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Austin Theriault
Theriault's 2017 ARCA championship car at Road America
Born (1994-01-23) January 23, 1994 (age 30)
Fort Kent, Maine
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Achievements2017 ARCA Racing Series Champion 2016 K&N Pro Series East Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 2 years
2016 position120th
Best finish40th (2014)
First race2014 Get To Know Newton 250 (Iowa)
Last race2016 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
12 races run over 3 years
Truck no., teamNo. 30 (On Point Motorsports)
2016 position53rd
Best finish24th (2015)
First race2015 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race2018 World of Westgate 200 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
Statistics current as of September 14, 2018.

Austin Theriault (born January 23, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 30 Toyota Tundra for On Point Motorsports. He won the ARCA Racing Series' championship in 2017.

Racing career

Early career

A native of Fort Kent, Maine,[1][2][3] he made his racing debut at the age of 13 in 2007 at Spud Speedway in Caribou, Maine Driving in the local racing divisions before moving up part-time to the touring late model division in 2009 where he qualified for his first American Canadian Tour race at Oxford Plains Speedway.

Theriault competing in the ACT race at Circuit Riverside Speedway Ste-Croix in 2011

Theriault joined the ACT Late Model Tour full-time in 2010, finishing seventh in points driving the family-owned #57ME with a best finish of second. He started the 2011 season in a second car for RPM Motorsports, but returned to the family team mid-season, scoring eight top-ten finishes en route to third place in points. In 2012, Theriault finished no worse than ninth all year, scoring eight top-five runs and earning his first career ACT win at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway en route to another third-place points finish.

Theriault started his first Pro All-Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Model Touring Series event in 2010. He became a development driver for Brad Keselowski Racing during the 2012 season, and switched focus to Super Late Models following the ACT season, making selected starts throughout the Southeast for BKR while running part-time in the PASS North Tour in 2013 and 2014. Theriault won four PASS races between 2012 and 2014.

Theriault occasionally competed in other racing events and divisions from 2011 to 2014, including the ARCA Midwest Tour, World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing, CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series, Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour, Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series, CRA JEGS All-Star Tour, CRA Super Series Southern Division, CRA Super Series, ACT and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

On July 20, 2013 Theriault competed in the prestigious IWK 250, along with car owner Brad Keselowski, in the No. 29X for BKR. After starting the race in 4th, Theriault had a clean race and brought the car home in an impressive 5th place, just two spots behind Keselowski who finished 3rd.[4][5]

Theriault has competed five times in the Oxford 250, finishing in the top five in his first four starts with a best finish of second in 2014.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

On May 18, 2014, Theriault made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports where he finished 15th.[6][7] On June 13 of that year, he won his first ARCA race, in Theriault's first start at Michigan International Speedway.

Theriault returned in the Xfinity Series, by practicing in the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Brad Keselowski at Iowa. Theriault later was picked up by Obaika Racing to drive the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro, starting at Richmond.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

In 2015, Theriault began racing part-time with Brad Keselowski Racing, driving the No. 29 Ford F-150. He is sharing the ride with Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, and Ryan Blaney. He got his career best finish at Daytona International Speedway in February where he finished 4th.[8] He almost won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Theriault's home track where he led late in the race before fading to 8th.[9]

On October 3, 2015, Theriault was involved in a huge crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his BKR teammate Tyler Reddick got loose in turn 4 and clipped him, causing the race truck he was driving to hit nearly head on into the front stretch wall where there were no SAFER barriers installed. Theriault's steering wheel collided with and destroyed his helmet,[10] and he eventually suffered a compression fracture in his lower back as a result of the crash.[11][12] After missing the next four races, Theriault returned to racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway,[13] finishing 12th. In 2016, he returned to BKR at Daytona, driving the No. 2.[14]

On September 10, 2018, it was announced that Theriault returned to the Truck Series, driving the No. 30 Toyota Tundra for On Point Motorsports at Las Vegas. He finished a 8th place finish after avoiding multiple crashes.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

