1. Mason Filippi was born on April 23,1998 and is an American auto racing driver who competes in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge for Bryan Herta Autosport.
24 Facts About Mason Filippi
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Mason Filippi previously raced for Bryan Herta Autosport, finishing the Michelin Pilot Challenge in second place in 2019 and third in 2020.
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Mason Filippi grew up in Alamo, California and attended high school at Berean Christian High School in nearby Walnut Creek.
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Mason Filippi studied at Diablo Valley College and Arizona State University.
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Mason Filippi was gifted his first dirt bike at age 4, his first go-kart at age 11, and his first Mazda Miata at age 14.
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Mason Filippi earned his provisional license at age 15 after attending the Sports Car Club of America driver's school.
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Later in 2015, Mason Filippi was on the Grip Racing team that won the 25 Hours of Thunderhill race in the E1 class.
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Mason Filippi joined the Winding Road team for the 2016 season of the Global MX-5 Cup.
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Mason Filippi drove the number 2 car in the Spec Miata series, competing in six out of the twelve races and finishing in 34th place in the standings with 125 overall points.
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Mason Filippi first entered the Pirelli World Challenge in 2016, racing in the final four events of the season in the TCA class for Atlanta Motorsports Group.
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Mason Filippi finished in the top ten in each of his races with his highest finish coming at Laguna Seca.
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Mason Filippi placed 14th in the overall standings with 296 points for the 2016 season.
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Mason Filippi finished fifth in the overall standings with 173 points.
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Mason Filippi remained with Team TFB for the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge, and he joined the TCR class racing in the number 12 Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR.
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Mason Filippi had his best finishes of the season in that car, coming in third and second respectively at the final two races of the season at Watkins Glen.
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Mason Filippi finished fourth in the overall standings with 183 points.
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Mason Filippi returned to Team TFB at the beginning of the season, driving the number 12 Hyundai Veloster N TCR in the TCR class.
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At the season's first two races at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, Mason Filippi came in first, achieving the initial race's fastest lap, as well.
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Mason Filippi continued driving the Hyundai Veloster N TCR and went on to win four additional races that season.
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In January 2019, it was announced that Mason Filippi would join Bryan Herta Autosport to compete in the TCR class of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge in the number 21 Hyundai Veloster N TCR with co-driver Harry Gottsacker.
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That victory came after the number 89 car, which finished ahead of Mason Filippi, was disqualified for failing to give one of its drivers the minimum drive-time.
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Mason Filippi will drive the number 51 Hyundai Veloster N TCR with co-driver AJ Muss.
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On May 25,2022, DGM Racing announced that Mason Filippi would make his Xfinity Series and NASCAR debut in the race at Portland in the team's No 91 car.
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Mason Filippi was scheduled to make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Sonoma with G2G Racing however due to him not being able to learn the truck quick enough, he was switched out with Stefan Parsons.