Spencer Boyd
| Spencer Boyd | |||||||
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 Boyd at Road America in 2018 | |||||||
| Born | June 26, 1995 Creve Coeur, Missouri | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 53 (Rick Ware Racing) | ||||||
| 2019 position | 63rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 63rd (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 Consumers Energy 400 (Michigan) | ||||||
| Last race | 2019 1000Bulbs.com 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 41 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2018 position | 26th | ||||||
| Best finish | 26th (2018) | ||||||
| First race | 2016 U.S. Cellular (Iowa) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 24 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 20 (Young's Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2019 position | 17th | ||||||
| Best finish | 17th ([2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series | ||||||
| First race | 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| First win | 2019 Sugarlands Shine 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 18, 2019. | |||||||
Spencer P. Boyd (born June 26, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports, and part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 53 for Rick Ware Racing. Boyd has previously competed in Trucks for six other teams, and has driven in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for SS-Green Light Racing.
Racing career
Gander Outdoors Truck Series
Boyd debuted in 2016, driving for MB Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway. A crash hampered his efforts, and he finished 28th. Six races later at Gateway Motorsports Park, he drove Premium Motorsports' No. 49 truck to a top twenty finish (19th). He then returned to the series for the Ford EcoBoost 300, driving MAKE Motorsports' No. 50 truck.[1]
Boyd joined Rick Ware Racing's Truck Series team in 2017, splitting the No. 12 truck with Cody Ware.[2] He failed to qualify at Daytona International Speedway but finished 20th in his next attempt, at Kansas Speedway. He was shuffled to Beaver Motorsports' No. 50 the following week, and finished 20th again.[3] With the disbanding of RWR's Truck operation, the rest of his scheduled starts did not happen. However, Boyd did run the Fred's 250 at Talladega Superspeedway with Copp Motorsports, running as high as fourth before getting caught up in a last-lap wreck to finish 13th.[4]
After not starting a single truck race in 2018, it was announced on January 7, 2019 that Boyd would pilot the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports full-time in 2019.[5] In the season-opening race, the 2019 NextEra Energy 250, Boyd avoided near-ubiquitous attrition to capture his first top-ten result in fourth.[6] At Kentucky Speedway in July, Boyd was involved in an on-track incident with Natalie Decker, eliminating both drivers from the race. The situation later boiled over into the truck garage, culminating in Decker taking Boyd’s hat off his head and slamming it on the ground before being verbally warned by a NASCAR official and escorted away by her team.[7] On July 30, days before the Eldora Dirt Derby, Boyd announced he would withdraw from the race due to back pain that was exacerbated when he decided to compete in the previous week's Gander RV 150 at Pocono against his doctor's suggestions. Landon Huffman replaced him in the No. 20 for Eldora.[8]
Boyd won his first career NASCAR race in the 2019 Sugarlands Shine 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 12, 2019. After crossing the finish line second behind Johnny Sauter, Boyd was declared the winner by NASCAR after the conclusion of the race after Sauter was penalized for both blocking Riley Herbst below the inside yellow line and driving his truck below the inside yellow line. Boyd noted that the win was special, as he only secured enough sponsorship to run that race a couple weeks before the event.[9]
Xfinity Series
Boyd debuted in 2016, driving for Rick Ware Racing at Iowa Speedway. Starting last in the 40-car field, he improved eleven positions during the race to finish 16 laps down in 29th. Boyd then signed on with Obaika Racing, driving the No. 77 to a 35th-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway.[10] On June 5, 2017, it was announced that Boyd would run multiple races in the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season for SS-Green Light Racing, replacing normal driver Ray Black Jr.[11] The deal with SS-Green Light was contingent on sponsorship; running with funding from Grunt Style, Boyd has cracked the top thirty once so far in 2017.[12] In October 2017, it was announced that Boyd would compete full-time in 2018, driving the No. 76 Chevrolet for SS-Green Light Racing. The early part of the season brought some struggles,[13] but the team improved in summer, with a best finish of 17th in the summer Daytona race.[14] Boyd finished the year 26th in points.
