After already giving you the 20 oldest sprint cup drivers among the top 40 in points, we present the 20 youngest drivers starting with the oldest among the young group. Jeff gordon has retired, tony stewart is next up, and some of racings biggest names are into their 40s. This is a compilation of the worst fights and tempers of the 2016 nascar season. Rookie chase elliott, 20, becomes youngest driver to win. Wave of young drivers impacting nascar, indycar and f1. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Logano is now the youngest winner in two of nascars three top divisions. Napa to sponsor nascar driver chase elliott in 2016 get the. Of all the young drivers we have mentioned in this presentation, elliott is. Though hes definitely talented, kurt busch has gotten into some trouble on and off the track and hes had a few notable public feuds with other nascar drivers. In 2016, grala made his nascar gander outdoors truck series debut at. Jan 14, 2020 he began racing at the age of 6, competing in jr. Morgan shepherd is currently the oldest nascar driver in the united states.
Chase elliott to join hendrick motorsports full time in 2016. And lets not forget that elliott will likely be promoted to the sprint cup series in 2016. In 2016, amber made canadian history when she became the 1 st canadian female to win a nascar sanctioned race in the usa. The move makes sense, as napa was elliotts fullseason primary sponsor last year in the xfinity series when the driver became the youngestever national series champion. The tour features a passionate, veteranladen core of drivers as well as emerging young talent.
He also ranks among the top 10 youngest drivers to claim their first. Forty wins and 124 top10s in 148 nascar starts during their 2016 and 2017 seasons, to date. The nascar whelen modified tour is nascar s oldest running division, and the only openwheel class. This success in 2016 should carry over into next year and this. The win came in just his seventh career truck series start. In 2016, the 23yearold driver won the nascar xfinity series season opener. Feb 21, 2016 here is the starting lineup and grid for the 40car field in sundays daytona 500 to kick off the 2016 nascar sprint cup season, from rookie pole sitter chase elliott through robert richardson jr. The following year, elliott collected his first career duel victory at.
Elliott started his inaugural cup season in 2016 with a bang taking the pole at the. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. The first of this list from the 1950s, bryan dauzat has been a fixture on the whelen southern modified tour, running 58 races between 2008 and 2016 with a top five. William byron no fan of youngest label nascar talk nbc sports. The 5 best young nascar drivers under 30 belly up sports. Who is the youngest driver to win a nascar race answers. May 17, 2017 cayden lapcevich only the third canadianborn driver to be chosen for the program, the 17yearold from grimsby, ontario, won three times in 2016 en route to becoming the youngest nascar pinty. Sage karam happy to return to indycar youngest indy 500 driver.
Young drivers push back against kyle buschs criticism. Amber balcaen is a third generation racecar driver from winnipeg, manitoba, canada. Kaz edward grala is an american professional stock car racing driver from boston. And the 2016 wendell scott trailblazer award winner. Many know kurt busch as the older brother of nascar driver kyle bush, but hes also won 27 cup races during his career.
Speaking of journeymen drivers like harmon, norm benning, he of 281 career arca starts between 1995 and 2009, first showed up on the nascar national level in 1989 at. The youngest part time driver is trevor bayne, who is going to be. Nov 08, 2014 chase elliott celebrates as the youngest nascar national series champion in history. In earning the win, custer became the youngest driver to win a race in nascar touring series history at 16 years, seven months and 28 days. But at only 39, the twotime daytona 500 winner 2016, 20 still has a.
The season began at daytona international speedway with the sprint unlimited, the canam duel and the daytona 500. In 2012, when shepherd was 70, he became the oldest driver to lead a nationwide series race. He was also the youngest to win a nationwide series race at 18 years, 21 days old. In 2018, he became the youngest winner in world of outlaws history. Currently, deegan is the youngest and only girl in the 20172018 nascar next class of upandcoming drivers. Nov 07, 2017 the youngest nascar peak mexico series champion. Ryan michael blaney born december 31, 1993 is an american professional stock car racing driver. In 2005, the phenom from las vegas became nascars youngest cup. Nascar cup drivers find information on your favorite nascar. After a competitive combine event last october, six drivers were selected to the 2016 nascar drive for diversity d4d class and will join the industrys premier development program for multicultural and female drivers, and pit crew members.
The 10 youngest drivers to win a top series nascar title. Chase elliott becomes youngest champion in nascar national. Nascar cup drivers find information on your favorite. May 26, 2016 sage karam is back in a happy place the cockpit of an indycar. The 10 best young drivers in nascar history bleacher. Youngest winners in monster energy nascar cup series. Bmr announces lineup of young drivers for 2020 mrn. List of current cup drivers by age corrected close.
Kyle larson, ryan blaney, other young drivers taking nascar by. The 2016 nascar sprint cup series was the 68th season of professional stock car racing in the united states and the 45th modernera cup series season. Each year there are younger and younger drivers being moved up to the cup series and veteran drivers are being pushed out. The youngest driver currently racing a full nascar sprint cup series schedule is joey logano, who is 21 years old may 24, 1990. May 26, 2016 after 9 months off indy 500s youngest driver ready for sunday speedway, ind. Bobby allison remains the oldest driver to win the daytona 500.
