Matt DiBenedetto

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Matt DiBenedetto
DiBenedetto at Pocono Raceway in 2023
BornMatthew Guido DiBenedetto
(1991-07-27) July 27, 1991 (age 32)
Nevada City, California, U.S.
Awards2007 UARA-Stars Late Model Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
248 races run over 7 years
2021 position18th
Best finish13th (2020)
First race2015 CampingWorld.com 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2021 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 31 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
69 races run over 7 years
Car no., teamNo. 38 (RSS Racing/Viking Motorsports)
2019 position100th
Best finish21st (2014)
First race2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis)
Last race2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
43 races run over 2 years
2023 position10th
Best finish10th (2023)
First race2022 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last race2023 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
First win2022 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 19 0
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish62nd (2011)
First race2011 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic (Salem)
Last race2011 Federated Car Care 200 (Toledo)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
20 races run over 3 years
Best finish4th (2011)
First race2009 NASCAR Home Tracks 150 (Greenville-Pickens)
Last race2012 Pork Be Inspired 150 (Iowa)
First win2009 Tri-County 150 (Tri-County)
Last win2011 Army Strong 150 (Bowman Gray)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 14 4

Matthew Guido DiBenedetto (born July 27, 1991)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 38 Ford Mustang for Viking Motorsports through RSS Racing.

Prior to that, DiBenedetto competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for two years which included making the playoffs in 2023. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, ARCA Menards Series, and ARCA Menards Series East, as well as late model stocks, and winning the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway in 2004.

Racing career[edit]

Early career[edit]

DiBenedetto first showed an interest in auto racing after receiving a little league trophy around age 8. His father, Tony, who raced an Opel Manta in SCCA and IMSA in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noticed he preferred watching automobile racing on television over baseball.[2] DiBenedetto's father knew that another player on his son's little league team was competing in mini kart racing so he bought him a used kart which a young DiBenedetto drove to his first victory. He later moved up to the UARA-Stars series, racing late models.[3] In 2007, DiBenedetto's family sold all their equipment due to financial stress, from then on starting in 2008 Dibenedetto drove for Fat Head Racing Driver Development Program in the UARA-Stars as a teammate to Darrell Wallace Jr., Brennan Poole, and FHR team owner Jamie Yelton. There, he caught the attention of Joe Gibbs Racing, and later ran in the NASCAR Camping World East Series for them.[4]

Xfinity Series[edit]

Joe Gibbs Racing: 2009–2010, 2019[edit]

2010 Nationwide car at Road America

DiBenedetto made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in 2009 at the Memphis Motorsports Park and drove the No. 20 Pizza Ranch-sponsored Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. DiBenedetto raced part-time in the No. 20 car in 2010.

His first race of 2010 came at Nashville Speedway. DiBenedetto had a solid car and ran well all night. Eventually scoring a 10th-place finish. His next race came at Road America. While running 11th he had an axle problem due to running over the curbs too hard, and that led to him falling many laps down. DiBenedetto ran six races for Joe Gibbs in 2010, with two top-ten finishes.

Nine years after his last start in the series with JGR, he returned to the team in August 2019 for the Road America race.[5] He led the most laps and was in second position, when he spun off the track on the final lap at the final corner of the race.

Multiple teams: 2012–2016[edit]

After being forced out of K&N Pro Series East team X Team Racing due to lack of sponsorship, DiBenedetto then joined The Motorsports Group midway through 2012 and ran as a start and park driver for seven races finishing 79th in points.

In 2013, DiBenedetto joined Vision Racing to drive the No. 37 car part-time in the Nationwide Series[6] and also started and parked the few races he was in. Dibenedetto later looked back at the start-and-park time as valuable for the seat time it gave him, which paid off later in his career.[7]

During the 2014 season's Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona, DiBenedetto replaced Jeffrey Earnhardt in the No. 4 JD Motorsports Chevy during the first caution due to Earnhardt suffering a fractured collarbone in a motorcycle accident during the week.[8] For the second race he joined The Motorsports Group, where he start-and-parked the No. 46 Chevrolet for 12 races and raced the rest with the No. 40. He scored two top-15 place finishes at Road America and Mid-Ohio. DiBenedetto finished a career-high 21st in points.

