Michael McDowell
McDowell at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2023
BornMichael Christopher McDowell
(1984-12-21) December 21, 1984
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Achievements2004 Star Mazda Championship Champion
2021 Daytona 500 Winner
2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Winner
Awards2007 ARCA Re/MAX Series Rookie of the Year
2003 Star Mazda Championship Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
453 races run over 16 years
Car no., teamNo. 34 (Front Row Motorsports)
2023 position15th
Best finish15th (2023)
First race2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 (Martinsville)
Last race2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2021 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last win2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis G.P.)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 36 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
94 races run over 9 years
2016 position93rd
Best finish13th (2009)
First race2007 O'Reilly Challenge (Texas)
Last race2016 Road America 180 (Road America)
First win2016 Road America 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 20 2
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2009 position111th
Best finish111th (2009)
First race2007 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2009 Heluva Good! 200 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
28 races run over 2 years
Best finish2nd (2007)
First race2006 Governor's Cup 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race2007 Hantz Group 200 (Toledo)
First win2007 WLWT Channel 5 150 (Kentucky)
Last win2007 Hantz Group 300 (Toledo)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 18 9
Champ Car career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish21st (2005)
First race2005 Lexmark Indy 300 (Surfers Paradise)
Last race2005 Gran Premio Telmex Tecate (Mexico City)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 13, 2023.

Michael Christopher McDowell (born December 21, 1984)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 34 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports. He has also raced in open-wheel and sports cars.

McDowell began his career in open-wheel cars, which included competing in Formula Renault and Champ Car, and in sports cars like the Rolex Sports Car Series and 24 Hours of Daytona. He moved to stock car racing in 2006 and his first Cup Series season came in 2008, the latter of which saw him attract attention for a violent qualifying crash at Texas Motor Speedway. However, after losing his ride at Michael Waltrip Racing, much of McDowell's Cup career in the following years was with smaller teams, oftentimes as a start and park driver. McDowell did not run full-time in the Cup Series again until 2017 with Leavine Family Racing when he ran all 36 races. McDowell joined his current employer Front Row in 2018 and has raced full-time for the team ever since. He won the 2021 Daytona 500 with FRM, McDowell's first-ever win in the Cup Series. He also has a win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2016.

Early career

McDowell started his career at the age of three racing BMX bicycles. He would always win his division because there were not any other three or four year olds to compete against. At the start of each race, someone would have to hold him in the starting gate because his feet did not reach the ground. Then, when McDowell was eight years old, he moved to karting with help from his mother Tracy, his father Bill, and his older brother Billy, who were all avid race fans. After ten years in karts, he would win not only the World Karting Association championship, but he would also take back to back International Kart Federation championships, along with 18 consecutive feature wins.

Open wheel

From karts, McDowell moved into Formula Renault with World Speed Motorsports in 2002 and won the Infineon Raceway, Las Vegas, and Firebird International Raceway events in his rookies season. Moving up the ladder, McDowell would move to the Star Mazda Series in 2003. He took victories at Sebring and Road America en route to a runner-up finish in the points. McDowell won seven races in 2004 en route to winning the series championship. McDowell would be picked up by Champ Car team Rocketsports for Surfer's Paradise and Mexico City, but decided to move on in 2005 to the Grand-Am Cup Series.

Grand-Am

During his run for the Star Mazda Championship, McDowell met businessman Rob Finlay at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, where McDowell was an instructor. McDowell and Finlay soon established a partnership, and McDowell would drive his first sports car, a Porsche 996 in the Grand-Am Cup Series for Finlay Motorsports. In 2005, McDowell would stay at Finlay, but moved up to the Rolex Sports Car Series, joining veteran Memo Gidley in a BMW powered Riley sponsored by the Make A Wish Foundation. Together, they finished sixth in the overall points and took the team's first victory at Mexico City. McDowell made history by becoming the youngest driver to stand on the podium for a Grand-Am race at Barber Motorsports Park, and became the first driver since Mario Andretti to compete in both an open-wheel race and a sports car race in the same weekend. McDowell would also drive the team's No. 60 BMW M3 in the Grand-Am Cup series to a podium finish at Daytona International Speedway. McDowell would stick with Finlay for 2006 and was again partnered with Gidley. The duo would improve to fourth in points despite being winless. McDowell also drove a No. 15 Ford Mustang with owner Finlay, driving the car to a win at Barber Motorsports Park. He would cap off his Grand-Am year with a second-place finish at Miller Motorsports Park.

