Dylan Lupton

Dylan Jarin Lupton (born December 7, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for AM Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving the No. 30 Mustang for Rette Jones Racing. He has also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, what is now the ARCA Menards Series East, and the ARCA Menards Series West in the past.

Dylan Lupton
Lupton at Darlington Raceway in 2021
Born	Dylan Jarin Lupton (1993-12-07) December 7, 1993 (age 31) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Achievements	2010 Langers Juice S-2 Sportsman Series Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
4 races run over 1 year
2016 position	54th
Best finish	54th (2016)
First race	2016 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Last race	2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
47 races run over 7 years
2024 position	42nd
Best finish	30th (2015, 2017)
First race	2015 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
16 races run over 6 years
2024 position	90th
Best finish	28th (2019)
First race	2016 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Last race	2024 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
ARCA Menards Series career
3 races run over 3 years
Best finish	50th (2020)
First race	2016 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race	2024 General Tire at The Glen 100 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	42nd (2015)
First race	2015 Bully Hill Vineyards 175 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
34 races run over 5 years
Best finish	2nd (2014)
First race	2011 Toyota / TTC 150 (Kalispell)
Last race	2023 Portland 112 (Portland)
First win	2013 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Presented by Toyota (Evergreen)
Last win	2014 Armed Forces 150 (Bakersfield)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 23 0
Statistics current as of November 10, 2024.

Racing career

Lupton celebrating his West Series win at Kern County Raceway Park 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 Bill McAnally Racing, including races at All American Speedway and the new Phoenix International Raceway. His best result of the season was 12th place at Montana Raceway Park. In 2013 and 2014, he got a full-time 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.

Lupton 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, with continued sponsorship from Zaxby's.^[1] Also that year, Lupton drove in one K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen in order to gain road course experience, because two of his scheduled Xfinity races were the road course races at Road America and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. His road course runs were strong, finishing in fourth place in the Watkins Glen East Series race, and then earning his best finishes of the year in his Xfinity schedule with a 9th at Mid-Ohio and a 13th at Road America.

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.^[2] However, the team withdrew from the Vegas race,^[3] delaying his debut until the following race at Phoenix, and was replaced by Josh Reaume at Las Vegas.

Lupton in his Cup Series debut at Sonoma in 2016

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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 at Darlington in 2017 with his Jeff Gordon throwback scheme

Lupton ran part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2017 with a limited schedule in No. 24 for JGL Racing and announced in January 2018 that he and JGL were planning to run 21 races throughout the upcoming Xfinity season (with the hope to run the full schedule if more sponsorship was available). Lupton had a few top 25s but was 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 chose 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.^[6]

In June 2019, Lupton returned to the Truck Series for a six-race schedule in DGR-Crosley's No. 5 and No. 15 Toyota Tundras starting at Chicago.^[6] He also drove for Young's Motorsports again for one race in their No. 20 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Lupton would not make any NASCAR starts in 2020 until September when he returned to DGR-Crosley, now a Ford team, to drive the No. 17 F-150 at Las Vegas, Texas, as well as make his second ARCA start, driving their No. 17 car in the season-finale at Kansas in October.^[7]

Lupton in the 2021 West Series race at Sonoma. He would finish 2nd in the race.

In 2021, Lupton returned to the West Series, now known as the ARCA Menards Series West, for the first time since his last full season in the series in 2014 to run the race at Sonoma for Bill McAnally Racing. Later in the year, Lupton ran 3 Truck Series races, 1 for Kyle Busch Motorsports in their No. 51 truck and 2 for Reaume Brothers Racing in their No. 34 truck, as well as 4 Xfinity Series races for Sam Hunt Racing in their No. 26 car.

On July 6, 2022, it was announced that Lupton would drive the No. 7 for Spire Motorsports in the Truck Series in the race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.^[8]

Lupton in the 2023 Xfinity Series race at Sonoma

Lupton competed in 2 Xfinity Series road course races in 2023 for Alpha Prime Racing, driving the No. 44 car at Portland and the No. 43 car at Sonoma. He also ran the ARCA Menards Series West race at Portland on the same weekend for Bill McAnally Racing.