Scientists name greatest formula one driver of all time in. 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. The move makes sense, as napa was elliotts fullseason primary sponsor last year in the xfinity series when the driver became the youngest ever national series champion. He currently competes fulltime in the nascar cup series, driving the no. Athlon sports counts down the top drivers for the upcoming season. Currently, matt kenseth is the oldest driver on the circuit at age 46.
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 was also the first nascar driver born in the 1990s that has competed in. Nascar chase elliott, 20, is the youngest to qualify no. Who is hailie deegan, the youngest female nascar racer insider. Trevor bayne born february 19, 1991 is an american professional stock car racing driver and businessman. Joey logano was the youngest driver to win a nascar cup series race at 19 years, 35 days old. He last competed in the nascar cup series, driving the no. The youngest driver, at age 21, in the 100 th indianapolis 500 mile race has been watching from the sidelines for the past nine months following a crash while leading the race at. He won championships as he progressed through the ranks of the micro sprints and made the transition to fullsized sprint cars in 2016. 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.
Buescher among group of exciting young drivers in nascar for 2016 share jeff gordon parked his race car for the final time last season, and tony stewart has declared 2016 his final goround in nascar s sprint cup series. Chase elliott celebrates as the youngest nascar national series champion in history. Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing. Sep 16, 2016 he will become the 2016 nascar pintys series champion. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1949 to red byron. Who is currently the youngest driver in the nascar cup. Feb 14, 2016 rookie chase elliott, 20, became the youngest driver to win the pole for the daytona 500 on sunday, with matt kenseth joining him on the front row.
The young driver finally scored his first nascar sprint cup series win and was a challenger in several races down the stretch. She is the first female to win a championship 2016 and earn a podium finish 20 in modified karts. Chase elliott, who became the youngest national series champion in nascar history last season, will join hendrick motorsports as a fulltime sprint cup driver beginning in 2016. Justin haley, brendan gaughan clinch daytona 500 spots. He became the youngest national series champion in nascar history. Aug 31, 2016 new wave of young drivers changing the face of racing. Rookie chase elliott becomes youngest on daytona 500 pole. At 28 years of age, amber has successfully utilized her racing platform to be one of motorsports largest female influencers inspiring. Chase elliott to drive full time for hendrick motorsports in. Present day nascar has really become a young persons game. The first driver to win multiple championships was herb thomas in 1951 and 1953.
Who is hailie deegan, the youngest female nascar racer. Theres so much more to being a toplevel racing driver than donning an astronauts kit, slipping into a rocket ship and. William byron no fan of youngest label nascar talk nbc. Grimsby teen about to become youngest nascar champion the star. Rookie chase elliott becomes youngest on daytona 500. Grimsby teen about to become youngest nascar champion. In 2004, kurt beat jimmie johnson to become the 2004 cup series champion. May 08, 2020 enascar iracing pro invitational series driver stats may 8, 2020 at 10. Justin haley and brendan gaughan, the youngest and oldest drivers in the field, iced their starting berths for sundays daytona 500.
Chase elliott to drive full time for hendrick motorsports in 2016. Three series champions, two of whom are the youngest in their respective nascar touring series. Ranking the 10 best nascar drivers under 25 years old. Feb 14, 2016 elliott becomes youngest on daytona 500 pole. Athlon pinpoints the best young drivers in the nascar ranks.
How nascar s youngest drivers plan to woo dale earnhardt jr. Napa to sponsor nascar driver chase elliott in 2016 get. Justin haley became the thirdyoungest monster energy nascar cup series winner with his triumph in a rainshortened 2019 coke zero. He is the youngest nascar winner in the history of daytona international. Nascar southeast series nascar midwest series nascar southwest series nascar northwest series asa national tour fia formula two series whelen southern modified tour exhibition unclassified races.
In doing so at age 18, he became the youngest driver ever to win a nascar. He won his third great american race in four years, having also claimed the title in 2016. People drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs. The youngest driver to win four transam championships. Chase elliott, 20, becomes youngest driver to win daytona 500. He is still competing at the age of 76 and 2018 marks shepherds 51 st year in racing. List of current cup drivers by age corrected 45 comments. Youngest xfinity series race winner 18 years, 21 days youngest sprint cup series race winner 19 years, 35 days 2015 daytona 500 winner won all three races in the 2015 chase for the cup contender round charlotte, kansas, talladega 2016 nascar sprint allstar race winner 2017 advance auto parts clash winner 6th driver to win in 300th cup start. These 15 young nascar drivers could be the next superstars. At such a young age, shes accomplished much more than most people her age. The top 10 list is a veritable whos who of nascar drivers, from current stars to eventual greats. Hendrick motorsports set to field youngest daytona 500 front row in. The 2016 nascar whelen allamerican series rookie of the year and the 2015 snowball derby runnerup.
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