Austin Cindric drives the No. 2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup Series. Cindric was a competitor in the Road to Indy class, Supercars, and RallyCross Championships. Austin Cindric entered NASCAR’s highest level, the Cup Series, with a bang. He won the 2022 Rookie Driver of the Year award. He finished third in the Truck Series standings in 2017 and moved forward to the Xfinity Series.
Austin Cindric is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and was born on September 2, 1998. He is the youngest driver to compete in the Bathurst 12-hour race. He was merely 17 years old, and he finished seventh in his class and 21st overall. He won the CTSCC race at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, becoming the youngest winner at the age of 17. He made his NASCAR debut through the Craftsman Truck Series in 2015 while racing for Brad Keselowski Racing.
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Austin Cindric's wins
In the NASCAR Cup Series, he has two wins, the 2022 Daytona 500 and the 2024 race at Gateway (Enjoy Illinois 300), as of March 2025. In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, he has 13 wins, with his first victory at Watkins Glen in 2019 and his last at Indianapolis in 2021. He also won the 2020 Xfinity Series championship.
In the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, he has one win, which came at Mosport in 2017. That same year, he finished third in the championship standings. His biggest achievements include winning the prestigious Daytona 500, securing a NASCAR Xfinity Series championship, and earning victories in all three major NASCAR national series.
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | WINS |
| 2025 | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 36 | 1 |
| 2023 | 24 | 37 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| 2021 | -- | 7 | 0 |
| Xfinity Stats | |||
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | WINS |
| 2023 | -- | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 19 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 33 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 33 | 2 |
| 2018 | 10 | 33 | 0 |
| 2017 | -- | 1 | 0 |
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | WINS |
| Truck Stats | |||
| 2017 | 7 | 23 | 1 |
| 2016 | 36 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
Austin Cindric's poles
In the NASCAR Cup Series, he has one pole in his career. In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, he has eight poles, and in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, he has one pole as of March 2025.
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | POLES |
| 2025 | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 36 | 0 |
| 2023 | 24 | 37 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| 2021 | -- | 7 | 0 |
| Xfinity Stats | |||
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | POLES |
| 2023 | -- | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 19 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 33 | 4 |
| 2018 | 10 | 33 | 3 |
| 2017 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | POLES |
| Truck Stats | |||
| 2017 | 7 | 23 | 1 |
| 2016 | 36 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
Austin Cindric's top-10s
As per Racing Reference, Austin Cindric has 24 top-10 finishes in the NASCAR Cup Series as of March 2025. His first top-10 finish came in 2021 at the Brickyard, where he finished ninth in the race. Cindric was able to able to claim seven top-10 finishes in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series. Cindric has 89 top-10 finishes in the Xfinity Series out of the 133 races he has participated in. He has 16 top-10s in the Craftsman Truck series, which he achieved in 2017, claiming a third-place finish in the drivers' championship.
| YEAR | RANK | WINS | TOP 10 |
| 2025 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | -- | 0 | 0 |
| Xfinity Stats | |||
| YEAR | RANK | WINS | TOP 10 |
| 2023 | -- | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 | 26 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 2017 | -- | 0 | 0 |
| YEAR | RANK | WINS | TOP 10 |
| Truck Stats | |||
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 2016 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
Austin Cindric's top-5s
According to Racing Reference, Austin Cindric has 10 top-five finishes in the NASCAR Cup Series, of which four came during the 2024 season, as of March 2025.
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | WINS | TOP 5 |
| 2025 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 24 | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | -- | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Xfinity Stats | ||||
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | WINS | TOP 5 |
| 2023 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 22 |
| 2020 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 19 |
| 2019 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 14 |
| 2018 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | -- | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| YEAR | RANK | STARTS | WINS | TOP 5 |
| Truck Stats | ||||
| 2017 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
FAQs on Austin Cindric wins
A. Austin Cindric has won the 2022 Daytona 500 race in NASCAR Cup Series.
A. William Byron was the winner of the Daytona 500 in 2024.
A. The Daytona 500 in 2024 had a prize pool of more than $28 million in 2024, according to USA Today.
A. J.D. McDuffie has the longest NASCAR career without a win, as of February 2025.
A. Austin Cindric has not won a Cup Series title, as of 2025. However, he is the winner of the 2020 Xfinity Series championship.
