Young's Motorsports

Young's Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series. In the Truck Series, they field three full-time Chevrolet Silverados: the No. 02 for Kris Wright, the No. 12 for Tate Fogleman and the No. 20 for Spencer Boyd. In the ARCA Menards Series, they field the No. 02 Chevrolet SS part-time. The drivers of that car have yet to be announced.

Young's Motorsports
Owner(s)Randy Young
Tyler Young
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Camping World Truck Series
ARCA Menards Series
Race driversTruck Series:
02. Kris Wright (R)
12. Tate Fogleman
20. Spencer Boyd
82. Toni Breidinger (part-time)
ARCA Menards Series:
02. Toni Breidinger (part-time)
SponsorsTruck Series:
02. TBA
12. Solid Rock Carriers, TBA
20. American Pavement Specialists, Credit MRI, EcoTwist, WML Enterprises
82. Roman Empire Management
ARCA Menards Series:
02. Roman Empire Management
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2012
Career
Debut2012 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Rockingham)
Latest race2020 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Races competed260
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories1
Pole positions0

History

Truck No. 02 history

Austin Hill in the No. 02 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2018

The team debuted in the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season with Tyler Young in a part-time schedule. In 2013, Young returned again for a part-time schedule. In 2014 the team ran its first full-time season, again with Young. In 2016, the team returned to a part-time schedule, sharing the No. 02 with Austin Hill Racing and Rette Jones Racing. Dylan Lupton, Austin Theriault, Derek Scott Jr. and Scott Lagasse Jr. also drove the 02 in 2016. In 2017, the team announced that the truck would be split by Austin Hill and Tyler Young. Australian sprint car racing driver Max Johnston drove the truck at Eldora Speedway.[1]

In 2018, Austin Hill drove the 02 full-time.[2] Despite scoring a top-five at Texas, six top-tens and an eleventh-place finish in points, Hill said that rules changes and simple mistakes by the team held them back from greater success.[3]

In 2019, Tyler Dippel joined Young's Motorsports to drive the No. 02 full-time.[4] On August 23, NASCAR announced that Dippel had been suspended indefinitely for violation of the sport's Code of Conduct. Young's Motorsports has not yet announced his substitute replacement for the race at Canada nor the following races until his suspension is lifted.[5][6] D. J. Kennington served as his substitute replacement for the race at Canada.[7] Dippel was reinstated the following week on August 28, 2019.[8]

Truck No. 12 history

In 2018, the team debuted at Iowa Speedway with Reid Wilson behind the wheel. Ty Dillon drove at Eldora Speedway. Alex Tagliani was announced to drive at Mosport.

In 2019, Gus Dean joined Young's Motorsports to drive the No. 12 full-time. During the February Daytona race, he spun on the last laps hitting Ben Rhodes’ No. 99 and than started the Big One, finishing fifteenth. His best finish was thirteenth at Michigan and his worst was thirty-second at Martinsville and Texas. He ended up finishing fifteenth in the points at the end of the 2019 season.[9]

In 2020, T. J. Bell was to drive the Young's Motorsports No. 12 at the spring Atlanta race, but the truck was not entered when the race was postponed from March to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bell would instead drive the No. 83 CMI Motorsports truck in the rescheduled race.[10]

Truck No. 20 history

Spencer Boyd in the No. 20 at Martinsville Speedway in 2019

The No. 20 was Austin Hill Racing's former number. In 2017, with Hill now on No. 02 truck, the second truck became the No. 20. The team debuted at Iowa Speedway. Speed Energy Formula Off-Road champion Sheldon Creed drove the No. 20 at Eldora Speedway.[11]

The team planned to run full-time with the No. 20 team in 2018. Scott Lagasse Jr. drove the No. 20 Chevrolet in the season opener at Daytona with a 5th-place finish. Austin and Ty Dillon soon after announced through Team Dillon that Richard Childress Racing affiliated drivers, including Austin, Ty, Daniel Hemric and Tanner Thorson would pilot the 20 for the vast majority of the remaining schedule, with Thorson taking most of the races.[12] Michel Disdier, Reid Wilson, Tate Fogleman, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Max Tullman also drove the 20 truck in 2018.[13]

For the 2019 season, Spencer Boyd was announced to pilot the 20 full-time.[14] He started off the season with a career-best fourth-place result at the 2019 NextEra Energy 250.[15] Boyd raced the team to an unofficial second-place finish in the 2019 Sugarlands Shine 250 at Talladega, however the unofficial winner, Johnny Sauter, would be penalized for forcing the No. 51 KBM truck of Riley Herbst below the double yellow line in an attempt to block, giving the win to Boyd and Young's Motorsports.

