Austin Theriault

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Austin Theriault
Born (1994-01-23) January 23, 1994 (age 30)
Fort Kent, Maine, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 1 year
2014 position 40th
Best finish 40th (2014)
First race 2014 Get To Know Newton 250 (Newton)
Last race 2014 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
10 races run over 2 years
Truck no., team No. 2 (Brad Keselowski Racing)
2015 position 24th
Best finish 24th (2015)
First race 2015 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race 2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
Statistics current as of February 19, 2016.

Austin Theriault (born January 23, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 2 Ford F-150 for Brad Keselowski Racing.

Racing career

Early career

A native of Fort Kent, Maine,[1][2][3] he made his racing debut at the age of 13 in 2007 at Spud Speedway in Caribou, Maine Driving in the local racing divisions before moving up part-time to the touring late model division in 2009 where he qualified for his first American Canadian Tour race at Oxford Plains Speedway.

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Theriault competing in the ACT race at Circuit Riverside Speedway Ste-Croix in 2011

In 2010, at only 16, he became a regular of the American Canadian Tour driving the RPM Motorsports No. 57ME where he placed second place at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, The track where he also got his first touring series win in the 2012 ATCT race.

Theriault also competed part-time in the Pro All-Stars Series Super Late Model Touring Series from 2010 through 2014 where he won a total of four races.

Theriault occasionally competed in other racing events and divisions from 2011 to 2014, Including the ARCA Midwest Tour, World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing, CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series, Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour, Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series, CRA JEGS All-Star Tour, CRA Super Series Southern Division, CRA Super Series, ACT and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

On July 20, 2013 Theriault competed in the prestigious IWK 250, along with car owner Brad Keselowski, in the No. 29X for Brad Keselowski Racing. After starting the race in 4th, Theriault had a clean race and brought the car home in an impressive 5th place, just two spots behind Keselowski who finished 3rd.[4][5]

NASCAR

Nationwide Series

On May 18, 2014, Theriault made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports where he finished 15th.[6][7] On June 13 of that year, he won his first ARCA race, in Theriault's first start at Michigan International Speedway.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2015, Theriault began racing part-time with Brad Keselowski Racing, driving the No. 29 Ford F-150. Where he is sharing the ride with Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, and Ryan Blaney. He got his career best finish at Daytona International Speedway in February where he finished 4th.[8] He almost won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Theriault's home track where he led late in the race before fading to 8th.[9]

On October 3, 2015, Theriault was involved in a huge crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his BKR teammate Tyler Reddick got loose in turn 4 and clipped him, causing the race truck he was driving to hit nearly head on into the front stretch wall where there where no SAFER barriers installed. Theriault's steering wheel collided with and destroyed his helmet,[10] and he eventually suffered a compression fracture in his lower back as a result of the crash.[11][12] After missing the next four races, Theriault returned to racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway,[13] finishing 12th. In 2016, he returned to BKR at Daytona, driving the No. 2.[14]

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.)

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

References

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