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Bubba Wallace
Wallace at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2019
BornDarrell Wallace Jr.
(1993-10-08) October 8, 1993 (age 31)
Mobile, Alabama
AchievementsHighest finishing African-American in the Daytona 500 (2nd, 2018)
Highest finishing African-American in the Brickyard 400 (3rd, 2019)
2017 U.S. Short Track Nationals Super Late Model 100 Winner (inaugural race)
First African-American to win in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (Martinsville, 2014)
Youngest driver to ever win at Franklin County Speedway (15 in 2008)
Awards2010 K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year
2008 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
89 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamNo. 43 (Richard Petty Motorsports)
2019 position28th
Best finish28th (2018, 2019)
First race2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Last race2024 Xfinity 500 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
85 races run over 5 years
2017 position20th
Best finish7th (2015)
First race2012 Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Iowa)
Last race2017 TheHouse.com 300 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 35 2
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
48 races run over 5 years
2019 position102nd
Best finish3rd (2014)
First race2013 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race2019 Vankor 350 (Texas)
First win2013 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last win2017 LTi Printing 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
6 28 3
Statistics current as of June 14, 2020.

Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr.[1] (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Richard Petty Motorsports. Previously, Wallace was signed as a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing where Wallace competed in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 54 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He also raced in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang of Roush Fenway Racing, from 2015 to mid 2017.[2] Wallace is noted for being one of the most successful African American drivers in the history of NASCAR.[3]

Early life

Wallace was born in Mobile, Alabama, the son of Darrell Wallace Sr. and Desiree Wallace.[4][5] His father is the owner of an industrial cleaning company and his mother is a social worker who ran track at the University of Tennessee.[6] He grew up in Concord, North Carolina.

Career

Wallace started racing in the Bandolero and Legends car racing series, as well as local late model events, at the age of nine.[4] In 2005, he won 35 of the Bandolero Series' 48 races held that year;[4] in 2008 he became the youngest driver to win at Franklin County Speedway in Virginia.[7]

K&N Pro Series/Drive for Diversity

In 2010, Wallace began competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, a regional and developmental series. Wallace drove for Rev Racing as part of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program,[8][9] and was signed as a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing.[10] He won his very first race in the series, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, becoming the youngest driver ever to win at the track,[8] he was also the youngest, which began as the Busch North Series in 1987.[11] He also won later in the year at Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire,[12] on his way to finishing third in series points and winning the series' Rookie of the Year award.[10] He was the first African American to win the Rookie of the Year award in a NASCAR series.[13] Wallace's 2011 season would see him winning three times, at Richmond International Raceway, Columbus Motor Speedway, and Dover International Speedway, and he finished second in points to Max Gresham.[8]

Wallace moved to race directly for Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2012 season.[4] Racing the entire K&N East Series season along with four to six selected races in the Nationwide Series,[14] Wallace won the second East event of the year at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, his first win with JGR.[15]

In 2018, Bubba made his return to the K&N East Series at Watkins Glen driving the No. 27 for Jefferson-Pitts Racing to prepare him for the cup race later that weekend.

Xfinity Series

2012

Wallace made his national series debut in the Xfinity Series in late May, driving the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota for JGR at Iowa Speedway;[16] he ran in the top ten for most of the event, finishing 9th.[17] After posting further top ten finishes in his next two starts in the series, Wallace won his first career Nationwide Series pole at Dover International Speedway in late September.[18]

2014

In 2014 he returned to the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20, starting in May at Talladega Superspeedway where he would finish 34th after being involved in The Big One while running 13th.[19] He ran only one more Nationwide race that year, at Daytona in July with Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" campaign sponsoring where he would finish a strong 7th.

2015

Wallace (right) with the Sunoco Rookie of the Race Award at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015
Wallace's No. 6 at Road America.

