C.E. Falk III | |||||||
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Born |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
November 5, 1987 ||||||
Achievements | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Langley Speedway Track Champion 2010 Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown winner |
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
2012 position | 47th | ||||||
Best finish | 47th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2010 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 17, 2012. |
C. E. Falk III (born November 5, 1987 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American racing driver. Son of former NASCAR competitor Eddie Falk and nephew of current team owner Joe Falk, he currently competes regularly at the famed Langley Speedway. He married Kaliegh Rey Shidler on New Year's Eve in 2014.
A native of Virginia's Hampton Roads region and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Falk began his professional racing career in 2006 in the Hooters Pro Cup Series; he ran six races with a best finish of eleventh at Montgomery Motor Speedway. Moving full-time to short track competition at Langley Speedway in Virginia, Falk soon established himself at the track, becoming regarded as one of the best drivers ever to compete at the well-known facility. After a winless 2008, he won more than half the track's races on his way to the 2009 series championship.
Falk won the 2010 Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown charity race at Southside Speedway, defeating an all-star field including Sprint Cup Series drivers Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch and Bobby Labonte; Falk passed Hamlin on the final lap for the win, holding off a charging Stewart to take what Falk described it as the biggest win of his career. The win boosted Falk's stock among NASCAR team owners; later that year he would win his second Langley track championship, while in 2011 he would capture a third consecutive title. kkkkk Falk also competes at other Southeastern short tracks, being a regular at South Boston Speedway; in 2012 he broadened his racing to a variety of tracks in pursuit of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national short-track championship.