Michael Self

Michael Self
Self at Road America in 2015.
Born (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990
Park City, Utah
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
7 races run over 1 year
2015 position 40th
Best finish 40th (2015)
First race 2015 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race 2015 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Michael Self (born November 1, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the Nos. 15 and 55 Toyota Camrys for Venturini Motorsports. He was a former development driver for Richard Childress Racing, and has made seven NASCAR Xfinity Series starts for JD Motorsports. He has eight wins in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.[1]

Racing career

Self driving for JD Motorsports in 2015.
Self's car at the 2015 Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville.

Early years

Self started racing at age eleven in go-karts. He switched to open-wheel cars five years later and came to stock cars at age eighteen.[2]

K&N Pro Series West

In 2009, Self ran two races with Motorway Motorsports, starting and parking.[3] After going full-time with Motorway in 2010,[4] Self was signed by the Golden Gate Racing Team, an affiliate of Richard Childress Racing, for the final two races of the season.[5][6]

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.[7] He finished seventh in points with three top fives.[8] 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.[9] In 2013, Self won three races in a row[10] and never fell out of the top six in points to finish fourth.[11] 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. He ran the full schedule except for the season opening race. He won the race at Meridian Speedway after Chris Eggleston was disqualified for jumping the final restart.[12] He finished in the top ten in all of his starts[13] and won another race, at All American Speedway.[14]

ARCA Racing Series

With no ride in the K&N Pro Series West, Self joined Venturini Motorsports for two ARCA Racing Series events in 2014, the first at Mobile International Speedway.[15] He failed to finish either of his starts due to mechanical issues.[16] Again without a ride in any national series, Self partnered with Ranier Racing for a race at Kansas Speedway in 2016,[17] in which he finished third.[18] He spotted for Justin Haley in 2015 and 2016 at various races.[19]

In January 2017, Self and Ranier announced that they would partner for the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway.[20] With Ranier giving up ARCA operations to MDM Motorsports, Self ran the scheduled Ranier races in the MDM 28 car. After running inside the top ten at Daytona, Sinclair Oil Corporation added more races with Self in both the ARCA series and K&N Series with MDM and Mason Mitchell Motorsports on the ARCA side and Sunrise Ford Racing on the NASCAR side.[21] Self finished inside the top five in three of his next four races[22] before he won the season finale at Kansas Speedway, beating out Ty Majeski in a five-wide race after the final restart. Self gave the credit to his spotter Derek Kneeland, who at that point was the spotter for Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson.[23]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Self and Sinclair partnered with Venturini Motorsports for half of the 2018 ARCA Racing Series schedule.[24] The schedule includes races at Daytona, Nashville, Talladega, Charlotte, Michigan, Chicagoland, Lucas Oil Raceway, Salem and Kansas.[25] Both driver and sponsor had previous experience with Venturini. Self had raced with the team in ARCA and the Venturini family had operated Sinclair gas stations.[26]

Self began the 2018 ARCA season by winning the season-opening Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona.[27]

Xfinity Series

Self made his first Xfinity Series start in 2015, replacing Landon Cassill at Iowa Speedway in JD Motorsports' No. 01 entry. In doing so, Self became the first driver from Utah to compete in a NASCAR national series.[28] 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.[29]

Personal life

Self attended the University of Utah.[5][30] He later attended Central Piedmont Community College and UNC Charlotte.[19] When he is not racing, he is a road racing coach and has worked with Chip Ganassi Racing.[19]

Motorsports career results

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
2015 JD Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW
32		 KEN
36		 DOV CLT 40th 108
0 GLN
37		 MOH
27		 BRI CHI
25		 KAN
32		 TEX PHO HOM
4 ROA
11		 DAR RCH

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
2014 Venturini Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY MOB
18		 SLM TAL TOL NJE
22		 POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 63rd 260
2016 Ranier Racing with MDM 28 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN
3		 88th 215
2017 MDM Motorsports Toyota DAY
27		 NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK 24th 1135
Mason Mitchell Motorsports Chevy POC
3		 MCH MAD IOW
4
MDM Motorsports IRP
2		 POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM KAN
1
Mason Mitchell Motorsports 88 Chevy CHI
17		 KEN
2018 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY
1		 TAL
3		 TOL CLT
21		 POC MCH
3		 MAD GTW CHI
1		 -* -*
55 NSH
4		 SLM IOW
18		 ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM
16		 IRP
11		 KAN

References

  1. ↑ "Driver Michael Self Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. ↑ "Michael Self | NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  4. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  5. 1 2 "GGRT Returns To Action With Michael Self | NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  6. ↑ "WS: GGRT/RCR sign Michael Self". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  7. ↑ "Self Tackles Learning Curve In NASCAR | NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  8. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  9. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  10. ↑ Inc, K&N Engineering. "Michael Self Wins Third NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Race in a Row at Lebanon I-44 Speedway". K&N Filters Product and Racing News. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  11. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  12. ↑ "Michael Self Awarded Meridian Victory - NASCAR K&N Pro Series News - MRN.com". www.mrn.com. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  13. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  14. ↑ "10/14/2017 race: Toyota / NAPA Auto Parts 150 (KNPSW) - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  15. ↑ "ARCA: Self ready for Venturini, ARCA debut". Race Chaser Online. 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  16. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  17. ↑ "Michael Self Debuts With Ranier Racing At The Kansas Speedway ARCA Race". Working On My Redneck ™. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  18. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  19. 1 2 3 "Multi-tasker Michael Self tests with MDM at LOR; Iowa next". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  20. ↑ "Michael Self Racing Sinclair Racecar - Daytona Debut - ARCA Racing Series". Racing News. 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  21. ↑ "SELF AND SINCLAIR PARTNER FOR EIGHT ADDITIONAL RACES, NASCAR DEBUT IN 2017". Sinclair Oil Corporation. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  22. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  23. ↑ "Michael Self wins career-first ARCA race at Kansas; Austin Theriault clinches championship". Autoweek. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  24. ↑ "Michael Self, Sinclair Oil Partner with Venturini Motorsports for 2018 ARCA Season". Sinclair Oil Corporation. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  25. ↑ "Michael Self, Sinclair Oil partner with Venturini Motorsports for 2018". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  26. ↑ Wilson, Steven B. "Michael Self, Sinclair Oil Partner with Venturini Motorsports for 2018 ARCA Season". Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  27. ↑ Utter, Jim (February 10, 2018). "Michael Self escapes carnage, wins ARCA season-opener at Daytona". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  28. ↑ "MICHAEL SELF JOINS JD MOTORSPORTS". teamjdmotorsports.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  29. ↑ "Driver Michael Self 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  30. ↑ "Michael Self". www.spiresportsinc.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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