Austin Wayne Self

Austin Wayne Self (born March 5, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado for his family team, AM Racing. He also has competed in the ARCA Menards Series, previously driving full-time in it for two years before moving up to the Truck Series, although he has continued to drive in the series part-time, most recently in 2019, where he drove the No. 32 Chevrolet for Win-Tron Racing.

Austin Wayne Self
Born (1996-03-05) March 5, 1996
Austin, Texas
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
107 races run over 5 years
Truck no., teamNo. 22 (AM Racing)
2020 position16th
Best finish12th (2018)
First race2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race2020 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 9 0
Statistics current as of November 6, 2020.

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

Self scored his first win at Winchester Speedway in June 2015,[1] finishing second in the standings for that same year. As a career, Self totaled 45 starts for two teams.

Camping World Truck Series
Self in the No. 22 at ISM Raceway in 2018

In December 2015, it was announced that Self would compete for Rookie of the Year honors and run the entire schedule with AM Racing, driving the No. 22 Toyota Tundra owned by his father Tim Self.[2] After failing to qualify for the third race of the season at Martinsville, Self took the place of Tommy Joe Martins, who damaged his truck in qualifying and was not able to race. Ironically, he recorded his highest Camping World Truck Series finish at that time, finishing 15th.[3]

In his rookie season of 2016, Self was penalized two times in the first three races. After the first race at Daytona, he was given a warning for an illegal triangular filler panel. After the third race at Martinsville, he was given a warning for trailing arm infractions.[4]

After his family team merged with Win-Tron Racing, Self began driving trucks out of the Win-Tron shop in Mooresville, NC beginning with the thirteenth race of the season at Bristol.

Self started the 2017 season on a high note when he finished second at Daytona. However, AM Racing did not enter the following week's race at Atlanta as they planned to focus on building the team.[5] In May, Self joined Niece Motorsports and the No. 45 Chevrolet at Kansas.[6] At Pocono, Self joined Martins Motorsports and drove the No. 44 truck to a 16th-place finish.[7] Self continued to drive primarily for Martins, returning to AM Racing for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Niece for Talladega Superspeedway.

On October 30, 2017, it was announced that Self joined Niece Motorsports for the entirety of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.[8]

Following the Homestead race, AM Racing and Niece Motorsports parted ways allowing AM Racing to field full-time for Self in 2019.

After running the first three races of the year and missing the next two, Self was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR on April 1, 2019, after the fifth event of the season. Self was suspended for violating the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy.[9] After completing NASCAR's "Road to Recovery" rehab program, Self was reinstated on April 30.[10]

Xfinity Series

In May 2017, Self joined MBM Motorsports for his Xfinity Series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[11] However, as the team withdrew at Cup, owner Carl Long took over the No. 40 ride for the race, delaying Self's debut.[12]

Personal life

He is a native of Austin, Texas. During the 2016 United States presidential election, Self was a supporter of Donald Trump; for the Talladega Superspeedway Truck race that year, his No. 22 truck featured "Trump/Pence 2016" and "Make America Great Again" logos. The truck was not sponsored by Trump's campaign, and Self stated it was intended to encourage people to vote.[13] After Trump's victory, Self raced with an "American Victory; Make America Great Again" scheme at Homestead-Miami Speedway.[14] On January 31, 2016, Self was charged with simple physical assault and underage alcohol consumption for an incident in July 2015.[15]

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.)

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 Ref
2016 AM Racing 22 Toyota DAY
19		 ATL
16		 MAR
DNQ		 KAN
25		 DOV
32		 CLT
21		 TEX
13		 IOW
16		 GTW
28		 KEN
27		 ELD
9		 POC
25		 BRI
21		 MCH
16		 MSP
15		 CHI
17		 NHA
29		 LVS
21		 TAL
14		 MAR TEX
22		 HOM
25		 15th 279 [16]
44 MAR
15
66 PHO
22
2017 32 DAY
2		 ATL 15th 364 [17]
22 MAR
DNQ		 CLT
12		 DOV TEX
12		 GTW KEN
22		 ELD MSP
9
Niece Motorsports 45 Chevy KAN
15		 TEX
15
Toyota IOW
23		 TAL
18
Martins Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
16		 MCH
15		 BRI
24		 CHI
20		 NHA
14		 LVS
20		 MAR
29		 PHO
25		 HOM
17
2018 Niece Motorsports 22 Chevy DAY
20		 ATL
15		 LVS
16		 MAR
27		 DOV
15		 KAN
13		 CLT
27		 TEX
17		 IOW
15		 GTW
16		 CHI
13		 KEN
14		 ELD
18		 POC
18		 MCH
11		 BRI
13		 MSP
21		 LVS
9		 TAL
12		 MAR
23		 TEX
16		 PHO
19		 HOM
23		 12th 480 [18]
2019 AM Racing DAY
9		 ATL
27		 LVS
15		 MAR TEX DOV
19		 KAN
27		 CLT
21		 TEX
19		 IOW
14		 GTW
17		 CHI
25		 KEN
6		 POC
15		 ELD
13		 MCH
5		 BRI
15		 MSP
14		 LVS
17		 TAL
29		 MAR
19		 PHO
18		 HOM
19		 14th 442 [19]
2020 DAY
31		 LVS
17		 CLT
19		 ATL
30		 HOM
16		 POC
38		 KEN
20		 TEX
14		 KAN
17		 KAN
13		 MCH
37		 DAY
11		 DOV
23		 GTW
30		 DAR
17		 RCH
14		 BRI
33		 LVS
24		 TAL
20		 KAN
19		 TEX
7		 MAR
9		 PHO
20		 16th 386 [20]
2021 DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW MSP BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO

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 Ref
2013 Cunningham Motorsports 77 Dodge BRI
12		 GRE PEN RCH
9		 BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA
19		 DOV
DNQ		 RAL 29th 104 [21]

K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2013 Cunningham Motorsports 77 Dodge PHO S99 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SRP MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO
13		 59th 31 [22]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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 AMSC Pts Ref
2013 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL
6		 ELK POC MCH ROA WIN
2		 CHI NJE
10		 POC BLN
4		 ISF MAD DSF IOW
15		 SLM
10		 KEN KAN 24th 1160 [23]
2014 72 DAY
DNQ		 6th 4415 [24]
22 MOB
12		 SLM
4		 TAL
3		 TOL
8		 NJE
24		 POC
24		 MCH
9		 ELK
8		 WIN
10		 CHI
20		 IRP
2		 POC
8		 BLN
2		 ISF
10		 MAD
8		 DSF
10		 SLM
3		 KEN
12		 KAN
22
2015 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Ford DAY
15		 MOB
4		 NSH
3		 SLM
5		 TAL
32		 TOL
6		 NJE
7		 POC
15		 WIN
1		 IRP
9		 POC
7		 BLN
5		 DSF
15		 SLM
16		 2nd 4660 [25]
Chevy MCH
3		 CHI
12		 IOW
6		 ISF
10		 KEN
11		 KAN
12
2016 Win-Tron Racing 33 Toyota DAY
36		 NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 133rd 50 [26]
2017 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA
6		 DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 81st 200 [27]
2019 Win-Tron Racing 32 Chevy DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI
8		 ELK IOW POC
6		 ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN 45th 395 [28]

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