McDowell returned to the series for the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona, driving for Michael Shank Racing with drivers Jorge Goncalvez, Felipe Nasr, and Gastavo Yacamán. The four drivers would end up finishing third.[2][3]

ARCA

ARCA RE/MAX Series owner Eddie Sharp put McDowell behind the wheel of his No. 2 Dodge for five races of the 2006 season, starting with the Governor's Cup 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, where he scored a 34th-place finish. McDowell finished in sixth place at Salem, fifth at Talladega, and fourth at Iowa. McDowell returned to ESR to run the full schedule for Rookie of the Year honors in 2007. McDowell was involved in controversy at Toledo Speedway when his ESR teammate, Ken Butler III spun him late in the race. Butler would take his first win while McDowell would rally for a top ten finish. McDowell got his first stock car win at Kentucky Speedway. He followed that up with wins at Pocono, Chicagoland, and the season finale at Toledo. Although McDowell was in contention for the ARCA Re/Max Series championship all season, he was unable to pose a serious threat to Frank Kimmel for Kimmel's ninth championship. McDowell scored a second-place finish in the points along with Rookie of the Year honors, as well as scoring nine pole positions during the season. As McDowell moved to NASCAR, his ESR ride was taken over by former Formula One driver Scott Speed.

NASCAR

2007–2008

McDowell made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series. Driving the No. 17 for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, McDowell qualified 29th and finish 30th after a late wreck. McDowell moved to the Busch Series as a developmental driver for Nextel Cup Series team Michael Waltrip Racing. Driving the No. 00 Toyota, McDowell drove at Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead, finishing respectively 20th, 14th, and 32nd.

McDowell was chosen to drive the No. 00 Cup Series car in 2008 after Dale Jarrett's retirement; David Reutimann replaced Jarrett in the No. 44 UPS-sponsored car. McDowell started 34th and finished 26th in his Sprint Cup debut, the Goody's Cool Orange 500, after a flat tire near the end of the race. After the race, he was criticized by veteran driver Jeff Burton for having blocked Burton's way to leader Denny Hamlin near the end of the race (McDowell was racing for the Lucky Dog free pass, which Burton did not realize at the time of his comments). In early August 2008, McDowell was pulled from the No. 00 Toyota Camry Sprint Cup car in favor of veteran NASCAR driver Mike Skinner for three races. Skinner helped evaluate the team's progress, while trying to get the No. 00 into the Top 35 in owner points, though McDowell returned to the ride at Richmond on September 6, 2008. McDowell was again pulled from the No. 00 Toyota Camry when he failed to qualify for the Camping World RV 400 at Kansas on September 28. McDowell's contract was not renewed by MWR for 2009 when Michael Waltrip decided not to retire and the team did not have a sponsorship for another car.

Crash at Texas Motor Speedway

Panorama of McDowell's crash in sequence at Texas Motor Speedway
McDowell's car on the tow truck after the crash

While performing a qualifying attempt for the 2008 Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 4, 2008, McDowell had an accident that was strikingly similar to that of another racer with a road-racing background; Gordon Smiley (who died in a crash during Indianapolis 500 time trials in 1982). McDowell's right front sway bar broke entering Turn 1, which caused the car to hit the SAFER barrier almost head-on at approximately 185 miles per hour (298 km/h), according to data obtained and reported by SPEED channel (185 mph to zero mph in one foot, as reported by SPEED's Bob Dillner, before accelerating in the other direction). The car spun around once while tipping onto its roof, and then barrel-rolled eight times with fire coming out of the engine compartment, shedding debris in all directions, until coming to a stop back onto its tires.[4] A large, dark impact mark was seen on the SAFER barrier, which showed how hard the car hit the barrier, which had to be repaired (the barrier moved inward when the car hit it), and as a result, qualifying for the race was delayed by an hour. The safety features of the barrier, the HANS device and the Car of Tomorrow racecar protected him.[4] Because of this, he walked away from the crash without injury, and waved to the stunned crowd.[4] Since his old car was destroyed, he had to switch to a backup car, and ended up starting at the rear of the field in the race.

