# Michael McDowell (racing driver)

Michael Christopher McDowell (born December 21, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 71 Chevrolet ZL1 for Spire Motorsports and part–time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports. He has also raced in open-wheel and sports cars.
McDowell began his career in open-wheel cars, which included competing in Formula Renault and Champ Car, and in sports cars like the Rolex Sports Car Series and 24 Hours of Daytona. He moved to stock car racing in 2006 and his first Cup Series season came in 2008, the latter of which saw him attract attention for a violent qualifying crash at Texas Motor Speedway. However, after losing his ride at Michael Waltrip Racing, much of McDowell's Cup career in the following years was with smaller teams, oftentimes as a start and park driver. McDowell did not run full-time in the Cup Series again until 2017 with Leavine Family Racing when he ran all 36 races. McDowell joined Front Row Motorsports in 2018, scoring his first Cup victory at the 2021 Daytona 500 with them. He moved to Spire for 2025. He also has a win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2016.

## Early career

McDowell started his career at the age of three racing BMX bicycles. He would always win his division because there were not any other three or four year olds to compete against. At the start of each race, someone would have to hold him in the starting gate because his feet did not reach the ground. Then, when McDowell was eight years old, he moved to karting with help from his mother Tracy, his father Bill, and his older brother Billy, who were all avid race fans. After ten years in karts, he would win not only the World Karting Association championship, but he would also take back to back International Kart Federation championships, along with 18 consecutive feature wins.

## Open wheel

From karts, McDowell moved into Formula Renault with World Speed Motorsports in 2002 and won the Infineon Raceway, Las Vegas, and Firebird International Raceway events in his rookies season. Moving up the ladder, McDowell would move to the Star Mazda Series in 2003. He took victories at Sebring and Road America en route to a runner-up finish in the points. McDowell won seven races in 2004 en route to winning the series championship. McDowell would be picked up by Champ Car team Rocketsports for Surfer's Paradise and Mexico City, but decided to move on in 2005 to the Grand-Am Cup Series.

## Grand-Am

During his run for the Star Mazda Championship, McDowell met businessman Rob Finlay at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, where McDowell was an instructor. McDowell and Finlay soon established a partnership, and McDowell would drive his first sports car, a Porsche 996 in the Grand-Am Cup Series for Finlay Motorsports. In 2005, McDowell would stay at Finlay, but moved up to the Rolex Sports Car Series, joining veteran Memo Gidley in a BMW powered Riley sponsored by the Make A Wish Foundation. Together, they finished sixth in the overall points and took the team's first victory at Mexico City. McDowell made history by becoming the youngest driver to stand on the podium for a Grand-Am race at Barber Motorsports Park, and became the first driver since Mario Andretti to compete in both an open-wheel race and a sports car race in the same weekend. McDowell would also drive the team's No. 60 BMW M3 in the Grand-Am Cup series to a podium finish at Daytona International Speedway. McDowell would stick with Finlay for 2006 and was again partnered with Gidley. The duo would improve to fourth in points despite being winless. McDowell also drove a No. 15 Ford Mustang with owner Finlay, driving the car to a win at Barber Motorsports Park. He would cap off his Grand-Am year with a second-place finish at Miller Motorsports Park.
McDowell returned to the series for the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona, driving for Michael Shank Racing with drivers Jorge Goncalvez, Felipe Nasr, and Gastavo Yacamán. The four drivers would end up finishing third.

## ARCA

ARCA RE/MAX Series owner Eddie Sharp put McDowell behind the wheel of his No. 2 Dodge for five races of the 2006 season, starting with the Governor's Cup 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, where he scored a 34th-place finish. McDowell finished in sixth place at Salem, fifth at Talladega, and fourth at Iowa. McDowell returned to ESR to run the full schedule for Rookie of the Year honors in 2007. McDowell was involved in controversy at Toledo Speedway when his ESR teammate, Ken Butler III spun him late in the race. Butler would take his first win while McDowell would rally for a top ten finish. McDowell got his first stock car win at Kentucky Speedway. He followed that up with wins at Pocono, Chicagoland, and the season finale at Toledo. Although McDowell was in contention for the ARCA Re/Max Series championship all season, he was unable to pose a serious threat to Frank Kimmel for Kimmel's ninth championship. McDowell scored a second-place finish in the points along with Rookie of the Year honors, as well as scoring nine pole positions during the season. As McDowell moved to NASCAR, his ESR ride was taken over by former Formula one driver Scott Speed.

