Austin Wayne Self

Austin Wayne Self
Self at Daytona International Speedway in 2017
Born	(1996-03-05) March 5, 1996 (age 29) Austin, Texas, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
148 races run over 8 years
2023 position	70th
Best finish	12th (2018)
First race	2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2023 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 15 0
Statistics current as of November 5, 2023.

Austin Wayne Self (born March 5, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Ford F-150 for his family team, AM Racing. He has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series, previously driving full-time in it for two years before moving up to the Truck Series, although he has continued to drive in the series part-time, most recently in 2022, where he drove the No. 32 Chevrolet for AM Racing.

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

Self scored his first win at Winchester Speedway in June 2015, ^[1] finishing second in the standings for that same year. As a career, Self totaled 45 starts for two teams.

Camping World Truck Series

Self in the No. 22 at ISM Raceway in 2018

In December 2015, it was announced that Self would compete for Rookie of the Year honors and run the entire schedule with AM Racing, driving the No. 22 Toyota Tundra owned by his father Tim Self. ^[2] After failing to qualify for the third race of the season at Martinsville, Self took the place of Tommy Joe Martins, who damaged his truck in qualifying and was not able to race. Ironically, he recorded his highest Camping World Truck Series finish at that time, finishing 15th. ^[3]

In his rookie season of 2016, Self was penalized two times in the first three races. After the first race at Daytona, he was given a warning for an illegal triangular filler panel. After the third race at Martinsville, he was given a warning for trailing arm infractions. ^[4]

After his family team merged with Win-Tron Racing, Self began driving trucks out of the Win-Tron shop in Mooresville, NC beginning with the thirteenth race of the season at Bristol.

Self started the 2017 season on a high note when he finished second at Daytona. However, AM Racing did not enter the following week's race at Atlanta as they planned to focus on building the team. ^[5] In May, Self joined Niece Motorsports and the No. 45 Chevrolet at Kansas. ^[6] At Pocono, Self joined Martins Motorsports and drove the No. 44 truck to a 16th-place finish. ^[7] Self continued to drive primarily for Martins, returning to AM Racing for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Niece for Talladega Superspeedway.

On October 30, 2017, it was announced that Self joined Niece Motorsports for the entirety of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. ^[8]

Following the Homestead race, AM Racing and Niece Motorsports parted ways allowing AM Racing to field full-time for Self in 2019.

After running the first three races of the year and missing the next two, Self was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR on April 1, 2019, after the fifth event of the season. Self was suspended for violating the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy. ^[9] After completing NASCAR's "Road to Recovery" rehab program, Self was reinstated on April 30. ^[10]

Xfinity Series

In May 2017, Self joined MBM Motorsports for his Xfinity Series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway. ^[11] However, as the team withdrew at Cup, owner Carl Long took over the No. 40 ride for the race, delaying Self's debut. ^[12] On August 15, 2022, it was announced that Self would drive a second entry for Jordan Anderson Racing at Watkins Glen International. ^[13]

Personal life

He is a native of Austin, Texas. Self is also the brother-in-law of NASCAR team owner/part-time driver Jordan Anderson.