Lupton's No. 15 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024

Lupton's first start of 2024 came in the ARCA Menards Series race at Watkins Glen where he drove the No. 30 car for Rette Jones Racing. On October 1, 2024, it was announced that Lupton would drive the No. 15 Ford for AM Racing for the remainder of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.^[9] He would also return to Young's Motorsports for the first time since 2019, driving their No. 02 truck in the fall race at Martinsville, which would be his first Truck Series start since 2022.

Personal life

Lupton graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016 with a degree in finance.^[4]

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	Ref
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	[10]
		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	Ref
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	[11]
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	[12]
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	[13]
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	ROV	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	39th	103	[14]
2021	Sam Hunt Racing	26	Toyota	DAY	DRC	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IRC	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS 35	TAL	ROV	TEX 38	KAN 27	MAR	PHO 15	56th	33	[15]
2023	Alpha Prime Racing	44	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR 29																					56th	21	[16]
		43															SON 24	NSH	CSC	ATL	NHA	POC	ROA	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
2024	AM Racing	15	Ford	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	COA	RCH	MAR	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL 24	ROV 27	LVS 27	HOM 32	MAR 20	PHO 19	42nd	73	[17]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
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	[18]
	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	[19]
		15														KEN 5	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI 27
	Young's Motorsports	20	Chevy																		MSP 19
2020	DGR-Crosley	17	Ford	DAY	LVS	CLT	ATL	HOM	POC	KEN	TEX	KAN	KAN	MCH	DRC	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS 14	TAL	KAN	TEX 8	MAR	PHO 16	44th	73	[20]
2021	Kyle Busch Motorsports	51	Toyota	DAY	DRC	LVS	ATL	BRD	RCH	KAN	DAR	COA	CLT	TEX	NSH	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	DAR 31	BRI						109th	01	[21]
	Reaume Brothers Racing	34	Toyota																			LVS 21	TAL 26	MAR	PHO
2022	Spire Motorsports	7	Chevy	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRD	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON	KNX	NSH	MOH 32	POC	IRP	RCH	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	76th	5	[22]
2024	Young's Motorsports	02	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	BRI	COA	MAR	TEX	KAN	DAR	NWS	CLT	GTW	NSH	POC	IRP	RCH	MLW	BRI	KAN	TAL	HOM	MAR 34	PHO	90th	01	[23]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards 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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2016	Empire Racing	82	Ford	DAY 24	NSV	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN	126th	110	[24]
2020	DGR-Crosley	17	Ford	DAY	PHO	TAL	POC	IRP	KEN	IOW	KAN	TOL	TOL	MCH	DRC	GTW	L44	TOL	BRI	WIN	MEM	ISF	KAN 4	50th	40	[25]
2024	Rette Jones Racing	30	Ford	DAY	PHO	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	IOW	MOH	BLN	IRP	SLM	ELK	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	GLN 10	BRI	KAN	TOL	86th	34	[26]

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	Ref
2015	Jefferson Pitts Racing	55	Ford	NSM	GRE	BRI	IOW	BGS	LGY	COL	NHA	IOW	GLN 4	MOT	VIR	RCH	DOV	37th	40	[27]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	AMSW	Pts	Ref
2011	GSR Racing	07	Ford	PHO	AAS	MMP	IOW	LVS	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	CNS	MRP 12	SPO				45th	288	[28]
	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	SPO 7	MMP 3	SMP 7	AAS 15	KCR 7	PHO 28	5th	522	[29]
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	[30]
2021	Bill McAnally Racing	4	Toyota	PHO	SON 2	IRW	CNS	IRW	PIR	LVS	AAS	PHO							37th	42	[31]
2023		24	Chevy	PHO	IRW	KCR	PIR 21	SON	IRW	SHA	EVG	AAS	LVS	MAD	PHO				64th	23	[32]