Tony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

In 1990, Raines moved to NASCAR's All Pro Series, where he won Rookie of the Year and finished fourth in the final standings.

He returned to ASA in 1991 for a four-year stint as driver of a new team formed by Ernie Roselli.

He had a career-best second-place finish at South Boston Speedway, but with no other Top 10’s, he fell to 15th in the final points standings.

BACE and Raines moved to the Winston Cup full-time in 2003, completing the whole season for NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors.

Due to the lack of a sponsorship in 2004, BACE closed its Cup team and focused back on the Busch Series.

He made a total of six Nextel Cup races in 2005, his first being a 35th-place finish for Front Row Motorsports at Richmond.

At Michigan, Raines inherited the lead late in the race, however with a handful of laps left ran out of fuel.

Raines and the team had their best race of the season during the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, where he led 28 laps and finished seventh.

Raines was expected to complete the full 2007 schedule with Hall of Fame Racing, but was replaced on road course events by Ron Fellows.

Raines also had returned to the Busch Series with KHI for a part-time schedule, and in 2007 he had three Top 10 finishes in nine starts.

He successfully qualified for his first Cup race of the season at Dover in the Front Row Motorsports No.

34 car, however had failed to make any other races for the team, partly because of a high number of qualifying rainouts.

Later, he returned to Front Row Motorsports at Richmond and New Hampshire, only for qualifying to be canceled due to rain at both races, resulting in DNQ's for the team.

70 Haas CNC Chevrolet at the Camping World 400 at Dover International Speedway, qualifying 13th for the race, the best of any team outside the top-35 in points, and finished 28th.

He ran the remainder of the season for Haas CNC, with the exception of the race at Phoenix where Johnny Sauter drove.

34 Long John Silver's Chevrolet for Front Row Motorsports, replacing Eric McClure who departed at the end of 2008.

34 team was able to put together a very competitive car at Lowes Motor Speedway and finished in the 10th position after starting in the back of the field and being in the top ten for much of the night.

37 and Raines qualified for their first race at Richmond, however was a late entry and gained no points for the attempt.

In his first race for the team, Raines was able to get FRM's best ever finish to that point without EGR's assistance, a 25th at Darlington.

37, Raines managed to make numerous other races for the team, gaining sponsorship from Gander Mountain during the 2009 Coke Zero 400, finishing 30th.

However, with Front Row Motorsports becoming Ford supported team in the Sprint Cup Series, and the No.

34 team picked up sponsorship from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino at Las Vegas, and had a strong run at Talladega, finishing 7th.

BeAStockCarDriver.com jumped onto Raines' car for the remaining 4 races of the season after sponsoring teammate Jason Keller at Charlotte.

At the Carfax 400 at Michigan during August, Raines replaced the released Kevin Conway at Front Row Motorsports, finishing 31st in his debut with the team.

Black Cat Fireworks and Firehouse Subs joined the team for 5 races leading up to the Coca-Cola 400 Daytona on the 4th of July weekend.

Raines would go on to be the full-time driver of the car until the 19th race of the season at Loudon, after which he drove sparingly for the team.

[2] Securing sponsorship from the Rick Santorum For President campaign, he finished 19th in the race, after running in the top 10 on the final lap and being blocked.

40 for Joe Falk and Mike Hillman at Bristol for what would become Hillman-Circle Sport LLC, but the team withdrew.

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Raines' car before the 2007 Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami
Raines in 2007
Raines practicing for the 2007 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami
Raines' No. 34 Nationwide car in 2009
Raines in 2009
Raines' 2010 Nationwide car
Raines' No. 70 in 2013