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Cole Custer
Custer at Road America in 2017
Born (1998-01-23) January 23, 1998 (age 26)
Ladera Ranch, California
AchievementsYoungest winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Cup Series career
3 races run over 1 year
2018 position63rd
Best finish63rd (2018)
First race2018 Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race2018 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
100 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamNo. 00 (Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste)
2018 position2nd
Best finish2nd (2018)
First race2016 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last win2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
9 68 12
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
42 races run over 3 years
2016 position10th
Best finish10th (2016)
First race2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win2014 UNOH 175 (Loudon)
Last win2015 American Ethanol Presents the Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 24 5
Statistics current as of October 5, 2019.

Cole Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 00 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Racing career

Custer began racing quarter midgets at age four. In 2011, Custer won the USAC National Focus Young Guns Championship. The following year, Custer began racing late models, winning ten races and earning Rookie of the Year honors.[1]

Touring series

Custer's No. 00 Pro Series East car at Richmond International Raceway in 2013

In 2013 Custer joined the K&N Pro Series East, making his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway[1] for Ken Schrader Racing. During the season at Iowa Speedway, Custer won the pole position, led every lap, a record for a combination race, and won, becoming the youngest race winner in K&N Pro Series history at age 15, beating Dylan Kwasniewski's record by six months.[2][N 1] Custer would win again at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, also from the pole.[5][6] He finished eighth in the series standings.[7] Custer later ran in the K&N Pro Series West's season-ending race. Custer led every single lap, but was turned by Gray Gaulding on the final lap, and finished sixth.[7]

In the 2014 season, Custer won the Pro Series West opener at Phoenix International Raceway, holding off Greg Pursley and Brennan Newberry on the green–white–checker finish.[8]

Camping World Truck Series

Custer at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015

In 2014, Custer joined Haas Racing Development to run nine races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, making his debut in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway.[7] Custer started the race 9th, and finished 12th.[9] In qualifying for the Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park, Custer set the track record with a 136.426 miles per hour (219.556 km/h) lap speed, becoming the youngest pole winner in NASCAR history.[10]

At New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 20, 2014, Custer won the Camping World Truck Series' UNOH 175 from the pole, becoming the youngest winner in the history of NASCAR's national touring series at 16 years, 7 months and 28 days.[11][N 2]

On January 12, 2015, JR Motorsports announced that Custer would drive a truck for them in ten races in 2015.[12] On June 13, Custer won the Truck race at Gateway Motorsports Park, holding off the No. 23 truck of Spencer Gallagher, after the dominating trucks of Erik Jones and Matt Crafton were involved in two wrecks at laps 142 and 152.

When he turned 18 years old in 2016, JR Motorsports began fielding the No. 00 truck for Custer full-time, competing for the Rookie of the Year title. At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during the Chevrolet Silverado 250, John Hunter Nemechek and Custer were battling for the lead when Nemechek bumped Custer before running both Custer and himself off-road, pinning Custer to the wall. Before the winner was declared, Nemechek was tackled by Custer; Nemechek would be named the winner.[13]

Xfinity Series

Custer at Road America in 2017

In 2016, Custer made his Xfinity Series debut for JR Motorsports at Richmond International Raceway, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro.[14] He drove the No. 88 for JR Motorsports to a career best fourth-place finish at Charlotte in the Hisense 4K TV 300.

On September 16, 2016, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Custer would drive the No. 00 Ford Mustang full-time in 2017, with Haas Automation as the primary sponsor.[15] Custer began the 2017 Xfinity season with a crash at Daytona, finishing 37th. He rebounded the next week at Atlanta, finishing 10th.

After making the Playoffs in his first appearance, Custer began making a surge at the end of the season including leading the most laps at Chicago and Kansas. Custer missed the Final Four by two spots after racing head to head with Daniel Hemric, the next week, Custer put on a clinic by leading the most laps, winning both stages and en route to his first Xfinity win at the Homestead–Miami Speedway in South Florida. The next year at the fall Texas race, Custer got his second career win when he passed Tyler Reddick on the last lap, clinching his spot in the Championship Four.[citation needed]

In the 2019 season, Custer scored wins at Fontana, Richmond, Pocono, Chicago, Kentucky[16], and Dover. He finished second at Darlington, but was declared the official race winner after Denny Hamlin was disqualified when his car failed to meet height requirements during post-race inspection.[17][18]

Monster Energy Cup Series

In March 2018, Custer joined Rick Ware Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[19] He finished 25th. He returned for the June Pocono race where he would finish 26th. Custer, in a move no one saw coming, qualified his No. 51 Rick Ware Racing car in the top ten at Richmond Raceway in the second race of the playoffs although he would go on to finish 26th.

