Austin Wayne Self
Austin Wayne Self | |||||||
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Born | Austin, Texas | March 5, 1996||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
59 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 22 (Niece Motorsports) | ||||||
2017 position | 15th | ||||||
Best finish | 15th (2016, 2017) | ||||||
First race | 2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 TSport 200 (IRP) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 13, 2018. |
Austin Wayne Self (born March 5, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He also has competed in the ARCA Racing Series, most recently driving the No. 33 Toyota Camry for Win-Tron Racing in 2016.
Racing career
ARCA Racing Series
Self scored his first win at Winchester Speedway in June 2015,[1] finishing second in the standings for that same year. As a career, Self totalled 45 starts for two teams.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
In December 2015, it was announced that Self would compete for Rookie of the Year honors and run the entire schedule with AM Racing, driving the No. 22 Toyota Tundra owned by his father Tim Self.[2] After failing to qualify for the third race of the season at Martinsville, Self took the place of Tommy Joe Martins, who damaged his truck in qualifying and was not able to race. Ironically, he recorded his highest Camping World Truck Series finish at that time, finishing 15th.[3]
In his rookie season of 2016, Self was penalized two times in the first three races. After the first race at Daytona, he was given a warning for an illegal triangular filler panel. After the third race at Martinsville, he was given a warning for trailing arm infractions.[4]
After his family team merged with Win-Tron Racing, Self began driving trucks out of the Win-Tron shop in Mooresville, NC beginning with the thirteenth race of the season at Bristol.
Self started the 2017 season on a high note when he finished second at Daytona. However, AM Racing did not enter the following week's race at Atlanta as they planned to focus on building the team.[5] In May, Self joined Niece Motorsports and the No. 45 Chevrolet at Kansas.[6] At Pocono, Self joined Martins Motorsports and drove the No. 44 truck to a 16th-place finish.[7] Self continued to drive primarily for Martins, returning to AM Racing for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Niece for Talladega Superspeedway.
On October 30, 2017, it was announced that Self joined Niece Motorsports for the entirety of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.[8]
NASCAR Xfinity Series
In May 2017, Self joined MBM Motorsports for his Xfinity Series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[9] However, as the team withdrew at Cup, owner Carl Long took over the No. 40 ride for the race, delaying Self's debut.[10]
Personal life
He is a native of Austin, Texas. During the 2016 United States presidential election, Self was a supporter of Donald Trump; for the Talladega Superspeedway Truck race that year, his No. 22 truck featured "Trump/Pence 2016" and "Make America Great Again" logos. The truck was not sponsored by Trump's campaign, and Self stated it was intended to encourage people to vote.[11] After Trump's victory, Self raced with an "American Victory; Make America Great Again" scheme at Homestead-Miami Speedway.[12]
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.)
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World 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 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | AM Racing | 22 | Toyota | DAY 19 |
ATL 16 |
MAR DNQ |
KAN 25 |
DOV 32 |
CLT 21 |
TEX 13 |
IOW 16 |
GTW 28 |
KEN 27 |
ELD 9 |
POC 25 |
BRI 21 |
MCH 16 |
MSP 15 |
CHI 17 |
NHA 29 |
LVS 21 |
TAL 14 |
MAR | TEX 22 |
HOM 25 |
15th | 279 | |||||||||||||||||
44 | MAR 15 |
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66 | PHO 22 |
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2017 | 32 | DAY 2 |
ATL | 15th | 364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | MAR DNQ |
CLT 12 |
DOV | TEX 12 |
GTW | KEN 22 |
ELD | MSP 9 |
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Niece Motorsports | 45 | Chevy | KAN 15 |
TEX 15 |
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Toyota | IOW 23 |
TAL 18 |
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Martins Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | POC 16 |
MCH 15 |
BRI 24 |
CHI 20 |
NHA 14 |
LVS 20 |
MAR 29 |
PHO 25 |
HOM 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Niece Motorsports | 22 | Chevy | DAY 20 |
ATL 15 |
LVS 16 |
MAR 27 |
DOV 15 |
KAN 13 |
CLT 27 |
TEX 17 |
IOW 15 |
GTW 16 |
CHI 13 |
KEN 14 |
ELD 18 |
POC 18 |
MCH 11 |
BRI 13 |
MSP 21 |
LVS 9 |
TAL 12 |
MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* |
K&N Pro Series East
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Cunningham Motorsports | 77 | Dodge | BRI 12 |
GRE | PEN | RCH 9 |
BGS | IOW | LGY | COL | IOW | VIR | GRE | NHA 19 |
DOV DNQ |
RAL | 29th | 104 |
K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro 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 | 15 | NKNPSWC | Pts | ||
2013 | Cunningham Motorsports | 77 | Dodge | PHO | S99 | BIR | IOW | L44 | SON | CNS | IOW | EVG | SRP | MMP | SMP | AAS | KCR | PHO 13 |
59th | 31 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARSC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Cunningham Motorsports | 22 | Dodge | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL 6 |
ELK | POC | MCH | ROA | WIN 2 |
CHI | NJE 10 |
POC | BLN 4 |
ISF | MAD | DSF | IOW 15 |
SLM 10 |
KEN | KAN | 24th | 1160 | ||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 72 | DAY DNQ |
6th | 4415 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | MOB 12 |
SLM 4 |
TAL 3 |
TOL 8 |
NJE 24 |
POC 24 |
MCH 9 |
ELK 8 |
WIN 10 |
CHI 20 |
IRP 2 |
POC 8 |
BLN 2 |
ISF 10 |
MAD 8 |
DSF 10 |
SLM 3 |
KEN 12 |
KAN 22 |
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2015 | Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 98 | Ford | DAY 15 |
MOB 4 |
NSH 3 |
SLM 5 |
TAL 32 |
TOL 6 |
NJE 7 |
POC 15 |
WIN 1 |
IRP 9 |
POC 7 |
BLN 5 |
DSF 15 |
SLM 16 |
2nd | 4660 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | MCH 3 |
CHI 12 |
IOW 6 |
ISF 10 |
KEN 11 |
KAN 12 |
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2016 | Win-Tron Racing | 33 | Toyota | DAY 36 |
NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 133rd | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA 6 |
DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 81st | 200 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ^ "Recent news on Austin Wayne Self - AM Racing-22-CWT - Rotoworld.com". Rotoworld.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "AM Racing, Austin Wayne Self Join Truck Series Field – POPULAR SPEED". Popularspeed.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "Austin Wayne Self Turns Second Chance into NCWTS Career Best Finish | Austin Wayne Self". Austin Wayne Self. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - Penalties, Fines & Suspensions 2016". Jayski.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "Statement From AM Racing Regarding Atlanta Motor Speedway". AM Racing. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Self to drive for Niece at Kansas and again at Iowa". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ "Driver Austin Wayne Self 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Austin Wayne Self to join Niece Motorsports in 2018". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
- ^ Wilson, Steven B. (May 25, 2017). "Austin Wayne Self to drive for MBM at Charlotte Motor Speedway". Speedway Digest. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Hisense 300". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ Crandall, Kelly (October 22, 2016). "Austin Wayne Self pushing Donald Trump, importance of voting with truck logos". NBC Sports. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "Austin Wayne Self To Race Trump-Pence Victory Truck at Homestead-Miami". Austin Wayne Self Racing. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
External links
- Austin Wayne Self driver statistics at Racing-Reference