Following the 2014 season, it was expected that Wallace would move up to the Xfinity Series with Joe Gibbs Racing in a full-time ride, with owner Joe Gibbs claiming they would have "a big program" for the young driver.[20] After the team struggled to find sponsorship for more than 15 races, on December 8, 2014, Wallace announced he had been granted his request to leave JGR and seek other opportunities.[21] Later, it was reported he had signed a deal to compete in the Xfinity Series for Roush Fenway Racing for 2015 with Chad Norris as his crew chief. On December 18, 2014, RFR officially announced that they had signed Wallace to compete full-time in the No. 6 Ford Mustang in 2015, with sponsors and crew members to be announced at a later date. On January 28, 2015, at NASCAR Media Day, it was announced that Wallace would drive the No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Mustang.[22] Wallace started the season with a 12th-place finish at Daytona and earned 14 top-tens to finish 7th in the final point standings. He was beat by Daniel Suárez for Rookie of the Year by a single top-ten finish.

2016

Wallace finished 6th in the season opener at Daytona. He dropped to 11th in points but earned his best career finish at Dover International Speedway finishing 2nd to the dominant Erik Jones and made the inaugural Xfinity Series chase. He made it to the round of 8 before being eliminated after the penultimate race at Phoenix.

2017

After finishing 33rd in the season-opening race at Daytona, Wallace finished in sixth place five consecutive times.[23] However, at Bristol, Wallace struggled. After starting from last, Wallace was trapped a lap down throughout the race, eventually getting caught up in a late crash. Wallace would finish the race in 33rd. At Charlotte, Wallace would run up front for a majority of the race, even leading for 3 laps, but a late race pit stop relegated him behind the top ten. Wallace got loose and hit the wall with a few laps to go costing him a top ten and finishing 28th. However, despite being fourth in the Drivers' Championship standings, Roush Fenway announced that they would be suspending operations of Wallace's Xfinity Series team following the Pocono race weekend due to sponsorship issues.[24]

Wallace signed with Biagi-DenBeste Racing to drive the No. 98 Ford at Chicagoland Speedway where he would score a 10th-place finish.[25]

Truck Series

2013

Wallace's 2013 truck

In February 2013, it was announced that Wallace would run a full season in the Camping World Truck Series in the No. 54 Toyota owned by Kyle Busch Motorsports.[26] At Rockingham Speedway in April Wallace, following accidental contact with Ron Hornaday Jr., was turned by Hornaday under a caution flag, his truck hitting the outside wall. Hornaday was penalized for the contact by being sent to the rear of the field; after the race Hornaday was penalized 25 championship points and assessed a $25,000 fine, in addition to being placed on probation for the remainder of the season.[27] The situation was compared to an incident at the 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K where Kyle Busch deliberately wrecked Hornaday at Texas Motor Speedway.[28]

On October 26, 2013, Wallace became the first African-American driver to win in one of NASCAR's national series since 1963, winning the Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway.[29][30] The only previous win by an African-American driver was by Wendell Scott in the Grand National Division on December 1, 1963.[29] Wallace finished 8th in points in his rookie season.[21]

2014

In 2014, Wallace returned to the Camping World Truck Series full-time in the No. 54. In June, Wallace won the Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park. Three weeks later, he battled Kyle Larson and Ron Hornaday Jr. for the win at Eldora Speedway. Wallace held off a hard charging Larson, who wrecked his car trying to catch him, and beat Hornaday by a 5.489-second margin to win the second annual Mudsummer Classic.[31] Wallace switched to the No. 34 for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville in tribute to Wendell Scott,[32] and led the most laps en route to his second straight victory in the race. Wallace won his final race with KBM, the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway, beating Larson again to earn his first non-short track victory.[33] Wallace's four wins along with nine top fives and 14 top tens led to a third-place finish in points.[21]

2017

Wallace returned to the Camping World Truck Series at Michigan in August, driving the No. 99 Truck for MDM Motorsports, and ended up winning the race, holding off Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch who rounded out the top three.[34] However, Wallace's truck was discovered to have had illegal vent holes, resulting in an L1-level penalty that suspended crew chief Shane Huffman for one race and penalized the No. 99 team ten points.[35]

2018

In May, Wallace once again returned to the Truck Series, driving the No. 20 for Young's Motorsports at Kansas.[36] He finished 14th after running out of fuel from 5th with 4 laps to go.[37]

