Introduction
Dylan Lupton (born December 7, 1993) 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 – 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.
NASCAR
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. After finishing twice in the top 20 after driving five races for Athenian Motorsports, he finished 9th at Mid-Ohio. 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. However, the team withdrew from the Vegas race, 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. 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.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.
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
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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 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | |||
| 2016 | BK Racing | 93 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON 35 | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | BRI | MCH | DAR | 54th | 01 | ||||||||||||||
| 83 | RCH 25 | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR 31 | TEX | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Go FAS Racing | 32 | Ford | HOM 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Athenian Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO 19 | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH 28 | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI 34 | DAY | KEN | NHA 24 | IND | IOW 17 | GLN | MOH 9 | BRI | ROA 13 | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN 31 | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 30th | 178 | |||
| 2016 | RSS Racing | 93 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO 19 | CAL 36 | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 27 | |||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL 12 | MAR | TEX | 90th | 01 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Athenian Motorsports | 05 | Chevy | PHO 19 | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
K&N Pro Series East
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | |||
| 2015 | Dione Jefferson | 55 | Ford | NSM | GRE | BRI | IOW | BGS | LGY | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN 4 | MOT | VIR | RCH | DOV | 37th | 40 | |||
K&N Pro Series West
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| Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NKNPSWC | Pts | ||
| 2011 | Greg Rayl | 07 | Ford | PHO | AAS | MLR | IOW | LVS | SON | IRW | EVG | POR | CNS | KAL 12 | SPO | 45th | 288 | |||||
| Marty Gaunt | 75 | Toyota | AAS 18 | PHO 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Bob Bruncati | 9 | Ford | PHO 14 | S99 9 | BIR 4 | IOW 8 | LEB 3 | SON 8 | CNS 10 | IOW 6 | EVG 1 | SPO 7 | MLR 3 | SAN 7 | AAS 15 | KER 7 | PHO 28 | 5th | 522 | ||
| 2014 | PHO 6 | IRW 5 | S99 6 | IOW 20 | KER 2 | SON 3 | SLN 8 | CNS 2 | IOW 27 | EVG 3* | KER 1 | MLR 2 | AAS 9 | PHO 5 | 2nd | 560 | ||||||
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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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 | ARSC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Empire Racing | 82 | Ford | DAY 24 | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | -* | -* | |||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress