Cole Custer has been able to convince the world that he is capable of achieving more extraordinary things. Cole Matthew Custer is an American Professional Stock Car Racing Driver. He was born on the 23rd of January, 1998. He is the son of Joe Custer, the Chief Operating Officer of the Haas F1 team and president at Stewart-Haas Racing. Cole Custer obtained his education at Ladera Ranch Middle School and Tesoro High School.
He is currently competing full time in the NASCAR Cup Series, where he drives the NO.41 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing. Cole Custer has edges from racing quarter midgets at age four times, regularly contending for NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship and NASCAR cup series wins.
In his 18-years-and-counting career, the 23 years old Custer has collected several wins and has records befitting drivers twice his age. He secured the 2020 Sunoco "Rookie of the year." He also won his first career Cup race at Kentucky Speedway, July 2020.
Here is a detailed look at this Speedster's career
How Custer Started His Racing Career
Custer started racing quarter midgets at age four, as mentioned earlier. In 2005, He won six races and the Jr. Novice Series Championship. He competed in Quarter midgets at Pomona valley in 2006. He likewise competed in North Carolina Quarter midget association races in the Jr Stock and Jr. Honda Series.
In 2011, Cole Custer won 15 races in the 2011 United States Auto Club (USAC) National Focus Young Guns Championship. The following year, Custer started racing late models, winning ten races and earning Rookie of the Year Honors. He also won his first start at 1-10 Speedway in Blythe, California, in the same year.
Custer joined K&N Pro Series East in 2013, making his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway for Men Schrader Racing. Amid the season at Iowa Speedway, Custer won the pole position. He left every lap, a record for a combination race, and won. He rose to be the youngest race winner in K&N Pro Series History at 15 years; he defeated Dylan Kwasniewski's record by six months. Custer won again at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, likewise from the pole. He finished in the eighth position in the series standings.
Custer later competed in the K&N Pro Series West's Season-ending race. Once again, he left every racer trail behind him in every lap but was turned by Gray Gaulding on the final lap and finished sixth. In the 2014 season, Custer won two pro-series races: the 27th of February at Phoenix International Raceway and the 26th of April at Richmond. During the race at Phoenix International Raceway, he held off Greg Pursley and Brennan Newberry on the green-white-checker finish.
Custer In The Camping World Truck Series
Custer joined Haas Racing Development in 2014 to run nine races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series which led to his debut in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Custer began the race 9th and ended 12th. To qualify for the "Drivin' for linemen 200'' at Gateway Motorsports Park. Custer set the track record with 136.426 miles per hour which is 219.556km/h lap speed, to become the youngest pole winner in NASCAR history.
At New Hampshire Motor Speedway on the 20th of September 2014, Custer won the camping truck series "UNOH 175 from the pole, becoming the youngest winner in the history of NASCAR's National Touring series at 16 years, 7 months and 28 days old. In 2015, he competed in 10 trunk series races. Custer scored one win, two top-five, and fantastic four- top-10 finishes.
That same year, he captured Trunks Series Pole on the 31st of October at Martinsville(VA) speedway. Custer became the youngest superspeedway winner in ARCA Racing History at Pocono. He made his ARCA Series debut, the 24th of May at New Jersey Motorsport Park in Millville, New Jersey, where he finished fifth beginning from the pole.
Winner Of 2019 Xfinity Series
Custer made his Xfinity Series debut for JR Motorsport at Richmond International Raceway. He was driving the No.5 Chevrolet Camaro, then drove the No.88 for Jr. Motorsport to a career-best, fourth-place finish. On the 16th of September,2016, Stewart Haas Racing stated that Custer would drive the No.00 Ford Mustang in 2017 full time. His starting in the Xfinity Season was woeful; he finished 37th. Custer got back on his feet and finished 10th in Atlanta. After a while, Custer got his second career win when he passed Tyler Reddick on the last lap, threatening his spot in the Championship Four.
Custer scored many wins at Richmond, Fontana, Chicago, Kentucky, Pocono, and Dover. He finished second place at Darlington, but Custer was officially named winner because Denley Hamlin was disqualified since his car failed to match up with height requirements.
At the end of the Kansas Race, Custer fought with Reddick in a pothole. Custer finished the 2019 season second in points to Reddick at Homestead. After two years of extended absence, Custer returned to Xfinity Series in May 2021, behind the wheels of No.17 for SS-Green light racing and Rick Ware Racing as a collaborator for Stewart-Hass Racing.
The NASCAR Cup Series' Rookie
Cole Custer finished 16th in the NASCAR cup series championship standings in the first season of full-time competition. He scored a win, earned two top-five and seven top-ten finishes, left five laps, and earned the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie.
He deserves the achievements and awards he received. Cole Custer is a very hardworking driver and has made a name for himself. His future promises more outstanding achievements and trophies.