Cole Custer
| Cole Custer | |||||||
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 Custer at Road America in 2017 | |||||||
| Born | (1998-01-23) January 23, 1998 Ladera Ranch, California | ||||||
| Achievements | Youngest winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 51 (Rick Ware Racing) | ||||||
| First race | 2018 Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 69 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 00 (Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste) | ||||||
2017 position | 5th | ||||||
| Best finish | 5th (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2016 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Whelen Trusted to Perform 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
| Last win | 2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 42 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2016 position | 10th | ||||||
| Best finish | 10th (2016) | ||||||
| First race | 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
| 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 November 3, 2018. | |||||||
Cole Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 00 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing and part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 51 Ford Fusion for Rick Ware Racing in partnership with SHR.
Contents
1 Racing career
1.1 Touring series
1.2 Camping World Truck Series
1.3 Xfinity Series
1.4 Monster Energy Cup Series
2 Personal life
3 Motorsports career results
3.1 NASCAR
3.1.1 Monster Energy Cup Series
3.1.2 Xfinity Series
3.1.3 Camping World Truck Series
3.1.4 K&N Pro Series East
3.1.5 K&N Pro Series West
3.2 ARCA Racing Series
4 References
5 External links
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
Custer's No. 00 Pro Series East car at Richmond International Raceway in 2013
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
Custer at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015
In 2014, Custer joined Haas Racing Development 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 in 2016, JR Motorsports began fielding the No. 00 truck for Custer full-time, competing for the Rookie of the Year title. At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during the Chevrolet Silverado 250, John Hunter Nemechek and Custer were battling for the lead when Nemechek bumped Custer before running both Custer and himself off-road, pinning Custer to the wall. Before the winner was declared, Nemechek was tackled by Custer; Nemechek would be named the winner.[13]
Xfinity Series
Custer at Road America in 2017
In 2016, Custer made his Xfinity Series debut for JR Motorsports at Richmond International Raceway, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro.[14] He drove the No. 88 for JR Motorsports to a career best fourth-place finish at Charlotte in the Hisense 4K TV 300.
On September 16, 2016, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Custer would drive the No. 00 Ford Mustang full-time in 2017, with Haas Automation as the primary sponsor.[15] Custer began the 2017 Xfinity season with a crash at Daytona, finishing 37th. He rebounded the next week at Atlanta, finishing 10th.
After making the Playoffs in his first appearance, Custer began making a surge at the end of the season including leading the most laps at Chicago and Kansas. Custer missed the Final Four by two spots after racing head to head with Daniel Hemric, the next week, Custer put on a clinic by leading the most laps, winning both stages and en-route to his first Xfinty win at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in South Florida. The next year at the fall Texas race, Cole got his second career win when he passed Tyler Reddick on the last lap, clinching his spot in the Championship Four.[citation needed]
Monster Energy Cup Series
In March 2018, Custer joined Rick Ware Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[16] He finished 25th.
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.[17] 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.)
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 | |||
2018 | Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS 25 | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC 26 | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH 26 | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | 01* | |||
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 DNQ | KAN 35 | TEX | PHO | HOM 17 | 100th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 88 | CLT 4 | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN 32 | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Stewart-Haas Racing | 00 | Ford | DAY 37 | ATL 10 | LVS 11 | PHO 21 | CAL 35 | TEX 5 | BRI 32 | RCH 13 | TAL 26 | CLT 7 | DOV 4 | POC 7 | MCH 10 | IOW 24 | DAY 22 | KEN 11 | NHA 9 | IND 5 | IOW 5 | GLN 12 | MOH 35 | BRI 10 | ROA 8 | DAR 9 | RCH 14 | CHI 7 | KEN 5 | DOV 8 | CLT 6 | KAN 19 | TEX 5 | PHO 7 | HOM 1* | 5th | 2288 | |||
2018 | Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste | DAY 14 | ATL 39 | LVS 9 | PHO 8 | CAL 6 | TEX 4 | BRI 8 | RCH 6 | TAL 9 | DOV 13 | CLT 2 | POC 5 | MCH 3 | IOW 4 | CHI 3 | DAY 25 | KEN 5 | NHA 9 | IOW 9* | GLN 6 | MOH 7 | BRI 4 | ROA 4 | DAR 2 | IND 29 | LVS 3 | RCH 15 | CLT 7 | DOV 2 | KAN 26 | TEX 1 | PHO | HOM | -* | -* | |||||
