Youngest ncwts champion 19 years, 5 months, 21 days first nxs win. Ever wondered where your favorite drivers stacks up on the age pendulum of sprint cup series drivers. The premier series of nascar has seen 28 driver fatalities, the most recent of which occurred in february 2001 when dale earnhardt was killed during the daytona 500. The 15 youngest stock car drivers in the history of. The youngest driver currently racing a full nascar sprint cup series schedule is joey logano, who is 21 years old may 24, 1990. How nascars youngest drivers plan to woo dale earnhardt jr.
Also became first series driver to win the series crown and rookie of the year honors in the same season. March 25 today in jayskis nascar history jayskis nascar. The 15 youngest stock car drivers in the history of the sport. He became the youngest national series champion in nascar history. Since he will be 17 when the 2015 season begins, hes limited to 10 truck races.
Young drivers strike back after kyle busch criticizes nascars promotional push. To help fill the nascar void, we plan on taking you on a daily trip down memory lane spanning the years since the jayskis site inception. Some of the youngest people to ever race in f1 didnt even have normal cars yet. Among the drivers currently in the top 40 in points, here are the 20 oldest starting with. List of current cup drivers by age corrected 45 comments. The following is a list of drivers who are currently competing in a series sanctioned by the national association for stock car auto racing nascar. Erik jones stayed away from traffic and avoided trouble in the season finale in becoming, at age 19, the youngest champion in nascar camping world truck series history. So, he has quite a ways to go before hes the highestpaid nascar driver, but hes still got a long career ahead of him. When ryan blaney won his first monster energy nascar cup series race last sunday at pocono raceway, he did so at the ripe old age of 23 years old which has. Young drivers strike back after kyle busch criticizes.
In september that year, the 2015 cup series champ cruised to his. Feb 14, 2016 elliott, 20, youngest to win daytona 500 pole. Youngest driver ever in nascar event competes in stafford. Currently, deegan is the youngest and only girl in the 20172018 nascar next class of upandcoming drivers. He left nascar in 2015 to pursue a real estate business called. Throughout nascar s history, several drivers have stood out from the pack. Swanson made his nascar whelen modified tour debut at the age of 15 during the 2015 season, making him the youngest. Truck series, and during the 2015 campaign, he raced his way to five. Nascar next driver harrison burton, who competes in the nascar gander outdoor truck series, eclipsed logano as the youngest champion in series history when he won the championship in 2017. He last competed in the nascar cup series, driving the no. The first driver to win multiple championships was herb thomas in 1951 and 1953. Rookie winners in the nascar cup series since 1972 fox sports.
Yorktown teen among 22 drivers selected to attend evaluation at langley. Chase elliott nascar driver page bio and stats mrn. In 2015, he became the second youngest daytona 500 winner behind trevor bayne. He is the youngest person to ever win the daytona 500, the largest event in nascar. During the 300lap snowball event, elliott bested cuplevel talent to become the youngest winner in the events history. May 05, 2015 twelve drivers announced as part of 201516 nascar next class.
The nascar cup series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman of nascar to the most successful nascar cup series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. Logano is now the youngest winner in two of nascar s three top divisions. So, we compiled a list of the youngest nascar cup series winners and also. Last week it was announced that 18yearold infant lance stroll will race for williams in formula 1 next season alongside valtteri bottas when he debuts in f1 at next years australian grand prix, hell be the secondyoungest driver to start a race in the series long history.
Became youngest champion in nascar xfinity history in 2014. Erik jones becomes the youngest nascar truck series champion at 19 years, 5 months, 21 days. Top 10 nascar cup drivers of the 2010s includes a few surprises. A separate list compiles drivers who have died of a medical condition while driving or shortly thereafter and another section shows non driver deaths. In 2015, sage karam was a parttime indycar driver for chip ganassi racing. Trevor bayne born february 19, 1991 is an american professional stock car racing driver and businessman. In f1, many teams like to get drivers started early.
