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Michael Self
Self at Madison International Speedway in 2019
Born (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990 (age 33)
Park City, Utah
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamVenturini Motorsports
Car number25
EngineToyota
Crew chiefKevin Reed
Former teamsRanier Racing with MDM, MDM Motorsports
Starts59
Wins9
Poles6
Best finish2nd in 2020, 2019
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
7 races run over 1 year
2015 position40th
Best finish40th (2015)
First race2015 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race2015 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 4, 2020.
Previous series
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

Michael Self (born November 1, 1990) is an American professional

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
, and nine wins in ARCA competition.

Racing career

Early years

Self started racing at age eleven in

late models.[2] The stock car opportunity came around the time of the CART-IndyCar split; Self had scholarship money from Mazda waiting but passed on the opportunity.[1] Throughout his early developmental career, Self's family funded his efforts; the family ran out of money around 2013.[1]

K&N Pro Series West

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

The partnership with GGRT extended into 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.[5] He finished seventh in points with three top fives. 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. In 2013, Self won three races in a row[6] and never fell out of the top six in points to finish fourth. Despite the six wins, Self did not return to the RCR driver development lineup in 2014.

In 2017, Self returned to the West Series for a part-time schedule of races with Sunrise Ford Racing. He was contacted by team owner Bob Bruncati about running the car, and initially refused on a basis of a lack of sponsorship. Once Bruncati made it known that no sponsorship was needed, Self agreed to drive it for the rest of the season.[7] He won the race at Meridian Speedway after Chris Eggleston was disqualified for jumping the final restart.[8] He finished in the top ten in all of his starts and won another race, at All American Speedway.

ARCA Menards Series

With no ride in the

ARCA Racing Series events in 2014, the first at Mobile International Speedway.[9] He failed to finish either of his starts due to mechanical issues. Again without a ride in any national series, Self partnered with Ranier Racing with MDM for a race at Kansas Speedway in 2016,[10] in which he finished third. He spotted for Justin Haley in 2015 and 2016 at various races.[11]

In January 2017, Self announced that he would return to the No. 28 for the renamed MDM Motorsports (due to Ranier leaving the team as a co-owner) for the season-opening race at Daytona.[12] 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.[13] Self finished inside the top five in three of his next four races 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 also was the spotter for NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson at the time.[14]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Self and Sinclair partnered with Venturini Motorsports for half of the 2018 ARCA Racing Series schedule.[15] The schedule includes races at Daytona, Nashville, Talladega, Charlotte, Michigan, Chicagoland, Lucas Oil Raceway, Salem and Kansas.[16] Both driver and sponsor had previous experience with Venturini, as Self had raced with the team in ARCA and the Venturini family had operated Sinclair gas stations.[17]

Self began the 2018 ARCA season by winning the season-opening Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona.[18] He followed up with a win at Chicagoland in late June, avenging a near-loss in the 2017 edition of the event. Self beat Riley Herbst and Sheldon Creed on the final restart to secure the victory.[19] At Salem Speedway in fall, Self and Zane Smith got in a racing incident early in the race, leading Smith to retaliate by intentionally destroying Self's car later in the race. Smith was later penalized by ARCA for the incident.[20]

On January 11, 2019, Self and Venturini announced a full schedule for the

Allen Crowe 100, Self claimed his first dirt triumph, beating Venturini teammate Christian Eckes on a late restart.[26] Late-season mechanical failures and a lack of restart speed in the season finale at Kansas Speedway, dropping Self to second in the season-long points tally behind Eckes.[27]

After originally only securing enough funding for a partial season, Self returned full-time to Venturini Motorsports in 2020.

Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona.[28] Self won his second race of the season at the General Tire 100, the series' inaugural race on the road course layout at Daytona.[29] He finished second in the championship to Bret Holmes.[30]

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.[31] 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.