Personal life

Born in Ladera Ranch, California, Custer is the son of Joe Custer, who is a president at Stewart-Haas Racing and chief executive officer of Haas F1 Team.[20] SHR co-owner Gene Haas' company, Haas Automation, sponsors Custer.[1] He attended Ladera Ranch Middle School and Tesoro High School.

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 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 34 35 36 MENCC Pts Ref
2018 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford DAY ATL LVS
25 		PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC
26 		MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH
26 		CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 63rd 01 [21]

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
2016 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
6 		TAL DOV CLT
DNQ 		KAN
35 		TEX PHO HOM
17 		100th 01 [22]
88 CLT
4 		POC MCH IOW DAY KEN
32 		NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV
2017 Stewart-Haas Racing 00 Ford DAY
37 		ATL
10 		LVS
11 		PHO
21 		CAL
35 		TEX
5 		BRI
32 		RCH
13 		TAL
26 		CLT
7 		DOV
4 		POC
7 		MCH
10 		IOW
24 		DAY
22 		KEN
11 		NHA
9 		IND
5 		IOW
5 		GLN
12 		MOH
35 		BRI
10 		ROA
8 		DAR
9 		RCH
14 		CHI
7 		KEN
5 		DOV
8 		CLT
6 		KAN
19 		TEX
5 		PHO
7 		HOM
1* 		5th 2288 [23]
2018 Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste DAY
14 		ATL
39 		LVS
9 		PHO
8 		CAL
6 		TEX
4 		BRI
8 		RCH
6 		TAL
9 		DOV
13 		CLT
2 		POC
5 		MCH
3 		IOW
4 		CHI
3 		DAY
25 		KEN
5 		NHA
9 		IOW
9* 		GLN
6 		MOH
7 		BRI
4 		ROA
4 		DAR
2 		IND
29 		LVS
3 		RCH
15 		CLT
7 		DOV
2 		KAN
26 		TEX
1 		PHO
8 		HOM
2* 		2nd 4035 [24]
2019 DAY
14 		ATL
2 		LVS
9 		PHO
4 		CAL
1 		TEX
34 		BRI
3 		RCH
1* 		TAL
32 		DOV
4* 		CLT
24 		POC
1* 		MCH
12 		IOW
2 		CHI
1* 		DAY
26 		KEN
1* 		NHA
2 		IOW
29 		GLN
7 		MOH
8 		BRI
22 		ROA
10 		DAR
1 		IND
7 		LVS
4 		RCH
3 		CLT
8 		DOV
1 		KAN TEX PHO HOM 3rd* 926* [25]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2014 Haas Racing Development 00 Chevy DAY MAR
12 		KAN CLT DOV
14 		TEX GTW
6 		KEN IOW
8 		ELD POC MCH BRI
8 		MSP
9 		CHI NHA
1* 		LVS TAL MAR
29 		TEX PHO
3 		HOM 25th 302 [26]
2015 JR Motorsports DAY ATL MAR
16 		KAN CLT DOV
13* 		TEX GTW
1 		IOW
9 		KEN ELD
29 		POC MCH BRI
16* 		MSP
10* 		CHI NHA
24 		LVS TAL MAR
4* 		TEX PHO
26 		HOM 22nd 305 [27]
2016 DAY
24 		ATL
17 		MAR
29 		KAN
7 		DOV
5 		CLT
13 		TEX
14 		IOW
2 		GTW
15 		KEN
14 		ELD
6 		POC
5 		BRI
6 		MCH
22 		MSP
2* 		CHI
9 		NHA
6 		LVS
3 		TAL
29 		MAR
7 		TEX
9 		PHO
10 		HOM
10 		10th 502 [28]

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 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 Ken Schrader Racing 00 Chevy BRI
24 		GRE
19 		PEN
22 		RCH
3 		BGS
10 		IOW
4 		LGY
23 		COL
15 		IOW
1* 		VIR
19 		GRE
16 		NHA
1* 		DOV
14 		RAL
5 		8th 452 [29]
2014 Bill McAnally Racing 00 Chevy NSM DAY BRI
14 		GRE RCH
1* 		IOW
11 		BGS FFL LGY NHA COL IOW
3 		GLN
16 		VIR
18 		GRE DOV
18 		20th 234 [30]
2015 Toyota NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN
5 		MOT VIR RCH DOV 43rd 40 [31]
2016 HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks 98 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN
3 		GRE NJM DOV 44th 41 [32]

