Nicole Behar

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Nicole Behar
Behar Evergreen 2017.jpg
Behar after finishing a season-high third at Evergreen Speedway in 2017.
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  American
Born (1997-11-15) November 15, 1997 (age 26)
Spokane, Washington
K&N Pro Series West career
Debut season 2014
Current team Nicole Behar Racing
Car number33
Engine Toyota
Starts20
Best finish8th in 2017
Previous series
2016
2016		 ARCA Racing Series
CARS Super Late Model Tour

Nicole Behar (born November 15, 1997) is an American stock car racing driver. She debuted in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West competition in 2014, driving the No. 33 for her family racing team. [1]

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Racing career

Behar (No. 33) pits during the 2017 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway. Nicole Behar 2017 Carneros 200 pit road.jpg
Behar (No. 33) pits during the 2017 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway.

A fifth generation racer, Behar began go-kart racing after her sixth birthday, transitioning to full bodied cars at fourteen. [2]

Behar entered the K&N Pro Series West with her family team toward the end of the 2014 season, finishing 6th (of 17 cars) in her debut race. The following season, she commanded significant attention after her second-place finish at the King Taco Catering/NAPA Auto Parts 150, earning an invitation into the NASCAR Next program for promising young drivers. [1] Running consistently in the top half of the field, Behar finished the year with nine top-10s in thirteen races, good enough for 10th place in the final points standings. For the 2016 season, Behar signed a development deal with the better resourced David Gilliland Racing to run the CARS Super Late Model Tour, but parted ways with the outfit amid unclear circumstances after attempting and starting only one of the first three races. [3] Undeterred, Behar started and finished third in her ARCA Racing Series debut that June at Madison International Speedway, driving a Toyota for Venturini Motorsports. [4] Subsequently, Behar returned to the K&N Pro Series West for four starts, adding four top-10 finishes for a career total of fifteen, a record among female K&N Pro Series West drivers. At Idaho's Meridian Speedway, she finished third to Julia Landauer's second, the first time two women had run top-5 in the same NASCAR touring series race since 1988.

Personal life

Behar has put her college aspirations on hiatus, moving to Mooresville, North Carolina in January 2016 to be closer to the hub of stock car racing. [2]

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.)

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSWCPts
2014 Nicole Behar Racing 33 Chevy PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON SLS
6		 CNS IOW KCR EVG
17		 MMP 25th101
Toyota AAS
8		 PHO
2015 Ford KCR
21		 IRW
2		 TUS
5		10th424
Toyota IOW
9		 SHA
10		 SON
23		 SLS
7		 IOW
7		 EVG
9		 CNS
9		 MER
17		 AAS
7		 PHO
22
2016 IRW KCR TUS OSS CNS SON SLS IOW EVG
9		 DCS
10		 MMP MMP MER
3		 AAS
5		20th149
2017 TUS
10		 KCR
7		 IRW
4		 IRW
8		 SPO
6		 OSS
17		 CNS
17		 SON
25		 IOW
27		 EVG
3		 DCS
12		 MER
20		 AAS
6		 KCR
10		8th444

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2016 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD
3		 WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 88th215 [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nicole Behar Trying To Make Her Sprint Cup Dream A Reality". ESPN. 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. 1 2 "Nicole Behar to make ARCA debut at Madison with Venturini Motorsports". ARCA. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Nicole Behar Out at David Gilliland Racing". Speed51.com. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Hudson Hornet paces Madison field; Notes, Quotes from Montgomery Ward 200". ARCA. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Nicole Behar – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
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