Austin Cindric

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Austin Cindric
Cindric at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornAustin Louis Cindric
(1998-09-02) September 2, 1998 (age 25)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Achievements2022 Daytona 500 Champion
2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion
2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Champion
Awards2022 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
79 races run over 3 years
Car no., teamNo. 2 (Team Penske)
2023 position24th
Best finish12th (2022)
First race2021 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (COTA)
First win2022 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 16 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
133 races run over 5 years
2021 position2nd
Best finish1st (2020)
First race2017 Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
Last race2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2019 Zippo 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last win2021 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis G.P.)
Wins Top tens Poles
13 89 8
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
29 races run over 3 years
2017 position3rd
Best finish3rd (2017)
First race2015 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2017 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win2017 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 16 1
ARCA Menards Series career
8 races run over 3 years
Best finish30th (2016)
First race2015 #ThisIsMySpeedway 150 (Iowa)
Last race2017 Road America 100 (Road America)
First win2016 Crosley 150 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 5 1
ARCA Menards Series East career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish33rd (2016)
First race2016 Biscuitville 125 (Danville)
Last race2016 Bully Hill Vineyards 100 (Watkins Glen)
First win2016 Biscuitville 125 (Danville)
Last win2016 Bully Hill Vineyards 100 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 2 2
Medal record
Representing  United States
Summer X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Austin GRC Lites
Last updated on: November 5, 2023.

Austin Louis Cindric[1] (born September 2, 1998) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske.

Prior to competing in stock cars, Cindric raced in a variety of disciplines including sports cars, the Road to Indy ladder, and the Global RallyCross Championship. His first NASCAR start came in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2015, and he finished third in that series' standings in 2017 before moving up to the Xfinity Series. He won the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship and the 2022 Daytona 500.

Racing career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Cindric started his career in semi-professional legends car and Bandolero racing in North Carolina. After attending the Skip Barber Racing School to gain road racing experience, in 2013 and 2014 he raced in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. In 2013 he finished 17th in points driving for Andretti Autosport with a best finish of seventh in the season finale. In 2014 he switched teams to Pabst Racing Services, finishing 14th in points with a second-place podium finish on the oval at Lucas Oil Raceway. He also competed in Historic Sportscar Racing, winning a race in a Porsche 944.[2]

Cindric's No. 19 Draw-Tite Ford F-150 at the Brad Keselowski Racing shop

In 2014, Cindric began competing in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites, winning the bronze medal in his debut at X Games Austin 2014.[3][4] In October, he made his IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge debut for Racers Edge Motorsports at Road Atlanta with David Levine as co-driver, finishing 17th.[2] During the year, he was named a member of the Porsche North American Junior Academy.[5] In 2015, at age 17, Cindric competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour, the youngest driver to compete in the event, driving the No. 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for Erebus Motorsport;[6] he finished 21st overall and seventh in his class.[7] He began competing full-time in the CTSCC in 2015, driving for Multimatic Motorsports with Jade Buford as co-driver.[2] In July, he won the CTSCC race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, becoming the youngest (age 17) winner in the series.[8]

In 2016, he drove the No. 6 McLaren for K-PAX Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge.[9]

Stock car racing[edit]

Regional and Camping World Truck Series[edit]

In July 2015, Cindric made his ARCA Racing Series debut at the #ThisIsMySpeedway 150 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 99 for Cunningham Motorsports;[6] Cindric started and finished fourth in the race.[10] He made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 29 Ford F-150 for Brad Keselowski Racing at Martinsville as a substitute for Austin Theriault who was still recovering from his injury at Las Vegas.[11]

In addition to his Pirelli World Challenge schedule in 2016, he joined Martin-McClure Racing for two K&N Pro Series East events[9] and Brad Keselowski Racing in the No. 2 F-150 at Dover International Speedway.[12] His two K&N East starts resulted in victories at Virginia International Raceway and Watkins Glen International.[13] Later in the year, he recorded his first ARCA win at Kentucky Speedway.[14] That October, Cindric made his restrictor track debut at Talladega, finishing 20th. In November 2016, BKR announced Cindric would compete full-time in the Truck Series in 2017.[15]

During the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, he grabbed the pole for the season's lone road course race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Although he led the most laps that day, differing strategies saw Cindric behind Kaz Grala on the last lap. Cindric, on newer tires, made contact with Grala, causing the No. 33 to spin. Cindric went on to win and claim a playoff berth in team Brad Keselowski Racing's final season.[16] Grala claimed that he got run over, but Cindric marginalized his maneuver by calling it a "last resort" and claiming that it was justified by the need for a playoff spot. The move drew widespread criticism from other drivers, including Justin Allgaier and Christopher Bell.[17] A week after the Mosport incident, Cindric made a Global Rallycross start in which he collided with Scott Speed coming out of a joker lap. That led to a verbal confrontation from Speed afterward and again drew the ire of the NASCAR community on social media.[18]