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 Ken Schrader Racing 00 Ford PHO S99
18 		BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SRP MMP SMP AAS KCR 38th 66 [33]
Chevy PHO
6*
2014 Bill McAnally Racing 00 Chevy PHO
1* 		IRW S99 IOW KCR PHO
3 		20th 121 [34]
Toyota SON
12 		SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS
2015 KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON
9 		SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO 47th 35 [35]
2019 Sunrise Ford Racing 22 Ford LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON
4 		DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR ISM -* -* [36]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(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
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 JR Motorsports 00 Chevy DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE
5 		POC
24 		MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC
1 		BLN ISF DQN SLM KEN KAN 41st 560 [37]
2016 Ken Schrader Racing 54 Chevy DAY
10 		NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN 69th* 390* [38]
Athenian Motorsports 05 Chevy IOW
7 		IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN
2017 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Ford DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA
11 		DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 88th 175 [39]

References

Notes
  1. ^ The current youngest K&N Pro Series winner is Gray Gaulding, winning at Phoenix International Raceway at 15 years, 8 months and 30 days.[3][4]
  2. ^ NASCAR's "national touring series" include the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series; some include the 1972–1973 Grand National East Series as well.
Citations
  1. ^ a b c Edwards Staggs, Brooke (May 13, 2013). "Ladera 15-year-old hits NASCAR circuit". Orange County Register. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  2. ^ Associated Press (August 3, 2013). "Fifteen-year-old Cole Custer breaks record in NASCAR K&N race". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Hardin, Ed (February 7, 2014). "Gaulding, 15, ready to go racing". News & Record. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "Gray Gaulding". NTS Motorsports. March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  5. ^ Kerchner, Mike (September 22, 2013). "Short-Track Roundup: Cole Custer wins second NASCAR K&N Pro Series race". Autoweek. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  6. ^ Remillard, Jason (September 21, 2013). "Cole Custer wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway". The Republican. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Spencer, Lee (January 20, 2014). "Custer, turning 16 this week, to run limited Truck schedule". Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  8. ^ Sbarra, Shon (February 27, 2014). "Custer Finally Gets Phoenix Win". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  9. ^ "2014 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  10. ^ "Cole Custer sets track record, wins 21 Means 21 Pole Award". NASCAR. June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  11. ^ "16-year-old Cole Custer becomes youngest to win Truck Series race". Sporting News. September 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  12. ^ "JR Motorsports to run select NCWTS races with Cole Custer". Foxsports.com. January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  13. ^ "JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK BATTLES CUSTER TILL END FOR WIN AT CANADA". NASCAR. September 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  14. ^ White, Heath (February 5, 2016). "JR Motorsports and Cessna Announce Partnership". JR Motorsports. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  15. ^ "Stewart-Haas Racing Names Cole Custer as its 2017 Driver for NASCAR XFINITY Series Team". Stewart-Haas Racing. September 16, 2016. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  16. ^ "Cole Custer registers fifth Xfinity win of 2019 in dominant Kentucky run". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  17. ^ Albert, Zack (August 31, 2019). "No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota fails post-race inspection in Xfinity". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  18. ^ Brooks, Amanda (August 31, 2019). "Cole Custer wins Darlington Xfinity race after Denny Hamlin DQ'd". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  19. ^ "Cole Custer to make Monster Energy Series debut in Vegas". NASCAR. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  20. ^ "Haas F1 Team lures Anheuser-Busch executive to head marketing effort". Autoweek. October 28, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  21. ^ "Cole Custer – 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  22. ^ "Cole Custer – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  23. ^ "Cole Custer – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
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  25. ^ "Cole Custer – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  26. ^ "Cole Custer – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  27. ^ "Cole Custer – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  28. ^ "Cole Custer – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  29. ^ "Cole Custer – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  30. ^ "Cole Custer – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  31. ^ "Cole Custer – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  32. ^ "Cole Custer – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  33. ^ "Cole Custer – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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  37. ^ "Cole Custer – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  38. ^ "Cole Custer – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  39. ^ "Cole Custer – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
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