In 2016, he made his return in the Xfinity Series driving the No. 10 Camry for TriStar Motorsports at Fontana, where he started 33rd and finished 40th after starting and parking. At the Fall Texas race, he crashed into the outside wall in turn 4 ending in a concussion and not racing in the Cup race the following day.

RSS Racing/Viking Motorsports: 2024[edit]

On March 20, 2024, it was announced that DiBenedetto will drive for Viking Motorsports for five races through the No. 38 entry with RSS Racing, starting at Richmond Raceway.[9]

Cup Series[edit]

BK Racing: 2015–2016[edit]

DiBenedetto at the 2015 Irwin Tools Night Race

DiBenedetto moved up to the Sprint Cup Series in 2015. He was originally intended to drive the No. 83 Dustless Blasting and No. 93 Toyotas for BK Racing on a part-time basis; he split the No. 83 during the year with Camping World Truck Series driver Johnny Sauter. After Sauter drove the No. 83 in the Daytona 500, DiBenedetto failed to qualify in his first two attempts at Atlanta and Las Vegas before finally qualifying for his Sprint Cup debut at Phoenix. When Sauter eventually decided not to race at any other Cup race after the Daytona 500, DiBenedetto took over the No. 83 full-time and declared for ROTY contention.

DiBenedetto's No. 83 at Martinsville Speedway in 2016

At Martinsville Speedway during a practice session, DiBenedetto was involved in an incident with three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart. The incident occurred when DiBenedetto tried to merge on the track behind Carl Edwards and the gap closed ahead of him. With Stewart fast approaching down the backstretch, DiBenedetto moved up the track in turn three to let Stewart pass. "When I got to (turn) three I didn't want to hold him up, so I just pulled up high and let him go by," DiBenedetto told Foxsports.com. "I got completely out of his way, but that wasn't enough. He tried to wreck me a few times, brake-checking me and flipping me off around the whole track." After the incident, DiBenedetto called Stewart "an arrogant prick".[10]

DiBenedetto's 2016 Cup car for BK Racing

DiBenedetto returned full-time with BK Racing in 2016, though he ran the No. 93 for the Daytona 500 since Michael Waltrip was in the No. 83 for the race.[11] At Daytona, DiBenedetto crashed with Chris Buescher on lap 92 in what Buescher called the "hardest hit of his career", though the two were not injured.[12] In the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, DiBenedetto finished sixth, a career-best at the time,[2] his first career top ten and the first for BK Racing since Travis Kvapil's eighth-place finish at the 2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.[13] He returned to the No. 93 for the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond while Dylan Lupton drove the No. 83,[14] while also driving the No. 93 at Talladega's Hellmann's 500[15] as Jeffrey Earnhardt was in the No. 83.[16] DiBenedetto missed the AAA Texas 500 after suffering a concussion during the previous day's Xfinity Series race[17] and was replaced by Earnhardt.[18] He was cleared to return at the following race in Phoenix.[19] For the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead, he drove the No. 49 to promote the video game NASCAR Heat Evolution's price change to $49.99.[20]

On December 8, 2016, DiBenedetto announced he had parted ways with BK Racing.[21] Two days later he announced that he would drive a single-car effort for Go Fas Racing in 2017.[22] Go Fas is one of the charter teams and as a result, DiBenedetto would make every race in the No. 32 Go Fas Racing Ford Fusion.

Go Fas Racing: 2017–2018[edit]

DiBenedetto in the No. 32 at the 2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350

In the 2017 Daytona 500, his first for Go Fas, DiBenedetto finished 9th for his second career top 10. Statistically, DiBenedetto has been Go Fas Racing's best driver since co-owner Frank Stoddard founding the team in 2011, with him picking up several top twenty and top thirty finishes. DiBenedetto had a great race in the 2017 Food City 500 when he picked up a top twenty finish, his best finish since Daytona. At the Monster Energy Open leading up to the All-Star Race, DiBenedetto drove a Reddit-sponsored car; he learned of the site when driver Josh Wise was voted into the 2014 All-Star Race by the community, who nearly voted DiBenedetto into the 2016 race.[23] The community then repeated their near-feat by having another close call in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race. After the campaign, DiBenedetto remained an active member of the community, interacting with its users in the NASCAR subreddit regularly.

At the 2017 Brickyard 400, DiBenedetto qualified near the back of the field. Despite this, he managed to avoid the late-race melee to pick up another top ten finish for the No. 32, finishing 8th. Soon after the race, DiBenedetto, crew chief Gene Nead, and Go Fas extended their contract to the 2018 season, allowing DiBenedetto to remain in the No. 32 for 2018.[24] However, Nead left for personal reasons in late February.[25]

Before the spring ISM race, DiBenedetto reached out on Twitter that his team has no sponsors for that race and needed a last-minute sponsor. Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Darrell Waltrip began to donate money to fund a sponsor, and the team later received Zynga Poker sponsorship.[26] Go Fas eventually launched #TeamBurrito, a program that allows fans to encourage businesses to sponsor the No. 32 car in exchange for various rewards.[27] Later that season, in July, at Daytona, DiBenedetto drove the No. 32 Zynga Poker Ford Fusion to another top ten finish, this time 7th, for the team's best finish.

On September 7, 2018, DiBenedetto announced that he will not be returning to Go Fas Racing in 2019. On October 10, it was announced that DiBenedetto signed a two-year contract with Leavine Family Racing to drive the No. 95 Toyota Camry starting in 2019.[28] The deal, which was a one-year contract with a possible extension, came after LFR failed to extend Kasey Kahne and after a deal with Daniel Hemric fell through to drive the No. 95 car.[4]

Leavine Family Racing: 2019[edit]

DiBenedetto's No. 95 car during the 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

In his first race with Leavine Family Racing, DiBenedetto nearly pulled off the victory at the 2019 Daytona 500. DiBenedetto took the lead midway in the race and led a race-high 49 laps before being collected in the Big One with less than 15 laps to go.[29]

For Sonoma Raceway's Toyota/Save Mart 350, DiBenedetto drove a Darrell Waltrip tribute scheme resembling his 1974 car; the race was Waltrip's final as a commentator for Fox NASCAR before his retirement.[30] In the race, DiBenedetto pitted off sequence, completing his stops before the two stages and again with 25 laps remaining to score a fourth-place finish.[31]

On August 15, 2019, DiBenedetto announced via Twitter that Leavine Family Racing had informed him that he would be dropped from the team following the 2019 season.[32] At the time of the announcement, DiBenedetto stood 23rd in the standings. Two days after the announcement, DiBenedetto led 93 laps at the Bristol Night Race, and appeared late in the final stage that he would finally get his first career win, but damage after contact with Ryan Newman would cause him to lose the position to Denny Hamlin with 11 laps to go. DiBenedetto would go on to earn a career-best second-place finish.[33] DiBenedetto scored zero wins, three top 5's, seven top 10's, led 152 laps, had an average finish of 18.3 and finished 22nd in the standings, all of which were career highs up to that point for DiBenedetto.

Wood Brothers Racing: 2020–2021[edit]

DiBenedetto's No. 21 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2021

On September 10, 2019, Wood Brothers Racing signed DiBenedetto to drive for the No. 21 Ford full-time for the 2020 season, following Paul Menard's announcement that he will retire from full-time racing after the 2019 season.[34][35] DiBenedetto started the season with a 19th place finish at the 2020 Daytona 500, but he rebounded a week later to tie a career-best second place finish at Las Vegas.[36] In the later weeks of the regular season, DiBenedetto battled with seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and William Byron for the final spots in the playoffs. DiBenedetto would ultimately qualify for his first playoffs when he finished 12th in the regular-season finale at Daytona and edged out Johnson for the 16th and last seed by six points.[37] He was eliminated following the third race of the opening round at Bristol.[38]

DiBenedetto tied his career-best finish of second the following week later at Las Vegas for the third time in his career and the second time in a row at the track; this time to Kurt Busch. The next week at Talladega, DiBenedetto would run in the top 15 for the majority of the day, and made heavy gambles on fuel mileage to get to the top five for most of the final ten laps, and would make the pass on Chase Elliott to get the race lead with two laps to go, before Bubba Wallace would trigger the Big One. On the final restart, DiBenedetto would hold his line and maintain the lead until turn 4 on the final lap, when a block he would make on William Byron would give Denny Hamlin enough room to pass him on the bottom lane, with Hamlin winning over DiBenedetto by only twenty-three one-thousandths of a second (.023). DiBenedetto would be penalized later for forcing Byron below the yellow-line, relegating him to a 21st place finish. He ended his first season with the Wood Brothers 13th in the final points standings with a career-high 11 top tens.