2009

McDowell's 2009 No. 47 Nationwide car

In 2009, McDowell drove a part-time schedule for JTG Daugherty Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. On February 25, 2009, McDowell's first child, Trace Christopher, was born, named after Michael's late mother, Tracy. The baby boy was 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and born at 7:00 a.m. McDowell next attempted the April 2009 race at Talladega for Prism Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series, as a regular driver Dave Blaney had a family obligation. After JTG Daugherty Racing ran out of sponsorship support after the second race at Daytona International Speedway, it was announced that he would drive the next two races for MacDonald Motorsports. He also competed in several races with Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 36 Toyota Camry. McDowell remained in the top 10 for most of the season. McDowell also competed in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009 for ThorSport Motorsports driving the No. 98 Chevy Silverado.

2010–2011

In 2010, McDowell started the season for Prism Motorsports. He drove the No. 55 car, then moved to the No. 46 team of Whitney Motorsports. In 2011, McDowell drove the No. 66 Toyota for HP Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. JGR also added the Bucyrus 200 at Road America to McDowell's schedule, leaving open the possibility of more races added. McDowell also drove one race for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series at Texas after NASCAR parked Kyle Busch following his actions at a Truck Series event.

2012–2013

McDowell's 2013 Sprint Cup car

In 2012, McDowell ran the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Nationwide Series car in select races, and competed in the Sprint Cup Series for Phil Parsons Racing (formerly HP Racing) full-time; the team secured full sponsorship for the first five races of the season.[5] It formed a partnership with Whitney Motorsports and Mike Curb to field McDowell's car, which carried the No. 98.[6]

In the 2013 Daytona 500, McDowell recorded a then-career high 9th-place finish.[7] Later in the season in the Nationwide Series, McDowell won the pole for the inaugural Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio.[8] McDowell finished 2nd behind A. J. Allmendinger.[9]

2014

In October 2013, it was announced that McDowell would be moving to Leavine Family Racing's No. 95 Ford for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.[10] McDowell failed to qualify for the 2014 Daytona 500.[11] McDowell had a Sprint Cup career-best seventh-place finish in the Coke Zero 400.[12]

In the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, on lap 64, Greg Biffle came up on Ryan Newman's front bumper, turning him into the outside retaining wall. His car ricocheted off the wall into McDowell's path where Newman barely clipped McDowell in the right rear of his car, and with the force of the impact, the rear end housing was snapped, causing him to get airborne. The car bounced twice in the air before it hit the wall. His housing was forced into the wall. The race was red-flagged, though both drivers were unharmed.

2015–2016

McDowell racing during his first NASCAR win at Road America

McDowell returned to the LFR No. 95 car for a 20-race schedule in 2015. The team merged with Circle Sport in 2016 and switched to Chevrolet, with McDowell splitting the schedule with Ty Dillon with sponsorship from Thrivent Financial, Cheerios, and WRL Contractors among others.[13] The season started with McDowell placing 15th in the 2016 Daytona 500, a best for LFR in the Great American Race. McDowell was able to get a 10th-place finish in the 2016 Coke Zero 400, his best finish of the season so far. At the end of the season at Homestead, McDowell drove the No. 59 Chevrolet after CSLFR purchased a charter from the closing Tommy Baldwin Racing. McDowell ran decent all night and towards the end, he was able to avoid the big wreck involving Championship contender Carl Edwards and was able to get a 10th-place finish, his first non restrictor plate top 10 finish.

McDowell drove for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 2 Rheem Chevrolet in a one-race deal at Road America which got McDowell his first NASCAR victory. McDowell led the final 24 laps en route to the win.

2017

McDowell's No. 95 at Dover International Speedway in 2017

McDowell returned to Leavine Family Racing's No. 95 Chevrolet in 2017. He started the season with a 15th-place finish in the Daytona 500. At Kansas, McDowell scored a season-best 13th-place finish. At Dover, McDowell scored his third straight top-20 finish, a career first, when he finished 19th upon avoiding a last-lap crash. At Daytona for the Coke Zero 400, McDowell spent most of the race towards the front and competed late for the win, as he was in second place on the last lap before ending the race with a career-best 4th-place finish, his first career top-five finish. It was also the best finishing result for Leavine Family Racing as a team.

