Dylan Lupton

Dylan Lupton

Lupton waves to the crowd during drivers introduction at the Xfinity Series race at Road America in 2015
Born (1993-12-07) December 7, 1993
Wilton, California
Achievements 2010 Langers Juice S-2 Sportsman Series Champion
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 93/83 (BK Racing)
No. 32 (Go FAS Racing)
2016 position 54th
Best finish 54th (2016)
First race 2016 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Last race 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 2 years
Car no., team No. 93 (RSS Racing)
2016 position 58th
Best finish 30th (2015)
First race 2015 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 (Phoenix)
Last race 2016 TreatMyClot.com 300 (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Truck no., team No. 02 (Young's Motorsports)
No. 05 (Athenian Motorsports)
2016 position 90th
Best finish 90th (2016)
First race 2016 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Last race 2016 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 20, 2016.

Dylan Lupton (born December 7, 1993[1]) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 93 and No. 83 Toyota Camrys for BK Racing.

Racing career

Early career

Lupton began racing in 2010 in the Langers Juice S-2 Sportsman Series, which was a championship with fourteen races and those were all at Irwindale Event Center, then known as Toyota Speedway. Lupton managed to win three races and became champion with High Point Racing just two points in front of teammate Roman Lagudi. In 2011 he got two partial rides in the K&N Pro Series West. He drove one race for team owner Greg Rayl and two races for team owner BIll McAnally, including races at All American Speedway and the new Phoenix International Raceway. His best result of the season was a 12th place at Montana Raceway Park. In 2013 and 2014 he got a full ride at Sunrise Ford Racing in the K&N Pro Series West and became runner-up in 2014 seventeen points behind two-time champion Greg Pursley. He won twice, in 2013 at Evergreen Speedway and in 2014 at Kern County Raceway Park. In 2015 he drove one K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen – he managed to take 4th place[2] – to gain road course experience, because he would drive for Athenian Motorsports in the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[3]

NASCAR

Lupton turning left at Road America in 2015

On February 16, 2015, it was announced that Lupton had been signed by Athenian Motorsports to compete part-time in the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series. Lupton was hired to run a minimum of seven races in the No. 25 starting at Phoenix International Raceway, with continued sponsorship from Zaxby's.[4] After finishing twice in the top 20 after driving five races for Athenian Motorsports, he finished 9th at Mid-Ohio.[5] Lupton started another road course race at Road America, finishing 13th.

Lupton started the 2016 Xfinity season without a ride, however on March 1, 2016, it was announced that Lupton signed a deal to drive the No. 93 Chevy for RSS Racing for 3 races, starting at Las Vegas.[6] However, the team withdrew from the Vegas race,[7] delaying his debut until the following race at Phoenix, and was replaced by Josh Reaume at Las Vegas.

In 2016, Lupton joined BK Racing to attempt his Sprint Cup Series debut at the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Lupton would finish 35th in the race.[8] He returned to the team at Richmond's Federated Auto Parts 400 in the No. 83. He would be involved in a big wreck, with his car ending up on top of Ryan Newman's car, but he would stay in the race and finish 25th. [9] Lupton made his Truck Series debut at Talladega, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet for Young Motorsports, he finished 12th.

Personal life

Lupton graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016 with a degree in finance.[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.)

Sprint Cup Series

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

ARCA Racing Series

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

* Season still in progress

References

  1. ↑ "Dylan Lupton".
  2. ↑ "NKNPS East Watkins Glen 8/07/15 Results". NASCAR. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lupton Lands Partial Xfinity Series Ride". NASCAR. February 16, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ "LUPTON LANDS PARTIAL XFINITY SERIES RIDE". NASCAR. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "2015 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Results". NASCAR. August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ "NASCAR Next Driver Dylan Lupton Pairs With RSS Racing For West Coast Swing". Catchfence. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2016 Boyd Gaming 300". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Utter, Jim (June 16, 2016). "Dylan Lupton to make NASCAR Sprint Cup debut at Sonoma". Motorsport.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ "E.J. Wade Construction Returns to Sponsor Matt DiBenedetto, Dylan Lupton at Richmond". BK Racing. September 1, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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