Will Rodgers | |||||||
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Nationality | American | ||||||
Born | William P. Rodgers October 8, 1994 Maui, Hawaii | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
Debut season | 2016 | ||||||
Current team | Jefferson Racing | ||||||
Years active | 2016–present | ||||||
Car number | 42 | ||||||
Crew chief | Jeff Jefferson | ||||||
Former teams | DeLong Racing, Dave Hanson, Jefferson Pitts Racing, REF Motorsports, Levin Racing | ||||||
Starts | 30 | ||||||
Championships | 0 | ||||||
Wins | 1 | ||||||
Poles | 2 | ||||||
Best finish | 5th in 2017 | ||||||
Finished last season | 18th (2020) | ||||||
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career | |||||||
Debut season | 2017 | ||||||
Years active | 2017–2018 | ||||||
Former teams | Jefferson Pitts Racing, Levin Racing | ||||||
Starts | 5 | ||||||
Championships | 0 | ||||||
Wins | 3 | ||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||
Best finish | 22nd in 2017 | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2022 position | 71st | ||||||
Best finish | 43rd (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2019 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Henry 180 (Road America) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no.,team | No. 02 (Young’s Motorsports) | ||||||
2022 position | 99th | ||||||
Best finish | 74th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 United Rentals 176 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 XPEL 225 (Austin) | ||||||
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Pirelli World Challenge career | |||||||
Debut season | 2016 | ||||||
Current team | Hale Motorsports | ||||||
Car number | 65 | ||||||
Starts | 8 | ||||||
Wins | 5 | ||||||
Best finish | 7th in 2016 | ||||||
Last updated on:February 26,2022. |
William P. Rodgers (born October 8,1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series,ARCA Menards Series,ARCA Menards Series West,NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (now the ARCA Menards Series East),and the Pirelli World Challenge.
After racing in the Pirelli World Challenge,Rodgers began racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in 2016,driving for team owner Dave Hanson. He made his debut at Sonoma Raceway,finishing in 17th. [1] He ended the season with four top-ten finishes. [2]
Rodgers returned to the series in 2017,running full-time in the K&N Pro Series West for Jefferson Pitts Racing. He opened the season with four consecutive top-five finishes. [3] At Sonoma,Rodgers qualified on pole position,earning his first career pole in the series. [4] While he led early,Rodgers was eventually passed by 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick,finishing second. [5] Rodgers said after the race,"For some funny reason,I had a feeling as far back as four weeks ago that it was going to be me and Kevin coming into turn 11 on the last lap. And sure enough,there we were. He ran a really good race,I learned a lot from him. We were able to lead some laps there in the beginning. It doesn't feel too bad to finish second today." [5] Harvick,meanwhile,was impressed with Rodgers' performance,stating,"That was really what this was all about,to shine a little light on a kid like Will and race against him and give him the recognition he deserves. I want to keep supporting the series and bring that bright light on some of these kids who need the opportunity." [6] The race became a turning point for Rodgers' career;in May 2018, Autoweek writer Matt Weaver argued that Rodgers had "gained more from his graceful defeat than if he had won the race without the participation of a Cup Series veteran." [7] Rodgers spoke of the race as having done "wonders for my career. We got a lot of attention....I can't say enough about how helpful Kevin was. He put me on his radio show and told the world that he respected me. That was huge." [7] Rodgers ran the rest of the season for Pitts' team,adding another second-place finish at Evergreen Speedway. [8]
Rodgers also ran the two road course races in the 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season. Rodgers earned his first career K&N Series win at Watkins Glen International,holding off Rubén García Jr. after García hit the wall attempting to overtake him. [9] After the race,Harvick,despite not participating in the event,visited Rodgers in Victory Lane to congratulate him on the win. [10] [11] Rodgers also won the second road course race of the season at New Jersey Motorsports Park. [12]
In 2018, Rodgers returned to Jefferson Pitts Racing for the K&N West season opener at Kern County Raceway Park. After finishing a disappointing 16th, [13] Rodgers moved to Bob Farmer's team for the doubleheader at Tucson Speedway. He finished ninth and seventh in the first and second race respectively. [14]
On June 16, Rodgers returned to the East Series to run again at New Jersey Motorsports Park. He won the race after qualifying second and leading 49 of the 55 laps, [15] earning his third road course victory in four such races at the K&N level and establishing himself as one of the series' road course ringers. [16] Two days before the race, Harvick reaffirmed his support for Rodgers and argued, "When the road course stuff shows up, Will is probably capable of being in an Xfinity race or a Cup race. In the right equipment on a road course, he'd be a top-10 competitor." [11] The next week, Rodgers returned to Sonoma for the K&N West race; while Harvick did not enter the 2018 race, a total of five Cup Series drivers (Aric Almirola, William Byron, Daniel Suárez, Erik Jones, and Alex Bowman) did participate. [17] Rodgers beat all of them, qualifying on the pole and winning his fourth consecutive road course race at the K&N level. [18] Rodgers later joined Levin Racing for the race at Gateway Motorsports Park. [19]