McDowell completed 99 percent of the laps in 2017, the most among any full-time driver in the Cup Series that season, and finished a career-best 26th in the standings. It would be his final season with LFR.

2018

On September 19, 2017, Leavine announced Kasey Kahne would be replacing McDowell in the No. 95 car for the 2018 season.[14] On November 24, 2017, Front Row Motorsports announced that McDowell would drive their No. 34 car full-time in 2018, replacing Landon Cassill.[15] In the first race of the season, McDowell raced up front late and finished 9th in the 2018 Daytona 500, his fifth straight top-15 finish at Daytona (and third top ten in the last four races at the track) and tied his career-best finish in the race. McDowell would have a strong run in the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 leading 20 laps, a career-best, and would finish second in stage 2 behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Unfortunately with 7 laps to go McDowell would crash out of the race and finish 26th. McDowell would later tie his best finish in the cup series points standings of 26th after leading laps at his final race of the season in Homestead.

2019

McDowell practicing at Pocono in 2019

In 2019, McDowell returned to the No. 34 car for Front Row Motorsports. McDowell's longtime sponsor K-Love took a year-long break from being a primary sponsor of his car. In the 2019 Daytona 500, the first race of the season, he qualified in 34th and finished in 5th, which would become his career-best finish in the Daytona 500 as well as his second-best finish in a Cup Series race. After the race, 2018 champion Joey Logano confronted McDowell for not helping him win the Daytona 500, in which McDowell stated, "My team doesn't pay me to push you."[16] During qualifying for the 2019 TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway, McDowell had an on-track incident with Daniel Suárez, which resulted in a fight on pit road.[17]

Two days before the 2019 Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, McDowell was rushed to the hospital after complaining of abdominal failure. He was cleared to race after passing kidney stones during the examination.[18] McDowell would go on to run up front in the 1000bulbs.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, and even had a chance to win the race being in third place on the final lap of the race, and would finish 5th, capturing his second top 5 of 2019, the first time he would have multiple top 5s in a single cup series season in his career.

2020

On December 12, 2019, Front Row Motorsports announced that McDowell would return to the No. 34 for the 2020 season.[19] McDowell started the year off with a 14th-place finish in the 2020 Daytona 500, his fifth consecutive top 15 in the Daytona 500 and his 8th top 15 in his last 9 Daytona races. McDowell would go on to qualify 3rd for the second Charlotte race due to the random draw and McDowell has boomed onto the scene since coming off of NASCAR's break. McDowell would capture an 8th-place finish at Pocono and following a DNF, a 7th-place finish at Indianapolis, marking the first time in his career he earned two top 10s two weeks in a row. McDowell would set a career-best for most top 15s in a season in just 16 races with 6 and has finished higher than his qualifying efforts 15 of his 20 starts. In his first 20 starts, McDowell had more lead lap finishes than the likes of Kyle Busch, Erik Jones, Jimmie Johnson, William Byron, Alex Bowman, and Ryan Blaney, finishing on the lead lap 15 of the first 20 races that season. During the All-Star Open at Bristol Motor Speedway, McDowell would win the pole and run up front most of the day before an on-track incident with driver Bubba Wallace which led to an angry interview from Wallace, as well as leaving the front bumper of his car by McDowell's garage. McDowell and Wallace later set aside their differences and along with McDowell's sponsor carparts.com, used the front bumper to raise over $34,000 for multiple charities including Victory Junction, and eventually gave away the front bumper to a fan. McDowell would capture his first top 10 finish on a road course in his career at the Daytona road course and would earn his new best career points standings finish in the cup series in 23rd. It was announced a month before the 2021 season started that McDowell had signed a one-year contract extension with FRM to return to the 34 for the following season.

