Tayler Malsam | |||||||
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Malsam at Road America in 2012
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Born |
Seattle, Washington |
February 15, 1989 ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
37 races run over 2 years | |||||||
2012 position | 15th | ||||||
Best finish | 15th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2010 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Kentucky 300 (Kentucky) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
51 races run over 5 years | |||||||
2014 position | 21st | ||||||
Best finish | 12th (2009) | ||||||
First race | 2008 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last race | 2014 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 14, 2014. |
Tayler Malsam (born February 15, 1989) is an American professional driver.
After spending time in USAC, Malsam made his debut in the ARCA Remax Series in 2007 at Toledo Speedway. Driving for Mark Gibson, he started 8th and finished 33rd after a crash. In 2008, Malsam ran the full ARCA season in the #4 Dodge for Cunningham Motorsports, earning three top 5s and five top 10s.
In 2008, Malsam made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In the #41 ThunderBoats.org Dodge owned by Carl Hartman, he would start 33rd and finished 36th. Later that year, it was announced that Malsam would run full-time in the Truck Series in 2009 for Bill Davis Racing. In preparation for 2009, Malsam ran the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the #24 Toyota and finished 21st. Prior to the start of the 2009 season, Bill Davis Racing closed its doors and Malsam was signed by Randy Moss Motorsports to run the #81 Toyota. Over the course of the season, he earned ten top 10s, including a career best finish of 5th at Gateway International Raceway and finished 12th in the final points standings.
For the 2010 season, it was announced that Malsam would run the #56 Toyota for the newly formed Kyle Busch Motorsports. After early sponsor Talking Rain was dismissed, Toyota sponsored their 2010 Truck effort. After Malsam accepted a ride in the Nationwide Series, KBM shut down the 56 team due to a lack of sponsorship. Malsam then made his Nationwide Series debut at Nashville Superspeedway, driving the Braun Racing #10 car. He would finish his Nationwide debut in 11th, although his debut would be overshadowed after a 25-point penalty was given to the team by NASCAR.