Caesar Bacarella

Caesar Bacarella
BornCaesar Peter Bacarella
(1975-12-18) December 18, 1975 (age 50)
Parkland, Florida, U.S.
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
35 races run over 9 years
2025 position42nd
Best finish42nd (2025)
First race2017 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2025 United Rentals 250 (Talladega)
WinsTop tensPoles
040
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish92nd (2017)
First race2017 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race2017 General Tire 200 (Talladega)
WinsTop tensPoles
000
Statistics up to date as of November 1, 2025.

Caesar Peter Bacarella (born December 18, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 5/45 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Alpha Prime Racing. Bacarella has also driven in the ARCA Menards Series and Pirelli World Challenge.[1]

Racing career

Pirelli World Challenge

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

ARCA Racing Series

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 Xfinity Series

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.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2017B. J. McLeod Motorsports8ChevyDAYATLLVSPHOCALTEXBRIRCHTALCLTDOVPOCMCHIOWDAYKENNHAINDIOWGLNMOHBRIROADARRCHCHIKENDOVCLTKANTEXPHO
30		HOM
31		68th13[18]
2018ToyotaDAY
13		ATLLVSPHOCALTEXBRIRCHTALDOVCLTPOC52nd45[19]
ChevyMCH
34		IOWCHIDAY
38		KENNHAIOWGLNMOHBRIROADARIND
23		LVSRCHROVDOVKANTEXPHO
DGM Racing90ChevyHOM
34
2019DAY
29		ATLLVSPHOCAL
37		TEXBRIRCHTALDOVCLTPOCMCHIOWCHIDAY
29		KENNHAIOWGLNMOHBRIROADARINDLVSRCHROVDOVKANTEXPHOHOM67th17[20]
2020DAY
29		LVSCALPHODARCLTBRIATLHOM
29		HOM
30		TAL
17		POCIRCKENKENTEXKANROADRCDOVDOVDAY
36		DARRCHRCHBRILVSTAL
13		ROVKANTEXMARPHO46th68[21]
2021DAY
12		DRCHOMLVSPHOATLMARTAL
38		DARDOVCOA
DNQ		CLTMOHTEXNSHPOCROAATLNHAGLNIRCMCH
35		DAY
36		DARRCHBRILVSTAL
32		ROVTEXKANMARPHO54th37[22]
2022Alpha Prime Racing45ChevyDAY
38		CALLVSPHOATLCOARCHMARTAL
25		DOVDARTEXCLTPIRNSHROAATL
28		NHAPOCIRCMCHGLNDAY
28		DARKANBRITEXTAL
31		ROVLVSHOMMARPHO54th37[23]
2023DAY
INQ†		CALLVSPHO51st38[24]
66ATL
38		COARCHMAR
43TAL
6		DOVDARCLTPIRSONNSHCSCATLNHAPOCROAMCHIRCGLN
44DAY
31		DARKANBRITEXROVLVSHOMMARPHO
202445DAY
DNQ		ATLLVSPHOCOARCHMARTEXTAL
7		DOVDARCLTPIRSONIOWNHANSHCSCPOCINDMCH
9		DAY
29		DARATLGLNBRIKANTAL
QL‡		ROVLVSHOMMARPHO52nd46[25]
2025DAY
13		ATLCOAPHOLVSHOMMARDARBRICARTAL
30		TEXCLTNSHMXCPOCATLCSCSONDOVINDIOWGLN42nd72[26]
5DAY
28		PIRGTWBRIKANROVLVSTAL
5		MARPHO
† – Qualified but replaced by Stefan Parsons ‡ – Qualified but replaced by Tommy Joe Martins

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2017Finney Racing80ChevyDAY
33		NSHSLMTAL
25		TOLELKPOCMCHMADIOWIRPPOCWINISFROADSFSLMCHIKENKAN92nd170[27]

References

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  2. ^ Allaway, Phil (February 3, 2018). "Martin Fuentes Returns to PWC, Caesar Bacarella Joins For Spirnt-X". Frontstretch. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "Finney Racing finally returns to Daytona; introducing newcomer Bacarella". ARCA Racing. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
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  23. ^ "Caesar Bacarella – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  24. ^ "Caesar Bacarella – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  25. ^ "Caesar Bacarella – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
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  • Official profile at Alpha Prime Racing
  • Caesar Bacarella driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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