## NASCAR
### 2007–2008

McDowell made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series. Driving the No. 17 for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, McDowell qualified 29th and finish 30th after a late wreck. McDowell moved to the Busch Series as a developmental driver for Nextel Cup Series team Michael Waltrip Racing. Driving the No. 00 Toyota, McDowell drove at Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead, finishing respectively 20th, 14th, and 32nd.
McDowell was chosen to drive the No. 00 Cup Series car in 2008 after Dale Jarrett's retirement; David Reutimann replaced Jarrett in the No. 44 UPS-sponsored car. McDowell started 34th and finished 26th in his Sprint Cup debut, the Goody's Cool Orange 500, after a flat tire near the end of the race. After the race, he was criticized by veteran driver Jeff Burton for having blocked Burton's way to leader Denny Hamlin near the end of the race (McDowell was racing for the Lucky Dog free pass, which Burton did not realize at the time of his comments). In early August 2008, McDowell was pulled from the No. 00 Toyota Camry Sprint Cup car in favor of veteran NASCAR driver Mike Skinner for three races. Skinner helped evaluate the team's progress, while trying to get the No. 00 into the Top 35 in owner points, though McDowell returned to the ride at Richmond on September 6, 2008. McDowell was again pulled from the No. 00 Toyota Camry when he failed to qualify for the Camping World RV 400 at Kansas on September 28. McDowell's contract was not renewed by MWR for 2009 when Michael Waltrip decided not to retire and the team did not have a sponsorship for another car.

#### Crash at Texas Motor Speedway

While performing a qualifying attempt for the 2008 Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 4, 2008, McDowell had an accident that was strikingly similar to that of another racer with a road-racing background, Gordon Smiley, who died in a crash during Indianapolis 500 time trials in 1982. McDowell's right front sway bar broke entering Turn 1, which caused the car to hit the SAFER barrier almost head-on at approximately 185 miles per hour (298 km/h), according to data obtained and reported by SPEED channel (185 mph to zero mph in one foot, as reported by SPEED's Bob Dillner, before accelerating in the other direction). The car spun around once while tipping onto its roof, and then barrel-rolled eight times with fire coming out of the engine compartment, shedding debris in all directions, until coming to a stop back onto its tires. A large, dark impact mark was seen on the SAFER barrier, which showed how hard the car hit the barrier, which had to be repaired (the barrier moved inward when the car hit it), and as a result, qualifying for the race was delayed by an hour. The safety features of the barrier, the HANS device and the Car of Tomorrow racecar protected him. Because of this, he walked away from the crash without injury, and waved to the stunned crowd. Since his old car was destroyed, he had to switch to a backup car, and ended up starting at the rear of the field in the race.

### 2009

In 2009, McDowell drove a part-time schedule for JTG Daugherty Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. On February 25, 2009, McDowell's first child, Trace Christopher, was born, named after Michael's late mother, Tracy. The baby boy was 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and born at 7:00 a.m. McDowell next attempted the April 2009 race at Talladega for Prism Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series, as a regular driver Dave Blaney had a family obligation. After JTG Daugherty Racing ran out of sponsorship support after the second race at Daytona International Speedway, it was announced that he would drive the next two races for MacDonald Motorsports. He also competed in several races with Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 36 Toyota Camry. McDowell remained in the top 10 for most of the season. McDowell also competed in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009 for ThorSport Motorsports driving the No. 98 Chevy Silverado.

### 2010–2011

In 2010, McDowell started the season for Prism Motorsports. He drove the No. 55 car, then moved to the No. 46 team of Whitney Motorsports. In 2011, McDowell drove the No. 66 Toyota for HP Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. JGR also added the Bucyrus 200 at Road America to McDowell's schedule, leaving open the possibility of more races added. McDowell also drove one race for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series at Texas after NASCAR parked Kyle Busch following his actions at a Truck Series event.

### 2012–2013

In 2012, McDowell ran the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Nationwide Series car in select races, and competed in the Sprint Cup Series for Phil Parsons Racing (formerly HP Racing) full-time; the team secured full sponsorship for the first five races of the season. It formed a partnership with Whitney Motorsports and Mike Curb to field McDowell's car, which carried the No. 98.
In the 2013 Daytona 500, McDowell recorded a then-career high 9th-place finish. Later in the season in the Nationwide Series, McDowell won the pole for the inaugural Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio. McDowell finished 2nd behind A. J. Allmendinger.