Twelve drivers announced as part of 201516 nascar next. Bios, statistics, race results videos, news, photo galleries, car, team, shop gear, date of birth, rookie year nascar cup series drivers official site of nascar. Nascar cup drivers find information on your favorite. Rico abreu, 23, winner of the 2015 chili bowl and the 2014 usac. She is the first female to win a championship 2016 and earn a podium finish 20 in modified karts. We reflected on 18 memorable moments and defining developments in. Despite this, two of the six youngest drivers to start a formula one gp raced their first 30 or more years ago. Joey logano wins 2015 daytona 500 official site of nascar. Erik jones becomes youngest nascar camping world truck series. Jan 20, 2015 ranking the 10 best nascar drivers under 25 years old. Young drivers taking nascar by storm early in 2017. Feb 25, 2017 kaz grala survives a last lap wreck that took out multiple drivers to become the youngest driver to win at daytona.
Jones born may 30, 1996 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Sep 27, 2015 i did this interview earlier in 2015 and added in some of my driving so you could see a bit of what the racing is like. A waterbury 14yearold, jake higginson, is the youngest competitor ever in a nascar race. First driver to win sunoco rookie of the year in all three national nascar series. The 15 youngest stock car drivers in the history of the. Erik jones becomes youngest nascar truck series champion. March 25 today in jayskis nascar history page 6 of 24. The 2015 nascar camping world truck series was the 21st season of the nascar camping world truck series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by nascar in north america. He scored wins at texas, darlington and chicagoland speedway. The nascar next selection process includes input from industry executives, the monster energy nascar cup series drivers council and media members. Nascars 2015 season is just a couple of weeks away, and that means new, fresh challenges to history.
Macy causey is youngest in nascars nationwide drive for. Although late retirements have been the norm for nascar drivers, newer car. Aug 21, 20 joey logano was the youngest driver to win a nascar cup series race at 19 years, 35 days old. He was also the youngest to win a nationwide series race at 18 years, 21 days old. After brain surgery, waterbury teen becomes youngest nascar. Jan 01, 2019 during the 300lap snowball event, elliott bested cuplevel talent to become the youngest winner in the events history. Drivers must be between the ages of 1525, aspire to compete in the monster energy nascar cup series and show potential on and off the track to reach that goal. Jones delivered the championship after running two parttime seasons for kbm. Competing in nascars lower tiers, byron won the 2015 k. At just 29, logano is the youngest driver on this list and good bet to make the list in 2029. In 2014, chase elliott won the nascar nationwide series championship now known as the xfinity series, making him the first rookie to win a nascar national series championship and the youngest winner, as well. Led the series in wins 10, poles 5 and laps led 2,314. May 17, 2017 however, that was also the year when nascar driver kurt busch won the event, busch finished 6th.
Became youngest driver to win the daytona 500 in a hendrick motorsports 123 finish. Check out which rookie drivers have been able to score wins in their first. After brain surgery, waterbury teen becomes youngest. Three series champions, two of whom are the youngest in their respective nascar touring series. Since then, karam has made a few rookie mistakes in his indy 500 starts.
So come 2015, dillon will be running in a number of xfinity series races, along with his second fulltime. Dec 05, 2019 jeff gordon finished a decadebest third in the nascar cup standings in 2015. They managed to achieve unbelievable accolades at a young age. Seasoned drivers, like 2015 cup series champ kyle busch, already.
Texas motor speedway april 10, 2015 won pole and led 79 laps. Rookie tifft transitioning to racing in nascar cup series. History was made at homesteadmiami speedway, as 19yearold erik jones clinched the 2015 nascar camping world truck series championship by finishing 6th in the ford ecoboost 200. Xfinity series season when he became nascars youngestever national. Ranking the 10 best nascar drivers under 25 years old. William byron no fan of youngest label nascar talk nbc sports. To suggest that any player, athlete, coach or driver in any sport after just a few seasons is a lock to make the hall of fame is ridiculous. Sage karam indy 500 return youngest driver in the field. Where driving talent is concerned, these days it can burgeon at an indecently young age through the highly competitive ranks of karting. Twelve drivers announced as part of 201516 nascar next class.
Who is hailie deegan, the youngest female nascar racer. Mar 25, 2020 a penalty was also levied against driver kevin harvick for his actions in the pits following saturdays channellock 250 nascar busch series race at bristol motor speedway. Who is hailie deegan, the youngest female nascar racer insider. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1949 to red byron. Kaz grala survives a last lap wreck that took out multiple drivers to become the youngest driver to win at daytona.
