Armani Williams
Williams atPocono Raceway in 2022
Born	(2000-04-14)April 14, 2000 (age 25) Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S.
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
2 races run over 1 year
First race	2024SciAps 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2024Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 3 years
2023 position	66th
Best finish	65th (2022)
First race	2021Toyota 200 (Gateway)
Last race	2023Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCanada Series career
6 races run over 2 years
First race	2017 Fast Eddie/CHOKO 250 (Delaware)
Last race	2018 Visit New Hampshire 100 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series career
3 races run over 2 years
First race	2020General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2024Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics up to date as of August 16, 2025.

Armani Williams (born April 14, 2000) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 6Ford Mustang forMBM Motorsports, and part-time in theARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 13Toyota Camry forMBM Motorsports. He has also competed in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as well as what are now theARCA Menards Series East andARCA Menards Series West in the past.

Williams is the first NASCAR driver openly diagnosed on theautism spectrum. He is one of two currently active autistic NASCAR drivers, along withCody Ware. Over the course of his NASCAR career, Williams' cars have often sported blue paint schemes with the blue autism puzzle pieces to symbolize his diagnosis on the spectrum and to raise awareness. He is also one of fiveAfrican-American drivers currently competing in NASCAR, along with Cup Series driverBubba Wallace,Rajah Caruth,Blake Lothian, andLavar Scott.

Williams great-grandfather owned an auto-body repair shop creating the foundation for automobiles in the family. Williams in particular loved to play withHot Wheels toy cars as a child, and later discovered NASCAR on TV and immediately began watching races. He soon decided it was what he wanted to do as a career, so he began racing go-karts at the age of eight, and eventuallybandoleros after that.^[1] Specifically, he attended a competitive go-karting school and then participated in go-kart races.^[2]

Williams originally competed in theARCA Truck Series,^[3] finishing seventh in the standings in the2016 season. However, the series was shut down after 2016, so he moved to theNASCAR Pinty's Series inCanada in2017. Driving for his mentor,D. J. Kennington,^[1] Williams drove his No. 28Dodge in five races (plus withdrawing from a sixth), with a best finish of eleventh in his debut race atDelaware Speedway. He made one start in2018 for Peter Simone's No. 97Dodge atNew Hampshire, where he earned his first top-ten finish in the series with a ninth-place.

He raced once in both the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West in 2018 for Calabrese Motorsports and Patriot Motorsports Group, respectively. He returned to the Patriot team, renamed Kart Idaho Racing, in 2019 (after a change in ownership), after not qualifying for the race atIrwindale driving the No. 35 forVizion Motorsports. After Williams' DNQ, John Wood stepped out of his No. 38 for Williams to drive it, where he finished twelfth. In the East Series, Williams competed with Kart Idaho at New Hampshire, finishing eleventh in that race.

Williams in 2020 would make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series atPhoenix, where he droveFast Track Racing's No. 01 car to a seventeenth place finish. He would then run team's No. 12 car at Michigan, where he scored a top-ten finish.^[4]

In 2021, he made hisNASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Gateway in the No. 33Reaume Brothers RacingToyota, finishing 21st.

In 2022, he ran two more races in the Truck Series (originally 3 untilJosh Reaume's Darlington throwback was released).

Diagnosed at age two,^[5] Williams is on theautism spectrum and spoke his first word at three years old. He did have some social interaction and sensory issues growing up, as other people on the spectrum do, but quickly learned to improve and overcome them with the help of his parents.^[6]

He and his father attended the2010 Brickyard 400 when he was ten which sparked his interest in racing along with playing with toy cars at home and watching NASCAR races on TV. He attendsOakland University studying mechanical engineering.^[6] His favorite driver growing up wasJimmie Johnson.^[2]

He is fromGrosse Pointe, Michigan^[1] and had a 3.0 GPA at his high school while balancing school and racing.^[5]

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

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¹ Ineligible for series points

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

^* Season still in progress

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• Armani Williams driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• NASCAR drivers
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• Living people
• 2000 births
• Racing drivers from Detroit
• Sportspeople from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
• Autistic sportspeople
• American autistic people
• African-American racing drivers
• 21st-century American sportsmen
• 21st-century African-American sportsmen

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