Xfinity Series[edit]

Cindric's No. 22 Xfinity Series car at Road America

In August 2017, Cindric joined Team Penske's No. 22 car for the Xfinity Series race at Road America.[19]

In 2018, Cindric ran the full Xfinity schedule, splitting time between three different Ford Mustangs: Penske's No. 12 and No. 22 Fords, and the No. 60 Ford of Roush Fenway Racing.[20] Cindric got his first pole at Iowa in the season's 14th race, where his No. 22 car had a history of success, though he faded back to 11th in the race after finishing second in the first stage. He was involved in a violent crash in the Daytona race, in which he barrel-rolled twice in turn 2. In Cindric's last ride with the No. 60 Roush Fenway car at Darlington, he was turned by Ryan Truex exiting turn 4 on the third lap and spun out resulting in a 40th-place finish. The car, split between Cindric, Chase Briscoe, and Ty Majeski, attracted notoriety during the season for being involved in numerous accidents, ending the year with 28: 22 brought out a caution flag, six spins that did not produce a caution, and four wrecks during practice or qualifying.[21]

On November 8, 2018, Team Penske announced that Cindric would compete full-time in their No. 22 Ford Mustang in 2019. MoneyLion was the primary sponsor for 18 races, part of a multi-year deal with the team.[22]

In August 2019, Cindric scored his first career NXS wins with back-to-back road course victories at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio.[23][24] He finished the 2019 season sixth in points after finishing seventh at Homestead.[25]

Cindric scored his first oval victories in July 2020 at Kentucky Speedway, where he swept the weekend's Xfinity races Shady Rays 200 and Alsco 300.[26] He was the first driver to win national series races at the same track on two consecutive days since Richard Petty in 1971.[27] The victories began a seven-race stretch in which he won or finished second, including his third straight win at Texas Motor Speedway after Kyle Busch's disqualification and back-to-back road course victories at Road America and the Daytona road course.[28][29][30] He won the regular season championship with a tenth-place finish in the finale at Richmond, and entered the playoffs with five wins.[31] Cindric won at Phoenix to win the championship. Cindric also led the non-playoff points standings and led all drivers in top fives (19) and top tens (26).[32]

Cindric celebrating after winning the 2021 Pocono Green 225

Cindric would return to the No. 22 Ford Mustang in 2021. Cindric took his first win of 2021 at Daytona in February, followed by additional victories at Phoenix, Dover, Pocono, and the Indianapolis Road Course. He led much of the regular season standings but finished runner-up in the regular-season finale at Bristol to A. J. Allmendinger when the two made contact coming to the finish and slid across the line.[33]

Cindric lost the lead and the championship in turn 3 to Daniel Hemric on the last lap of Phoenix in 2021.

Cup Series[edit]

Austin Cindric races at Bristol 2022

During the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series' 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Cindric replaced Brad Keselowski for final practice as Keselowski was experiencing flu-like symptoms.[34] Cindric remained on standby for the race,[35] but Keselowski ran the full event and went on to win.[36] In September, Cindric once again served as a practice substitute driver, this time for Michael McDowell at the Bank of America Roval 400 while McDowell was being treated for a kidney stone.[37]

In October 2020, Team Penske announced Cindric would begin racing in the Cup Series in 2021 on a part-time basis before moving to up to the series full-time in 2022 in the Wood Brothers Racing No. 21, replacing Matt DiBenedetto.[38] He would run his part-time schedule in the Cup Series in a part-time fourth car for Penske, the No. 33.[39] Cindric's first Cup Series start came in the 2021 Daytona 500, where he finished 15th after being involved in a fiery last-lap crash. He led laps at Circuit of the Americas and Road America,[40] and scored his first Cup top ten at Indianapolis when he finished ninth.[41]

Cindric’s No. 33 car at Indianapolis in 2021

On July 15, 2021, Team Penske announced Cindric would instead drive the team's No. 2 car in 2022, replacing Brad Keselowski as he left to become the driver of the No. 6 car for Roush Fenway Racing as well as a co-owner of the team, which was renamed RFK Racing.[40]