2019

In March, Wallace returned to the Truck Series for the TruNorth Global 250 at Martinsville and Vankor 350 at Texas, driving the No. 22 for AM Racing filling in for the presumably suspended Austin Wayne Self where he would finish 10th and 20th respectively.[38]

Cup Series

2017

On June 5, 2017, Richard Petty Motorsports announced plans to have Wallace drive the team's No. 43 Ford in place of injured Aric Almirola, making Wallace the first African-American to race in the Cup Series since Bill Lester in 2006.[39] In qualifying for his Cup debut at the Pocono 400, he was able to advance to the second round and start 16th.[40] During the race, Wallace suffered from speeding penalties on pit road, including one while he was serving an earlier pass-through penalty;[41] at one point, he nearly missed his pit stall because he looked for his Xfinity pit sign instead of the No. 43.[42] He went on to finish 26th and one lap down. After congratulating Ryan Blaney in Victory Lane, Wallace passed out and required medical attention. He later stated, "This is the third time this is happened. I get so pissed off at myself that I just pass out."[41]

Wallace earned a finish of 11th at Kentucky after being involved in a last lap wreck.

2018

After Aric Almirola announced his departure from Richard Petty Motorsports, team owner Richard Petty announced in an interview that he and the team were working on hiring Wallace as the new driver of the No. 43 in 2018.[43] Wallace was officially introduced to the team as their new driver on October 25, 2017.[44] He is the first African-American driver to have a full-time Cup ride since Wendell Scott in 1971.[45]

Prior to the season-opening Daytona 500, Wallace received support from National Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.[45] He drove the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro to finish second behind Austin Dillon, the highest finish by a full-time rookie driver in race history, after beating Denny Hamlin to the start/finish line by .002 seconds.[46][45] Wallace, however, scored only two additional top-10 finishes at the spring Texas race and the fall Phoenix race. He finished 28th place in the final point standings.

In October 2018, Wallace was named in Ebony magazine's Power 100 list, joining the ranks of Stephen Curry, Antonio Brown, Venus Williams and former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama.[47]

2019

Despite continuing to have mediocre finishes in the 2019 season, Wallace displayed his full potential with RPM at the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race by winning the second stage of the Monster Energy Open and finishing fifth in the All-Star Race. His other highlight of the early-to-mid summer was at Watkins Glen, when he spun Kyle Busch off the track on lap 61.[48]

At the Brickyard 400, Wallace had one of the best runs of his career by finishing third after running top 10 all day long.[49] He continued to show improvements to his finishes during the season, notably at Richmond, where he started 37th and finished 12th.[50]

At the Charlotte Roval, Wallace finished 24th after Alex Bowman spun him out on lap 42 after Wallace gave Bowman the middle finger gesture on several laps. Wallace retaliated after the race by splashing water on Bowman's face.[51] NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell said on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio that officials plan to have a conversation with Wallace about the altercation.[52] On October 5, Wallace apologized to Jeff Gordon, AMR NASCAR Safety medical director Dr. Angela Fiege, and Hendrick Motorsports executive Jeff Andrews for getting them splashed during the incident, but stated that he does not regret what he did to Bowman.[53]

On November 9, Wallace was fined $50,000 and docked 50 points for intentionally manipulating competition at Texas when he spun his car on the track after experiencing a tire failure.[54] He once again finished 28th in the final points standings.

2020

For the 2020 season, Wallace was reunited with crew chief Jerry Baxter, who worked with him in the Truck Series.[55] In the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas, Wallace finished sixth for his best finish on a 1.5-mile track.[56] When the season was halted after four races due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was 18th in points.[57]

During the stoppage, he participated in the NASCAR-sanctioned eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, where he made headlines at the sim racing league's Bristol event for quitting early by choice after wrecking on the 11th lap. Wallace responded to fan criticism by mocking how easily they got offended over a video game. In response, his main sponsor Blue-Emu dropped its sponsorship of the virtual No. 43 car. Blue-Emu executive vice president Ben Blessing said that Wallace's outburst would have been unacceptable during a physical race. As Blessing saw it, Wallace's outburst was not the act of a NASCAR driver, but of "someone like my 13-year-old son who broke his controller playing some game where he builds houses."[58] Later in the series season, after initially posting a tweet seeking a spotter for the event at Talladega,[59] Wallace announced that he would "opt out," stating that practicing for the iRacing events was too difficult: "I simply get burnt out after a day. Not the games fault, just been like that for years."[60]

