Austin Louis Cindric [1] (born September 2, 1998) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske.
Prior to competing in stock cars, Cindric raced in a variety of disciplines, including sports cars, the Road to Indy ladder, and the Global RallyCross Championship. His first NASCAR start came in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2015, and he finished third in that series' standings in 2017 before moving up to the Xfinity Series. He won the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship and the 2022 Daytona 500.
Cindric started his career in semi-professional legends car and Bandolero racing in North Carolina. After attending the Skip Barber Racing School to gain road racing experience, in 2013 and 2014, he raced in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. In 2013, he finished 17th in points driving for Andretti Autosport with a best finish of seventh in the season finale. In 2014, he switched teams to Pabst Racing Services, finishing 14th in points with a second-place podium finish on the oval at Lucas Oil Raceway. He also competed in Historic Sportscar Racing, winning a race in a Porsche 944. [2]
In 2014, Cindric began competing in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites, winning the bronze medal at his debut, the X Games Austin 2014. [3] [4] In October, he made his IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge debut for Racers Edge Motorsports at Road Atlanta with David Levine as co-driver, finishing 17th. [2] During the year, he was named a member of the Porsche North American Junior Academy. [5] In 2015, at age 17, Cindric competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour, the youngest driver to compete in the event, driving the No. 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for Erebus Motorsport; [6] he finished 21st overall and seventh in his class. [7] He began competing full-time in the CTSCC in 2015, driving for Multimatic Motorsports with Jade Buford as co-driver. [2] In July, he won the CTSCC race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, becoming the youngest (age 17) winner in the series. [8]
In 2016, he drove the No. 6 McLaren for K-PAX Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge. [9]
In July 2015, Cindric made his ARCA Racing Series debut at the #ThisIsMySpeedway 150 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 99 for Cunningham Motorsports; [6] Cindric started and finished fourth in the race. [10] He made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 29 Ford F-150 for Brad Keselowski Racing at Martinsville as a substitute for Austin Theriault, who was still recovering from his injury at Las Vegas. [11]
In addition to his Pirelli World Challenge schedule in 2016, he joined Martin-McClure Racing for two K&N Pro Series East events [9] and Brad Keselowski Racing in the No. 2 F-150 at Dover International Speedway. [12] His two K&N East starts resulted in victories at Virginia International Raceway and Watkins Glen International. [13] Later in the year, he recorded his first ARCA win at Kentucky Speedway. [14] That October, Cindric made his restrictor track debut at Talladega, finishing 20th. In November 2016, BKR announced that Cindric would compete full-time in the Truck Series in 2017. [15]
During the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, he grabbed the pole for the season's lone road course race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Although he led the most laps that day, differing strategies saw Cindric behind Kaz Grala on the last lap. Cindric, on newer tires, made contact with Grala, causing the No. 33 to spin. Cindric went on to win and claim a playoff berth in team Brad Keselowski Racing's final season. [16] Grala claimed that he got run over, but Cindric marginalized his maneuver by calling it a "last resort" and claiming that it was justified by the need for a playoff spot. The move drew widespread criticism from other drivers, including Justin Allgaier and Christopher Bell. [17] A week after the Mosport incident, Cindric made a Global Rallycross start in which he collided with Scott Speed coming out of a joker lap. That led to a verbal confrontation with Speed afterwards and again drew the ire of the NASCAR community on social media. [18]
In August 2017, Cindric joined Team Penske's No. 22 car for the Xfinity Series race at Road America. [19]
In 2018, Cindric ran the full Xfinity schedule, splitting time between three different Ford Mustangs: Penske's No. 12 and No. 22 Fords, and the No. 60 Ford of Roush Fenway Racing. [20] Cindric got his first pole at Iowa in the season's 14th race, where his No. 22 car had a history of success, though he faded back to 11th in the race after finishing second in the first stage. He was involved in a violent crash in the Daytona race, in which he barrel-rolled twice in turn 2. In Cindric's last ride with the No. 60 Roush Fenway car at Darlington, he was turned by Ryan Truex exiting turn 4 on the third lap and spun out resulting in a 40th-place finish. The car, split between Cindric, Chase Briscoe, and Ty Majeski, attracted notoriety during the season for being involved in numerous accidents, ending the year with 28: 22 brought out a caution flag, six spins that did not produce a caution, and four wrecks during practice or qualifying. [21]
