with driver Jack Sprague and Corrie as “Truck” Chief. After success as truck chief for Hendrick Corrie decided it was time to pursue a shot at becoming a crew chief.

In 1998 Corrie began his first crew chief position in the Busch Series now (Nationwide Series) for driver Mark Krogh. After a rather tough rookie season Corrie was offered the opportunity to join Spencer Motor Ventures as Crew Chief/Team Manager for driver Jimmy Spencer. This proved to be a winning combination with Spencer finishing 9th at Daytona before winning at Las Vegas . Corrie success brought the opportunity to move up to Winston Cup Racing now (Sprint Cup Series) as Crew Chief for Sabates Racing, Driver Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light Chevrolet. The Coors Light team was a dismal 38th in points when Corrie took the job 8 races into the year. After a bit of reorganizing and team-building they went on to post several top ten finishes and capturing the 13th place in the NASCAR year end point standings. From 1999 until 2006 Corrie had several different positions at various teams until deciding to resurrect Corrie Stott Racing in July of 2007, CSR ran 12 races in the ARCA division with Billy Tanner driving the #07 Monte Carlo . Losing the team’s primary sponsor in October was tough. The future for CSR was faced with the task now of not only building great race cars but also trying to retain a new sponsor for the team.

Battling through the winter with two employees, CSR forged forward. In May Corrie enter the Nascar Nationwide Series at Richmond, driver Andy Ponstein and team CSR posted a time fast enough to make the race and the rest is history. SCR went to battle giants of the racing business and matching their competitive levels. At Chicagoland Speedway there were 51 cars vying for a place on the starting grid, Andy and the crew posted the 26th fastest qualifying time, beating NASCAR stand-outs Greg Biffle and Robbie Gordon again showing they could compete with the Mega-Teams of the sport.

Corrie Stott Racing continues to battle the multi-car teams of NASCAR in a fight to secure sponsorship in order to achieve the same competitive edge other race teams have week in and week out. With a driver like Andy Ponstein and a solid group of Developmental talent in the wings and a crew of dedicated racers CSR is confident that success on the track will be assured. Each member of Stott Classic Racing is proud of the team’s accomplishments in these trying times of lack of sponsorship dollars, and is confident that with the right Sponsor partnership Corrie Stott Racing will produce a very successful Race Team. Corrie Stott Racing wishes to thank everyone for visiting and hope you return often to keep up with the changes being made to our race team and our website, watch for Fan Interaction Programs, Contest, and Sweepstakes coming soon;

Thanks,
Corrie Stott