Robby Lyons
Robby Lyons (born January 22, 1989) is an American stock car racing driver. The Clearwater, Florida native currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet Silverado for Premium Motorsports.
Racing career
Early years
Lyons started his racing career when he was six, racing dirt bikes. Lyons raced dirt bikes for sixteen years, winning two Florida championships.[1] He later moved to Legends car racing[2] after seeing former motocross racer Ricky Carmichael transition.[3] After Legends cars, Lyons competed in the Pro All-Stars Series in 2014.[4] In December 2014, Lyons tested at Daytona International Speedway in an ARCA Racing Series car that was prepared by both Rick Ware Racing and MacDonald Motorsports.[5] In early 2015, Lyons joined Chad Finley and his team as a development driver to compete in the 2015 CARS Tour;[6] Lyons wound up only running three of the races.[7] Lyons made a return to the CARS Tour in 2017[8] and also competed in the Short Track Nationals at Bristol Motor Speedway.[9]
NASCAR
Lyons announced on November 9, 2017 that he would be making his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series, driving for Premium Motorsports at Phoenix International Raceway (now ISM Raceway).[10] His effort was led by former NASCAR driver Brian Keselowski as crew chief.[11] The pairing came together after Lyons and Premium owner Jay Robinson met at Charlotte Motor Speedway in fall 2017.[3] After accidents eliminated the majority of the field, Lyons finished twelfth in his Truck debut.[12] In his debut, Lyons was almost wrecked by teammate Jason Hathaway near the end of the race but survived.[13] During the week after the Phoenix race, Lyons was approved for all of NASCAR's 1.5-mile tracks, leading to a second race with Premium a week later for the Truck season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway,[3] where he finished 24th.[14]
On January 23, 2018, it was announced that Lyons would drive Premium's No. 15 truck full-time in 2018.[15]
Personal life
After moving to stock car racing, Lyons became good friends with Xfinity Series driver Garrett Smithley.[3] Lyons is also a user of the online racing simulator iRacing.[16] He graduated from Indian Rocks Chrisitan School.[17]
References
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