41 Facts About Cole Whitt

Cole Daniel Whitt was born on June 22,1991 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

Cole Whitt last competed part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 72 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for TriStar Motorsports.

Cole Whitt, born to Tobin and Kim Whitt, was inspired to race when he saw his cousin Brandon with a go-kart.

Cole Whitt was quickly noticed by Red Bull and was in the semifinals for Red Bull's driver development search.

In 2008 Cole Whitt became the youngest winner of the USAC National Midget Championship, while winning the Hut Hundred.

The next year Cole Whitt raced in Silver Crown, Sprints, and Midgets, earning 17 wins driving for Keith Kunz.

Cole Whitt moved up to stock cars in 2010, the same year he won the Super License award for USAC.

Cole Whitt ran for the Camping World East Series championship, where he impressed by winning the pole in his first start at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

Cole Whitt was rewarded with making his Nationwide Series debut at Phoenix International Raceway, where he made the race and finished 15th.

The next week, Cole Whitt ran both the Nationwide and Truck Series events at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing 17th and 28th respectively, running the Truck race for Turn One Racing.

Cole Whitt drove for Turn One in 2011 and competed for Rookie of the Year honors.

Cole Whitt won the pole at Darlington, and became the first rookie to lead the Truck Series points after Charlotte, winding up ninth in points at the end of the season.

Cole Whitt drove a third Team Red Bull entry in the Sprint Cup Series in the final two races of the season at Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, but ended Homestead with a DNF near the finish of the race.

Cole Whitt competed on a start and park basis in the Sprint Cup Series in selected races for Turn One Racing and Circle Sport.

Cole Whitt later joined forces with Tri-Star Motorsports, driving their No 44 Nationwide entry from Dover onward.

Cole Whitt earned his first top-ten of the year with an eighth-place finish at Road America.

However, Cole Whitt eventually returned onto the lead lap, but was involved in a crash with seven laps remaining.

Days later the 26 team was acquired by the former Swan co-owner and he merged his ownership into BK Racing, with Cole Whitt remaining behind the wheel.

At Daytona in the Coke Zero 400, Cole Whitt was caught up into a multi-car pileup and he t-boned Kyle Busch throwing Busch onto his roof.

At Watkins Glen in the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Cole Whitt crashed early in the race when his car drove straight into a tire barrier in turn 1 in an accident that loosely resembled Jimmie Johnson's infamous crash at the same spot in 2000.

Cole Whitt led his first lap in Sprint Cup competition under caution in the GEICO 500 at Talladega.

Marlowe then sent a Tweet congratulating Cole Whitt for getting the ride with the team.

However, less than 24 hours later, Front Row Motorsports spokesperson Shari Spiewak squashed that announcement by stating that it was false and that they denied that Cole Whitt was replacing Ragan at Front Row and that they are working to get Ragan and teammate David Gilliland contract extensions with them, leaving many including Ragan puzzled about what Marlowe was thinking.

Marlowe later apologized to Ragan and the team about his inadvertent tweet in an interview with MotorSportsTalk, although he still insisted Cole Whitt was headed to Front Row in some capacity.

Later, on January 16,2015, Front Row announced that Cole Whitt would join the team, in the No 35 Ford, the third full-time team car.

Cole Whitt finished the year 31st in points for the second straight year, while improving his career best finish to 13th in the GEICO 500 at Talladega.

Cole Whitt moved to Premium Motorsports in 2016, driving the No 98 with sponsorship from RTIC coolers, Speed Stick, and Rinnai among others.

Cole Whitt finished a 26th place at Fontana on an unfunded team.

At Talladega, Cole Whitt avoided massive crashes contending a top 10 finish, but was involved in the last lap crash finishing a season best 18th.

Cole Whitt had a hand in determining the 2016 Xfinity Series champion.

Cole Whitt was running eighteenth in TriStar Motorsports' No 14 entry and on the lead lap, but the team was out of tires.

Cole Whitt's crew decided to keep him out, meaning that he would restart first, alongside Chase contender Daniel Suarez.

On February 2,2017, it was announced that Cole Whitt would join TriStar Motorsports for the entire 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule as a chartered team, driving the No 72 Ford Fusion.

Cole Whitt endured various issues with his cars over the following races: at Kansas, he had multiple struggles but still finished 26th; in Charlotte's Coca-Cola 600, he had engine problems and finished 34th; two races later at Pocono, he was running 25th when the right front tire blew out, causing him to finish 30th.

Cole Whitt ran the car to a solid 23rd, three laps down.

Cole Whitt closed the season by finishing 29th, 36th, and 28th at Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead, respectively.

On February 6,2018, Cole Whitt announced he would step back to a part-time ride in 2018 with TriStar, sharing the ride with Corey LaJoie.

Cole Whitt stated that the part time change was due to him wanting to spend more time with family.

Cole Whitt started the season in Atlanta, where he qualified 32nd and finished 28th.

Cole Whitt was born in San Diego but raised in Alpine, California.

Cole Whitt is a cousin of former NASCAR driver Brandon Whitt.