On June 21, a noose was found in the garage stall of the No. 43 team, prompting NASCAR officials to investigate the incident.[61]

In media

In 2017, Wallace voiced the character Bubba Wheelhouse in the 2017 Pixar film Cars 3.[62]

Leading up to the 2018 Daytona 500, Wallace starred in the Facebook Watch series Behind the Wall: Bubba Wallace.[63]

Black Lives Matter

After the death of George Floyd in May 2020 at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, Wallace began to speak up about the issue of abuse of African Americans by the police, becoming the face of stock car racing's involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement. On that following June 8, he called on NASCAR to mandate the banning of displays of the Confederate flag, which it had tried unsuccessfully in 2015 to request of its fans.[64][65] On June 10, such a ban was announced by the association.[66] On June 21, Wallace reported having allegedly found a noose placed in his garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway.[67]

For the 2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville, Wallace ran a special paint scheme to honor Black Lives Matter. The car featured an illustration of black and white hands interlocking together on the hood of the car, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on the side, and the phrase "Compassion, Love, Understanding" on both the hood and the back bumper. Richard Petty, owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, contributed to the livery by adding a peace symbol on the rear quarterpanel of the car that features hands of all colors circling inside the peace symbol.[68][69] The livery was made after Richard Petty Motorsports failed to secure a primary sponsorship for the race, with the team later suggested the idea to run an all-black car to honor the movement to Wallace.[70] Wallace finished 11th after securing top-ten finishes in both stages, his career best at Martinsville in the Cup Series.[71]

Personal life

Wallace is best friends with fellow driver and competitor Ryan Blaney.[72]

In 2019, Wallace revealed that he dealt with and continues to deal with depression for most of his racing career.[73] After others reached out to him to thank him for bringing awareness to depression, Wallace said he did not know it was such a widespread problem; for him, being depressed was an honest answer to a media question.[74]

On July 23, 2019, Wallace posted photos of Richard Petty autographing his left forearm. He vowed to have Petty's signature tattooed if the photos were retweeted 43,000 times. The goal was made by the morning of July 25.[75] Less than a month later, Wallace had Petty's signature tattooed on the back of his right thigh.[76]

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.)

Cup Series

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 NCSC Pts Ref
2017 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC
26 		MCH
19 		SON DAY
15 		KEN
11 		NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 50th 01 [77]
2018 Chevy DAY
2 		ATL
32 		LVS
21 		PHO
28 		CAL
20 		MAR
34 		TEX
8 		BRI
16 		RCH
25 		TAL
16 		DOV
25 		KAN
23 		CLT
16 		POC
38 		MCH
19 		SON
29 		CHI
23 		DAY
14 		KEN
27 		NHA
24 		POC
33 		GLN
25 		MCH
23 		BRI
38 		DAR
26 		IND
38 		LVS
38 		RCH
27 		CLT
36 		DOV
23 		TAL
19 		KAN
26 		MAR
34 		TEX
25 		PHO
10 		HOM
21 		28th 471 [78]
2019 DAY
38 		ATL
27 		LVS
26 		PHO
22 		CAL
30 		MAR
17 		TEX
23 		BRI
20 		RCH
27 		TAL
39 		DOV
27 		KAN
29 		CLT
25 		POC
21 		MCH
28 		SON
26 		CHI
25 		DAY
15 		KEN
23 		NHA
22 		POC
22 		GLN
28 		MCH
27 		BRI
14 		DAR
24 		IND
3 		LVS
23 		RCH
12 		CLT
24 		DOV
20 		TAL
24 		KAN
35 		MAR
13 		TEX
24 		PHO
25 		HOM
34 		28th 437 [79]
2020 DAY
15 		LVS
6 		CAL
27 		PHO
19 		DAR
21 		DAR
16 		CLT
38 		CLT
37 		BRI
10 		ATL
21 		MAR
11 		HOM
13 		TAL
 TEX DOV KAN MCH POC POC IND KEN NHA MCH GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* -* [57]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2018 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 7 2
2019 13 38
2020 11 15

