Mason Mingus (born November 28, 1994) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who last competed part-time in theARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 11 forFast Track Racing, as well as part-time in theARCA/CRA Super Series, driving the No. 5Toyota Camry forWauters Motorsports.
Mingus began his racing career in 2002, competing inquarter midget competition,[1] moving up to theMMRA Mini Cup Series in 2005 and theMMRA Baby Grand Series in 2008,[2] winning the series championship.[1] In 2009 he joined theKen-Ten Pro Late Model Series, finishing eighth in series points; he returned to the series in 2010 and won the circuit's championship.[1]
In 2011, Mingus moved to theChampion Racing AssociationCRA Super Series,[1] competing in that series in 2011 and 2012; he also made hisARCA Racing Series debut in 2011, driving forWin-Tron Racing atSalem Speedway.[1] He returned with the team for a limited schedule in 2012 in addition to the full CRA Super Series schedule;[3] he shuffled his racing career with football obligations, qualifying for theAll-American 400 in October on the same day as a playoff football game.[3]
In 2013, Mingus competed full-time in the ARCA Racing Series,[4] finishing second in series points behind championFrank Kimmel.[5] In October, following the end of the ARCA season, Mingus made his debut inNASCAR competition, driving for Win-Tron Racing in theCamping World Truck SeriesFred's 250 atTalladega Superspeedway;[6] he also planned to compete in races later in the season atPhoenix International Raceway andHomestead-Miami Speedway.[7] He qualified twelfth at Talladega in his debut,[8] but finished last in the race after early engine issues. He also competed in races atPhoenix International Raceway andHomestead-Miami Speedway in November, posting a best finish of 22nd at Phoenix.
In January 2014, it was announced that Mingus would be competing in the Camping World Truck Series full-time in 2014 driving the No. 35Toyota Tundra forWin-Tron Racing, running forRookie of the Year.[9] Mingus started the season being involved in a big one at Daytona, resulting in a 28th-place finish. Mingus then had a consistent finish in later races, until Win-Tron Racing parted ways with Mingus. Mingus was later offered a ride withBilly Boat Motorsports to drive for the remainder of the 2014 season.
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On May 6, 2021, it was announced that Mingus would return to ARCA, driving at his home track of the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the No. 11 forFast Track Racing. This was his debut in theARCA Menards Series East, which was previously the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.[10]
Mingus was born inLouisville, Kentucky, but grew up inBrentwood, Tennessee.[4] He is a graduate ofFranklin Road Academy, where he competed in wrestling, track,[1] and football.[3]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Obaika Racing | 97 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI 24 | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN 24 | TEX 24 | PHO | HOM 26 | 104th | 01 | [11] |
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2013 | Win-Tron Racing | 35 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL 36 | MAR | TEX | PHO 22 | HOM 25 | 46th | 49 | [12] | |
| 2014 | Toyota | DAY 28 | MAR 29 | KAN 10 | CLT 20 | DOV 26 | TEX 19 | GTW 12 | KEN 19 | IOW 16 | ELD 22 | POC 17 | MCH 16 | BRI 22 | MSP 14 | CHI 16 | NHA 17 | 11th | 545 | [13] | |||||||||
| Billy Boat Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | LVS 18 | TAL 32 | MAR 15 | TEX 13 | PHO 13 | HOM 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | DAY DNQ | ATL 28 | MAR 22 | KAN 9 | CLT 26 | DOV 29 | TEX 13 | GTW 28 | IOW 16 | KEN 19 | ELD | POC 12 | MCH 24 | BRI 29 | MSP 14 | CHI 26 | NHA 14 | LVS 20 | TAL 3 | MAR 18 | TEX 18 | PHO 10 | HOM 20 | 14th | 527 | [14] | |||
(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2011 | Win-Tron Racing | 32 | Toyota | DAY | TAL | SLM | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | IOW | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM 34 | KAN | TOL | 157th | 60 | [15] | ||
| 2012 | DAY | MOB 19 | SLM 10 | TAL | TOL 15 | WIN 6 | NJE 8 | ISF 8 | SLM 6 | DSF | KAN | 18th | 1930 | [16] | |||||||||||||
| Chevy | ELK 9 | POC | MCH | IOW 12 | CHI | IRP 10 | POC | BLN 29 | MAD 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Toyota | DAY 7 | MOB 4 | SLM 10 | TAL 2 | POC 6 | MCH 6 | ROA 10 | WIN 12 | CHI 6 | NJE 8 | POC 6 | BLN 2 | MAD 5 | IOW 7 | SLM 9 | KEN 10 | KAN 9 | 2nd | 5370 | [17] | ||||||
| Chevy | TOL 2 | ELK 9 | ISF 16 | DSF 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 98 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM 8 | CHI | KEN | KAN | 42nd | 570 | [18] | |
| 2017 | Win-Tron Racing | 33 | Toyota | DAY | NSH 5 | SLM 11 | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 50th | 385 | [19] | |
| 2021 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN 7 | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI 17 | SLM 6 | KAN | 36th | 102 | [20] | |
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Ford | NSM | FIF | NSV 3 | DOV | SNM 8 | IOW | MLW | BRI 17 | 17th | 106 | [21] |
| 2022 | Ferrier-McClure Racing | 44 | Ford | NSM | FIF | DOV | NSV 4 | IOW | MLW | BRI | 38th | 40 | [22] | |
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| CARS Super Late Model Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | CSLMTC | Pts | Ref | ||||
| 2018 | N/A | 5 | Toyota | MYB | NSH 32 | ROU | HCY | BRI 4 | AND | HCY | ROU | SBO | N/A | 0 | [23] | ||||
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