Dylan Lupton

Dylan Lupton (born December 7, 1993)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the Nos. 5 and 15 Toyota Tundras for DGR-Crosley and No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports.

Dylan Lupton
Born (1993-12-07) December 7, 1993
Sacramento, California
Achievements2010 Langers Juice S-2 Sportsman Series Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
4 races run over 1 year
2016 position54th
Best finish54th (2016)
First race2016 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Last race2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
35 races run over 4 years
2018 position39th
Best finish30th (2015, 2017)
First race2015 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2018 Pocono Green 250 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
8 races run over 2 years
2019 position28th
Best finish28th (2019)
First race2016 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Last race2019 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of November 18, 2019.

Racing career

Early career
Lupton in 2014

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[2] – 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.[3]

NASCAR
Lupton turning left at Road America in 2015

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.[4] After finishing twice in the top 20 after driving five races for Athenian Motorsports, he finished 9th at Mid-Ohio.[5] 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.[6] However, the team withdrew from the Vegas race,[7] delaying his debut until the following race at Phoenix, and was replaced by Josh Reaume at Las Vegas.

Lupton entering turn 2 at Sonoma

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.[8] 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.[9] Lupton made his Truck Series debut at Talladega, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet for Young's Motorsports, he finished 12th. Lupton then made his second Truck Series race at Phoenix, substituting John Wes Townley, earning a 19th place finish. A week later, Lupton joined Go Fas Racing in a one race deal at Homestead, finishing 39th. Lupton ran part time in the Xfinity Series in 2017 with a limited schedule in No. 24 for JGL Racing.

Lupton announced in January 2018 that he and JGL were planning to run 21 races throughout the upcoming Xfinity season (with hope to run the full schedule if more sponsorship was available). Lupton had a few top 25s but disappointed for the most part in the other races, failing to finish Daytona, Las Vegas, Fontana, Bristol, Talladega, and Charlotte. He wasn't originally supposed to race in the Bristol race, but with the struggles of Tony Mrakovich in practice, JGL Racing choose Lupton to replace him. JGL shut down after 12 races into the season due to sponsorship issues and team owner James Whitener's health problems.[10]

In June 2019, Lupton returned to the Truck Series with a five-race schedule in DGR-Crosley's No. 5 Toyota Tundra starting at Chicagoland.[10]

Personal life

Lupton graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016 with a degree in finance.[8]

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
NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 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
NASCAR Xfinity 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 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
2017 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
12		 TAL CLT DOV
30		 POC
22		 MCH
24		 IOW
15		 DAY KEN NHA
22		 IND IOW
25		 GLN
20		 MOH
27		 BRI ROA
33		 DAR
30		 RCH
24		 CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN
16		 TEX
21		 PHO HOM 30th 197
2018 28 Ford DAY
27		 ATL
21		 LVS
40		 PHO
23		 CAL
33		 TEX
17		 BRI
31		 RCH TAL
36		 DOV
24		 CLT
33		 POC
23		 MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 39th 103

Gander Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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 NGOTC 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
2019 DGR-Crosley 5 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI
10		 LVS
10		 TAL MAR PHO
16		 HOM
DNQ		 28th 145
15 KEN
5		 POC ELD MCH BRI
27
Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy MSP
19

K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts
2015 Jefferson Pitts Racing 55 Ford NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN
4		 MOT VIR RCH DOV 37th 40

K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team 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 MMP IOW LVS SON IRW EVG PIR CNS MRP
12		 SRP 45th 288
Gaunt Brothers Racing 75 Toyota AAS
18		 PHO
37
2013 Sunrise Ford Racing 9 Ford PHO
14		 S99
9		 BIR
4		 IOW
8		 L44
3		 SON
8		 CNS
10		 IOW
6		 EVG
1		 SRP
7		 MMP
3		 SMP
7		 AAS
15		 KCR
7		 PHO
28		 5th 522
2014 PHO
6		 IRW
5		 S99
6		 IOW
20		 KCR
2		 SON
3		 SLS
8		 CNS
2		 IOW
27		 EVG
3*		 KCR
1		 MMP
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.)

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
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 126th 110

* Season still in progress

References
  1. "Dylan Lupton".
  2. "NKNPS East Watkins Glen 8/07/15 Results". NASCAR. August 7, 2015. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  3. "Lupton Lands Partial Xfinity Series Ride". NASCAR. February 16, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  4. "LUPTON LANDS PARTIAL XFINITY SERIES RIDE". NASCAR. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  5. "2015 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Results". NASCAR. August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  6. "NASCAR Next Driver Dylan Lupton Pairs With RSS Racing For West Coast Swing". Catchfence. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  7. "2016 Boyd Gaming 300". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  8. Utter, Jim (June 16, 2016). "Dylan Lupton to make NASCAR Sprint Cup debut at Sonoma". Motorsport.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  9. "E.J. Wade Construction Returns to Sponsor Matt DiBenedetto, Dylan Lupton at Richmond". BK Racing. September 1, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  10. McFadin, Daniel (June 13, 2019). "Dylan Lupton joins DGR-Crosley for six Truck Series races". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
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