Cole Custer

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Cole Custer
Cole Custer at Thunder Valley.jpg
Custer at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015
Born (1998-01-23) January 23, 1998 (age 26)
Ladera Ranch, California, U.S.
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)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
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)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 12 3
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.

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

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

Camping World Truck Series

* 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.)

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

Notes
  1. ↑ 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]
  2. ↑ 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.
Citations
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