Monster Energy Cup Series
On August 7, 2019, it was announced that Boyd was set to make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career debut in that weekend’s race at Michigan International Speedway. The ride would come in the No. 53 for Rick Ware Racing, a team Boyd has previously driven for in the Xfinity and Truck Series.[15]
Personal life
Boyd attends Strayer University after graduating Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.[16] Before becoming a full-time NASCAR driver, Boyd sold cars in Concord, North Carolina.[13]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 34 | 35 | 36 | MENCC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2019 | Rick Ware Racing | 53 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH 38 |
BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | 63rd | 01 | [17] | |||||||||||
| Chevy | RCH 34 |
CLT | DOV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52 | TAL 40 |
KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xfinity Series
| 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 | ||
| 2016 | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW 29 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | 122nd | 01 | [18] | ||||||||||
| Obaika Racing | 77 | Chevy | CHI 35 |
KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC 33 |
MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA 27 |
IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH 31 |
CHI 28 |
KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN 33 |
TEX 29 |
PHO | HOM | 48th | 41 | [19] | ||
| 2018 | 76 | DAY 25 |
ATL 29 |
LVS 36 |
PHO 30 |
CAL 30 |
TEX 25 |
BRI 25 |
RCH 28 |
TAL 40 |
DOV 30 |
CLT 21 |
POC 28 |
MCH 22 |
IOW 22 |
CHI 29 |
DAY 17 |
KEN 24 |
NHA 24 |
IOW 23 |
GLN 24 |
MOH 25 |
BRI 25 |
ROA 21 |
DAR 31 |
IND 36 |
LVS 22 |
RCH 33 |
CLT 29 |
DOV 32 |
KAN 19 |
TEX 25 |
PHO 28 |
HOM 30 |
26th | 302 | [20] | ||||
Gander Outdoors Truck Series
| NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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 | NGOTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | MB Motorsports | 63 | Ram | DAY | ATL | MAR 28 |
KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW | 51st | 22 | [21] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premium Motorsports | 49 | Chevy | GTW 19 |
KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAKE Motorsports | 50 | Chevy | HOM 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Rick Ware Racing | 12 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
ATL | MAR | KAN 20 |
86th | 01 | [22] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beaver Motorsports | 50 | Chevy | CLT 20 |
DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copp Motorsports | 83 | Chevy | TAL 13 |
MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Young's Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | DAY 4 |
ATL 25 |
LVS 29 |
MAR 27 |
TEX 11 |
DOV 22 |
KAN 17 |
CLT 22 |
TEX 23 |
IOW 16 |
GTW 20 |
CHI 17 |
KEN 29 |
POC 18 |
ELD | MCH 22 |
BRI | MSP | LVS 20 |
TAL 1 |
MAR 15 |
PHO |
HOM | 17th | 338 | [23] | |||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ^ "Spencer Boyd 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ Albino, Dustin (December 29, 2016). "Rick Ware Racing Move to Truck Series, Shut Down XFINITY Program". Frontstretch. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "Driver Spencer Boyd 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd Captures Highest Career Finish in Talladega Debut". Speedway Media. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd Joins Young's Motorsports". Speed Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Albino, Dustin. "Spencer Boyd Earns Career Best NASCAR Finish in Wild Truck Race at Daytona". Frontstretch. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Natalie Decker angrily rips Spencer Boyd's hat off his head and throws it after Truck Series crash". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Cheek, Adam (July 30, 2019). "Spencer Boyd Injured, Landon Huffman to Fill In at Eldora". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ Lunkenheimer, Beth (October 13, 2019). "Tracking the Trucks: Spencer Boyd Scores 1st Career Win at Talladega". Frontstretch. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Grunt Style to sponsor Boyd's XFINITY venture with SS Green Light". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Driver Spencer Boyd 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ a b Albino, Dustin. "Eyes on Xfinity: Spencer Boyd Thriving on Opportunity with SS-Green Light Racing". Frontstretch. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Albino, Dustin. "2018 Xfinity Series Review: Best of the Rest". Frontstretch. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Page, Scott. "Spencer Boyd to make Cup debut at Michigan in #53 for Rick Ware Racing". Jayski’s Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ dexum@independenttribune.com, David Exum. "Cabarrus County's Boyd to make NASCAR Truck Series debut". The Independent Tribune. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd – 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
External links
- Spencer Boyd on Twitter
- Spencer Boyd driver statistics at Racing-Reference