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Cole Custer
Custer at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornCole Matthew Custer
(1998-01-23) January 23, 1998 (age 26)
Ladera Ranch, California, U.S.
Achievements2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion
2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Champion
Youngest NASCAR Truck Series winner (16 in 2014)
Youngest NASCAR K&N Pro Series West winner (15 years, 6 months, 10 days)
2nd youngest winner in a NASCAR-sanctioned race
Awards2020 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
117 races run over 5 years
Car no., teamNo. 41 (Haas Factory Team)
2023 position52nd
Best finish16th (2020)
First race2018 Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race2023 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
First win2020 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 12 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
176 races run over 8 years
2023 position1st
Best finish1st (2023)
First race2016 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last win2024 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
15 119 21
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
42 races run over 3 years
2016 position10th
Best finish10th (2016)
First race2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win2014 UNOH 175 (Loudon)
Last win2015 American Ethanol Presents the Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 24 5
Statistics current as of November 9, 2024.

Cole Matthew Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang for Haas Factory Team. He is the son of Joe Custer, the team president of Stewart–Haas Racing. He is the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.[1]

Racing career

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Early career

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Custer began racing quarter midgets at age four. In 2011, Custer won the USAC National Focus Young Guns Championship. The following year, Custer began racing late models, winning ten races and earning Rookie of the Year honors.[2]

Custer's No. 00 Pro Series East car at Richmond International Raceway in 2013

In 2013, Custer joined the K&N Pro Series East, making his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway[2] for Ken Schrader Racing. During the season at Iowa Speedway, Custer won the pole position, led every lap, a record for a combination race, and won, becoming the youngest race winner in K&N Pro Series history at age 15, beating Dylan Kwasniewski's record by six months.[3][N 1] Custer would win again at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, also from the pole.[6][7] He finished eighth in the series standings.[8] Custer later ran in the K&N Pro Series West's season-ending race. Custer led every single lap, but was turned by Gray Gaulding on the final lap, and finished sixth.[8]

In the 2014 season, Custer won the Pro Series West opener at Phoenix International Raceway, holding off Greg Pursley and Brennan Newberry on the green–white–checker finish.[9]

2014–2016: Camping World Truck Series

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Custer at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015

In 2014, Custer joined Haas Racing Development to run nine races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, making his debut in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway.[8] Custer started the race 9th, and finished 12th.[10] In qualifying for the Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park, Custer set the track record with a 136.426 miles per hour (219.556 km/h) lap speed, becoming the youngest pole winner in NASCAR history.[11]

At New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 20, 2014, Custer won the Camping World Truck Series' UNOH 175 from the pole, becoming the youngest winner in the history of NASCAR's national touring series at 16 years, 7 months and 28 days.[12][N 2]

On January 12, 2015, JR Motorsports announced that Custer would drive a truck for them in ten races in 2015.[13] On June 13, 2015, Custer won the Truck race at Gateway Motorsports Park, holding off the No. 23 truck of Spencer Gallagher, after the dominating trucks of Erik Jones and Matt Crafton were involved in two wrecks at laps 142 and 152.

When he turned 18 years old in 2016, JR Motorsports began fielding the No. 00 truck for Custer full-time, competing for the Rookie of the Year title. At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during the Chevrolet Silverado 250, John Hunter Nemechek and Custer were battling for the lead when Nemechek bumped Custer before running both Custer and himself off-road, pinning Custer to the wall. Before the winner was declared, Nemechek was tackled by Custer; Nemechek would be named the winner.[14]

2017–2019: Xfinity Series

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Custer at Road America in 2017

In 2016, Custer made his Xfinity Series debut for JR Motorsports at Richmond International Raceway, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro.[15] He drove the No. 88 for JR Motorsports to a career best fourth-place finish at Charlotte in the Hisense 4K TV 300.

On September 16, 2016, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Custer would drive the No. 00 Ford Mustang full-time in 2017, with Haas Automation as the primary sponsor.[16] Custer began the 2017 Xfinity season with a crash at Daytona, finishing 37th. He rebounded the next week at Atlanta, finishing 10th.