Personal life

Self attended the University of Utah.[3][32] He later attended Central Piedmont Community College, UNC Charlotte[11] and UNC Greensboro.[33] When he is not racing, he is a road racing coach and has worked with Chip Ganassi Racing.[11] Self moved from Utah to California at the genesis of his K&N career and then later to North Carolina around 2014.[1] Self and his wife Dana married in 2017.[33][34]

Images

  • Self in the West Series race at Sonoma in 2011
    Self in the West Series race at Sonoma in 2011
  • Self in the No. 9 for Sunrise Ford at Sonoma in 2017
    Self in the No. 9 for Sunrise Ford at Sonoma in 2017
  • Self in the Venturini No. 15 in 2018 at Michigan
    Self in the Venturini No. 15 in 2018 at Michigan
  • Self standing beside his Venturini No. 25 before the race at Madison in 2019
    Self standing beside his Venturini No. 25 before the race at Madison in 2019
  • Self drove the No. 0 for JD Motorsports at Mid-Ohio
    Self drove the No. 0 for JD Motorsports at Mid-Ohio
  • Self drove the No. 4 for JD Motorsports at Road America
    Self drove the No. 4 for JD Motorsports at Road America
  • Self and his wife Dana at Talladega in 2019
    Self and his wife Dana at Talladega in 2019

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 Ref
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 [35]
0
GLN

37
MOH

27 		BRI
CHI

25 		KAN
32
TEX
PHO
HOM
4 ROA
11
DAR
RCH

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
2009 Viva Motorsports 84 Chevy CTS AAS PHO MAD IOW DCS SON IRW PIR
23
MMP

25 		CNS IOW AAS 43rd 182 [36]
2010 88 AAS
14 		PHO
10 		IOW
13 		DCS
17 		SON
5 		IRW
11 		PIR
11 		MRP
8 		CNS
7
MMP

28 		8th 1552 [37]
Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy AAS
12 		PHO
8
2011 PHO
15 		AAS
14
MMP

8 		IOW
8
LVS

4 		SON
25 		IRW
5 		EVG
11 		PIR
8 		CNS
13 		MRP
5
SPO

6 		AAS
20 		PHO
32 		7th 1807 [38]
2012 PHO
18 		LHC
4
MMP

18 		S99
20 		IOW
4 		BIR
1
LVS

17 		SON
6 		EVG
2 		CNS
4 		IOW
1 		PIR
2 		SMP
12 		AAS
22 		PHO
1* 		6th 541 [39]
2013 PHO
3 		S99
15 		BIR
1 		IOW
1* 		L44
1 		SON
3* 		CNS
6 		IOW
3 		EVG
16
SPO

6*
MMP

4 		SMP
5 		AAS
4
KCR

2 		PHO
9 		4th 598 [40]
2017 Sunrise Ford Racing 9 Ford TUS
KCR

6 		IRW
6 		IRW
3
SPO

5 		OSS
8 		CNS
8 		SON
4 		IOW
6 		EVG
4 		DCS
7 		MER
1 		AAS
1*
KCR

4 		4th 522 [41]

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 AMSC Pts Ref
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 [42]
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 [43]
2017 MDM Motorsports Toyota
DAY

27 		NSH
SLM
 TAL
TOL
ELK
 24th 1135 [44]
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
KAN

3 		15th 1985 [45]
55 NSH
4
SLM
IOW

18
ELK
 POC
ISF
BLN
DSF
SLM

16
IRP

11
2019 25
DAY

31 		FIF
1
SLM

1* 		TAL
5 		NSH
15
TOL

4 		CLT
5*
POC

11
MCH

1* 		MAD
2
GTW

13*
CHI

4
ELK

4
IOW

3 		POC
3
ISF

1* 		DSF
4
SLM

14 		IRP
6
KAN

2* 		2nd 5020 [46]
2020
DAY

1* 		PHO
2 		TAL
5
POC

5
IRP

8 		KEN
3
IOW

6
KAN

6 		TOL
5
TOL

4
MCH

3 		DAY
1
GTW

15 		I44
6
TOL

7 		BRI
5 		WIN
2 		MEM
6
ISF

9
KAN

5 		2nd 941 [47]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 AMSEC Pts Ref
2020 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota
NSM
TOL
DOV
 TOL
7 		BRI
5
FIF
 17th 78 [48]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

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