Floyd Anthony Raines (born April 14, 1964) is an American NASCAR driver. Born in LaPorte, Indiana, he drives the #96 Texas Instruments Chevy for Hall of Fame Racing. Raines made his first attempt in the Cup series in 1998 for Roehig in the #19, but failed to qualify for each attempt. Raines made his official debut in 2002 at Dover. Driving the #73 Staff America Chevy, Tony started 17th and finished 31st for BACE Motorsports. Tony then made six subsequent starts in 2002 driving BACE's #74 Chevy. ...
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