Chase Austin

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Template:Short description Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chase Austin (born October 3, 1989) is an American professional racing driver. He is a former development driver with Hendrick Motorsports and Rusty Wallace Racing, racing in NASCAR's Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series. He also competed in the Firestone Indy Lights series from 2011 to 2014.

Background

Austin started racing when he was 7, in an old worn out go kart he built with his father. He earned over 60 wins while racing karts in the late 1990s to early 2000s.[1] In 2001, he raced in micro sprint cars and won 16 features in two years.[1] Then he moved up to full size sprint cars, dirt track racing modifieds, and late models on dirt and asphalt.[1] While competing in the Kansas area, he won over 100 features in karts, sprint cars and stock cars.[1] He won the "Future Dirt Track World Championship", a dirt late model race for around a dozen of the United States' top teenaged drivers.[2]

NASCAR career

In late 2004, at age 14, Austin signed a driver development deal with Hendrick Motorsports.[1] Hendrick assigned him to race for the team's ally SS Racing in the ASA Late Model Series.[1]

In 2009, he won two races with one top five, six top ten finishes and a pole position.[2]

Hendrick dissolved its driver development program in 2006.[3] Originally backed by the new STAR Motorsports team, the deal fell through after STAR failed to fulfill its financial obligations. Austin's family was given a race shop and car parts, so they used the parts to race in numerous series. While a 16-year-old in high school, Austin was the driver and crew chief for the family effort. He raced in 23 events in the season, with 3 wins, six top fives, and eight top tens.[2] He competed on dirt and asphalt. He competed in his first USAR Hooters Procup Series race.[2]

Austin made one start at the 2007 Sam's Town 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park for RWI, finishing 41st after crashing out.[4] In that start, he became the first African American driver to start in a NASCAR Busch Series (then the name of the XFINITY Series) oval track race, and the second African American driver to start in the series' history.[5] He started in eleven NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series races, with four top ten finishes.[2] He had his first start in ARCA that season. He was scheduled to run 15 races for RWI in the Nationwide Series in 2008, but those plans were postponed. He left the team later in the season. He was announced as the driver of the No. 32 Trail Motorsport Chevrolet Silverado in 2009, but the team closed very early in the season. Chase Austin picked up a ride with Xxxtreme Motorsport to drive the #07 Chevrolet part-time. During the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2009, he crashed heavily with Kyle Busch and Reed Sorenson while dropping down the track following a punctured tire.

Austin ran a Camping World Truck and Nationwide race in 2010 for the newly formed United Racing Group with sponsorship from Walgreens and Forgotten Harvest.

Indy Lights and IndyCar

When unable to find a ride in NASCAR in 2011, Austin signed on with African American former IndyCar driver Willy T. Ribbs in association with Brooks Associates Racing to make his Firestone Indy Lights debut in the Firestone Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Austin also competed in the Freedom 100 in 2012.

In August 2012, it was announced that Austin would drive for A. J. Foyt Enterprises in the 2013 Indianapolis 500.[6] However, the second Foyt Indy 500 entry was ultimately driven by Conor Daly.

Personal life

Austin is the son of an African American father and a Caucasian mother.[3] He is married and lives in Houston, Texas.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2011 Willy T. Ribbs Racing
Brooks Associates Racing 		STP ALA LBH INDY
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL IOW
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR EDM1 EDM2 TRO NHM BAL KTY LVS 23rd 42
2012 Juncos Racing STP ALA LBH INDY
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DET MIL IOW
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR EDM TRO BAL FON 17th 44
2013 Bryan Herta Autosport
Jeffery Mark Motorsports 		STP
 ALA
 LBH
 INDY
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL
 IOW
 POC
 TOR
 MOH
 BAL
 HOU
 FON
 17th 24
2014 Belardi Auto Racing STP LBH ALA ALA IND IND INDY
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POC TOR MOH MOH MIL SNM SNM 17th 1

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NNSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2007 Rusty Wallace Racing 64 Chevy 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
41Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TEX PHO HOM 153rd 40 [7]
2009 Xxxtreme Motorsport 07 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY
37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CHI GTY IRP
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IOW GLN MCH BRI
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CGV ATL
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO 89th 255 [8]
58 HOM
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2010 DAY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN 135th 58 [9]
Curb Racing 43 Dodge MCH
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM

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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NCWTCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2009 Trail Motorsports 32 Chevy DAY
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAL
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ATL MAR KAN
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 63rd 218 [10]
2010 United Racing Group 46 Dodge DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 118th 58 [11]

Busch East Series

NASCAR Busch East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NBECScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2007 Rusty Wallace Racing 66 Dodge GRE
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SBO
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		STA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TMP
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSH
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ADI
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LRP
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MFD
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		15th 1322 [12]
64 ELK
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IOW
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />ARSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2007 Rusty Wallace Racing 61 Dodge DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOL 163rd 70 [13]
2008 Chevy DAY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL N/A 0 [14]

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f Hendrick Motorsports Signs Chase Austin Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore, Hendrick Motorsports, October 6, 2004; Retrieved December 11, 2007
  2. ↑ a b c d e Chase Austin: Driver Profile and History Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Chase Austin Official website, Retrieved December 11, 2007
  3. ↑ a b At 16, driver at diversity crossroad, St. Petersburg Times; June 17, 2006, Brant James; Retrieved December 11, 2007
  4. ↑ NASCAR statistics, Retrieved December 10, 2007
  5. ↑ Chase Austin and Rusty Wallace Racing make history at Memphis Script error: No such module "webarchive"., October 27, 2007, Retrieved December 11, 2007
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