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 Development | 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 14 | IOW 2 | GTW 15 | KEN 14 | ELD 6 | POC 5 | BRI 6 | MCH 22 | MSP 2* | CHI 9 | NHA 6 | LVS 3 | TAL 29 | MAR 7 | TEX 9 | PHO 10 | HOM 10 | 10th | 502 | |||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Ken Schrader Racing | 00 | Chevy | BRI 24 | GRE 19 | PEN 22 | RCH 3 | BGS 10 | IOW 4 | LGY 23 | COL 15 | IOW 1* | VIR 19 | GRE 16 | NHA 1* | DOV 14 | RAL 5 | 8th | 452 | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Bill McAnally Racing | 00 | Chevy | NSM | DAY | BRI 14 | GRE | RCH 1* | IOW 11 | BGS | FFL | LGY | NHA | COL | IOW 3 | GLN 16 | VIR 18 | GRE | DOV 18 | 20th | 234 | [19] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Toyota | NSM | GRE | BRI | IOW | BGS | LGY | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN 5 | MOT | VIR | RCH | DOV | 43rd | 40 | [20] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks | 98 | Toyota | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN 3 | GRE | NJM | DOV | 44th | 41 | [21] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Ref | |
2013 | Ken Schrader Racing | 00 | Ford | PHO | S99 18 | BIR | IOW | L44 | SON | CNS | IOW | EVG | SRP | MMP | SMP | AAS | KCR | 38th | 66 | [22] | ||
Chevy | PHO 6* | |||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Bill McAnally Racing | 00 | Chevy | PHO 1* | IRW | S99 | IOW | KCR | PHO 3 | 20th | 121 | [23] | ||||||||||
Toyota | SON 12 | SLS | CNS | IOW | EVG | KCR | MMP | AAS | ||||||||||||||
2015 | KCR | IRW | TUS | IOW | SHA | SON 9 | SLS | IOW | EVG | CNS | MER | AAS | PHO | 47th | 35 | [24] | ||||||
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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | [25] | ||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Ken Schrader Racing | 54 | Chevy | DAY 10 | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | 69th* | 390* | [26] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Athenian Motorsports | 05 | Chevy | IOW 7 | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 78 | Ford | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA 11 | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 88th | 175 | [27] | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series; some include the 1972–1973 Grand National East Series as well.
- Citations
^ abc Edwards Staggs, Brooke (May 13, 2013). "Ladera 15-year-old hits NASCAR circuit". Orange County Register. Retrieved March 30, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Associated Press (August 3, 2013). "Fifteen-year-old Cole Custer breaks record in NASCAR K&N race". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ Hardin, Ed (February 7, 2014). "Gaulding, 15, ready to go racing". News & Record. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "Gray Gaulding". NTS Motorsports. March 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
^ Kerchner, Mike (September 22, 2013). "Short-Track Roundup: Cole Custer wins second NASCAR K&N Pro Series race". Autoweek. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ Remillard, Jason (September 21, 2013). "Cole Custer wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway". The Republican. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ abc Spencer, Lee (January 20, 2014). "Custer, turning 16 this week, to run limited Truck schedule". Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ Sbarra, Shon (February 27, 2014). "Custer Finally Gets Phoenix Win". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ "2014 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ "Cole Custer sets track record, wins 21 Means 21 Pole Award". NASCAR. June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
^ "16-year-old Cole Custer becomes youngest to win Truck Series race". Sporting News. September 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
^ "JR Motorsports to run select NCWTS races with Cole Custer". Foxsports.com. January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK BATTLES CUSTER TILL END FOR WIN AT CANADA". NASCAR. September 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
^ White, Heath (February 5, 2016). "JR Motorsports and Cessna Announce Partnership". JR Motorsports. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^ "Stewart-Haas Racing Names Cole Custer as its 2017 Driver for NASCAR XFINITY Series Team". Stewart-Haas Racing. September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
^ "Cole Custer to make Monster Energy Series debut in Vegas". NASCAR. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
^ "Haas F1 Team lures Anheuser-Busch executive to head marketing effort". Autoweek. October 28, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
^ "Cole Custer – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
^ "Cole Custer – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
External links
- Official website
Cole Custer driver statistics at Racing-Reference