Cindric’s No. 2 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

On February 20, 2022, Cindric won the 2022 Daytona 500 in his first full-time Cup Series season driving for Team Penske. It was only his eighth Cup Series start. Cindric became the ninth driver to win his first Cup Series race in the Daytona 500. At the age of 23, Cindric also became the second-youngest driver in NASCAR history to win the Daytona 500. It was the third Daytona 500 win for Team Penske, who previously won the 2008 race with Ryan Newman, driving the No. 12 car and the 2015 race with Joey Logano, driving the No. 22 car. It was also the first Daytona 500 win for Team Penske's flagship No. 2 car.[42] The following week, Cindric won the pole at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California and finished 12th. As a result of that finish, Cindric led the points again for two weeks in a row, becoming the second rookie in NASCAR history (after Jimmie Johnson) to lead the NASCAR Cup Series points standings in consecutive weeks. On July 20, crew chief Jeremy Bullins was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the 2022 Ambetter 301 at Loudon.[43] Cindric was eliminated in the Round of 12 after finishing 21st at the Charlotte Roval.[44] He finished the season 12th in the points standings and won the NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors.[45][46]

Personal life[edit]

He is the son of Team Penske president Tim Cindric and the grandson of former IndyCar team owner and Red Roof Inn founder Jim Trueman.[2] Cindric graduated from Cannon School on May 18, 2017, hours before he competed in the Truck Series race at the nearby Charlotte Motor Speedway.[47]

Racing record[edit]

American Open-Wheel racing results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

USF2000 National Championship results[edit]

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2013 Andretti Autosport SEB
24
SEB
29
STP
23
STP
28
LOR
22
TOR
27
TOR
13
MDO
12
MDO
15
MDO
9
LAG
20
LAG
13
HOU
8
HOU
7
17th 77
2014 Pabst Racing Services STP
11
STP
10
BAR
9
BAR
17
IMS
8
IMS
21
LOR
2
TOR
15
TOR
18
MDO
18
MDO
6
MDO
6
LAG
12
LAG
20
14th 125

Stock car career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position
2015 NASCAR Truck Series Brad Keselowski Racing 2 0 0 0 49 51st
ARCA Racing Series Team Penske 2 0 1 1 365 67th
2016 NASCAR Truck Series Brad Keselowski Racing 4 0 0 0 56 36th
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Martin-McClure Racing 2 2 2 2 96 33rd
ARCA Racing Series Cunningham Motorsports 4 1 3 4 895 30th
2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Team Penske 1 0 0 0 0 NC†
NASCAR Truck Series Brad Keselowski Racing 23 1 8 16 4032 3rd
ARCA Racing Series Cunningham Motorsports 2 0 0 0 305 65th
2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 9 0 0 0 2231 8th
Team Penske 24 0 7 13
2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Team Penske 33 2 14 24 2294 6th
2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Team Penske 33 6 19 29 4040 1st
2021 NASCAR Cup Series Team Penske 7 0 0 1 0 NC†
NASCAR Xfinity Series 33 5 22 26 4035 2nd
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Team Penske 36 1 5 9 2226 12th
2023 NASCAR Cup Series Team Penske 14 0 1 5 626 24th

As Cindric was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR[edit]

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

Cup Series[edit]

NASCAR Cup 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 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2019 Team Penske 2 Ford DAY ATL
RL
LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH N/A [48]
Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford ROV
RL
DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM
2021 Team Penske 33 Ford DAY
15
DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL
22
BRD MAR RCH
28
TAL KAN
22
DAR DOV COA
25
CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA
38
ATL NHA GLN IRC
9
MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 46th 01 [41]
2022 2 DAY
1
CAL
12
LVS
19
PHO
24
ATL
32
COA
8
RCH
20
MAR
11
BRD
16
TAL
21
DOV
36
DAR
18
KAN
11
CLT
34
GTW
11
SON
5
NSH
7
ROA
7
ATL
3
NHA
13
POC
31
IRC
2
MCH
37
RCH
12
GLN
13
DAY
3
DAR
16
KAN
12
BRI
20
TEX
15
TAL
9
ROV
21
LVS
29
HOM
19
MAR
26
PHO
11
12th 2226 [49]
2023 DAY
23
CAL
28
LVS
6
PHO
25
ATL
11
COA
6
RCH
28
BRD
19
MAR
33
TAL
26
DOV
26
KAN
31
DAR
19
CLT
31
GTW
13
SON
25
NSH
27
CSC
6
ATL
12
NHA
25
POC
23
RCH
26
MCH
12
IRC
15
GLN
16
DAY
37
DAR
31
KAN
31
BRI
32
TEX
27
TAL
5
ROV
25
LVS
23
HOM
12
MAR
9
PHO
35
24th 626 [50]
2024 DAY
22
ATL
4
LVS
29
PHO
36
BRI
31
COA
18
RCH
MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [51]
– Practiced for Brad Keselowski · – Practiced for Michael McDowell
Daytona 500[edit]
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2021 Team Penske Ford 39 15
2022 5 1
2023 6 23
2024 6 22