### 2014: Leavine Family Racing

In October 2013, it was announced that McDowell would be moving to Leavine Family Racing's No. 95 Ford for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. McDowell failed to qualify for the 2014 Daytona 500. McDowell had a Sprint Cup career-best seventh-place finish in the Coke Zero 400.
At the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, on lap 64, Greg Biffle came up on Ryan Newman's front bumper, turning him into the outside retaining wall. His car ricocheted off the wall into McDowell's path where Newman barely clipped McDowell in the right rear of his car, and with the force of the impact, the rear end housing was snapped, causing him to get airborne. The car bounced twice in the air before it hit the wall. His housing was forced into the wall. The race was red-flagged, though both drivers were unharmed.

### 2015–2016

McDowell returned to the LFR No. 95 car for a 20-race schedule in 2015. The team merged with Circle Sport in 2016 and switched to Chevrolet, with McDowell splitting the schedule with Ty Dillon with sponsorship from Thrivent Financial, Cheerios, and WRL Contractors among others. The season started with McDowell placing 15th in the 2016 Daytona 500, a best for LFR in the Great American Race. McDowell was able to get a 10th-place finish in the 2016 Coke Zero 400, his best finish of the season so far. At the end of the season at Homestead, McDowell drove the No. 59 Chevrolet after CSLFR purchased a charter from the closing Tommy Baldwin Racing. McDowell ran decent all night and towards the end, he was able to avoid the big wreck involving Championship contender Carl Edwards and was able to get a 10th-place finish, his first non restrictor plate top 10 finish.
McDowell drove for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 2 Rheem Chevrolet in a one-race deal at Road America which got McDowell his first NASCAR victory. McDowell led the final 24 laps en route to the win.

### 2017

McDowell returned to Leavine Family Racing's No. 95 Chevrolet in 2017. He started the season with a 15th-place finish in the Daytona 500. At Kansas, McDowell scored a season-best 13th-place finish. At Dover, McDowell scored his third straight top-20 finish, a career first, when he finished 19th upon avoiding a last-lap crash. At Daytona for the Coke Zero 400, McDowell spent most of the race towards the front and competed late for the win, as he was in second place on the last lap before ending the race with a career-best 4th-place finish, his first career top-five finish. It was also the best finishing result for Leavine Family Racing as a team.
McDowell completed 99 percent of the laps in 2017, the most among any full-time driver in the Cup Series that season, and finished a career-best 26th in the standings. It would be his final season with LFR.

### 2018: Front Row Motorsports

On September 19, 2017, Leavine announced Kasey Kahne would be replacing McDowell in the No. 95 car for the 2018 season. On November 24, 2017, Front Row Motorsports announced that McDowell would drive their No. 34 car full-time in 2018, replacing Landon Cassill. In the first race of the season, McDowell raced up front late and finished 9th in the 2018 Daytona 500, his fifth straight top-15 finish at Daytona (and third top ten in the last four races at the track) and tied his career-best finish in the race. McDowell would have a strong run in the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 leading 20 laps, a career-best, and would finish second in stage 2 behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Unfortunately with 7 laps to go McDowell would crash out of the race and finish 26th. McDowell would later tie his best finish in the cup series points standings of 26th after leading laps at his final race of the season in Homestead.

### 2019

In 2019, McDowell returned to the No. 34 car for Front Row Motorsports. McDowell's longtime sponsor K-Love took a year-long break from being a primary sponsor of his car. In the 2019 Daytona 500, the first race of the season, he qualified in 34th and finished in 5th, which would become his career-best finish in the Daytona 500 as well as his second-best finish in a Cup Series race. After the race, 2018 champion Joey Logano confronted McDowell for not helping him win the Daytona 500, in which McDowell stated, "My team doesn't pay me to push you." During qualifying for the 2019 TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway, McDowell had an on-track incident with Daniel Suárez, which resulted in a fight on pit road.
Two days before the 2019 Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, McDowell was rushed to the hospital after complaining of abdominal failure. He was cleared to race after passing kidney stones during the examination. McDowell would go on to run up front in the 1000bulbs.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, and even had a chance to win the race being in third place on the final lap of the race, and would finish 5th, capturing his second top 5 of 2019, the first time he would have multiple top 5s in a single cup series season in his career.

