Austin Cindric

Austin Cindric (born September 2, 1998) is an American racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Pirelli World Challenge, driving the No. 6 McLaren 650S for K-PAX Racing, along with competing part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 2 Ford F-150 for Brad Keselowski Racing.

Racing career

Cindric started his career in semi-professional legends car and Bandolero racing in North Carolina. After attending the Skip Barber Racing School to gain road racing experience, in 2013 and 2014 he raced in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. In 2013 he finished 17th in points driving for Andretti Autosport with a best finish of seventh in the season finale. In 2014 he switched teams to Pabst Racing Services, finishing 14th in points with a second place podium finish on the oval at Lucas Oil Raceway. He also competed in Historic SportsCar Racing, winning a race in a Porsche 944.^[1]

In 2014, Cindric began competing in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites, winning the bronze medal in his debut at X Games Austin 2014.^[2]^[3] In October, he made his IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge debut for Racers Edge Motorsports at Road Atlanta with David Levine as co-driver, finishing 17th.^[1] During the year, he was named a member of the Porsche North American Junior Academy.^[4] In 2015, Cindric competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour, the youngest driver to compete in the event, driving the No. 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for Erebus Motorsport;^[5] he finished 21st overall and seventh in his class.^[6] He began competing full-time in the CTSCC in 2015, driving for Multimatic Motorsports with Jade Buford as co-driver.^[1] In July, he won the CTSCC race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, becoming the youngest winner in the series.^[7] Afterwards, he made his ARCA Racing Series debut at the #ThisIsMySpeedway 150 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 99 for Cunningham Motorsports;^[5] Cindric started and finished fourth in the race.^[8] He made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 29 Ford F-150 for Brad Keselowski Racing at Martinsville as a substitute for Austin Theriault who was still recovering from his injury at Las Vegas.^[9] In 2016 he drove the No. 6 McLaren for K-PAX Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge, while also joining Martin-McClure Racing for two K&N Pro Series East events^[10] and Brad Keselowski Racing in the No. 2 F-150 at Dover International Speedway.^[11]

Personal life

The son of Team Penske president Tim Cindric, he currently attends Cannon School.^[1]

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

USF2000 National Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2013	Andretti Autosport	SEB 24	SEB 29	STP 23	STP 28	LOR 22	TOR 27	TOR 13	MDO 12	MDO 15	MDO 9	LAG 20	LAG 13	HOU 8	HOU 7	17th	77
2014	Pabst Racing Services	STP 11	STP 10	BAR 9	BAR 17	IMS 8	IMS 21	LOR 2	TOR 15	TOR 18	MDO 18	MDO 6	MDO 6	LAG 12	LAG 20	14th	125

NASCAR

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

Camping World Truck Series

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
2015	Brad Keselowski Racing	29	Ford	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 25	TEX	PHO 14	HOM	51st	49
2016	Brad Keselowski Racing	2	Ford	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	-*	-*

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(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
2015	Cunningham Motorsports	99	Ford	DAY	MOB	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	CHI	WIN	IOW 4	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	KEN 17	KAN	67th	365

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

GRC Lites

Year	Entrant	Car	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Position	Points
2015	Olsbergs MSE	Lites Ford Fiesta	77	FTA 1	DAY1 9	DAY2 1	MCAS 5	DET1 3	DET2 3	DC 8	LA1 2	LA2 1	BAR1 2	BAR2 1	LV 10	2nd	473

References

1 2 3 4 "Cindric Enjoying Full Season in Multimatic Ford Mustang". International Motor Sports Association. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "RallyCross Lites". X Games. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "AUSTIN CINDRIC". Global RallyCross Championship. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "Austin Cindric". International Motor Sports Association. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
1 2 "16-year-old Austin Cindric to make ARCA debut at Iowa". Autoweek. July 14, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "Austin Cindric, son of Team Penske president, sets CTSC mark". Associated Press. July 11, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "2015 #ThisIsMySpeedway 150". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ Malsher, David (October 31, 2015). "Tim Cindric on son Austin’s NASCAR debut – “He’s in at the deep end”". motorsport.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
↑ "Austin Cindric Joins Martin-McClure Racing". Catchfence. April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
↑ "BKR Announces Third Truck Driver Lineup For Dover and Charlotte Races". Brad Keselowski Racing. April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

External links

Official website
Austin Cindric driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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