On November 8, 2018, Team Penske announced that Cindric would compete full-time in their No. 22 Ford Mustang in 2019. MoneyLion was the primary sponsor for 18 races, part of a multi-year deal with the team. [22]
In August 2019, Cindric scored his first career NXS wins with back-to-back road course victories at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio. [23] [24] He finished the 2019 season sixth in points after finishing seventh at Homestead. [25]
Cindric scored his first oval victories in July 2020 at Kentucky Speedway, where he swept the weekend's Xfinity races Shady Rays 200 and Alsco 300. [26] He was the first driver to win national series races at the same track on two consecutive days since Richard Petty in 1971. [27] The victories began a seven-race stretch in which he won or finished second, including his third straight win at Texas Motor Speedway after Kyle Busch's disqualification and back-to-back road course victories at Road America and the Daytona road course. [28] [29] [30] He won the regular season championship with a tenth-place finish in the finale at Richmond and entered the playoffs with five wins. [31] Cindric won at Phoenix to win the championship. Cindric also led the non-playoff points standings and led all drivers in top fives (19) and top tens (26). [32]
Cindric would return to the No. 22 Ford Mustang in 2021. Cindric took his first win of 2021 at Daytona in February, followed by additional victories at Phoenix, Dover, Pocono, and the Indianapolis Road Course. He led much of the regular season standings but finished runner-up in the regular-season finale at Bristol to A. J. Allmendinger when the two made contact coming to the finish and slid across the line. [33]
Cindric lost the lead and the championship in turn 3 to Daniel Hemric on the last lap of Phoenix in 2021.
During the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series' 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Cindric replaced Brad Keselowski for final practice as Keselowski was experiencing flu-like symptoms. [34] Cindric remained on standby for the race, [35] but Keselowski ran the full event and went on to win. [36] In September, Cindric once again served as a practice substitute driver, this time for Michael McDowell at the Bank of America Roval 400 while McDowell was being treated for a kidney stone. [37]
In October 2020, Team Penske announced Cindric would begin racing in the Cup Series in 2021 on a part-time basis before moving up to the series full-time in 2022 in the Wood Brothers Racing No. 21, replacing Matt DiBenedetto. [38] He would run his part-time schedule in the Cup Series in a part-time fourth car for Penske, the No. 33. [39] Cindric's first Cup Series start came in the 2021 Daytona 500, where he finished 15th after being involved in a fiery last-lap crash. He led laps at Circuit of the Americas and Road America, [40] and scored his first Cup top ten at Indianapolis when he finished ninth. [41]
On July 15, 2021, Team Penske announced Cindric would instead drive the team's No. 2 car in 2022, replacing Brad Keselowski as he left to become the driver of the No. 6 car for Roush Fenway Racing as well as a co-owner of the team, which was renamed RFK Racing. [40]
On February 20, 2022, Cindric won the 2022 Daytona 500 in his first full-time Cup Series season driving for Team Penske. It was only his eighth Cup Series start. Cindric became the ninth driver to win his first Cup Series race in the Daytona 500. At the age of 23, Cindric also became the second-youngest driver in NASCAR history to win the Daytona 500. It was the third Daytona 500 win for Team Penske, who previously won the 2008 race with Ryan Newman, driving the No. 12 car and the 2015 race with Joey Logano, driving the No. 22 car. It was also the first Daytona 500 win for Team Penske's flagship No. 2 car. [42] The following week, Cindric won the pole at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California and finished 12th. As a result of that finish, Cindric led the points again for two weeks in a row, becoming the second rookie in NASCAR history (after Jimmie Johnson) to lead the NASCAR Cup Series points standings in consecutive weeks. On July 20, crew chief Jeremy Bullins was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the 2022 Ambetter 301 at Loudon. [43] Cindric was eliminated in the Round of 12 after finishing 21st at the Charlotte Roval. [44] He finished the season 12th in the points standings and won the NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors. [45] [46]
Cindric started the 2023 Season with a 23rd-place finish in the 2023 Daytona 500. Cindric would struggle heavily throughout the season, rarely finishing inside the Top 10 in a race. Cindric would miss the playoffs as a result of his poor performance. After a disappointing season, he would finish 24th in the final point standings and only scored 1 Top 5 and 5 Top 10 finishes the whole season.