### 2020

On December 12, 2019, Front Row Motorsports announced that McDowell would return to the No. 34 for the 2020 season. McDowell started the year off with a 14th-place finish in the 2020 Daytona 500, his fifth consecutive top 15 in the Daytona 500 and his 8th top 15 in his last 9 Daytona races. McDowell would go on to qualify 3rd for the second Charlotte race due to the random draw and McDowell has boomed onto the scene since coming off of NASCAR's break. McDowell would capture an 8th-place finish at Pocono and following a DNF, a 7th-place finish at Indianapolis, marking the first time in his career he earned two top 10s two weeks in a row. McDowell would set a career-best for most top 15s in a season in just 16 races with 6 and has finished higher than his qualifying efforts 15 of his 20 starts. In his first 20 starts, McDowell had more lead lap finishes than the likes of Kyle Busch, Erik Jones, Jimmie Johnson, William Byron, Alex Bowman, and Ryan Blaney, finishing on the lead lap 15 of the first 20 races that season. During the All-Star Open at Bristol Motor Speedway, McDowell would win the pole and run up front most of the day before an on-track incident with driver Bubba Wallace which led to an angry interview from Wallace, as well as leaving the front bumper of his car by McDowell's garage. McDowell and Wallace later set aside their differences and along with McDowell's sponsor carparts.com, used the front bumper to raise over $34,000 for multiple charities including Victory Junction, and eventually gave away the front bumper to a fan. McDowell would capture his first top 10 finish on a road course in his career at the Daytona road course and would earn his new best career points standings finish in the cup series in 23rd. It was announced a month before the 2021 season started that McDowell had signed a one-year contract extension with FRM to return to the 34 for the following season.

### 2021: Daytona 500 win and first playoff appearance

McDowell remained in FRM's No. 34 for a fourth year in 2021. He won the season-opening Daytona 500 after avoiding a crash involving the leaders Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski on the final lap. Before his big victory, McDowell had the second-most Cup Series starts before his first win. It was his first Cup Series win in his 358th start, second only to Michael Waltrip, whose first win came in his 463rd start. He would go on to finish the first 3 races of the season inside the top 10. McDowell also nearly won at Talladega in the spring, finishing a close third behind Keselowski and Byron. McDowell would follow this performance by a strong 7th-place finish at the inaugural cup series race at Circuit of the Americas after early contact with Martin Truex Jr. McDowell's win at Daytona locked him into the All-Star Race and the NASCAR playoffs for the first time in his 14-year cup series career. McDowell was eliminated from the playoffs following the conclusion of the Round of 16 at Bristol. He finished the season with one win, two top-fives, five top-tens, an average finish of 20.5, and finished 16th in the points standings.

### 2022

McDowell started the 2022 season with a seventh place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He scored seven top-10 finishes during the regular season. On July 26, crew chief Blake Harris was suspended for four races and fined US$100,000 for an L2 Penalty during post-race inspection after the 2022 M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono. The penalty came under Sections 14.1 C, D and Q and 14.5 A and B in the NASCAR Rule Book, both of which pertain to the body and overall vehicle assembly rules surrounding modification of a single-source supplied part. In addition, the No. 34 team was docked 100 driver and owner points and 10 playoff points.

### 2023: Return to the playoffs

McDowell began the 2023 season with a 28th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. He dominated the Indianapolis road race, landing him in the playoffs and earning him his second career win, as well as his first career stage win in the first stage of the race. He was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 16. He finished the season with 1 win, 2 top fives, 8 top tens, an average finish of 19.0, and finished 15th in the point standings.

### 2024: First career pole and final year with FRM

McDowell began the 2024 season with a 36th place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500. McDowell had his first pole at Atlanta after 467 Cup Series starts. At the race at Talladega, McDowell was leading on the final lap when he spun out trying to block Brad Keselowski. He finished 31st, not crossing the start-finish line and being marked with a DNF. On May 8, 2024, McDowell announced he would leave FRM at the end of the 2024 season and he had signed a multi-year contract with Spire Motorsports to drive the No. 71 Chevrolet starting in 2025. On June 1, 2024, McDowell won his 3rd pole of the season for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at Gateway. He set a track record in Round 1 of qualifying with a 32.318s (139.241 mph) lap time. McDowell finished his final year with FRM in 23rd in the final point standings. McDowell also finished the season with a career best 6 poles, the most of any driver on the season.

### 2025: First year at Spire Motorsports and return to the Truck Series

McDowell began the 2025 season with a 11th place finish at the 2025 Daytona 500. At Las Vegas 1, McDowell would score his first pole of the season and Spire's first Cup Series pole. On January 29, 2025, it was announced that McDowell would return to the Truck Series after 16 years, driving the No. 07 truck for Spire Motorsports at Daytona and Atlanta.

## Personal life

McDowell is married to Jami and they have five children. McDowell is a Christian.
McDowell and Justin Marks currently own a karting facility called the Trackhouse Motorplex, located 30 miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility opened in October 2012 and is inspired by another karting track located in Parma, Italy.