After making the Playoffs in his first appearance, Custer began making a surge at the end of the season including leading the most laps at Chicago and Kansas. Custer missed the Final Four by two spots after racing head to head with Daniel Hemric, the next week, Custer put on a clinic by leading the most laps, winning both stages and en route to his first Xfinity win at the Homestead–Miami Speedway in South Florida. The next year at the fall Texas race, Custer got his second career win when he passed Tyler Reddick on the last lap, clinching his spot in the Championship Four.[citation needed]

In the 2019 season, Custer scored wins at Fontana, Richmond, Pocono, Chicago, Kentucky,[17] and Dover. He finished second at Darlington, but was declared the official race winner after Denny Hamlin was disqualified when his car failed to meet height requirements during post-race inspection.[18][19] At the end of the Kansas race, Custer got into a fight with Reddick on pit road.[20] Custer finished the 2019 season second in points after finishing second again to Reddick at Homestead.[21]

2020–2022: Cup Series

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Custer's No. 41 car at Dover International Speedway in 2020
Cole Custer races at Martinsville in 2022.

In March 2018, Custer joined Rick Ware Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[22] He finished 25th. He returned for the June Pocono race where he would finish 26th. At Richmond Raceway in the fall, he qualified a surprising tenth, though he would go on to finish 26th.[23]

On November 15, 2019, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Custer will replace Daniel Suárez in the No. 41 Ford in 2020.[24] He scored his first Cup top-ten finish at Phoenix, while his maiden top five came at Indianapolis.[25][26]

A week after Indianapolis, Custer won his first Cup race in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, passing Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., and Ryan Blaney on the last lap.[27] He became the first rookie to win in the Cup Series since Chris Buescher in 2016, the first rookie to do so in a non-shortened race since Juan Pablo Montoya in 2007,[28] and the 33rd driver to win a race in all three NASCAR national touring series.[27] With the win, Custer made the 2020 Playoffs, but was eliminated following the third round at Bristol.[29] He finished 16th in the points standings and was awarded the Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.[30] Custer remained with Stewart-Haas for the 2021 season. However, his results were inconsistent and he missed the playoffs after the regular-season finale at Daytona as he was 26th in the points standings with just two top tens at Talladega and Dover.[31]

After a two-year absence, Custer returned to the Xfinity Series in May 2021 at Circuit of the Americas, driving the No. 17 for SS-Green Light Racing and Rick Ware Racing in a collaboration with Stewart–Haas Racing.[32]

Custer returned to Xfinity Series competition in February 2022 at Auto Club Speedway, driving the No. 07 for SS-Green Light Racing in a collaboration with Stewart–Haas Racing. He would end up winning the race after leading 80 laps. It was his 10th career Xfinity Series win, and the first win for SS-Green Light Racing.[33]

On October 11, 2022, Custer and crew chief Mike Shiplett were fined US$100,000 after Custer intentionally slowed down and checked up on the last lap of the Charlotte Roval race, allowing his SHR teammate Chase Briscoe to advance to the next round of the playoffs. In addition, Shiplett was indefinitely suspended and the No. 41 team was docked 50 owner and driver points.[34]

2023–2024: Back to the Xfinity Series

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Custer at Auto Club Speedway in 2023

On November 16, 2022, SHR announced that Ryan Preece would replace Custer in the No. 41 in the Cup Series in 2023 while Custer would move back to the Xfinity Series, driving a second full-time car for SHR. The team announced on November 23, 2022 that he would drive the 00 once again.[35] Custer started the 2023 season with a ninth place finish at Daytona. He scored his first win of the season at Portland.[36] Custer also won at a rain-shortened Chicago street race.[37] Following the Michigan race, the No. 00 was docked 20 driver and owner points and five playoff points, and crew chief Jonathan Toney was fined US$25,000 after the post-race inspection revealed unapproved splitters.[38] Custer won at Phoenix and claimed his first Xfinity Series championship.[39]

Cole Custer at Pocono Raceway in 2023

On July 3, Rick Ware Racing announced that Custer would return to the Cup Series to drive the No. 51 at Atlanta, New Hampshire, and Pocono.[40]

On November 2, 2023, Custer announced he would continue in the No. 00 in 2024.[41] Two days later, Custer would go on to win his and Stewart–Haas's first Xfinity Series championship at Phoenix Raceway after holding off Justin Allgaier and John Hunter Nemechek on an overtime restart.

Custer started the 2024 season with a 13th place finish at Daytona. He scored wins at Pocono and Bristol, as well as the regular season championship.[42][43] Despite not winning a race during the playoffs, Custer stayed consistent enough to make the Championship 4.[44] After the race at Martinsville, Custer was involved in a post-race altercation with Chandler Smith.[45]

On May 28, 2024, Stewart–Haas Racing announced it would shut down its NASCAR operations at the end of the season.[46]

2025: Return to Cup Series

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On July 20, 2024, Custer announced his Cup Series return in 2025 with the No. 41 of Haas Factory Team, which is a reorganization of Stewart–Haas Racing.[47]

Personal life

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Born in Ladera Ranch, California, Custer is the son of Joe Custer, who is the team president of Stewart–Haas Racing and the chief operating officer of Haas F1 Team.[48] SHR co-owner Gene Haas' company, Haas Automation, sponsors Custer.[2] He attended Ladera Ranch Middle School and Tesoro High School.

