Austin Wayne Self
American auto racing driver

Austin Wayne Self

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5 March 1996(Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA)
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Austin Wayne Self (born March 5, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado for AM Racing. He also has competed in the ARCA Racing Series, most recently driving the No. 33 Toyota Camry for Win-Tron Racing in 2016.

Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Self scored his first win at Winchester Speedway in June 2015, finishing second in the standings for that same year. As a career, Self totaled 45 starts for two teams.

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

In December 2015, it was announced that Self would compete for Rookie of the Year honors and run the entire schedule with AM Racing, driving the No. 22 Toyota Tundra owned by his father Tim Self. After failing to qualify for the third race of the season at Martinsville, Self took the place of Tommy Joe Martins, who damaged his truck in qualifying and was not able to race. Ironically, he recorded his highest Camping World Truck Series finish at that time, finishing 15th.

In his rookie season of 2016, Self was penalized two times in the first three races.After the first race at Daytona, he was given a warning for an illegal triangular filler panel. After the third race at Martinsville, he was given a warning for trailing arm infractions.

After his family team merged with Win-Tron Racing, Self began driving trucks out of the Win-Tron shop in Mooresville, NC beginning with the thirteenth race of the season at Bristol.

Self started the 2017 season on a high note when he finished second at Daytona. However, AM Racing did not enter the following week's race at Atlanta as they planned to focus on building the team. In May, Self joined Niece Motorsports and the No. 45 Chevrolet at Kansas. At Pocono, Self joined Martins Motorsports and drove the No. 44 truck to a 16th-place finish. Self continued to drive primarily for Martins, returning to AM Racing for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Niece for Talladega Superspeedway.

On October 30, 2017, it was announced that Self joined Niece Motorsports for the entirety of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.

Following the Homestead race, AM Racing and Niece Motorsports parted ways allowing AM Racing to field full-time for Self in 2019.

After running the first three races of the year and missing the next two, Self was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR on April 1, 2019, after the fifth event of the season. Self was suspended for violating the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy. After completing NASCAR's "Road to Recovery" rehab program, Self was reinstated on April 30.

Xfinity Series

In May 2017, Self joined MBM Motorsports for his Xfinity Series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway. However, as the team withdrew at Cup, owner Carl Long took over the No. 40 ride for the race, delaying Self's debut.

Personal life

He is a native of Austin, Texas. During the 2016 United States presidential election, Self was a supporter of Donald Trump; for the Talladega Superspeedway Truck race that year, his No. 22 truck featured "Trump/Pence 2016" and "Make America Great Again" logos. The truck was not sponsored by Trump's campaign, and Self stated it was intended to encourage people to vote. After Trump's victory, Self raced with an "American Victory; Make America Great Again" scheme at Homestead-Miami Speedway. On January 31st 2016, Self was charged with simple physical assault and consuming alcohol 19/20 for an incident in July 2015.

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.)

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 NGTC Pts Ref
2016 AM Racing 22 Toyota DAY
ATL
MAR
KAN
DOV
CLT
TEX
IOW
GTW
KEN
ELD
POC
BRI
MCH
MSP
CHI
NHA
LVS
TAL
MAR TEX
HOM
15th 279
44 MAR
66 PHO
2017 32 DAY
ATL 15th 364
22 MAR
CLT
DOV TEX
GTW KEN
ELD MSP
Niece Motorsports 45 Chevy KAN
TEX
Toyota IOW
TAL
Martins Motorsports 44 Chevy POC
MCH
BRI
CHI
NHA
LVS
MAR
PHO
HOM
2018 Niece Motorsports 22 Chevy DAY
ATL
LVS
MAR
DOV
KAN
CLT
TEX
IOW
GTW
CHI
KEN
ELD
POC
MCH
BRI
MSP
LVS
TAL
MAR
TEX
PHO
HOM
12th 480
2019 AM Racing DAY
ATL
LVS
MAR TEX DOV
KAN
CLT
TEX
IOW
GTW
CHI
KEN
POC
ELD
MCH
BRI
MSP
LVS
TAL
MAR
PHO
HOM
14th 442
2020 DAY
LVS
CLT
ATL
HOM
POC
KEN
TEX
KAN KAN RCH DOV TEX IOW ELD MCH GTW MSP BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO -* -*

K&N Pro Series East

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 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 Cunningham Motorsports 77 Dodge BRI
GRE PEN RCH
BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA
DOV
RAL 29th 104

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
2013 Cunningham Motorsports 77 Dodge PHO S99 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SRP MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO
59th 31

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

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 21 AMSC Pts Ref
2013 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL
ELK POC MCH ROA WIN
CHI NJE
POC BLN
ISF MAD DSF IOW
SLM
KEN KAN 24th 1160
2014 72 DAY
6th 4415
22 MOB
SLM
TAL
TOL
NJE
POC
MCH
ELK
WIN
CHI
IRP
POC
BLN
ISF
MAD
DSF
SLM
KEN
KAN
2015 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Ford DAY
MOB
NSH
SLM
TAL
TOL
NJE
POC
WIN
IRP
POC
BLN
DSF
SLM
2nd 4660
Chevy MCH
CHI
IOW
ISF
KEN
KAN
2016 Win-Tron Racing 33 Toyota DAY
NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 133rd 50
2017 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA
DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 81st 200
2019 Win-Tron Racing 32 Chevy DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI
ELK IOW POC
ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN 45th 395