## Motorsports career results
### American Open-Wheel series

(key)

#### Champ Car

Champ Car results :
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2005 | Rocketsports Racing | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | LVS | SRF 12 | MXC 11 | 21st | 19 | |

### NASCAR

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

#### Cup Series

NASCAR 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 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2008 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 00 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR 26 | TEX 33 | PHO 34 | TAL 26 | RCH 40 | DAR 28 | CLT 32 | DOV 30 | POC 27 | MCH 37 | SON 21 | NHA 42 | DAY 25 | CHI 43 | IND 34 | POC 24 | GLN 25 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH 20 | NHA 27 | DOV 29 | KAN DNQ | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 40th | 1466 | |
| 2009 | Prism Motorsports | 66 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL DNQ | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | | | | | | | | | | | | 52nd | 326 | |
| 2009 | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 36 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 41 | NHA 41 | DOV 38 | KAN DNQ | CAL 40 | CLT DNQ | MAR 41 | TAL | TEX 41 | PHO 41 | HOM 43 | 52nd | 326 | |
| 2010 | Prism Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY 33 | CAL 42 | LVS 42 | ATL 42 | BRI | MAR 43 | | | | RCH DNQ | DAR 40 | DOV 42 | CLT 42 | POC 39 | MCH | SON | NHA 41 | DAY DNQ | CHI DNQ | IND 42 | POC 43 | GLN 42 | MCH 42 | BRI 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 45th | 870 | |
| 2010 | Prism Motorsports | 66 | Toyota | | | | | | | PHO 43 | TEX 41 | TAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 45th | 870 |
| 2010 | Whitney Motorsports | 46 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ATL 39 | | | | KAN 40 | CAL 39 | CLT 39 | | TAL 35 | TEX DNQ | PHO DNQ | HOM DNQ | 45th | 870 | |
| 2010 | Whitney Motorsports | 46 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH DNQ | NHA 43 | DOV 39 | | | | MAR DNQ | | | | | | | | 45th | 870 |
| 2011 | HP Racing | 66 | Toyota | DAY DNQ | PHO 41 | LVS 41 | BRI 43 | CAL 43 | MAR 32 | TEX 40 | TAL DNQ | RCH 40 | DAR 43 | DOV 43 | CLT 39 | KAN 41 | POC 41 | MCH 43 | SON 30 | DAY 42 | KEN 41 | NHA 40 | IND 37 | POC | GLN 41 | MCH | BRI 39 | ATL 41 | RCH 39 | CHI 43 | NHA 37 | DOV 40 | KAN 39 | CLT 39 | TAL 40 | MAR 39 | TEX QL$^†$ | PHO 40 | HOM 43 | 36th | 139 | |
| 2011 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TEX 33 | | | | 36th | 139 | |
| 2012 | Phil Parsons Racing | 98 | Ford | DAY 30 | PHO 43 | LVS 38 | BRI 31 | CAL 38 | MAR 40 | TEX 41 | KAN 40 | RCH 39 | TAL 43 | DAR DNQ | CLT 36 | DOV 42 | POC 34 | MCH 38 | SON | KEN 38 | DAY 43 | NHA 40 | IND DNQ | POC | GLN 37 | MCH | BRI 23 | ATL DNQ | RCH 41 | CHI 43 | NHA 37 | DOV 38 | TAL 31 | CLT 31 | KAN 43 | MAR 39 | TEX 38 | PHO 38 | HOM 41 | 37th | 187 | |