Before the 2018 ARCA Racing Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway, Rodgers was also announced as a driver for Ken Schrader Racing for select races, including Daytona. [20] The race was Rodgers' first on an oval track longer than one mile in length. [21] At Daytona, Rodgers was involved in an accident in turn 4 on lap 21, which led to him finishing 25 laps down in 30th place. [22] Rodgers then rebounded to finish eighth in his next race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. [23] Later in the season, he set a new career-best finish with a sixth-place run at Michigan International Speedway. [24]
Rodgers began the 2019 season on the sidelines (working on the business aspect of his career by recruiting sponsors) but returned to Levin Racing for the K&N Pro Series West race at Sonoma. [25] He spent the week leading up to the event serving as a driver coach to fellow K&N Pro Series driver Hailie Deegan. [26]
In July, Rodgers joined Brandonbilt Motorsports for his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. [27]
Rodgers returned to the Xfinity Series in June 2021 with Sam Hunt Racing on a three-race schedule at Nashville Superspeedway, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. [28]
Rodgers was born in Maui, Hawaii and currently resides in Huntersville, North Carolina. [29]
At the age of three, Rodgers was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a liver disease that resulted in numerous biopsies and colonoscopies during his youth. He runs the Will Rodgers Liver Health Foundation. [28]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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 | ||
2019 | Brandonbilt Motorsports | 68 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW 28 | GLN | 43rd | 58 | [30] | |||||||||||||||
86 | MOH 12 | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT 28 | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Sam Hunt Racing | 26 | Toyota | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH 14 | POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | CLT 29 | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 91st | 01 | [31] | ||||||||||
24 | IND 28 | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Reaume Brothers Racing | 33 | Toyota | DAY | CAL DNQ | LVS | PHO | ATL | 71st | 2 | [32] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RSS Racing | 38 | Toyota | COA 37 | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | TEX | CLT | PIR | NSH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MBM Motorsports | 13 | Toyota | ROA 38 | ATL | NHA | POC | IND | MCH | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | CLT | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 66 | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | ROA | MCH | IRC DNQ | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | N/A | 01 | [33] |
NASCAR Craftsman 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | Cram Racing Enterprises | 41 | Chevy | DAY | DAY | LVS | ATL | BRI | RCH | KAN | DAR | COA | CLT | TEX | NSH | POC | KNX | GLN 39 | GTW | DAR | BRI | LVS | TAL | MAR | 74th | 15 | [34] | ||
Reaume Brothers Racing | 34 | Toyota | PHO 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 33 | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA 21 | MAR | BRI | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNO | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP | RCH | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 99th | 01 | [35] | ||
2023 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | MOH 34 | POC | RCH 26 | IRP | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 62nd | 19 | [36] |
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 |
2017 | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 7 | Ford | NSM | GRE | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | BLN | TMP | NHA | IOW | GLN 1 | LGY | NJM 1* | DOV | 22nd | 95 | [37] |
2018 | NSM | BRI | LGY | SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM 1* | TMP | NHA | IOW | GLN 2* | 23rd | 110 | [38] | ||||||
Levin Racing | 10 | Chevy | GTW 26 | NHA | DOV |
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2018 | Ken Schrader Racing | 52 | Ford | DAY 30 | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | POC 18 | MCH 6 | MAD | GTW | CHI 9 | IOW | ELK | POC 8 | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 22nd | 985 | [39] | |
11 | CLT 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Steve McGowan Motorsports | 17W | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY 5 | GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 53rd | 39 | [40] |
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2016 | DeLong Racing | 84 | Chevy | IRW | KCR | TUS | OSS | CNS Wth | 16th | 201 | [2] | |||||||||
Dave Hanson | 06 | Chevy | SON 17 | SLS 8 | IOW 10 | |||||||||||||||
Toyota | EVG 14 | DCS | ||||||||||||||||||
Ford | MMP 7 | MMP 7 | MER | AAS | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 7 | Ford | TUS 5 | KCR 3 | IRW 5 | IRW 5 | SPO 19 | OSS 20 | CNS 9 | SON 2* | EVG 2 | DCS 4 | MER 3 | AAS 5 | KCR 8 | 5th | 520 | [3] | |
27 | IOW 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 7 | KCR 16 | SON 1* | 12th | 230 | [41] | ||||||||||||||
REF Motorsports | 4 | Ford | TUS 9 | TUS 7 | OSS 11 | CNS | DCS Wth | IOW | EVG 13 | |||||||||||
Levin Racing | 10 | Chevy | GTW 26 | LVS | MER | AAS | KCR | |||||||||||||
2019 | 40 | Ford | LVS | IRW | TUS | TUS | CNS | SON 6 | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 42nd | 38 | [42] | |
2020 | Jefferson Racing | 42 | Chevy | LVS | MMP 5 | MMP 8 | IRW | EVG | DCS | CNS | LVS | AAS | KCR | PHO | 18th | 75 | [43] |
* Season still in progress
1 Driver ineligible for series points
Year | Team | Make | Model | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2016 | Hale Motorsports | Mazda | Mazda2 | TCB | COA1 DSQ | COA2 1 | MOS1 3 | MOS2 1 | LRP1 1 | LRP2 2 | ELK1 | ELK2 | UTA1 | UTA2 | LAG1 1 | LAG2 1 | 7th | 752 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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