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Austin
Cindric

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DATE OF BIRTH

09/02/1998

HOMETOWN

Mooresville, North Carolina

CREW CHIEF

Brian Wilson

TEAM

Team Penske

DATE OF BIRTH

09/02/1998

HOMETOWN

Mooresville, North Carolina

CREW CHIEF

Brian Wilson

TEAM

Team Penske

2026 SEASON VIEW FULL STATS
DRIVER RANK
16
POINTS
355
POINTS BEHIND
-349
RACES
16
WINS
0
TOP 10's
4
TOP 5's
1
POLES
0
DNF
3
LAPS LED
27
AVG. START
19.375
AVG. FINISH
19.188
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2022 Daytona 500
2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship
2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Regular Season Champion
Driver Summary
Driver News
Driver Stats
Bio
Austin Cindric currently drives the No. 2 Team Penske Ford in the NASCAR Cup Series. Cindric made the jump to Cup in 2022 and immediately won the Daytona 500, doubling as his first victory in NASCAR's premier series. His second Cup triumph came 85 races later at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway in June 2024. His third and most recent Cup Series victory came at Talladega Superspeedway in the spring of 2025. Cindric is the 2020 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion. He earned five wins during the 2021 season, giving him 13 career O'Reilly wins, and also made the Championship 4. He earned a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win in 2017 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and is the youngest winner in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series.

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Ford drivers, teams look to close the gap to competition: 'We're certainly in the ballpark'

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Power Rankings: A new No. 1 emerges in Denny Hamlin — is No. 1 seed in The Chase next?

Power Rankings: A new No. 1 emerges in Denny Hamlin — is No. 1 seed in The Chase next?

NASCAR.com's Pat DeCola ranks the top 20 Cup Series drivers entering the 2026 race at Pocono Raceway (1 p.m. ET, Prime Video).
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AUSTIN CINDRIC STATS
TRACK
STARTING POSITION
FINISHING POSITION
START
FINISH
POINTS
Bowman Gray Stadium
22
21
0
Duel 2 at DAYTONA
8
17
0
DAYTONA 500
36
34
13
EchoPark Speedway
30
26
21
Circuit of The Americas
28
32
5
Phoenix Raceway
3
34
13
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
31
19
19
Darlington Raceway
12
5
38
Martinsville Speedway
6
8
40
Bristol Motor Speedway
9
16
23
Kansas Speedway
34
12
25
Talladega Superspeedway
13
8
29
Texas Motor Speedway
13
15
22
Watkins Glen International
3
9
39
All-Star Race
6
6
0
Charlotte Motor Speedway
8
38
1
Nashville Superspeedway
36
26
18
Michigan International Speedway
31
11
26
Pocono Raceway
17
14
23
YEAR
SERIES
RANK
WINS
TOP 5's
TOP 10's
POLES
LAPS LED
AVG. START
AVG. FINISH
2026
16
0
1
4
0
27
19.38
19.19
2025
14
1
2
5
0
325
13.31
20.86
2024
11
1
4
7
0
256
15.22
19.92
2023
24
0
1
5
0
33
18.31
21.64
2022
12
1
5
9
1
86
12.61
16.25
2021
46
0
0
1
0
8
25.00
22.71