| 2013 | Phil Parsons Racing | 98 | Ford | DAY 9 | PHO Wth | LVS 43 | BRI 42 | CAL 42 | MAR 43 | TEX 43 | KAN 42 | RCH 41 | TAL 21 | DAR 42 | CLT 42 | DOV 42 | POC 40 | MCH 42 | SON | KEN 38 | DAY 42 | NHA 42 | IND 32 | POC 40 | | | BRI 41 | ATL 42 | RCH 43 | CHI 43 | | DOV 43 | KAN 38 | CLT 40 | TAL 15 | MAR 26 | TEX 43 | PHO 32 | HOM 43 | 37th | 210 | |
| 2013 | Front Row Motorsports | 35 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 38 | MCH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 210 |
| 2013 | HScott Motorsports | 51 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 210 |
| 2014 | Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Ford | DAY DNQ | PHO 33 | LVS 43 | BRI 37 | CAL | MAR 37 | TEX 30 | DAR | RCH DNQ | TAL 36 | KAN | CLT 30 | DOV | POC | MCH | SON 24 | KEN | DAY 7 | NHA | IND 26 | POC | GLN 42 | MCH | BRI 18 | ATL DNQ | RCH | CHI 32 | NHA | DOV | KAN 35 | CLT 29 | TAL 41 | MAR | TEX 30 | PHO 31 | HOM 21 | 37th | 255 | |
| 2015 | Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Ford | DAY 31 | ATL 27 | LVS 30 | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX 31 | BRI 22 | RCH | TAL DNQ | KAN 36 | CLT 30 | DOV | POC | MCH | SON 34 | DAY DNQ | KEN DNQ | NHA | IND 31 | POC | GLN 20 | MCH | BRI 31 | DAR | RCH 42 | CHI DNQ | NHA | DOV | CLT 31 | KAN | TAL 28 | MAR | TEX 34 | PHO | HOM 33 | 39th | 213 | |
| 2016 | Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | 59 | Chevy | DAY 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 10 | 30th | 500 | |
| 2016 | Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Chevy | | ATL 33 | LVS 29 | PHO 26 | CAL 31 | MAR 24 | TEX | BRI 29 | RCH 31 | TAL 21 | KAN 28 | DOV 20 | CLT 34 | POC | MCH | SON 39 | DAY 10 | KEN | NHA 39 | IND 23 | POC 23 | GLN 17 | BRI 19 | MCH 31 | DAR 27 | RCH 12 | CHI 37 | NHA 26 | DOV | CLT 14 | KAN 22 | TAL 16 | MAR 18 | TEX 23 | PHO 34 | | 30th | 500 | |
| 2017 | Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Chevy | DAY 15 | ATL 29 | LVS 18 | PHO 24 | CAL 33 | MAR 26 | TEX 23 | BRI 26 | RCH 29 | TAL 34 | KAN 13 | CLT 19 | DOV 19 | POC 24 | MCH 23 | SON 14 | DAY 4 | KEN 23 | NHA 26 | IND 18 | POC 18 | GLN 12 | MCH 27 | BRI 20 | DAR 19 | RCH 16 | CHI 30 | NHA 23 | DOV 27 | CLT 35 | TAL 30 | KAN 18 | MAR 19 | TEX 21 | PHO 22 | HOM 24 | 26th | 542 | |
| 2018 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY 9 | ATL 24 | LVS 37 | PHO 32 | CAL 26 | MAR 21 | TEX 14 | BRI 38 | RCH 31 | TAL 32 | DOV 22 | KAN 20 | CLT 18 | POC 21 | MCH 25 | SON 21 | CHI 21 | DAY 26 | KEN 24 | NHA 26 | POC 16 | GLN 18 | MCH 25 | BRI 37 | DAR 20 | IND 17 | LVS 29 | RCH 24 | ROV 18 | DOV 26 | TAL 40 | KAN 27 | MAR 25 | TEX 29 | PHO 16 | HOM 28 | 26th | 493 | |