DiBenedetto returned to the Wood Brothers in 2021 in what would be his final season with the team as Harrison Burton would take over the No. 21 the following year.[39][40] He missed the Playoffs and finished 18th in the final standings, with a season high finish of 4th at Kansas.

Craftsman Truck Series[edit]

Rackley WAR: 2022–2023[edit]

DiBenedetto's No. 25 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

On January 6, 2022, Rackley W.A.R. announced that DiBenedetto would drive the No. 25 full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for 2022.[41]

At the NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona, in only his first Truck start, DiBenedetto dodged many wrecks en route to a tenth place finish, the second one ever for Rackley W.A.R.. He would follow with a sixth place finish at the Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 at Las Vegas. It was his second top ten in his second start, and the best finish ever for Rackley W.A.R. in the Truck series.[42]

DiBenedetto struggled the next few weeks falling out of the Top 10 in points with a 30th place at Atlanta Motor Speedway after hitting the wall on the first lap falling 11 laps down due to damage. He scored a 31st place finish the next week after running Top 10 late in the race before a rear gear failure ended it at Circuit of the Americas followed by a 15th place run at Martinsville Speedway then a 35th place finish at the 2022 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway after getting stuck together with Austin Wayne Self's truck. He fell 2 laps down with a flat tire during the 2022 Dead On Tools 200 at Darlington Raceway but got back on the lead lap scoring 10th before he was sent back to 11th when Matt Crafton's penalty was appealed. He finished 7th at Kansas Speedway followed by a 10th at Texas Motor Speedway scoring his 4th Top 10 of the season. He would go on to score 2 more Top 10 finishes at Gateway International Raceway and Sonoma Raceway. In the 2022 Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, DiBenedetto was running in the Top 10 when ThorSport Racing driver Ty Majeski took Matt and 2 other trucks 4 wide coming into Turn 3 causing him and the 2 other trucks to crash ending DiBenedetto's day and putting him in a must win to make the playoffs. DiBenedetto after being interviewed was unhappy and said "Some of these guys race with such disrespect." On July 23, Rackley WAR announced that DiBenedetto would return to the No. 25 for the 2023 season.[43] On October 1, DiBenedetto achieved his first national series win in the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. DiBenedetto would finish the year 13th in the standings. [44]

DiBenedetto started off the 2023 season getting caught up in 2 wrecks at the 2023 NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona finishing 20th followed by a 12th place finish in the 2023 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He would rebound at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the 2023 Fr8Auctions 208 with 6th but would struggle, finishing in the Top 10 only twice in the next 6 races. He would then go on to finish in the Top 10 6 times in a row starting at the 2023 Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Despite finishing 17th in the 2023 Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond Raceway, DiBenedetto was able to qualify for the 2023 Truck Series Playoffs. On August 30, it was announced that DiBenedetto would be leaving Rackley WAR after the 2023 season.[45] DiBenedetto was eliminated from the playoffs at Kansas. After the Bristol night race, Rackley WAR removed DiBenedetto from the team and announced plans for a replacement driver for the final three races of the season. Prior to this announcement, DiBenedetto had stated that he was "exploring all options in all series."[46]

Personal life[edit]

DiBenedetto was born in Nevada City, California, to parents Sandy and Tony DiBenedetto, and raised in Grass Valley, California. He has three siblings, Austin, Katie, Kelley. Austin is a member of the United States Air Force.

In 2015, DiBenedetto married his childhood friend Taylor Carswell. They currently reside in Hickory, North Carolina. They own a dog named Brian.