2021: Daytona 500 win and first playoff appearance

McDowell celebrating after winning the 2021 Daytona 500

McDowell remained in FRM's No. 34 for a fourth year in 2021.[20] He won the season-opening Daytona 500 after avoiding a crash involving the leaders Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski on the final lap.[21] Before his big victory, McDowell had one of the longest streaks of races before his first win. It was his first Cup Series win in his 358th start, second only to Michael Waltrip, whose first win came in his 463rd start. He would go on to finish the first 3 races of the season inside the top 10. McDowell also nearly won at Talladega in the spring, finishing a close third behind Keselowski and Byron. McDowell would follow this performance by a strong 7th-place finish at the inaugural cup series race at Circuit of the Americas after early contact with Martin Truex Jr. McDowell's win at Daytona locked him into the All-Star Race and the NASCAR playoffs for the first time in his 14-year cup series career. McDowell was eliminated from the playoffs following the conclusion of the Round of 16 at Bristol.[22] He finished the season with one win, two top-fives, five top-tens, an average finish of 20.5, and finished 16th in the points standings.[23]

2022

McDowell’s No. 34 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

McDowell started the 2022 season with a seventh place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He scored seven top-10 finishes during the regular season. On July 26, crew chief Blake Harris was suspended for four races and fined US$100,000 for an L2 Penalty during post-race inspection after the 2022 M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono. The penalty came under Sections 14.1 C, D and Q and 14.5 A and B in the NASCAR Rule Book, both of which pertain to the body and overall vehicle assembly rules surrounding modification of a single-source supplied part. In addition, the No. 34 team was docked 100 driver and owner points and 10 playoff points.[24]

2023: Return to the playoffs

McDowell after winning the 2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard

McDowell began the 2023 season with a 28th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. He dominated the Indianapolis road race, landing him in the playoffs and earning him his second career win.[25] He was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 16.[26]

Personal life

McDowell is married to Jami and they have five children, Trace, Emma, Rylie, Lucas and Isabella.[27] McDowell is a Christian.[28]

McDowell and Justin Marks currently own a karting facility called the GoPro Motorplex, located 30 miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility opened in October 2012 and is inspired by another karting track located in Parma, Italy.[29]

Images

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel series

(key)

Champ Car

Champ Car results
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref
2005 Rocketsports Racing LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LVS SRF
12		 MXC
11		 21st 19 [30]

