Introduction
Mason Mingus (born November 28, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet Silverado for Billy Boat Motorsports.
Personal life
Mingus was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but grew up in Brentwood, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Franklin Road Academy, where he competed in wrestling, track, and football.
Racing career
Mingus began his racing career in 2002, competing in quarter midget competition, moving up to the MMRA Mini Cup Series in 2005 and the MMRA Baby Grand Series in 2008, winning the series championship. In 2009 he joined the Ken-Ten Pro Late Model Series, finishing eighth in series points; he returned to the series in 2010 and won the circuit's championship.
In 2011 he moved to the Champion Racing Association CRA Super Series, competing in that series in 2011 and 2012; he also made his ARCA Racing Series debut in 2011, driving for Win-Tron Racing at Salem Speedway. He returned with the team for a limited schedule in 2012 in addition to the full CRA Super Series schedule; he shuffled his racing career with football obligations, qualifying for the All-American 400 in October on the same day as a playoff football game.
For the 2013 season Mingus competed full-time in the ARCA Racing Series, finishing second in series points behind champion Frank Kimmel. In October, following the end of the ARCA season, Mingus made his debut in NASCAR competition, driving for Win-Tron Racing in the Camping World Truck Series Fred's 250 at Talladega Superspeedway; he also planned to compete in races later in the season at Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway. He qualified 12th at Talladega in his debut, but finished last in the race after early engine issues. He also competed in races at Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway in November, posting a best finish of 22nd at Phoenix.
In January 2014, it was announced that Mingus would be competing in the Camping World Truck Series full-time in 2014 driving the No. 35 Toyota Camry for Win-Tron Racing, running for Rookie of the Year. Mingus started the season being involved in a big one at Daytona, resulting in a 28th-place finish. Mingus then had a consistent finish in later races, until Win-Tron Racing parted ways with Mingus. Mingus was later offered a ride with Billy Boat Motorsports to drive reminder of the 2014 season.
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
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| 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 | |||
| 2015 | Obaika Racing | 97 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI 24 | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN 24 | TEX 24 | PHO | HOM 26 | 104th | 01 | |||
Camping World Truck Series
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Win-Tron Racing | 35 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL 36 | MAR | TEX | PHO 22 | HOM 25 | 46th | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Toyota | DAY 28 | MAR 29 | KAN 10 | CLT 20 | DOV 26 | TEX 19 | GTW 12 | KEN 19 | IOW 16 | ELD 22 | POC 17 | MCH 16 | BRI 22 | MSP 14 | CHI 16 | NHA 17 | 11th | 545 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Boat Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | LVS 18 | TAL 32 | MAR 15 | TEX 13 | PHO 13 | HOM 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | DAY DNQ | ATL 28 | MAR 22 | KAN 9 | CLT 26 | DOV 29 | TEX 13 | GTW 28 | IOW 16 | KEN 19 | ELD | POC 12 | MCH 24 | BRI 29 | MSP 14 | CHI 26 | NHA 14 | LVS 20 | TAL 3 | MAR 18 | TEX 18 | PHO 10 | HOM 20 | 14th | 527 | |||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points