Tyler Young (racing driver)

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Tyler Young
American Ethanol E15 250 (Iowa
)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
JAG Metals 350 (Texas
)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
Statistics current as of November 2, 2018.

Tyler Randall Young (born July 15, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He owns Young's Motorsports, a team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro and in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series which fields the Nos. 02, 12 and 20 Chevrolet Silverados. He also has been a driver for his own team, last starting a race in 2018. Before stepping back to driving part-time to focus on the ownership side of the team, Young drove his No. 02 full-time in 2014 and 2015.

Racing career

Early career

Young celebrates after winning the DNQuinn 500 go-kart race in 2014

When he was 12, Young started racing in the

Hooters Pro Cup Series, finishing 27th in his debut at South Boston Speedway.[2]

Camping World Truck Series

Young's truck at Rockingham Speedway in 2012
Young's truck at Rockingham in 2013

In 2012, Young and family-owned

Camping World Truck Series at Rockingham Speedway with the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado. After starting 26th, he finished 28th. He made three more starts in the season, with a best finish of 20th at Bristol Motor Speedway.[3] The following year, he made seven starts, with a best finish of 19th at Texas Motor Speedway.[4]

In 2014, Young ran the full Truck schedule for Young's.

Dover International Speedway,[6] followed by another tenth-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway.[7]

In 2015, Young collected two top tens and finished 13th in the standings.

In 2016, Young ran 14 races and finished 19th in the standings.

Xfinity Series

On July 10, 2015, Young made his

loose car to finish 28th.[8]

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 SS-Green Light Racing 90 Chevy
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
RCH
TAL
IOW
CLT
DOV
MCH
CHI
DAY
KEN

28
NHA
IND
IOW
GLN
MOH
BRI ROA
DAR
RCH
CHI
KEN
DOV
CLT
KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
108th 01 [9]
2016 TriStar Motorsports 10 Toyota
DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
RCH
TAL
DOV
CLT
POC
MCH
IOW

39
DAY
KEN
NHA
IND
IOW
GLN
MOH
BRI ROA
DAR
RCH
CHI
KEN
DOV
CLT
KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
125th 01 [10]

1 Ineligible for series points

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
2012 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy
DAY
MAR
CAR

28
KAN
CLT
DOV
TEX
KEN

23
IOW
CHI
POC
MCH
BRI
20
ATL
IOW
KEN
LVS
TAL
MAR

30
TEX
PHO
HOM
45th 75 [11]
2013 6
DAY
MAR
CAR
24
KAN
32nd 139 [12]
02 CLT
29
DOV
TEX

19
KEN
IOW

27
ELD
POC
MCH
BRI
24
MSP IOW
CHI

22
LVS
TAL
MAR
TEX

24
PHO
HOM
2014
DAY

34
MAR

31
KAN

23
CLT
28
DOV

17
TEX

15
GTW

17
KEN

20
IOW

17
ELD

15
POC

26
MCH

14
BRI
18
MSP
18
CHI

11
NHA
24
LVS

19
TAL

17
MAR

19
TEX

14
PHO

18
HOM

24
13th 526 [13]
2015
DAY

13
ATL

22
MAR

20
KAN

23
CLT
18
DOV

10
TEX

14
GTW

15
IOW

20
KEN

26
ELD

13
POC

15
MCH

15
BRI
17
MSP
17
CHI

15
NHA
16
LVS

17
TAL

10
MAR

13
TEX

23
PHO

13
HOM

19
13th 629 [14]
2016
DAY

6
ATL

13
MAR

13
KAN

11
DOV

21
CLT
19
TEX

21
IOW
GTW

13
KEN
ELD

20
POC
BRI
MCH

10
MSP
28
CHI

16
NHA
LVS

23
TAL
MAR
TEX

26
PHO
HOM
19th 222 [15]
2017
DAY

23
ATL
MAR
KAN

14
CLT
DOV
TEX

23
GTW
MCH

14
BRI MSP
CHI

13
NHA
LVS
TAL

10
MAR
30th 152 [16]
20 IOW
30
KEN ELD
POC
TEX

17
PHO
HOM
2018
DAY
ATL
LVS
MAR
DOV
KAN
CLT
TEX

7
IOW
GTW
CHI
KEN ELD
POC
MCH
BRI MSP
LVS
TAL
MAR
47th 45 [17]
12
TEX

27
PHO
HOM

References

  1. ^
    National Speed Sport News
    . Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "2008 Miller Lite 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Tyler Young Ready for Rockingham NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race This Weekend". Young's Motorsports. April 11, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "TYLER YOUNG HAS FULL-TIME TRUCK SERIES SLATE". NASCAR. January 28, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  5. ^ "TYLER YOUNG SETS 2015 TRUCK SERIES PLANS". NASCAR. January 22, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "Strong Effort Earns Tyler Young And Team First Career Top-10 Finish At Dover International Speedway". Catchfence. May 30, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Wilson, Steven B. (October 25, 2015). "Talladega top 10 brings a boost of confidence for Tyler Young". Speedway Digest. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Tyler Young XFINITY Series Debut Recap". Young's Motorsports. Retrieved January 28, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Tyler Young – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  10. ^ "Tyler Young – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  11. ^ "Tyler Young – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  12. ^ "Tyler Young – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  13. ^ "Tyler Young – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  14. ^ "Tyler Young – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  15. ^ "Tyler Young – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  16. ^ "Tyler Young – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  17. ^ "Tyler Young – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

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