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

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
2008 Michael Waltrip Racing 00 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR
26		 TEX
33		 PHO
34		 TAL
26		 RCH
40		 DAR
28		 CLT
32		 DOV
30		 POC
27		 MCH
37		 SON
21		 NHA
42		 DAY
25		 CHI
43		 IND
34		 POC
24		 GLN
25		 MCH BRI CAL RCH
20		 NHA
27		 DOV
29		 KAN
DNQ		 TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 40th 1466 [31]
2009 Prism Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL
DNQ		 RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL 52nd 326 [32]
Tommy Baldwin Racing 36 Toyota RCH
41		 NHA
41		 DOV
38		 KAN
DNQ		 CAL
40		 CLT
DNQ		 MAR
41		 TAL TEX
41		 PHO
41		 HOM
43
2010 Prism Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY
33		 CAL
42		 LVS
42		 ATL
42		 BRI MAR
43		 RCH
DNQ		 DAR
40		 DOV
42		 CLT
42		 POC
39		 MCH SON NHA
41		 DAY
DNQ		 CHI
DNQ		 IND
42		 POC
43		 GLN
42		 MCH
42		 BRI
43		 45th 870 [33]
66 PHO
43		 TEX
41		 TAL
Whitney Motorsports 46 Chevy ATL
39		 KAN
40		 CAL
39		 CLT
39		 MAR
DNQ		 TAL
35		 TEX
DNQ		 PHO
DNQ		 HOM
DNQ
Dodge RCH
DNQ		 NHA
43		 DOV
39
2011 HP Racing 66 Toyota DAY
DNQ		 PHO
41		 LVS
41		 BRI
43		 CAL
43		 MAR
32		 TEX
40		 TAL
DNQ		 RCH
40		 DAR
43		 DOV
43		 CLT
39		 KAN
41		 POC
41		 MCH
43		 SON
30		 DAY
42		 KEN
41		 NHA
40		 IND
37		 POC GLN
41		 MCH BRI
39		 ATL
41		 RCH
39		 CHI
43		 NHA
37		 DOV
40		 KAN
39		 CLT
39		 TAL
40		 MAR
39		 TEX
QL†		 PHO
40		 HOM
43		 36th 139 [34]
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota TEX
33
2012 Phil Parsons Racing 98 Ford DAY
30		 PHO
43		 LVS
38		 BRI
31		 CAL
38		 MAR
40		 TEX
41		 KAN
40		 RCH
39		 TAL
43		 DAR
DNQ		 CLT
36		 DOV
42		 POC
34		 MCH
38		 SON KEN
38		 DAY
43		 NHA
40		 IND
DNQ		 POC GLN
37		 MCH BRI
23		 ATL
DNQ		 RCH
41		 CHI
43		 NHA
37		 DOV
38		 TAL
31		 CLT
31		 KAN
43		 MAR
39		 TEX
38		 PHO
38		 HOM
41		 37th 187 [35]
2013 DAY
9		 PHO
Wth		 LVS
43		 BRI
42		 CAL
42		 MAR
43		 TEX
43		 KAN
42		 RCH
41		 TAL
21		 DAR
42		 CLT
42		 DOV
42		 POC
40		 MCH
42		 SON KEN
38		 DAY
42		 NHA
42		 IND
32		 POC
40		 BRI
41		 ATL
42		 RCH
43		 CHI
43		 DOV
43		 KAN
38		 CLT
40		 TAL
15		 MAR
26		 TEX
43		 PHO
32		 HOM
43		 37th 210 [36]
Front Row Motorsports 35 Ford GLN
38		 MCH
HScott Motorsports 51 Chevy NHA
30
2014 Leavine Family Racing 95 Ford DAY
DNQ		 PHO
33		 LVS
43		 BRI
37		 CAL MAR
37		 TEX
30		 DAR RCH
DNQ		 TAL
36		 KAN CLT
30		 DOV POC MCH SON
24		 KEN DAY
7		 NHA IND
26		 POC GLN
42		 MCH BRI
18		 ATL
DNQ		 RCH CHI
32		 NHA DOV KAN
35		 CLT
29		 TAL
41		 MAR TEX
30		 PHO
31		 HOM
21		 37th 255 [37]
2015 DAY
31		 ATL
27		 LVS
30		 PHO CAL MAR TEX
31		 BRI
22		 RCH TAL
DNQ		 KAN
36		 CLT
30		 DOV POC MCH SON
34		 DAY
DNQ		 KEN
DNQ		 NHA IND
31		 POC GLN
20		 MCH BRI
31		 DAR RCH
42		 CHI
DNQ		 NHA DOV CLT
31		 KAN TAL
28		 MAR TEX
34		 PHO HOM
33		 39th 213 [38]
2016 Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing 59 Chevy DAY
15		 HOM
10		 30th 500 [39]
95 ATL
33		 LVS
29		 PHO
26		 CAL
31		 MAR
24		 TEX BRI
29		 RCH
31		 TAL
21		 KAN
28		 DOV
20		 CLT
34		 POC MCH SON