Cindric started the 2024 season with a 22nd-place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500. He scored his second career win at Gateway after Christopher Bell lost an engine and Ryan Blaney ran out of gas, breaking an 85-race winless streak. [47] He was eliminated from the Round of 12 at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.
He is the son of Team Penske president Tim Cindric and the grandson of former IndyCar team owner and Red Roof Inn founder Jim Trueman. [2] Cindric graduated from Cannon School on May 18, 2017, hours before he competed in the Truck Series race at the nearby Charlotte Motor Speedway. [48]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
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2013 | Andretti Autosport | SEB 24 | SEB 29 | STP 23 | STP 28 | LOR 22 | TOR 27 | TOR 13 | MDO 12 | MDO 15 | MDO 9 | LAG 20 | LAG 13 | HOU 8 | HOU 7 | 17th | 77 |
2014 | Pabst Racing Services | STP 11 | STP 10 | BAR 9 | BAR 17 | IMS 8 | IMS 21 | LOR 2 | TOR 15 | TOR 18 | MDO 18 | MDO 6 | MDO 6 | LAG 12 | LAG 20 | 14th | 125 |
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Position |
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2015 | NASCAR Truck Series | Brad Keselowski Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 51st |
ARCA Racing Series | Team Penske | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 365 | 67th | |
2016 | NASCAR Truck Series | Brad Keselowski Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 36th |
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | Martin-McClure Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 33rd | |
ARCA Racing Series | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 895 | 30th | |
2017 | NASCAR Xfinity Series | Team Penske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
NASCAR Truck Series | Brad Keselowski Racing | 23 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 4032 | 3rd | |
ARCA Racing Series | Cunningham Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 65th | |
2018 | NASCAR Xfinity Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2231 | 8th |
Team Penske | 24 | 0 | 7 | 13 | ||||
2019 | NASCAR Xfinity Series | Team Penske | 33 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 2294 | 6th |
2020 | NASCAR Xfinity Series | Team Penske | 33 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 4040 | 1st |
2021 | NASCAR Cup Series | Team Penske | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
NASCAR Xfinity Series | 33 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 4035 | 2nd | ||
2022 | NASCAR Cup Series | Team Penske | 36 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2226 | 12th |
2023 | NASCAR Cup Series | Team Penske | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 626 | 24th |
2024 | NASCAR Cup Series | Team Penske | 36 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2247 | 11th |
† As Cindric was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
2019 | Team Penske | 2 | Ford | DAY | ATL RL† | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | N/A | – | [49] | ||||||||
Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | ROV RL‡ | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Team Penske | 33 | Ford | DAY 15 | DRC | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL 22 | BRD | MAR | RCH 28 | TAL | KAN 22 | DAR | DOV | COA 25 | CLT | SON | NSH | POC | POC | ROA 38 | ATL | NHA | GLN | IRC 9 | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | ROV | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 46th | 01 | [41] |
2022 | 2 | DAY 1 | CAL 12 | LVS 19 | PHO 24 | ATL 32 | COA 8 | RCH 20 | MAR 11 | BRD 16 | TAL 21 | DOV 36 | DAR 18 | KAN 11 | CLT 34 | GTW 11 | SON 5 | NSH 7 | ROA 7 | ATL 3 | NHA 13 | POC 31 | IRC 2 | MCH 37 | RCH 12 | GLN 13 | DAY 3 | DAR 16 | KAN 12 | BRI 20 | TEX 15 | TAL 9 | ROV 21 | LVS 29 | HOM 19 | MAR 26 | PHO 11 | 12th | 2226 | [50] | ||
2023 | DAY 23 | CAL 28 | LVS 6 | PHO 25 | ATL 11 | COA 6 | RCH 28 | BRD 19 | MAR 33 | TAL 26 | DOV 26 | KAN 31 | DAR 19 | CLT 31 | GTW 13 | SON 25 | NSH 27 | CSC 6 | ATL 12 | NHA 25 | POC 23 | RCH 26 | MCH 12 | IRC 15 | GLN 16 | DAY 37 | DAR 31 | KAN 31 | BRI 32 | TEX 27 | TAL 5 | ROV 25 | LVS 23 | HOM 12 | MAR 9 | PHO 35 | 24th | 626 | [51] | |||
2024 | DAY 22 | ATL 4 | LVS 29 | PHO 36 | BRI 31 | COA 18 | RCH 23 | MAR 23 | TEX 25 | TAL 23 | DOV 15 | KAN 37 | DAR 20 | CLT 20 | GTW 1 | SON 22 | IOW 30 | NHA 19 | NSH 15 | CSC 15 | POC 18 | IND 7 | RCH 24 | MCH 28 | DAY 18 | DAR 13 | ATL 10* | GLN 10 | BRI 13 | KAN 34 | TAL 32 | ROV 4 | LVS 34 | HOM 27 | MAR 4 | PHO 13 | 11th | 2247 | [52] | |||