On January 31, 2016, Self was charged with simple physical assault and underage alcohol consumption for an incident in July 2015. ^[14]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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
2022	Jordan Anderson Racing	32	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	GLN DNQ	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT DNQ	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	108th	01	[15]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2016	AM Racing	22	Toyota	DAY 19	ATL 16	MAR DNQ	KAN 25	DOV 32	CLT 21	TEX 13	IOW 16	GTW 28	KEN 27	ELD 9	POC 25	BRI 21	MCH 16	MSP 15	CHI 17	NHA 29	LVS 21	TAL 14	MAR	TEX 22		HOM 25	15th	279	[16]
		44				MAR 15
		66																							PHO 22
2017		32		DAY 2	ATL																						15th	364	[17]
		22				MAR DNQ		CLT 12	DOV	TEX 12	GTW		KEN 22	ELD				MSP 9
	Niece Motorsports	45	Chevy				KAN 15																	TEX 15
			Toyota									IOW 23										TAL 18
	Martins Motorsports	44	Chevy												POC 16	MCH 15	BRI 24		CHI 20	NHA 14	LVS 20		MAR 29		PHO 25	HOM 17
2018	Niece Motorsports	22	Chevy	DAY 20	ATL 15	LVS 16	MAR 27	DOV 15	KAN 13	CLT 27	TEX 17	IOW 15	GTW 16	CHI 13	KEN 14	ELD 18	POC 18	MCH 11	BRI 13	MSP 21	LVS 9	TAL 12	MAR 23	TEX 16	PHO 19	HOM 23	12th	480	[18]
2019	AM Racing			DAY 9	ATL 27	LVS 15	MAR	TEX	DOV 19	KAN 27	CLT 21	TEX 19	IOW 14	GTW 17	CHI 25	KEN 6	POC 15	ELD 13	MCH 5	BRI 15	MSP 14	LVS 17	TAL 29	MAR 19	PHO 18	HOM 19	14th	442	[19]
2020				DAY 31	LVS 17	CLT 19	ATL 30	HOM 16	POC 38	KEN 20	TEX 14	KAN 17	KAN 13	MCH 37	DAY 11	DOV 23	GTW 30	DAR 17	RCH 14	BRI 33	LVS 24	TAL 20	KAN 19	TEX 7	MAR 9	PHO 20	16th	386	[20]
2021				DAY 21	DAY 15	LVS 14	ATL 23	BRI 10	RCH 19	KAN 16	DAR 9	COA 16	CLT 17	TEX 15	NSH 27	POC 19	KNX 30	GLN 16	GTW 9	DAR 14	BRI 14	LVS 8	TAL 29	MAR 20	PHO 26		14th	447	[21]
2022				DAY 13	LVS 9	ATL 10	COA 27	MAR 31	BRI 36	DAR 27	KAN 23	TEX 18	CLT 25	GTW 26	SON	KNO	NSH	MOH 14	POC	IRP 19	RCH 27	KAN	BRI 20	TAL 30	HOM	PHO 24	25th	261	[22]
2023			Ford	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	TEX	BRI	MAR	KAN	DAR	NWS	CHA	GTW	NSH	MOH 30	POC	RCH	IRP	MLW	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	70th	10	[23]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2013	Cunningham Motorsports	77	Dodge	BRI 12	GRE	FIF	RCH 9	BGS	IOW	LGY	COL	IOW	VIR	GRE	NHA 19	DOV DNQ	RAL	29th	104	[24]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2013	Cunningham Motorsports	77	Dodge	PHO	S99	BIR	IOW	L44	SON	CNS	IOW	EVG	SPO	MMP	SMP	AAS	KCR	PHO 13	59th	31	[25]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2013	Cunningham Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL 6	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN 2	CHI	NJE 10	POC	BLN 4	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW 15	SLM 10	KEN	KAN	24th	1160	[26]
2014		72		DAY DNQ																					6th	4415	[27]
		22			MOB 12	SLM 4	TAL 3	TOL 8	NJE 24	POC 24	MCH 9	ELK 8	WIN 10	CHI 20	IRP 2	POC 8	BLN 2	ISF 10	MAD 8	DSF 10	SLM 3	KEN 12	KAN 22
2015	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	98	Ford	DAY 15	MOB 4	NSH 3	SLM 5	TAL 32	TOL 6	NJE 7	POC 15			WIN 1		IRP 9	POC 7	BLN 5		DSF 15	SLM 16				2nd	4660	[28]
			Chevy									MCH 3	CHI 12		IOW 6				ISF 10			KEN 11	KAN 12
2016	Win-Tron Racing	33	Toyota	DAY 36	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN		133rd	50	[29]
2017				DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA 6	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN		81st	200	[30]
2019	Win-Tron Racing	32	Chevy	DAY	FIF	SLM	TAL	NSH	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI 8	ELK	IOW	POC 6	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN		45th	395	[31]
2021	AM Racing	32	Chevy	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	TOL	CLT	MOH	POC	ELK	BLN	IOW	WIN	GLN 9	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN		82nd	35	[32]
2022				DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	IOW	BLN	ELK	MOH	POC	IRP	MCH	GLN 7	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL		77th	37	[33]

References

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External links

• Austin Wayne Self driver statistics at Racing-Reference