In 2018, he made a cameo in the television series Lethal Weapon (S2, E13) as a character named Carl Edwards, which DiBenedetto noted was coincidental and not a nod to the driver of the same name.[47]

In 2021, DiBenedetto was baptized by fellow Cup Series driver Michael McDowell.[48]

Motorsports career results[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Cup Series[edit]

NASCAR Cup Series results
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 NCSC Pts Ref
2015 BK Racing 83 Toyota DAY ATL
DNQ
LVS
DNQ
PHO
35
CAL
42
MAR
31
TEX
34
BRI
21
RCH
37
TAL
18
KAN
25
CLT
34
DOV
32
POC
32
MCH
39
SON
29
DAY
26
KEN
42
NHA
35
IND
32
POC
29
GLN
26
MCH
30
BRI
33
DAR
25
RCH
36
CHI
39
NHA
30
DOV
34
CLT
29
KAN
30
TAL
40
MAR
30
TEX
35
PHO
28
HOM
37
35th 399 [49]
2016 93 DAY
40
RCH
37
TAL
27
MAR
32
35th 386 [50]
83 ATL
29
LVS
31
PHO
20
CAL
27
MAR
29
TEX
34
BRI
6
RCH
30
TAL
36
KAN
30
DOV
40
CLT
32
POC
40
MCH
34
SON
31
DAY
33
KEN
38
NHA
31
IND
40
POC
28
GLN
34
BRI
17
MCH
32
DAR
26
CHI
30
NHA
28
DOV
27
CLT
25
KAN
24
TEX
INQ
PHO
25
49 HOM
27
2017 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford DAY
9
ATL
28
LVS
26
PHO
29
CAL
29
MAR
35
TEX
31
BRI
19
RCH
28
TAL
18
KAN
32
CLT
37
DOV
29
POC
32
MCH
28
SON
23
DAY
13
KEN
25
NHA
30
IND
8
POC
37
GLN
28
MCH
26
BRI
26
DAR
27
RCH
31
CHI
31
NHA
31
DOV
31
CLT
23
TAL
31
KAN
22
MAR
39
TEX
25
PHO
27
HOM
30
32nd 363 [51]
2018 DAY
27
ATL
31
LVS
22
PHO
25
CAL
31
MAR
32
TEX
16
BRI
21
RCH
16
TAL
19
DOV
29
KAN
22
CLT
37
POC
37
MCH
36
SON
17
CHI
29
DAY
7
KEN
37
NHA
28
POC
27
GLN
33
MCH
24
BRI
22
DAR
38
IND
36
LVS
24
RCH
34
ROV
13
DOV
27
TAL
30
KAN
23
MAR
36
TEX
38
PHO
21
HOM
26
29th 368 [52]
2019 Leavine Family Racing 95 Toyota DAY
28*
ATL
26
LVS
21
PHO
28
CAL
18
MAR
20
TEX
26
BRI
12
RCH
24
TAL
31
DOV
20
KAN
36
CLT
39
POC
17
MCH
21
SON
4
CHI
27
DAY
8
KEN
16
NHA
5
POC
17
GLN
6
MCH
20
BRI
2*
DAR
8
IND
18
LVS
21
RCH
14
ROV
11
DOV
7
TAL
30
KAN
15
MAR
16
TEX
14
PHO
13
HOM
20
22nd 699 [53]
2020 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY
19
LVS
2
CAL
13
PHO
13
DAR
14
DAR
9
CLT
17
CLT
15
BRI
31
ATL
25
MAR
7
HOM
14
TAL
26
POC
13
POC
6
IND
19
KEN
3
TEX
17
KAN
36
NHA
6
MCH
15
MCH
7
DRC
15
DOV
20
DOV
17
DAY
12
DAR
21
RCH
17
BRI
19
LVS
2
TAL
21
ROV
22
KAN
12
TEX
8
MAR
10
PHO
8
13th 2249 [54]
2021 DAY
33
DRC
37
HOM
28
LVS
16
PHO
14
ATL
11
BRD
13
MAR
12
RCH
9
TAL
5
KAN
4
DAR
19
DOV
24
COA
23
CLT
18
SON
23
NSH
24
POC
32
POC
18
ROA
10
ATL
9
NHA
11
GLN
11
IRC
5
MCH
6
DAY
25
DAR
23
RCH
18
BRI
10
LVS
12
TAL
35
ROV
6
TEX
13
KAN
23
MAR
15
PHO
12
18th 775 [55]
– Replaced by Jeffrey Earnhardt
Daytona 500[edit]
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2016 BK Racing Toyota 20 40
2017 Go Fas Racing Ford 25 9
2018 36 27
2019 Leavine Family Racing Toyota 9 28*
2020 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 16 19
2021 23 33