He is married to Kari Custer. In July 2024, Kari gave birth to a son.[49]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Cup Series

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NASCAR Cup 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 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2018 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford DAY ATL LVS
25
PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC
26
MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH
26
ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 63rd 01 [50]
2020 Stewart–Haas Racing 41 Ford DAY
37
LVS
19
CAL
18
PHO
9
DAR
22
DAR
31
CLT
12
CLT
18
BRI
35
ATL
19
MAR
29
HOM
22
TAL
22
POC
16
POC
17
IND
5
KEN
1
TEX
39
KAN
7
NHA
8
MCH
34
MCH
25
DRC
22
DOV
11
DOV
10
DAY
30
DAR
12
RCH
14
BRI
23
LVS
16
TAL
31
ROV
9
KAN
14
TEX
14
MAR
13
PHO
28
16th 2202 [51]
2021 DAY
11
DRC
13
HOM
23
LVS
25
PHO
31
ATL
18
BRD
24
MAR
18
RCH
23
TAL
10
KAN
24
DAR
36
DOV
10
COA
36
CLT
21
SON
20
NSH
30
POC
38
POC
24
ROA
17
ATL
17
NHA
14
GLN
17
IRC
25
MCH
23
DAY
24
DAR
11
RCH
22
BRI
28
LVS
29
TAL
13
ROV
18
TEX
19
KAN
18
MAR
23
PHO
13
26th 575 [31]
2022 DAY
20
CAL
11
LVS
33
PHO
16
ATL
34
COA
23
RCH
22
MAR
21
BRD
13
TAL
29
DOV
15
DAR
26
KAN
22
CLT
21
GTW
29
SON
21
NSH
26
ROA
15
ATL
9
NHA
27
POC
17
IRC
9
MCH
31
RCH
26
GLN
11
DAY
16
DAR
14
KAN
22
BRI
8
TEX
35
TAL
21
ROV
24
LVS
20
HOM
24
MAR
14
PHO
16
25th 589 [52]
2023 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL
32
NHA
35
POC
25
RCH MCH
25
IRC GLN
28
DAY DAR KAN
24
BRI
TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR 52nd 01 [53]
RFK Racing 6 Ford PHO
QL
2025 Haas Factory Team 41 Ford DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO -* -*
– Qualified for Brad Keselowski
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2020 Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 12 37
2021 27 11
2022 31 20

Xfinity Series

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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
2016 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
6
TAL DOV CLT
DNQ
KAN
35
TEX PHO HOM
17
100th 01 [54]
88 CLT
4
POC MCH IOW DAY KEN
32
NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV
2017 Stewart–Haas Racing 00 Ford DAY
37
ATL
10
LVS
11
PHO
21
CAL
35
TEX
5
BRI
32
RCH
13
TAL
26
CLT
7
DOV
4
POC
7
MCH
10
IOW
24
DAY
22
KEN
11
NHA
9
IND
5
IOW
5
GLN
12
MOH
35
BRI
10
ROA
8
DAR
9
RCH
14
CHI
7
KEN
5
DOV
8
CLT
6
KAN
19
TEX
5
PHO
7
HOM
1*
5th 2288 [55]
2018 Stewart–Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste DAY
14
ATL
39
LVS
9
PHO
8
CAL
6
TEX
4
BRI
8
RCH
6
TAL
9
DOV
13
CLT
2
POC
5
MCH
3
IOW
4
CHI
3
DAY
25
KEN
5
NHA
9
IOW
9*
GLN
6
MOH
7
BRI
4
ROA
4
DAR
2
IND
29
LVS
3
RCH
15
ROV
7
DOV
2
KAN
26
TEX
1
PHO
8
HOM
2*
2nd 4035 [56]
2019 DAY
14
ATL
2
LVS
9
PHO
4
CAL
1
TEX
34
BRI
3
RCH
1*
TAL
32
DOV
4*
CLT
24
POC
1*
MCH
12
IOW
2
CHI
1*
DAY
26
KEN
1*
NHA
2
IOW
29
GLN
7
MOH
8
BRI
22
ROA
10
DAR
1
IND
7
LVS
4
RCH
3
ROV
8
DOV
1
KAN
11*
TEX
8
PHO
2
HOM
2
2nd 4035 [57]
2021 SS-Green Light Racing with Rick Ware Racing 17 Ford DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA
7
CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 85th 01 [58]
2022 SS-Green Light Racing 07 DAY CAL
1*
LVS PHO ATL COA
3
RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA
25
ATL NHA POC
10
IRC MCH GLN
11
DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 75th 01 [59]
2023 Stewart–Haas Racing 00 Ford DAY
9
CAL
27
LVS
12
PHO
12
ATL
12
COA
32
RCH
5
MAR
3
TAL
4
DOV
7
DAR
3
CLT
3
PIR
1
SON
6
NSH
9
CSC
1*
ATL
3
NHA
22
POC
33
ROA
30
MCH
16
IRC
6
GLN
7
DAY
5
DAR
4
KAN
36
BRI
4
TEX
6
ROV
2
LVS
3
HOM
13*
MAR
19
PHO
1*
1st 4040 [60]
2024 DAY
13
ATL
16
LVS
2
PHO
5
COA
4
RCH
10
MAR
8
TEX
5
TAL
10
DOV
5
DAR
3
CLT
32
PIR
6
SON
9
IOW
6
NHA
3*
NSH
9
CSC
18
POC
1
IND
2*
MCH
30
DAY
32
DAR
2
ATL
31
GLN
21
BRI
1*
KAN
2
TAL
26
ROV
13
LVS
8
HOM
2
MAR
4
PHO
8
2nd 4029 [61]

