Austin Cindric

Austin Cindric
Cindric in 2017
Born (1998-09-02) September 2, 1998
Columbus, Ohio
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
30 races run over 2 years
Car no., team No. 60 (Roush Fenway Racing)
Nos. 12/22 (Team Penske)
2017 position 104th
Best finish 104th (2017)
First race 2017 Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
Last race 2018 Bar Harbor 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 10 3
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
29 races run over 3 years
2017 position 3rd
Best finish 3rd (2017)
First race 2015 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2017 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 16 1
Medal record
Representing  United States
Summer X Games
2014 AustinGRC Lites
Statistics current as of October 6, 2018.

Austin Cindric (born September 2, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving both the No. 60 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing and Nos. 12 and 22 Ford Mustangs for Team Penske.

Racing career

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.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[1] During the year, he was named a member of the Porsche North American Junior Academy.[4] 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;[5] he finished 21st overall and seventh in his class.[6] He began competing full-time in the CTSCC in 2015, driving for Multimatic Motorsports with Jade Buford as co-driver.[1] In July, he won the CTSCC race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, becoming the youngest (age 17) winner in the series.[7] Afterwards, he made his ARCA Racing Series debut at the #ThisIsMySpeedway 150 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 99 for Cunningham Motorsports;[5] Cindric started and finished fourth in the race.[8] 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.[9]

In 2016, he drove the No. 6 McLaren for K-PAX Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge, while also joining Martin-McClure Racing for two K&N Pro Series East events[10] and for Brad Keselowski Racing in the No. 2 F-150 at Dover International Speedway.[11] Later in the year, he recorded his first ARCA win at Kentucky Speedway.[12] That October, Cindric made his restrictor track debut at Talladega, finishing 20th. In November, BKR announced Cindric would compete full-time in the Truck Series in 2017.[13]

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

In the middle of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Cindric 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.[14] 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.[15] A week later, 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 afterwords and again drew the ire of the NASCAR community on social media.[16] In August 2017, Cindric joined Team Penske's No. 22 car for the Xfinity Series race at Road America.[17]

Full time in NASCAR

In 2018, Cindric ran the full season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. However, despite remaining under contract to Team Penske, Cindric ran the full season splitting time between three different cars, all Ford Mustangs. Cindric ran races in: Team Penske's No. 12 and No. 22 Fords, and the No. 60 Ford Roush Fenway Racing.[18] Cindric got his first pole at Iowa in the seasons 14th race, where the 22 car, which was the car he was driving in that race had a history of being fast, though he faded back to 11th in the race after finishing 2nd in stage 1. 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. As of October 6th, 2018, Cindric along with Roush Fenway teammates Chase Briscoe and Ty Majeski have accounted for 25 accidents that have resulted in 11 DNF's this year; A current Xfinity Series record.

Personal life

He is son of Team Penske president Tim Cindric and the grandson of former IndyCar team owner and Red Roof Inn founder Jim Trueman.[1] Cindric graduated from Cannon School on May 18, 2017, hours before he competed in the Truck Series race at the nearby Charlotte Motor Speedway.[19]

Racing record

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

USF2000 National Championship results

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

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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
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
2018 Roush Fenway Racing 60 Ford DAY
40		 LVS
34		 PHO
16		 CAL
28		 MCH
23		 DAY
33		 NHA
17		 GLN
13		 DAR
40		 -* -*
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		 CLT
3		 DOV
8		 KAN 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 NCWTC Pts
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
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
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

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

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
2016 Martin-McClure Racing 39 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR
1*		 DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN
1**		 GRE NJE DOV 33rd 96

ARCA Racing Series

(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
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
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
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

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cindric Enjoying Full Season in Multimatic Ford Mustang". International Motor Sports Association. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ "RallyCross Lites". X Games. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ "AUSTIN CINDRIC". Global RallyCross Championship. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Austin Cindric". International Motor Sports Association. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "16-year-old Austin Cindric to make ARCA debut at Iowa". Autoweek. July 14, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Austin Cindric, son of Team Penske president, sets CTSC mark". Associated Press. July 11, 2015. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ "2015 #ThisIsMySpeedway 150". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  9. ↑ Malsher, David (October 31, 2015). "Tim Cindric on son Austin's NASCAR debut – "He's in at the deep end"". motorsport.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Austin Cindric Joins Martin-McClure Racing". Catchfence. April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ "BKR Announces Third Truck Driver Lineup For Dover and Charlotte Races". Brad Keselowski Racing. April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ Reiman, Samuel (September 23, 2016). "Austin Cindric wins wreck-marred ARCA race at Kentucky". Foxsports.com. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ "CINDRIC TO DRIVE FULL TIME FOR BRAD KESELOWSKI RACING IN '17". NASCAR. November 11, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Late bumps lifts Austin Cindric to Truck win at MoSport | NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  15. ↑ "Tracking the Trucks: Austin Cindric Uses Dump & Run to Win in Canada". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  16. ↑ "Video: Austin Cindric spins Scott Speed in Red Bull GRC heat race". Autoweek. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  17. ↑ Utter, Jim (August 19, 2017). "Austin Cindric to make Xfinity Series debut next weekend at Road America". Motorsport.com. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  18. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (20 November 2017). "Roush Fenway Racing to field three-driver Xfinity development team in 2018". NBC Sports. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  19. ↑ Wilhelm, Chase (May 18, 2017). "Austin Cindric to trade in firesuit for graduation gown before Truck race at Charlotte". Foxsports.com. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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