2025 | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | TAL | TEX | KAN | CLT | NSH | MCH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | RCH | DAY | DAR | GTW | BRI | NHA | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | ||||
† – Practiced for Brad Keselowski · ‡ – Practiced for Michael McDowell |
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2021 | Team Penske | Ford | 39 | 15 |
2022 | 5 | 1 | ||
2023 | 6 | 23 | ||
2024 | 6 | 22 |
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
2017 | Team Penske | 22 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA 16 | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 104th | 01 | [53] | ||
2018 | Roush Fenway Racing | 60 | Ford | DAY 40 | LVS 34 | PHO 16 | CAL 28 | MCH 23 | DAY 33 | NHA 17 | GLN 13 | DAR 40 | 8th | 2231 | [54] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team Penske | 12 | Ford | ATL 7 | TEX 9 | CLT 16 | POC 4 | CHI 14 | KEN 10 | BRI 14 | IND 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | BRI 12 | RCH 5 | TAL 30 | DOV 9 | IOW 11 | IOW 18 | MOH 2* | ROA 37 | LVS 9 | RCH 13 | ROV 3 | DOV 8 | KAN 39 | TEX 3 | PHO 4 | HOM 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | DAY 5 | ATL 10 | LVS 22 | PHO 5 | CAL 6 | TEX 11 | BRI 6 | RCH 2 | TAL 5 | DOV 6 | CLT 9 | POC 7 | MCH 11 | IOW 10 | CHI 5 | DAY 4 | KEN 14 | NHA 12 | IOW 37 | GLN 1 | MOH 1* | BRI 5 | ROA 2 | DAR 10 | IND 27 | LVS 12 | RCH 2 | ROV 3 | DOV 3 | KAN 25 | TEX 3 | PHO 6 | HOM 7 | 6th | 2294 | [55] | |||||
2020 | DAY 25 | LVS 2 | CAL 3 | PHO 8 | DAR 4 | CLT 3 | BRI 36 | ATL 16* | HOM 2 | HOM 10 | TAL 4 | POC 29 | IRC 5 | KEN 1 | KEN 1* | TEX 1 | KAN 2 | ROA 1* | DRC 1 | DOV 2 | DOV 3 | DAY 8 | DAR 12 | RCH 4 | RCH 10 | BRI 3 | LVS 6 | TAL 34 | ROV 6 | KAN 28 | TEX 4 | MAR 10 | PHO 1 | 1st | 4040 | [56] | |||||
2021 | DAY 1* | DRC 2* | HOM 5* | LVS 4 | PHO 1* | ATL 13 | MAR 6 | TAL 2* | DAR 30 | DOV 1 | COA 5 | CLT 2 | MOH 14* | TEX 3 | NSH 32 | POC 1* | ROA 8 | ATL 10 | NHA 4 | GLN 3 | IRC 1* | MCH 37 | DAY 39 | DAR 3 | RCH 16 | BRI 2 | LVS 4 | TAL 8 | ROV 2* | TEX 5 | KAN 2* | MAR 2 | PHO 2* | 2nd | 4035 | [57] |
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
2015 | Brad Keselowski Racing | 29 | Ford | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR 25 | TEX | PHO 14 | HOM | 51st | 49 | [58] | |||||||||||||||
2016 | 2 | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV DNQ | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI 18 | MCH | MSP 23 | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL 20 | MAR | TEX | PHO 15 | HOM | 36th | 56 | [59] | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | 19 | DAY 27 | ATL 21 | MAR 21 | KAN 10 | CLT 13 | DOV 5 | TEX 25 | GTW 11 | IOW 8 | KEN 4 | ELD 10 | POC 7 | MCH 5 | BRI 9 | MSP 1* | CHI 15 | NHA 8 | LVS 4 | TAL 5 | MAR 10 | TEX 2* | PHO 9 | HOM 5 | 3rd | 4032 | [60] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Martin-McClure Racing | 39 | Toyota | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR 1* | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN 1** | GRE | NJM | DOV | 33rd | 96 | [13] |
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Team Penske | 99 | Ford | DAY | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW 4 | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN 17 | KAN | 67th | 365 | [61] | ||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Cunningham Motorsports | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC 2 | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI 6 | KEN 1* | KAN 2 | 30th | 895 | [62] | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP 23 | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA 12* | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 65th | 305 | [63] |
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Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | GRC | Points |
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2017 | Bryan Herta Rallysport | Ford Fiesta ST | MEM | LOU | THO1 | THO2 | OTT1 | OTT2 | INDY | AC1 | AC2 | SEA1 8 | SEA2 4 | LA | 11th | 102 |
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Lites | Points |
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2015 | Olsbergs MSE | Lites Ford Fiesta | FTA 1 | DAY1 9 | DAY2 1 | MCAS 5 | DET1 3 | DET2 3 | DC 8 | LA1 2 | LA2 1 | BAR1 2 | BAR2 1 | LV 10 | 2nd | 473 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2017 | 3GT Racing | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 5.0 L V8 | DAY 14 | SEB 13 | LBH | AUS | BEL | WGL 6 | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | ATL 8 | 31st | 85 |
2018 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | P | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB | LBH | MOH | BEL | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | ATL | 52nd | 25 | ||