Camping World Truck Series

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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
2014 Haas Racing Development 00 Chevy DAY MAR
12
KAN CLT DOV
14
TEX GTW
6
KEN IOW
8
ELD POC MCH BRI
8
MSP
9
CHI NHA
1*
LVS TAL MAR
29
TEX PHO
3
HOM 25th 302 [62]
2015 JR Motorsports Chevy DAY ATL MAR
16
KAN CLT DOV
13*
TEX GTW
1
IOW
9
KEN ELD
29
POC MCH BRI
16*
MSP
10*
CHI NHA
24
LVS TAL MAR
4*
TEX PHO
26
HOM 22nd 305 [63]
2016 DAY
24
ATL
17
MAR
29
KAN
7
DOV
5
CLT
13
TEX
14
IOW
2
GTW
15
KEN
14
ELD
6
POC
5
BRI
6
MCH
22
MSP
2*
CHI
9
NHA
6
LVS
3
TAL
29
MAR
7
TEX
9
PHO
10
HOM
10
10th 502 [64]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

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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 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 Ken Schrader Racing 00 Chevy BRI
24
GRE
19
FIF
22
RCH
3
BGS
10
IOW
4
LGY
23
COL
15
IOW
1*
VIR
19
GRE
16
NHA
1*
DOV
14
RAL
5
8th 452 [65]
2014 Bill McAnally Racing 00 Chevy NSM DAY BRI
14
GRE RCH
1*
IOW
11
BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW
3
GLN
16
VIR
18
GRE DOV
18
20th 234 [66]
2015 Toyota NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN
5
MOT VIR RCH DOV 43rd 40 [67]
2016 HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks 98 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN
3
GRE NJM DOV 44th 41 [68]

ARCA Racing Series

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(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 Ref
2015 JR Motorsports 00 Chevy DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE
5
POC
24
MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC
1
BLN ISF DQN SLM KEN KAN 41st 560 [69]
2016 Ken Schrader Racing 54 Chevy DAY
10
NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN 69th* 390* [70]
Athenian Motorsports 05 Chevy IOW
7
IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN
2017 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Ford DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA
11
DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 88th 175 [71]

ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 AMSWC Pts Ref
2013 Ken Schrader Racing 00 Ford PHO S99
18
BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP AAS KCR 38th 66 [72]
Chevy PHO
6*
2014 Bill McAnally Racing 00 Chevy PHO
1*
IRW S99 IOW KCR PHO
3
20th 121 [73]
Toyota SON
12
SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS
2015 KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON
9
SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO 47th 35 [74]
2019 Sunrise Ford Racing 22 Ford LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON
4
DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO 39th 40 [75]
2023 High Point Racing 55 Ford PHO IRW KCR PIR
2*
SON
18
IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO 26th 70 [76]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ The current youngest K&N Pro Series winner is Gray Gaulding, winning at Phoenix International Raceway at 15 years, 8 months and 30 days.[4][5]
  2. ^ NASCAR's "national touring series" include the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series; some include the 1972–1973 Grand National East Series as well.
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