| 2019 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY 5 | ATL 37 | LVS 30 | PHO 36 | CAL 24 | MAR 31 | TEX 15 | BRI 28 | RCH 36 | TAL 40 | DOV 24 | KAN 26 | CLT 22 | POC 20 | MCH 27 | SON 25 | CHI 20 | DAY 13 | KEN 25 | NHA 17 | POC 25 | GLN 16 | MCH 22 | BRI 37 | DAR 38 | IND 17 | LVS 24 | RCH 21 | ROV 12 | DOV 24 | TAL 5 | KAN 24 | MAR 23 | TEX 25 | PHO 30 | HOM 26 | 27th | 485 | |
| 2020 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY 14 | LVS 36 | CAL 22 | PHO 16 | DAR 23 | DAR 17 | CLT 18 | CLT 25 | BRI 14 | ATL 24 | MAR 14 | HOM 15 | TAL 18 | POC 8 | POC 40 | IND 7 | KEN 24 | TEX 15 | KAN 16 | NHA 19 | MCH 29 | MCH 28 | DRC 10 | DOV 26 | DOV 25 | DAY 14 | DAR 16 | RCH 25 | BRI 10 | LVS 21 | TAL 36 | ROV 32 | KAN 19 | TEX 26 | MAR 28 | PHO 23 | 23rd | 588 | |
| 2021 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY 1 | DRC 8 | HOM 6 | LVS 17 | PHO 23 | ATL 19 | BRD 12 | MAR 31 | RCH 27 | TAL 3 | KAN 13 | DAR 27 | DOV 25 | COA 7 | CLT 20 | SON 28 | NSH 16 | POC 19 | POC 17 | ROA 30 | ATL 27 | NHA 25 | GLN 21 | IRC 30 | MCH 20 | DAY 39 | DAR 37 | RCH 28 | BRI 24 | LVS 21 | TAL 17 | ROV 16 | TEX 17 | KAN 16 | MAR 26 | PHO 24 | 16th | 2152 | |
| 2022 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY 7 | CAL 31 | LVS 27 | PHO 27 | ATL 24 | COA 13 | RCH 30 | MAR 25 | BRD 9 | TAL 8 | DOV 17 | DAR 7 | KAN 23 | CLT 8 | GTW 18 | SON 3 | NSH 13 | ROA 8 | ATL 15 | NHA 28 | POC 6 | IRC 8 | MCH 28 | RCH 29 | GLN 6 | DAY 32 | DAR 6 | KAN 16 | BRI 11 | TEX 11 | TAL 3 | ROV 27 | LVS 19 | HOM 16 | MAR 17 | PHO 25 | 23rd | 663 | |
| 2023 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY 28 | CAL 18 | LVS 25 | PHO 13 | ATL 21 | COA 12 | RCH 6 | BRD 11 | MAR 19 | TAL 35 | DOV 22 | KAN 26 | DAR 33 | CLT 28 | GTW 9 | SON 7 | NSH 28 | CSC 7 | ATL 4 | NHA 13 | POC 19 | RCH 22 | MCH 24 | IRC 1* | GLN 36 | DAY 13 | DAR 32 | KAN 26 | BRI 6 | TEX 15 | TAL 21 | ROV 32 | LVS 17 | HOM 22 | MAR 25 | PHO 9 | 15th | 2185 | |
| 2024 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY 36 | ATL 8 | LVS 25 | PHO 8 | BRI 11 | COA 38 | RCH 26 | MAR 21 | TEX 35 | TAL 31* | DOV 36 | KAN 10 | DAR 10 | CLT 16 | GTW 25 | SON 2 | IOW 23 | NHA 15 | NSH 35 | CSC 5 | POC 24 | IND 16 | RCH 15 | MCH 19 | DAY 30 | DAR 28 | ATL 22 | GLN 7 | BRI 11 | KAN 29 | TAL 37* | ROV 15 | LVS 20 | HOM 14 | MAR 33 | PHO 31 | 23rd | 624 | |
| 2025 | Spire Motorsports | 71 | Chevy | DAY 11 | ATL 13 | COA 11 | PHO 27 | LVS 16 | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | TAL | TEX | KAN | CLT | NSH | MCH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | RCH | DAY | DAR | GTW | BRI | NHA | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | |
| $^†$ – Qualified but replaced by Josh Wise. McDowell changed teams after NASCAR parked Kyle Busch. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

