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Austin Green

{{short description|American racing driver (born 2001)}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Austin Green

| image = Austin Green Sonoma 2024.jpg

| caption = Green at Sonoma Raceway in 2024

| birth_name = Austin Chase Green

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|26}}

| birth_place = Concord, North Carolina, U.S.

| achievements =

| awards =

| Total_Busch_Races = 11

| Years_In_Busch = 2

| Busch_Car_Team = No. 32/87 (Jordan Anderson Racing)

| Prev_Busch_Pos = 34th

| Prev_Busch_Year = 2024

| Best_Busch_Pos = 34th (2024)

| First_Busch_Race = 2024 Focused Health 250 (COTA)

| Last_Busch_Race = 2025 North Carolina Education Lottery 250 (Rockingham)

| First_Busch_Win =

| Last_Busch_Win =

| Busch_Wins = 0

| Busch_Top_Tens = 3

| Busch_Poles = 0

| Total_ARCA_Races = 2

| Years_In_ARCA = 2

| ARCA_Car_Team = No. 82 (Pinnacle Racing Group)

| Best_ARCA_Pos = 57th (2020)

| First_ARCA_Race = 2020 Menards 200 (Toledo)

| Last_ARCA_Race = 2025 General Tire 150 (Charlotte)

| First_ARCA_Win = 2025 General Tire 150 (Charlotte)

| Last_ARCA_Win =

| ARCA_Wins = 1

| ARCA_Top_Tens = 2

| ARCA_Poles = 0

| Total_ARCA_East_Races = 1

| Years_In_ARCA_East = 1

| ARCA_East_Car_Team = No. 28 (Pinnacle Racing Group)

| First_ARCA_East_Race = 2025 Rockingham ARCA 125 (Rockingham)

| Last_ARCA_East_Race =

| First_ARCA_East_Win =

| Last_ARCA_East_Win =

| ARCA_East_Wins = 0

| ARCA_East_Top_Tens = 0

| ARCA_East_Poles = 0

| updated = May 23, 2025

}}

Austin Chase Green (born March 26, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 Pro Am Series, driving the No. 89 Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Camaro for Peterson Racing Group, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet SS for Jordan Anderson Racing, part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 82 Chevrolet SS for Pinnacle Racing Group, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 28 Chevrolet SS for Pinnacle Racing Group.

Racing career

=Early career=

Green began racing go-karts at four years old, before transitioning to bandoleros when he was eight. He eventually moved into legends cars at age 13, winning numerous races, including the Legends Young Lions Winter Heat championship at Charlotte Motor Speedway.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Deb |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Teen Green Following Dad’s Championship Tracks |url=http://www.racintoday.com/archives/54948 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=RacinToday.com}}

=Trans-Am Series=

Green ran part-time in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 Pro-Am Series from 2021 to 2022, driving for Team SLR and M1 Race Cars, earning a best finish of twelfth at Watkins Glen International in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Austin Green - 2021 Trans-Am Championship TA2 Class Results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Austin_Green/Results/Trans_Am_Championship_TA2_Class/2021 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=TheThirdTurn.com}}{{Cite web |title=Austin Green - 2022 Trans-Am Championship TA2 Class Results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Austin_Green/Results/Trans_Am_Championship_TA2_Class/2022 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=TheThirdTurn.com}} He ran full-time in the series in 2023, driving the No. 89 car for Peterson Racing Group. He earned four podiums, five top fives, and seven top tens, ending the season with a 5th-place points finish. On January 9, 2024, he announced that he would return to Peterson Racing for the 2024 season, along with running a part-time Xfinity Series schedule for the team.{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Toby |date=January 9, 2024 |title=Austin Green Set for Part-Time NASCAR Xfinity Run with Peterson Racing Group in 2024 |url=https://tobychristie.com/2024/01/09/austin-green-set-for-part-time-nascar-xfinity-run-with-peterson-racing-group-in-2024/ |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=TobyChristie.com}}

=ARCA Menards Series=

Green made his ARCA Menards Series debut in the 2020 Menards 200 at Toledo Speedway, driving the No. 74 car for Visconti Motorsports. Green started eleventh and finished seventh. In 2025, he would drive part-time with Pinnacle Racing Group in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series East, where he would earn a win at Charlotte.{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Toby |date=May 23, 2025 |title=Austin Green Captures First-Career ARCA Win in Chaotic Charlotte Race |url=https://tobychristie.com/arca/main/austin-green-captures-first-career-arca-win-in-chaotic-charlotte-race/ |access-date=May 24, 2025 |website=TobyChristie.com}}{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2025 |title=Clean and Green: Austin Green conquers Charlotte to earn his first ARCA Menards Series victory in just his second start

|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/05/23/austin-green-charlotte-win/ |access-date=May 24, 2025 |website=ARCARacing.com}}

=Xfinity Series=

File:Austin Green 32 Xfinity Sonoma 2024.jpg in 2024]]

File:Austin Green 32 Xfinity Las Vegas 2025.jpg in 2025]]

