Cole Custer | |||||||
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Custer at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015
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Born |
Ladera Ranch, California |
January 23, 1998 ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 00 (Stewart-Haas Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 100th | ||||||
Best finish | 100th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2016 Toyota Care 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
42 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2016 position | 10th | ||||||
Best finish | 10th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
First win | 2014 UNOH 175 (Loudon) | ||||||
Last win | 2015 American Ethanol Presents the Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 19, 2016. |
Cole Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 00 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing.
Custer began racing quarter midgets at age four. In 2011, Custer won the USAC National Focus Young Guns Championship. The following year, Custer began racing late models, winning ten races and earning Rookie of the Year honors.
In 2013 Custer joined the K&N Pro Series East, making his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway for Ken Schrader Racing. During the season at Iowa Speedway, Custer won the pole position, led every lap, a record for a combination race, and won, becoming the youngest race winner in K&N Pro Series history at age 15, beating Dylan Kwasniewski's record by six months. Custer would win again at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, also from the pole. He finished eighth in the series standings. Custer later ran in the K&N Pro Series West's season-ending race. Custer led every single lap, but was turned by Gray Gaulding on the final lap, and finished sixth.
In the 2014 season, Custer won the Pro Series West opener at Phoenix International Raceway, holding off Greg Pursley and Brennan Newberry on the green–white–checker finish.