ARCA Racing Series

On February 18, 2017, Theriault won his second ARCA race in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. The race was shortened by five laps after a red-flag was brought out for Justin Fontaine's flip, while rain forced ARCA officials to call the race. In late August, he won at Road America after sorting through two last-lap incidents.[15] He also won the following race at DuQuoin after taking advantage of a late restart,[16] and won the three-peat at Salem driving a Jack Bowsher throwback car.[17] On September 22, 2017 Theriault won at Kentucky Speedway and mathematically clinched the ARCA Racing Series championship for 2017.[18] He won the championship on the strength of seven wins.[19]

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
2014 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW
15 		CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA
21 		CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN
18 		DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 40th 78
2016 Obaika Racing 77 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH
DNQ 		120th 01
25 RCH
37 		CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN
Rick Ware Racing Chevy TEX
29
Team Kapusta Racing PHO
27 		HOM

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
2015 Brad Keselowski Racing 29 Ford DAY
4 		ATL MAR KAN
14 		CLT DOV TEX
5 		GTW
10 		IOW
12 		KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI
13 		NHA
8 		LVS
31 		TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
12 		24th 279
2016 2 DAY
27* 		ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT
DNQ 		TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL 53rd 21
Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy MAR
20 		TEX PHO HOM
2018 On Point Motorsports 30 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS
8 		TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM -* -*

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
2012 Go Green Racing 38 Ford BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS GRE LGY CNB COL IOW NHA
19 		DOV GRE CAR 69th 25 [20]
2016 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota NSM
24 		MOB
4 		GRE
14 		BRI
15 		VIR
3 		DOM
5 		STA
7 		COL
2 		NHA
5 		IOW
2 		GLN
20 		GRE NJE DOV 13th 383 [21]

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
2014 Venturini Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH
1 		ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 69th 240
2015 55 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC
4 		BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 88th 210
2017 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy DAY
1 		TAL
4* 		1st 4735
Ford NSH
4 		SLM
5 		TOL
6 		POC
9 		MCH
2 		IOW
2 		IRP
4 		POC
8 		WIN
3 		ROA
1 		SLM
1* 		CHI
2 		KEN
1* 		KAN
25
Toyota ELK
1 		MAD
1* 		ISF
2 		DSF
1

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ^ "Fort Kent driver Austin Theriault lands part-time NASCAR Truck Series ride". The Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ Johnny Mehler (1 August 2015). "Fort Kent's Theriault finishes 4th in ModSpace 125". WLBZ2. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Maine driver Austin Theriault signs NASCAR deal". The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "TUCKER HOISTS PRESTIGIOUS TROPHY AS VICTOR OF IWK 250 PRESENTED BY STEVE LEWIS AUTO BODY". Maritime Pro Stock Tour. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  5. ^ "2013 IWK 250 Presented by Steve Lewis Auto Body". Racing reference. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  6. ^ "Dale Earnhardt Jr. hires Austin Theriault for three Nationwide races". FOX Sports. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Hornish capitalizes on opportunity for win at Iowa; Fort Kent's Theriault finishes 15th". The Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Tyler Reddick wins Daytona trucks race for first career victory". USA TODAY. February 20, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "Fort Kent's Theriault finishes 8th in NASCAR truck race". The Bangor Daily News. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  10. ^ "Our Newest Driver". Brad Keselowski. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  11. ^ "Brad Keselowski Racing teammates collide, driver takes vicious hit at Las Vegas Motor Speedway". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  12. ^ Joe Rodgers (October 3, 2015). "NASCAR driver Austin Theriault airlifted to hospital after head-on hit at Las Vegas". Sporting News. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  13. ^ "AUSTIN THERIAULT CLEARED TO RACE AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI". NASCAR. November 19, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  14. ^ "AUSTIN THERIAULT TO RUN THIRD BKR TRUCK AT DAYTONA". NASCAR. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  15. ^ "Austin Theriault survives to win wild ARCA race at Road America". Autoweek. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  16. ^ Winkeler, Les. "Austin Theriault wins Du Quoin ARCA race in overtime". The Southern. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  17. ^ "Austin Theriault wins third consecutive ARCA race at Salem". Autoweek. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  18. ^ Reiman, Samuel (February 18, 2017). "Austin Theriault wins wreck-marred ARCA race at Daytona". Foxsports.com. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  19. ^ "Driver Austin Theriault 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  20. ^ "Austin Theriault – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  21. ^ "Austin Theriault – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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