2019 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 5.0 L V8 | DAY 5 | SEB | MOH | BEL | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | ATL | 49th | 26 | |
2022 | Proton USA | GTD Pro | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 5 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 27th | 290 | ||
2023 | Rick Ware Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB | LGA | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | NC | 0 |
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Tyler George Reddick is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing, and part-time in the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. He is a two-time champion in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, winning consecutive titles in 2018 and 2019. In 2018, Reddick set a NASCAR record at Daytona for the closest finish in NASCAR Xfinity Series history by 0.0004 seconds.
Kaz Grala is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 36 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports and the No. 15 Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Pinty's Series as well as what is now the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West.
Austin Edward Hill is an American professional stock car racing driver and former team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the same team. Hill previously owned NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series team Austin Hill Racing from 2013 to 2017.
Chase David Wayne Briscoe is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also owns a World of Outlaws sprint car racing team, Chase Briscoe Racing. He won the 2016 ARCA Racing Series championship.
The NASCAR operation of the racing team Team Penske is a unit based in Mooresville, North Carolina, US. The team fields Ford Mustangs in the NASCAR Cup Series and has won a total of four drivers' championships and over 170 races over both Cup and Xfinity series.
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series was the 73rd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 50th season for the modern era Cup Series. The season started at Daytona International Speedway with the Busch Clash, where it was the first year that the non-points event was run on the track's road course layout instead of the oval. That race was followed by the Bluegreen Vacations Duel qualifying races, and the 63rd running of the Daytona 500, the first points race of the season. The regular season also ended at Daytona with the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 on August 28, where Kyle Larson won the Regular Season Championship. Following the 2021 Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 31, Chevrolet claimed its 40th Manufacturer's Championship and its first since 2015. The NASCAR playoffs ended with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on November 7 with Larson earning his first Cup Series championship after a 10-win season.
Jeremy D. Bullins is an American NASCAR crew chief who works for RFK Racing as the crew chief of their No. 6 Ford Mustang driven by Brad Keselowski in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Jade Marcus Buford is an American professional racing driver with experience in open-wheel, sports car, and stock car racing. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing.
The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series was the 74th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 51st season for the modern Cup Series. The 2022 season marked the debut of the Next Gen Car, which was originally supposed to debut in 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, this was the first season to have races covered by USA Network, which took over for the now-defunct NBCSN.
The 2022 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series and the 64th running of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 20, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway. In a green-white-checker finish, rookie Austin Cindric, driving for Team Penske, led 21 of the final 45 laps and held off challenges from teammate Ryan Blaney, RFK Racing's Brad Keselowski and eventual second-place finisher Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing to win his first career NASCAR Cup Series race. Chase Briscoe of Stewart-Haas Racing finished third. Team Penske dedicated their Daytona 500 win to legendary sportscaster Bob Jenkins after the race. Jenkins used to broadcast NASCAR Races on ESPN from 1981 to 2000.
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