Michael Self | |||||||
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Self at Road America in 2015.
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Born |
Park City, Utah |
November 1, 1990 ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 0/01/4 (JD Motorsports) | ||||||
2015 position | 40th | ||||||
Best finish | 40th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2015 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of March 25, 2017. |
Michael Self is an American professional stock car racing driver. The Park City, Utah native currently drives the No. 28 Chevrolet full-time in the ARCA Racing Series for MDM Motorsports. He also drives part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Self was a former development driver for Richard Childress Racing, and has made seven Xfinity Series starts for JD Motorsports. In 56 K&N Pro Series West, Self has recorded six wins.
Self made his first Xfinity Series start in 2015, replacing Landon Cassill at Iowa Speedway in JD Motorsports' 01 entry. In doing so, Self became the first driver from Utah to compete in a NASCAR national series. After crashing in his first start, Self ran six other races for JD, culminating in an eleventh place finish at Road America driving the No. 4.
In 2009, Self ran two races with Motorway Motorsports, starting and parking. After going full-time with Motorway in 2010, Self was signed by the Golden Gate Racing Team, an affiliate of Richard Childress Racing, for the final two races of the season.
The partnership with GGRT extended in to 2011, with Self driving top-tier equipment. However, there were missteps, like a crash in Sonoma qualifying that relegated him to the back of the field. With a car that his crew chief described as "winning", Self worked his way through the field using his car and crashed again, finishing 25th. He finished seventh in points with three top fives. The following year, Self broke out, winning three races and only finishing out of the top ten six times in a fifteen race season. He improved to sixth in points. In 2013, Self won three races in a row and never fell out of the top six in points to finish fourth. Despite the six wins, Self did not return to the RCR driver development lineup in 2014. In 2017, Self returned in a part-time capacity for Sunrise Ford Racing.