Xfinity Series[edit]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 NXSC Pts Ref
2009 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM
14
TEX PHO HOM 124th 121 [56]
2010 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH
10
KEN ROA
29
NHA DAY CHI GTY
29
IRP
31
IOW
9
GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY
24
TEX PHO HOM 64th 585 [57]
2012 The Motorsports Group 46 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV
42
GLN
41
79th 21 [58]
47 MCH
41
ROA
41
KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW
41
CGV
40
BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN
41
DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2013 Vision Racing 37 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT
DNQ
DOV
39
IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI
39
IND
DNQ
IOW GLN MOH BRI
37
ATL
33
RCH
37
CHI 67th 31 [59]
The Motorsports Group 46 Chevy KEN
36
DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM
2014 Vision Racing 37 Dodge DAY
DNQ
21st 369 [60]
The Motorsports Group 46 Chevy PHO
38
LVS
38
BRI
39
CAL
37
TEX
39
DAR
38
RCH
37
TAL
39
DOV
39
MCH
DNQ
KEN
40
DAY
DNQ
NHA
40
IND
39
40 IOW
25
CLT ROA
11
CHI
34
IOW
30
GLN
32
MOH
13
BRI
19
ATL
26
RCH
26
CHI
27
KEN
26
DOV
30
KAN
16
CLT
36
TEX
31
PHO
24
HOM
38
JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
RL
NHA
RL
2016 TriStar Motorsports 10 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL
40
BRI
40
RCH TAL DOV
38
CLT
40
POC
40
MCH
40
IOW DAY KEN
40
NHA
40
IND
38
IOW GLN MOH BRI
40
ROA DAR
40
RCH
40
CHI
40
KEN DOV
40
CLT
DNQ
PHO
40
HOM
40
107th 01 [61]
MBM Motorsports 13 Toyota TEX
32
TriStar Motorsports 14 Toyota KAN
11
TEX
36
2019 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
27*
DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 100th 01 [62]
2024 RSS Racing 38 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH
MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -*
– Relieved Jeffrey Earnhardt

Craftsman Truck Series[edit]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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 NCTC Pts Ref
2016 Athenian Motorsports 05 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA
PC
LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM N/A [63]
2022 Rackley WAR 25 Chevy DAY
10
LVS
6
ATL
30
COA
31
MAR
15
BRD
35
DAR
11
KAN
7
TEX
10
CLT
17
GTW
6
SON
10
KNX
14
NSH
31
MOH
19
POC
12
IRP
11
RCH
17
KAN
12
BRI
27
TAL
1
HOM
19
PHO
22
13th 521 [64]
2023 DAY
20
LVS
12
ATL
6
COA
29
TEX
32
BRD
10
MAR
7
KAN
29
DAR
25
NWS
3
CLT
8
GTW
6
NSH
7
MOH
8
POC
10
RCH
17
IRP
10
MLW
27
KAN
3
BRI
10
TAL HOM PHO 10th 2102 [65]
– Practiced for John Wes Townley

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East[edit]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2009 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota GRE
10
TRI
1*
IOW SBO NHA
1*
TMP
3
ADI LRP
16
NHA DOV
11
14th 1099 [66]
Chevy GLN
5
2011 X Team Racing 15 Toyota GRE
5
SBO
2
RCH
10
IOW
13
BGS
1**
JFC
2
LGY
4
NHA
27
COL
4
GRE
10
NHA
4
DOV
22
4th 1741 [67]
2012 Hattori Racing Enterprises 01 Toyota BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW
20
NHA DOV GRE CAR 72nd 24 [68]

ARCA Racing Series[edit]

(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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ARSC Pts Ref
2011 Hattori Racing Enterprises 14 Toyota DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM
6
KAN TOL
12
62nd 370 [69]

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