Truck No. 42 history

In 2014, the team fielded a second truck (No. 60) for Charles Lewandoski at Daytona but the team withdrew. The team returned at Kansas as a start and park team to help fund the team's No. 02 car but now with a new number (No. 42). After 6 races, the No. 42 team shut down.

Partnerships

In 2013, Tyler Young drove No. 6 for the team at Rockingham Speedway, using Sharp Gallaher Racing owners' points. He finished 24th in the race.

In 2016, Young's teamed with Austin Hill Racing fielding No. 02 Ford for Hill's self-owned team in four races. Later that year Young's partnered with Rette Jones Racing to field the No. 02 for Dominique Van Wieringen at Phoenix International Raceway.[16] The next race, at Homestead, Young's fielded the No. 07 truck for Patrick Staropoli that utilized owner points from SS-Green Light Racing.[17]

In 2017, Austin Hill started to run for the team in No. 02, sharing the truck with Tyler Young. However, Hill drove Ford trucks that he himself owned while Young ran Chevrolets from the team inventory.

Car No. 02 history

On January 14, 2021, the team announced that they would expand into the ARCA Menards Series, fielding the No. 02 car on a part-time basis. The team first entered the series in ARCA's Daytona test session in January with Kris Wright (one of their full-time Truck Series drivers) and Toni Breidinger driving. Their first race will come in the season-opening race at Daytona in February, although they have yet to determine the rest of their schedule and who their driver(s) will be in each race. It is unclear if Wright and Breidinger will drive the car in any races this season after their participation in the test session.[18]

References

  1. Leeuwen, Andrew van (July 13, 2017). "Australian Sprintcar driver to make Truck debut at Eldora". Motorsport.com. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  2. "Austin Hill to compete full time as part of Young's Motorsports 2018 Truck Series lineup". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. McCubbin, Ashley. "Ashley Asks: Austin Hill". Popular Speed. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. "Tyler Dippel joins Young's Motorsports for 2019 season". NASCAR.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. Utter, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Tyler Dippel has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR". Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  6. Brooks, Amanda (August 23, 2019). "Dippel Suspended". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  7. Christie, Toby (August 24, 2019). "DJ Kennington to Replace Suspended Tyler Dippel in Canada". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  8. Brooks, Amanda (August 28, 2019). "Tyler Dippel reinstated after suspension". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  9. Wilhelm, Chase. "Young's Motorsports tabs Gus Dean for full-time Truck Series ride". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  10. Haas, Jared (May 18, 2020). "TJ Bell, CMI Teaming for Charlotte & Atlanta". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  11. Wilson, Steven B. (July 17, 2017). "Young's Motorsports to field two Truck Series entries at Eldora Speedway". Speedway Digest. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  12. "Team Dillon partners with GoShare and Young's Motorsports for full season". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  13. "Truck No. 20 in 2018". Racing Reference. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  14. "Spencer Boyd Joins Young's Motorsports". Speed Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  15. Albino, Dustin. "Spencer Boyd Earns Career-Best NASCAR Finish in Wild Daytona Truck Race". Frontstretch. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  16. Utter, Jim (November 8, 2016). "Dominique Van Wieringen to make NASCAR Truck debut at Phoenix". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  17. "Young's Motorsports Prepares For Busy Weekend At Homestead-MiamiSpeedway". SpeedwayMedia. November 16, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  18. Srigley, Joseph (January 14, 2021). "Young's Motorsports Expands Operations into ARCA Menards Series; Limited National Series Schedule in 2021". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
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