There was no champagne flowing in the nascar camping world truck series championship friday night, simply because the new champion isnt of age yet. Kyle buschs meteoric rise into nascars history books hit a major landmark with his 200th national series victory in 2019. He will try to become the youngest driver since trevor bayne 20, 2011 in daytona history to win the sports most prestigious race. List of current cup drivers by age corrected close. Nascar whelen euro series elite 1 division drivers all statistics used in these tables are as of the end of the 2019 american festival nascar finals race. For those of you who thought like i initially did that morgan shepherd was the oldest driver in the daytona 500, morgan is the oldest driver to attempt to make the daytona 500 age 72 in 2014, but he didnt qualify. In both 2015 and 2016, sage karam finished 32nd in the indy 500, dnf.
Rookie monster energy nascar cup series driver matt tifft talks about his racing. Oct 07, 2015 yorktown teen among 22 drivers selected to attend evaluation at langley. Forty wins and 124 top10s in 148 nascar starts during their 2016 and 2017 seasons, to date. I did this interview earlier in 2015 and added in some of my driving so you could see a bit of what the racing is like. In order to create a playlist on sporcle, you need to verify the email address you used during registration.
Grala becomes youngest driver to win at daytona in wild. At such a young age, shes accomplished much more than most people her age. Jun 28, 2015 a waterbury 14yearold, jake higginson, is the youngest competitor ever in a nascar race. At years old, william clyde chase elliott ii of dawsonville, georgia was featured in sports illustrated as an upandcoming future star. Mooresville driver becomes youngest nascar winner by deb williams correspondent october 08, 2014 09. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
He is the youngest person to ever win the daytona 500, the largest event in nascar, doing so a day after his 20th birthday in 2011. Twentytwo drivers have three days to compete for a spot in the motorsport industrys top driver development program, the nascar drive for diversity d4d, set to commence at langley speedway in hampton, va. Logano was also the first nascar driver born in the 1990s that has competed in nascars three major divisions. The 2016 nascar whelen allamerican series rookie of the year and the 2015 snowball derby runnerup. The 6 youngest drivers to ever start a formula 1 race. Throughout nascars history, several drivers have stood out from the pack. The sanctioning body will take the part to its researchanddevelopment center in concord, north carolina, for further evaluation. Mooresville driver becomes youngest nascar winner charlotte. When ryan blaney won his first monster energy nascar cup series race last sunday at pocono raceway, he did so at the ripe old age of 23 years old which has to put him among the youngest winners. Custer became the youngest driver to win a race in nascar touring series history at 16 years, seven months and 28 days.
Records earned from 20092011 when the series was still called racecar euro series before nascar s acquisition of the series in 2012 will not be included to the statistics. This post was originally published on october 31, 2019. The youngest part time driver is trevor bayne, who is going to be. Stafford springsthe youngest driver ever to race in a nascarsanctioned event took to the track on friday evening. James hylton is the oldest driver to start any nascar series race at any track at age 76. Chase elliott driver stats hendrick motorsports team page. Ever wondered where your favorite driver stacks up on the age pendulum of sprint cup series drivers. Sep 15, 2017 a closer look at all 16 drivers who qualified for the monster energy nascar cup series playoffs, which begin sunday at chicagoland speedway. Jeff gordon to run final fulltime nascar season in 2015. Mar 25, 2020 kyle buschs meteoric rise into nascar s history books hit a major landmark with his 200th national series victory in 2019. Kyle busch motorsports driver erik jones youngest nascar truck series champion. He finished the 2015 ncwts season with three wins, five poles, 11 topfive finishes and 20 top10 finishes.
Erik jones becomes youngest nascar camping world truck. The 2015 nascar camping world truck series champion, he currently competes fulltime in the nascar cup series, driving the no. Joey logano was the youngest driver to win a nascar cup series race at 19 years, 35 days old. At age 20, the mexico city native became the youngest nascar peak mexico driver to win the series championship in 2015. Series schedule 2015, the drivers fiverace cup series debut 2015 and. With nascar on a temporary hiatus, news is going to be slow in the coming weeks. Browse through latest information on your favorite nascar cup drivers, including full biographies, latest news, highres photos and high quality videos. Here are the 15 youngest people to ever race in f1.
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