##### Daytona 500

| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
| 2010 | Prism Motorsports | Toyota | 29 | 33 |
| 2011 | HP Racing | Toyota | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2012 | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 11 | 30 |
| 2013 | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 38 | 9 |
| 2014 | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2015 | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 23 | 31 |
| 2016 | Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 39 | 15 |
| 2017 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 22 | 15 |
| 2018 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 22 | 9 |
| 2019 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 34 | 5 |
| 2020 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 26 | 14 |
| 2021 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 17 | 1 |
| 2022 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 11 | 28 |
| 2024 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 2 | 36 |
| 2025 | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 25 | 11 |

#### 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 | 34 | 35 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2007 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 00 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX 20 | PHO 14 | HOM 32 | 94th | 291 | |
| 2008 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 00 | Toyota | DAY 27 | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | | | | | | | | | | | | | 112th | 119 | |
| 2008 | MSRP Motorsports | 91 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 42 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 112th | 119 | |
| 2009 | JTG Daugherty Racing | 47 | Toyota | DAY 14 | CAL 36 | LVS 6 | BRI 31 | TEX 17 | NSH 15 | PHO 11 | TAL 15 | RCH 8 | DAR 33 | CLT 20 | DOV 11 | NSH 8 | KEN 29 | MLW 14 | NHA 15 | DAY 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | KAN 39 | | | | | | | 13th | 3449 | |
| 2009 | MacDonald Motorsports | 81 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 25 | GTY 32 | IRP 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 3449 |
| 2009 | Whitney Motorsports | 26 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IOW 8 | GLN 27 | MCH 17 | BRI 10 | | | RCH 19 | | | CAL 38 | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 3449 |
| 2009 | Whitney Motorsports | 96 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CGV 11 | ATL 35 | | DOV 29 | KAN DNQ | | CLT 23 | MEM 21 | TEX 29 | PHO 25 | HOM | 13th | 3449 | |
| 2010 | MacDonald Motorsports | 81 | Dodge | DAY 24 | CAL 21 | LVS 39 | BRI 18 | NSH 37 | PHO 18 | TEX 26 | TAL 23 | RCH 29 | DAR 19 | DOV 30 | CLT 20 | NSH 30 | KEN 28 | ROA 33 | NHA 20 | DAY 35 | CHI 35 | GTY DNQ | IRP 20 | IOW 13 | GLN 10 | MCH 28 | BRI 20 | CGV 37 | ATL 27 | RCH 37 | DOV 28 | KAN 19 | CAL 18 | CLT 26 | GTY 30 | TEX 36 | PHO 26 | HOM DNQ | 21st | 2770 | |
| 2011 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW 7 | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA 12 | DAY | KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP 10 | IOW 9 | GLN | CGV 3 | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | | 106th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2012 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW 3 | CLT | DOV | | ROA 2 | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW 6 | GLN | CGV 6 | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | | | | | | | | | 111th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2012 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 20 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 111th | 0$^1$ |
| 2012 | SR² Motorsports | 00 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 40 | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | | 111th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2013 | SR² Motorsports | 27 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI 40 | CAL 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 100th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2013 | SR² Motorsports | 00 | Toyota | | | | | | TEX DNQ | RCH 22 | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | IOW | MCH | | | | | | | | | | BRI DNQ | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | | | | | | | | | | 100th | 0$^1$ |
| 2013 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ROA 34 | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 100th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2013 | TriStar Motorsports | 10 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TEX 40 | PHO | | | | | | 100th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2013 | TriStar Motorsports | 91 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 40 | | | | 100th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2014 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 20 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW 7 | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW 2 | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | | | | | | | | | | 87th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2014 | Team Penske | 22 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 8 | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | | 87th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2016 | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA 1* | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | 93rd | 0$^1$ | |

#### 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 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts |
| 2007 | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | LOW | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR 30 | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 117th | 0 |
| 2009 | ThorSport Racing | 98 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA 14 | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 111th | 0 |
| 2025 | Spire Motorsports | 07 | Chevy | DAY 26 | ATL 12 | LVS | HOM | MAR | BRI | CAR | TEX | KAN | NWS | CLT | NSH | MCH | POC | LRP | IRP | GLN | RCH | DAR | BRI | NHA | ROV | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* |
$^*$ Season still in progress $^1$ Ineligible for series points

### ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max 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 | ARSC | Pts |
| 2006 | Hixson Motorsports | 2 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | NSH | MCH | ISF | MIL 34 | TOL | DSF | | | | | 40th | 965 |
| 2006 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 2 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 38 | SLM 6 | TAL 5 | IOW 4 | 40th | 965 |
| 2007 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 2 | Dodge | DAY 10 | USA 18 | NSH 33 | SLM 3 | KAN 11 | WIN 22* | KEN 39 | TOL 7* | IOW 2 | POC 6 | | BLN 2* | KEN 1* | POC 1 | NSH 19 | ISF 2 | MIL 4 | GTW 3* | DSF 36 | CHI 1* | SLM 3 | TAL 33 | TOL 1* | 2nd | 5455 |
| 2007 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 2 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 5455 |

### 24 Hours of Daytona

(key)
24 Hours of Daytona results :
| Year | Class | No | Team | Car | Co-drivers | Laps | Position | Class Pos. |
| 2005 | DP | 19 | Ten Motorsports | BMW Riley DP | Memo Gidley Michael Valiante Jonathan Bomarito | 465 | 42 | 19 |
| 2006 | DP | 19 | Playboy/Uniden Racing | Ford Crawford DP | Memo Gidley Alex Barron | 716 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | DP | 19 | Finlay Motorsports | Ford Crawford DP | Rob Finlay Michael Valiante Bobby Labonte | 627 | 10 $^{DNF}$ | 10 $^{DNF}$ |
| 2008 | DP | 09 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Porsche Fabcar DP | Guy Cosmo Marc-Antoine Camirand | 652 | 15 | 10 |
| 2011 | DP | 6 | Michael Shank Racing | Ford Dallara DP | A. J. Allmendinger Justin Wilson | 719 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | DP | 6 | Michael Shank Racing | Ford Dallara DP | Jorge Goncalvez Felipe Nasr Gustavo Yacamán | 761 | 3 | 3 |