On January 9, 2024, Green announced that he would run part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2024, driving the No. 87 car for Peterson Racing in nine races.{{Cite web |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |date=January 9, 2024 |title=Austin Green Announces Part-Time Xfinity Run |url=https://frontstretch.com/2024/01/09/austin-green-announces-part-time-xfinity-run/ |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=Frontstretch.com}} In his first start at the Circuit of the Americas, Green drove the No. 32 Chevrolet for Jordan Anderson Racing in collaboration with Peterson Racing Group, where he finished in seventh place. He then finished in fifteenth in his next race at Portland International Raceway before getting a career-best finish of fourth at the next event at Sonoma Raceway.{{Cite web |last=Srigley |first=Joseph |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Xfinity Newcomer Austin Green Earns Impressive Fourth-Place Result at Sonoma |url=https://tobychristie.com/nascar/xfinity-series/xfinity-newcomer-austin-green-earns-impressive-fourth-place-result-at-sonoma/ |access-date=May 24, 2025 |website=TobyChristie.com}} In his next race at the Chicago Street Course, he finished in tenth, and at his next race at Watkins Glen International, he finished in eleventh. He then made his first oval start at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he finished in 38th after being involved in a crash with teammate Parker Retzlaff.{{cite web|url=https://www.lastcar.info/brockbeard/xfinity-austin-greens-first-oval-track-starts-ends-with-a-hard-bristol-crash?rq=green |title=XFINITY: Austin Green’s first oval track start ends with hard Bristol crash

|work=LASTCAR.info|access-date=May 24, 2025}} His last start with the team for that year came at the ROVAL, where he finished in 30th due to engine issues. He then drove for SS-Green Light Racing in the No. 14 Chevrolet at Homestead, where he finished in 29th place.

In 2025, Green returned to JAR in 2025, this time for fifteen races.{{cite web |date=17 January 2025 |title=Austin Green Back at JAR for 2025 |url=https://frontstretch.com/2025/01/17/austin-green-back-at-jar-for-2025/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=Frontstretch}}

Personal life

He is the son of former NASCAR driver and current official, David Green and nephew of Jeff Green and Mark Green.{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2025 |title=NOTEBOOK: Austin Green carrying on family’s legacy in his second ARCA Menards Series start

|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/05/21/notebook-austin-green-carrying-on-familys-legacy-in-his-second-arca-menards-series-start/ |access-date=May 24, 2025 |website=ARCARacing.com}}

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

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

==Xfinity Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| 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

! {{Tooltip|NXSC|NASCAR Xfinity Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 2024

! Jordan Anderson Racing

! 32

! Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| COA
7

| RCH

| MAR

| TEX

| TAL

| DOV

| DAR

| CLT

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIR
15

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SON
4

| IOW

| NHA

| NSH

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CSC
10

| POC

| IND

| MCH

| DAY

| DAR

| ATL

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
38

| KAN

| TAL

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROV
30

| LVS

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=2| 34th

! rowspan=2| 154

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/greenau01/2024/B|title=Austin Green – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|website=Racing Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=March 22, 2024}}

SS-Green Light Racing

! 14

! Chevy

| colspan=30|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
29

| MAR

| PHO

rowspan=2| 2025

! rowspan=2| Jordan Anderson Racing

! 32

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| COA
26

| PHO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVS
36

| HOM

| MAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAR
DNQ

| BRI

| colspan=24|

! rowspan=2| -*

! rowspan=2| -*

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/greenau01/2025/B|title=Austin Green – 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|website=Racing Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=March 1, 2025}}

87

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
30

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
DNQ

| TEX

| CLT

| NSH

| MXC

| POC

| ATL

| CSC

| SON

| DOV

| IND

| IOW

| GLN

| DAY

| PIR

| GTW

| BRI

| KAN

| ROV

| LVS

| TAL

| MAR

| PHO

=ARCA Menards Series=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=27| ARCA Menards 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

! {{Tooltip|AMSC|ARCA Menards Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2020

! Visconti Motorsports

! 74

! Chevy

| DAY

| PHO

| TAL

| POC

| IRP

| KEN

| IOW

| KAN

| TOL

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TOL
7

| MCH

| DRC

| GTW

| L44

| TOL

| BRI

| WIN

| MEM

| ISF

| KAN

! 57th

! 37

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/greenau01/2020/A|title=Austin Green – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 9, 2024}}

2025

! Pinnacle Racing Group

! 82

! Chevy

| DAY

| PHO

| TAL

| KAN

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1*

| MCH

| BLN

| ELK

| LRP

| DOV

| IRP

| IOW

| GLN

| ISF

| MAD

| DSF

| BRI

| SLM

| KAN

| TOL

! -*

! -*

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/greenau01/2025/A|title=Austin Green – 2025 ARCA Menards Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=May 23, 2025}}

==ARCA Menards Series East==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=21| ARCA Menards Series East results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! {{Tooltip|AMSEC|ARCA Menards Series East classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2025

! Pinnacle Racing Group

! 28

! Chevy

| FIF

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
12

| NSV

| FRS

| DOV

| IRP

| IOW

| BRI

! -*

! -*

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/greenau01/2025/AE|title=Austin Green – 2025 ARCA Menards Series East Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=April 19, 2025}}

{{sup|*}} Season in progress

{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Austin_Green}}

{{Jordan Anderson Racing}}

{{Pinnacle Racing Group}}

{{SS-Green Light Racing}}

{{Visconti Motorsports}}

{{Green racing family}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Austin}}

Category:2001 births

Category:Living people

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:Trans-Am Series drivers

Category:Racing drivers from North Carolina

Category:Sportspeople from Concord, North Carolina

Category:21st-century American sportsmen