FANTASY NASCAR Racin

CODIE BENJAMIN WILLIAM ROHRBAUGH - Nov 12, 1993
Codie Rohrbaugh made his NASCAR debut in what was then known as the K&N East Series in 2014, where he ran three races in his #05 Toyota. He would return to the series part-time in 2015 and 2016. He ran his first race in the ARCA Series in 2016 at Kentucky Speedway wheeling the #7 Chevy. Thus the CR7 race team name. He started 11th and finished 13th. He only made one other start that year, coming at Kansas where he fell out with electrical issues and finished 32nd. Codie made eight starts in the ARCA the next season. He was 14th when the season opened at Daytona, and again in his next race at Talladega. He had a best finish of eighth, coming on two occasions: once at Michigan and once at Kansas. He led the first of his career at Pocono when he started fourth and was at the point near the half way mark. He went on to finish 12th. 2018 saw him make his first start in the NASCAR Truck Series. As Korbin Forrister's team was already using the #7, they picked the #9 to use for their Truck Series team. He found the competition tougher as he moved up into NASCAR, but still he managed to have a finish of 16th at Bristol, and 17th at Texas. He

again made eight starts in the ARCA Series. The season started off with crashes at Daytona and Talladega, but he had four top ten finishes. His best was seventh at Pocono. He only ran two events in 2019 in the ARCA cars. He finished seventh when the season opened at Daytona, but was 16th when he crashed at Charlotte. CR7 attempted twelve races, about half of the season, and all with Rohrbaugh as the driver. The team used Silverados in all races they attempted. Rohrbaugh qualified for nine of twelve races. His DNQs came at Daytona, Martinsville in March, and Bristol. He crashed in each of the first three races he did qualify for, which were at both Texas races (in

March and June) and Charlotte. His other DNF that year came when he was involved in the big one at Talladega. Despite not qualifying for some of his races and not finishing in others, he scored a top-10 finish in the second Martinsville race in October. Rohrbaugh returned and ran 17 races in 2020. The season started with him finishing third in the NextEra Energy 250. Other than that, Rohrbaugh posted 5 top 20 finishes, including a 5th-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway and a 6th-place finish at Richmond Raceway. Codie has not made any more ARCA starts as of this date (2025). He hired Jason Kitzmiller to wheel the car part time, starting in 2020. Jason made seven start that year, and had a best finish of eighth on two occasions. The first would come at Talladega after he started 20th. The other would come at Michigan.

Kitzmiller ran just six ARCA races in 2021. It was a bad season as he had a best finish of eleventh. It happened twice; first when the season opened at Daytona, and then later at Charlotte. Meanwhile Rohrbaugh made eight starts in the trucks. His best finish came at Daytona when he finished eighth. Of the eight starts, he crashed out of four of the races. Grant Enfinger made nine starts in the #9 truck. He gave the truck it's best runs since CR7 had moved up to the Truck Series. Enfingers first start for CR7 saw him bring home a seventh place finish at Las Vegas. His next start saw him finish 17th at Kansas, but he rebounded and finished fourth at COTA on the road course.

A couple mechanical issues followed, hindered his performances. He finished the season with a seventh place run at Las Vegas, and a 13th at Phoenix. Colby Howard also made three starts, and finished inside the top 15 twice. In 2022 Rohrbaugh field a truck full time for the first time. Blaine Perkins was picked to wheel the Chevy. It was a rough season as Perkins fell out of six events, and did not qualify for the Spring Martinsville race. Race finishes left a lot to be desired also as Perkins only had one race where he finished inside the top 20; that being an 18th place run at Nashville. He had 19 races where he

finished 25th or worse. CR7's cars only made four starts in the ARCA Series. Kitzmiller was back at the controls. He ran pretty well most races, as he finished ninth at Pocono, 12th at Michigan and 14th at Talladega. Colby Howard replaced Blaine Perkins to drive the #9 in the NASCAR Trucks in 2023. The season started off well as he finished fourth when the season kicked off at Daytona. But, that would be by far, his best finish of the year. His next best finish came when he took the checkered flag running 12th at St Louis. He would have only one more finish inside the top 15 that year; it coming at Pocono. Kitzmiller was behind the wheel of the ARCA car for five races in 2023.

He had a best finish of 11th at Pocono, and added a 13th place run at Michigan. Grant Enfinger ran two races and showed CR7 produced quality and competitive race equipment, and could perform when a good driver was at the controls. Enfinger finished fourth in his first run at Pocono, and in his other start at Milwaukee he came home fifth. The ARCA car was only raced six times in 2024. Kitzmiller made five starts, and had four top ten runs. His best finish came at Daytona when he finished sixth. Landen Lewis made a lone start in the car, and gave the car a great run. He started fourth, and led 80 laps. But he

finished second behind winner William Sawalich. Meanwhile, Rohrbaugh decided to hire a quality driver put pilot the NASCAR Truck full time. Grant Enfinger would wheel the #9, and showed the potential of the CR7 equipment. Grant finished ninth at Las Vegas and Bristol, and almost pulled off the win when the trucks visited North Wilkesboro. He would finish right behind Corey Heim's TRICON Garage Toyota. The next race was at Charlotte and the team found themselves in contention again as they finished in third spot. The back-to-back good runs pulled them up into ninth place in the points. At St Louis, he ran

well finishing seventh or better in both stages; but fell back, and was 17th at the checkered flag. The next four races Grant had a worst finish of sixth; and almost won at Pocono when he again finished second to Corey Heim. This stretch also wrapped up the regular season; and Enfinger made it into the play-offs. The first round he finished ninth in the third race and managed to advance to the Round of 8. There he won at Talladega, and then again the following week at Homestead. The win locked him into the final four to run for the Championship. At Phoenix he finished fifth in Stage 1 and seventh in Stage 2, but no one had anything for Ty Majeski, as he led 132 laps; including the final 56. Heim finished second; Christian