Cole Custer
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Custer at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015
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Born | Ladera Ranch, California, U.S. |
January 23, 1998 ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 5/88 (JR Motorsports) | ||||||
First race | 2016 Toyota Care 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Hisense 4K TV 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
25 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 00 (JR Motorsports) | ||||||
2015 position | 22nd | ||||||
Best finish | 22nd (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
First win | 2014 UNOH 175 (Loudon) | ||||||
Last win | 2015 American Ethanol Presents the Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of May 28, 2016. |
Cole Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet Silverado for JR Motorsports, and part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 5 and No. 88 Chevrolet Camaros for JR Motorsports.
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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
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
In 2014, Custer joined Haas Racing Developments 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, JR Motorsports began fielding the No. 00 truck for him full-time in 2016, competing for the Rookie of the Year title.
Xfinity Series
In 2016, Custer will make his Xfinity Series debut for the team at Richmond International Raceway, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro.[13] He drove the No. 88 for JR Motorsports to a best career fourth-place finish at Charlotte in the Hisense 4K TV 300.
Personal life
Born in Ladera Ranch, California, Custer is the son of Joe Custer, who is the executive vice president at Stewart-Haas Racing and chief executive officer of Haas F1 Team.[14] 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.)
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 | |||
2016 | JR Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH 6 |
TAL | DOV | CLT 4 |
POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | 01* |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | Haas Racing Developments | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
2016 | DAY 24 |
ATL 17 |
MAR 29 |
KAN 7 |
DOV 5 |
CLT 13 |
TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* |
* 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.)
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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 | ARSC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Ken Schrader Racing | 54 | Chevy | DAY 10 |
NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | -* | -* |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ NASCAR's "national touring series" include the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series; some include the 1972–1973 Grand National East Series as well.
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External links
- Official website
- Cole Custer driver statistics at Racing-Reference