39		 DAY
10		 KEN NHA
39		 IND
23		 POC
23		 GLN
17		 BRI
19		 MCH
31		 DAR
27		 RCH
12		 CHI
37		 NHA
26		 DOV CLT
14		 KAN
22		 TAL
16		 MAR
18		 TEX
23		 PHO
34
2017 Leavine Family Racing DAY
15		 ATL
29		 LVS
18		 PHO
24		 CAL
33		 MAR
26		 TEX
23		 BRI
26		 RCH
29		 TAL
34		 KAN
13		 CLT
19		 DOV
19		 POC
24		 MCH
23		 SON
14		 DAY
4		 KEN
23		 NHA
26		 IND
18		 POC
18		 GLN
12		 MCH
27		 BRI
20		 DAR
19		 RCH
16		 CHI
30		 NHA
23		 DOV
27		 CLT
35		 TAL
30		 KAN
18		 MAR
19		 TEX
21		 PHO
22		 HOM
24		 26th 542 [40]
2018 Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford DAY
9		 ATL
24		 LVS
37		 PHO
32		 CAL
26		 MAR
21		 TEX
14		 BRI
38		 RCH
31		 TAL
32		 DOV
22		 KAN
20		 CLT
18		 POC
21		 MCH
25		 SON
21		 CHI
21		 DAY
26		 KEN
24		 NHA
26		 POC
16		 GLN
18		 MCH
25		 BRI
37		 DAR
20		 IND
17		 LVS
29		 RCH
24		 ROV
18		 DOV
26		 TAL
40		 KAN
27		 MAR
25		 TEX
29		 PHO
16		 HOM
28		 26th 493 [41]
2019 DAY
5		 ATL
37		 LVS
30		 PHO
36		 CAL
24		 MAR
31		 TEX
15		 BRI
28		 RCH
36		 TAL
40		 DOV
24		 KAN
26		 CLT
22		 POC
20		 MCH
27		 SON
25		 CHI
20		 DAY
13		 KEN
25		 NHA
17		 POC
25		 GLN
16		 MCH
22		 BRI
37		 DAR
38		 IND
17		 LVS
24		 RCH
21		 ROV
12		 DOV
24		 TAL
5		 KAN
24		 MAR
23		 TEX
25		 PHO
30		 HOM
26		 27th 485 [42]
2020 DAY
14		 LVS
36		 CAL
22		 PHO
16		 DAR
23		 DAR
17		 CLT
18		 CLT
25		 BRI
14		 ATL
24		 MAR
14		 HOM
15		 TAL
18		 POC
8		 POC
40		 IND
7		 KEN
24		 TEX
15		 KAN
16		 NHA
19		 MCH
29		 MCH
28		 DRC
10		 DOV
26		 DOV
25		 DAY
14		 DAR
16		 RCH
25		 BRI
10		 LVS
21		 TAL
36		 ROV
32		 KAN
19		 TEX
26		 MAR
28		 PHO
23		 23rd 588 [43]
2021 DAY
1		 DRC
8		 HOM
6		 LVS
17		 PHO
23		 ATL
19		 BRD
12		 MAR
31		 RCH
27		 TAL
3		 KAN
13		 DAR
27		 DOV
25		 COA
7		 CLT
20		 SON
28		 NSH
16		 POC
19		 POC
17		 ROA
30		 ATL
27		 NHA
25		 GLN
21		 IRC
30		 MCH
20		 DAY
39		 DAR
37		 RCH
28		 BRI
24		 LVS
21		 TAL
17		 ROV
16		 TEX
17		 KAN
16		 MAR
26		 PHO
24		 16th 2152 [23]
2022 DAY
7		 CAL
31		 LVS
27		 PHO
27		 ATL
24		 COA
13		 RCH
30		 MAR
25		 BRD
9		 TAL
8		 DOV
17		 DAR
7		 KAN
23		 CLT
8		 GTW
18		 SON
3		 NSH
13		 ROA
8		 ATL
15		 NHA
28		 POC
6		 IRC
8		 MCH
28		 RCH
29		 GLN
6		 DAY
32		 DAR
6		 KAN
16		 BRI
11		 TEX
11		 TAL
3		 ROV
27		 LVS
19		 HOM
16		 MAR
17		 PHO
25		 23rd 663 [44]
2023 DAY
28		 CAL
18		 LVS
25		 PHO
13		 ATL
21		 COA
12		 RCH
6		 BRD
11		 MAR
19		 TAL
35		 DOV
22		 KAN
26		 DAR
33		 CLT
28		 GTW
9		 SON
7		 NSH
28		 CSC
7		 ATL
4		 NHA
13		 POC
19		 RCH
22		 MCH
24		 IRC
1*		 GLN
36		 DAY
13		 DAR
32		 KAN
26		 BRI
6		 TEX
15		 TAL
21		 ROV
32		 LVS
17		 HOM
22		 MAR
25		 PHO
9		 15th 2185 [45]
2024 DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
† – Qualified but replaced by Josh Wise
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2010 Prism Motorsports Toyota 29 33
2011 HP Racing DNQ
2012 Phil Parsons Racing Ford 11 30
2013 38 9
2014 Leavine Family Racing Ford DNQ
2015 23 31
2016 Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 39 15
2017 Leavine Family Racing 22 15
2018 Front Row Motorsports Ford 22 9
2019 34 5
2020 26 14
2021 17 1
2022 6 7
2023 11 28
2024