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
2012 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW
9 		CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW
7 		GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH
10 		CHI KEN DOV
12 		CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 36th 139 [80]
2014 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL
31 		IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY
7 		NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 94th 01 [81]
2015 Roush Fenway Racing 6 Ford DAY
12 		ATL
11 		LVS
7 		PHO
15 		CAL
12 		TEX
6 		BRI
12 		RCH
12 		TAL
20 		IOW
6 		CLT
5 		DOV
17 		MCH
15 		CHI
10 		DAY
34 		KEN
7 		NHA
8 		IND
23 		IOW
11 		GLN
16 		MOH
8 		BRI
12 		ROA
5 		DAR
14 		RCH
14 		CHI
3 		KEN
9 		DOV
11 		CLT
8 		KAN
11 		TEX
19 		PHO
8 		HOM
10 		7th 1071 [82]
2016 DAY
6 		ATL
18 		LVS
33 		PHO
12 		CAL
3 		TEX
15 		BRI
25 		RCH
16 		TAL
13 		DOV
2 		CLT
27 		POC
16 		MCH
9 		IOW
9 		DAY
20 		KEN
5 		NHA
12 		IND
14 		IOW
27 		GLN
29 		MOH
15 		BRI
7 		ROA
9 		DAR
17 		RCH
12 		CHI
20 		KEN
8 		DOV
11 		CLT
20 		KAN
33 		TEX
11 		PHO
32 		HOM
11 		11th 2163 [83]
2017 DAY
33 		ATL
6 		LVS
6 		PHO
6 		CAL
6 		TEX
6 		BRI
33 		RCH
6 		TAL
13 		CLT
28 		DOV
8 		POC
11 		MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH 20th 348 [84]
Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Ford CHI
10 		KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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 NGOTC Pts Ref
2013 Kyle Busch Motorsports 54 Toyota DAY
12 		MAR
5 		CAR
27 		KAN
7 		CLT
27 		DOV
10 		TEX
6 		KEN
28 		IOW
8 		ELD
7 		POC
7 		MCH
21 		BRI
28 		MSP
4 		IOW
5 		CHI
11 		LVS
5 		TAL
17 		MAR
1* 		TEX
7 		PHO
20 		HOM
15 		8th 704 [85]
2014 DAY
26 		MAR
2 		KAN
15 		CLT
26 		DOV
16 		TEX
10 		GTW
1* 		KEN
2 		IOW
13 		ELD
1* 		POC
8 		MCH
11* 		BRI
2 		MSP
12 		CHI
6 		NHA
2 		LVS
2* 		TAL
9 		TEX
26 		PHO
6 		HOM
1 		3rd 799 [86]
34 MAR
1*
2017 MDM Motorsports 99 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH
1 		BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 103rd 01 [87]
2018 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN
14 		CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 101st 01 [88]
2019 AM Racing 22 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR
10 		TEX
20 		DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 102nd 01 [89]

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
2010 Rev Racing 6 Chevy GRE
1 		SBO
20 		MAR
3 		NHA
3 		LRP
6 		LEE
1 		GRE
15 		NHA
9 		DOV
25 		3rd 1467 [90]
76 IOW
3
2011 6 Toyota GRE
6 		SBO
6* 		RCH
1 		IOW
6 		BGS
6 		GRE
4 		LGY
9 		NHA
30 		COL
1* 		GRE
6 		NHA
3 		DOV
1 		2nd 1871 [91]
2012 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota BRI
18 		GRE
1* 		RCH
28 		IOW
26 		BGS
2 		GRE
7 		LGY
16 		CNB
22 		COL
3 		IOW
11 		NHA
3 		DOV
2* 		GRE
13 		CAR
2 		7th 470 [92]
2018 Jefferson Pitts Racing 27 Chevy NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM TMP NHA IOW GLN
6 		GTW NHA DOV 42nd 38 [93]

* 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 21 ARSC Pts Ref
2013 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY
35 		MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 137th 55 [94]

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