Xfinity Series[edit]

NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2017 Team Penske 22 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
16
DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 104th 01 [52]
2018 Roush Fenway Racing 60 Ford DAY
40
LVS
34
PHO
16
CAL
28
MCH
23
DAY
33
NHA
17
GLN
13
DAR
40
8th 2231 [53]
Team Penske 12 Ford ATL
7
TEX
9
CLT
16
POC
4
CHI
14
KEN
10
BRI
14
IND
34
22 BRI
12
RCH
5
TAL
30
DOV
9
IOW
11
IOW
18
MOH
2*
ROA
37
LVS
9
RCH
13
ROV
3
DOV
8
KAN
39
TEX
3
PHO
4
HOM
5
2019 DAY
5
ATL
10
LVS
22
PHO
5
CAL
6
TEX
11
BRI
6
RCH
2
TAL
5
DOV
6
CLT
9
POC
7
MCH
11
IOW
10
CHI
5
DAY
4
KEN
14
NHA
12
IOW
37
GLN
1
MOH
1*
BRI
5
ROA
2
DAR
10
IND
27
LVS
12
RCH
2
ROV
3
DOV
3
KAN
25
TEX
3
PHO
6
HOM
7
6th 2294 [54]
2020 DAY
25
LVS
2
CAL
3
PHO
8
DAR
4
CLT
3
BRI
36
ATL
16*
HOM
2
HOM
10
TAL
4
POC
29
IRC
5
KEN
1
KEN
1*
TEX
1
KAN
2
ROA
1*
DRC
1
DOV
2
DOV
3
DAY
8
DAR
12
RCH
4
RCH
10
BRI
3
LVS
6
TAL
34
ROV
6
KAN
28
TEX
4
MAR
10
PHO
1
1st 4040 [55]
2021 DAY
1*
DRC
2*
HOM
5*
LVS
4
PHO
1*
ATL
13
MAR
6
TAL
2*
DAR
30
DOV
1
COA
5
CLT
2
MOH
14*
TEX
3
NSH
32
POC
1*
ROA
8
ATL
10
NHA
4
GLN
3
IRC
1*
MCH
37
DAY
39
DAR
3
RCH
16
BRI
2
LVS
4
TAL
8
ROV
2*
TEX
5
KAN
2*
MAR
2
PHO
2*
2nd 4035 [56]

Camping World Truck Series[edit]

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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2015 Brad Keselowski Racing 29 Ford DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
25
TEX PHO
14
HOM 51st 49 [57]
2016 2 DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV
DNQ
CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI
18
MCH MSP
23
CHI NHA LVS TAL
20
MAR TEX PHO
15
HOM 36th 56 [58]
2017 19 DAY
27
ATL
21
MAR
21
KAN
10
CLT
13
DOV
5
TEX
25
GTW
11
IOW
8
KEN
4
ELD
10
POC
7
MCH
5
BRI
9
MSP
1*
CHI
15
NHA
8
LVS
4
TAL
5
MAR
10
TEX
2*
PHO
9
HOM
5
3rd 4032 [59]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East[edit]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2016 Martin-McClure Racing 39 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR
1*
DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN
1**
GRE NJM DOV 33rd 96 [13]

ARCA Racing Series[edit]

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2015 Team Penske 99 Ford DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW
4
IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN
17
KAN 67th 365 [60]
2016 Cunningham Motorsports DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC
2
MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI
6
KEN
1*
KAN
2
30th 895 [61]
2017 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP
23
POC WIN ISF ROA
12*
DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 65th 305 [62]

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results[edit]

(key)

Supercar[edit]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GRC Points
2017 Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford Fiesta ST MEM LOU THO1 THO2 OTT1 OTT2 INDY AC1 AC2 SEA1
8
SEA2
4
LA 11th 102

GRC Lites[edit]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lites Points
2015 Olsbergs MSE Lites Ford Fiesta FTA
1
DAY1
9
DAY2
1
MCAS
5
DET1
3
DET2
3
DC
8
LA1
2
LA2
1
BAR1
2
BAR2
1
LV
10
2nd 473

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2017 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY
14
SEB
13
LBH AUS BEL WGL
6
MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL
8
31st 85
2018 JDC-Miller MotorSports P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
6
SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL 52nd 25
2019 AIM Vasser Sullivan GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY
5
SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL 49th 26
2022 Proton USA GTD Pro Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
5
SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 27th 290
2023 Rick Ware Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
6
SEB LGA WGL ELK IMS PET NC 0

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