Xfinity Series

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
2007 Michael Waltrip Racing 00 Toyota DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX
20		 PHO
14		 HOM
32		 94th 291 [46]
2008 DAY
27		 CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV 112th 119 [47]
MSRP Motorsports 91 Chevy GLN
42		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2009 JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Toyota DAY
14		 CAL
36		 LVS
6		 BRI
31		 TEX
17		 NSH
15		 PHO
11		 TAL
15		 RCH
8		 DAR
33		 CLT
20		 DOV
11		 NSH
8		 KEN
29		 MLW
14		 NHA
15		 DAY
13		 KAN
39		 13th 3449 [48]
MacDonald Motorsports 81 Dodge CHI
25		 GTY
32		 IRP
28
Whitney Motorsports 26 Dodge IOW
8		 GLN
27		 MCH
17		 BRI
10		 RCH
19		 CAL
38
96 CGV
11		 ATL
35		 DOV
29		 KAN
DNQ		 CLT
23		 MEM
21		 TEX
29		 PHO
25		 HOM
2010 MacDonald Motorsports 81 Dodge DAY
24		 CAL
21		 LVS
39		 BRI
18		 NSH
37		 PHO
18		 TEX
26		 TAL
23		 RCH
29		 DAR
19		 DOV
30		 CLT
20		 NSH
30		 KEN
28		 ROA
33		 NHA
20		 DAY
35		 CHI
35		 GTY
DNQ		 IRP
20		 IOW
13		 GLN
10		 MCH
28		 BRI
20		 CGV
37		 ATL
27		 RCH
37		 DOV
28		 KAN
19		 CAL
18		 CLT
26		 GTY
30		 TEX
36		 PHO
26		 HOM
DNQ		 21st 2770 [49]
2011 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW
7		 CLT CHI MCH ROA
12		 DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP
10		 IOW
9		 GLN CGV
3		 BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 106th 01 [50]
2012 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW
3		 CLT DOV ROA
2		 KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW
6		 GLN CGV
6		 BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN 111th 01 [51]
20 MCH
7
SR² Motorsports 00 Toyota DOV
40		 CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2013 27 DAY PHO LVS BRI
40		 CAL
36		 100th 01 [52]
00 TEX
DNQ		 RCH
22		 TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH BRI
DNQ		 ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota ROA
34		 KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH
2
TriStar Motorsports 10 Toyota TEX
40		 PHO
91 HOM
40
2014 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW
7		 CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW
2		 GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI 87th 01 [53]
Team Penske 22 Ford KEN
8		 DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM
2016 Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
1*		 DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 93rd 01 [54]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2007 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports 17 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN LOW MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR
30		 ATL TEX PHO HOM 117th 0 [55]
2009 ThorSport Racing 98 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA
14		 LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 111th 0 [56]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2006 Hixson Motorsports 2 Dodge DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL
34		 TOL DSF 40th 965 [57]
Eddie Sharp Racing CHI
38		 SLM
6		 TAL
5		 IOW
4
2007 DAY
10		 USA
18		 NSH
33		 SLM
3		 KAN
11		 WIN
22*		 KEN
39		 TOL
7*		 IOW
2		 POC
6		 BLN
2*		 KEN
1*		 POC
1		 NSH
19		 ISF
2		 MIL
4		 GTW
3*		 DSF
36		 CHI
1*		 SLM
3		 TAL
33		 TOL
1*		 2nd 5455 [58]
Toyota MCH
8

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2005 DP 19 United States Ten Motorsports BMW Riley DP Mexico Memo Gidley
Canada Michael Valiante
United States Jonathan Bomarito		 465 42 19
2006 DP 19 United States Playboy/Uniden Racing Ford Crawford DP Mexico Memo Gidley
United States Alex Barron		 716 6 6
2007 DP 19 United States Finlay Motorsports Ford Crawford DP United States Rob Finlay
Canada Michael Valiante
United States Bobby Labonte		 627 10 DNF 10 DNF
2008 DP 09 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche Fabcar DP United States Guy Cosmo
Canada Marc-Antoine Camirand		 652 15 10
2011 DP 6 United States Michael Shank Racing Ford Dallara DP United States A. J. Allmendinger
United Kingdom Justin Wilson		 719 7 7
2012 DP 6 United States Michael Shank Racing Ford Dallara DP Venezuela Jorge Goncalvez
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán		 761 3 3

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