Max Tullman

{{short description|American racing driver (born 1997)}}

{{infobox NASCAR driver

|birth_name = Maxwell Brooks Tullman

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|22}}

|birth_place = Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|Total_Busch_Races = 6

|Years_In_Busch = 2

|Busch_Car_Team =

|Prev_Busch_Pos = 62nd

|Prev_Busch_Year = 2019

|Best_Busch_Pos = 58th (2018)

|First_Busch_Race = 2018 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)

|Last_Busch_Race = 2019 B&L Transport 170 (Mid-Ohio)

|First_Busch_Win =

|Last_Busch_Win =

|Busch_Wins = 0

|Busch_Top_Tens = 0

|Busch_Poles = 0

|Total_Truck_Races = 3

|Years_In_Truck = 1

|Truck_Car_Team =

|Prev_Truck_Pos = 97th

|Prev_Truck_Year = 2018

|Best_Truck_Pos = 97th (2018)

|First_Truck_Race = 2018 Overton's 225 (Chicagoland)

|Last_Truck_Race = 2018 Fr8Auctions 250 (Talladega)

|First_Truck_Win =

|Last_Truck_Win =

|Truck_Wins = 0

|Truck_Top_Tens = 1

|Truck_Poles = 0

|updated = November 18, 2019

}}

Maxwell Brooks Tullman (born August 22, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 Toyota Supra for MBM Motorsports and the No. 53 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Means Racing.

Early life

Tullman’s racing career began at the age of 11 in Quarter Midgets. He has been racing in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Series since 2015.

Racing career

=Xfinity Series=

Tullman plans to run three races in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Ford Mustang for Tullman-Walker Racing.{{Cite web|url=https://maxtullman.com/bio|title = Max Tullman: NASCAR Driver}} He ran his first Xfinity at Iowa, where he finished 30th due to a crash.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/jayski/nxs/2018/story/_/id/24175346/tullman-walker-racing-announces-formation-new-nascar-xfinity-series-team |title=Tullman-Walker Racing announces formation of new NASCAR Xfinity Series team |date=July 23, 2018 |access-date=July 31, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-xs/news/max-tullman-to-make-xfinity-series-debut-at-iowa-with-new-team-1063614/ |title=Max Tullman to make Xfinity Series debut at Iowa with new team |last=Utter |first=Jim |date=July 24, 2018 |access-date=July 31, 2018}} In his other starts, he finished 23rd at Las Vegas, and failed to qualify at Kansas in the fall, and 25th at Homestead.

Tullman joined MBM Motorsports to drive the No. 13 Toyota for the season opener at Daytona.

=Camping World Truck Series=

In April, Tullman signed a partial NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule with Young's Motorsports.

Tullman made his NASCAR debut in the Truck Series in 2018, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young’s Motorsports at Chicagoland.{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar/news/sports-car-veteran-max-tullman-expanding-his-nascar-schedule-1026267/|title=Sports car veteran Max Tullman expanding his NASCAR schedule|last=Utter |first=Jim |date=April 14, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2018}} He finished 23rd after starting 21st.

He also competed in the Truck Series event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

He earned a season-high ninth-place finish at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in October in a third Young's Motorsports truck. He was the highest finishing driver for the organization ahead of mainstay driver Austin Hill and development driver Tanner Thorson.

=K&N Pro Series West=

Tullman ran three races in 2017 in the No. 27 Ford. His best finish was 9th at Bakersfield.

=K&N Pro Series East=

Tullman had run a total of two races, one each in 2017 and 2018. He ran both races in the No. 27 Ford and finished 9th at Millville in 2017 and 15th at Bristol in 2018.

=ARCA Racing Series=

In 2018, Tullman ran eight races in the No. 78 Chevrolet for Mason Mitchell Motorsports.{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2009005-max-tullman-ready-for-daytona-debut-with-mmm|title=Max Tullman ready for Daytona debut with MMM|date=January 31, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2018}} His best performance was at Daytona, where he finished 6th after starting 4th.

He also finished sixth at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. He led laps in both restrictor plate races. Tyler Green, son of former NASCAR driver Mark Green and spotter for Jamie McMurray in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series served as the spotter.

Personal life

Tullman is the son of Steve Tullman who currently owns Tullman-Walker Racing.

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – 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

2018

! Tullman-Walker Racing

! 26

! Ford

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| TEX

| BRI

| RCH

| TAL

| DOV

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| IOW

| CHI

| DAY

| KEN

| NHA

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

| GLN

| MOH

| BRI

| ROA

| DAR

| IND

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
23

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

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

| TEX

| PHO

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
25

! 58th

! 262

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/tullmma01/2018/B|title=Max Tullman – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 10, 2019}}

rowspan=3| 2019

! rowspan=2| MBM Motorsports

! 13

! rowspan=2| Toyota

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
28

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| TEX

| BRI

| RCH

| colspan=25|

! rowspan=3| 62nd

! rowspan=3| 27

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/tullmma01/2019/B|title=Max Tullman – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 16, 2019}}

42

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
20

| DOV

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| IOW

| CHI

| DAY

| KEN

| NHA

| IOW

| GLN

| colspan=13|

Jimmy Means Racing

! 53

! Chevy

| colspan=20|

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

| BRI

| ROA

| DAR

| IND

| LVS

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| KAN

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

==Camping World Truck Series==

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

! colspan=45| NASCAR Camping World Truck 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

! {{Tooltip|NCWTC|NASCAR Camping World Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2018

! Young's Motorsports

! 20

! Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| MAR

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| TEX

| IOW

| GTW

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHI
23

| KEN

| ELD

| POC

| MCH

| BRI

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

| LVS

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
9

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 97th

! 01

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/tullmma01/2018/C|title=Max Tullman – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 11, 2019}}

==K&N Pro Series East==

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

! colspan=45| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|NKNPSEC|NASCAR K&N Pro Series East classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2017

! rowspan=2| Jefferson Pitts Racing

! rowspan=2| 27

! rowspan=2| Ford

| NSM

| GRE

| BRI

| SBO

| SBO

| MEM

| BLN

| TMP

| NHA

| IOW

| GLN

| LGY

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NJM
9

| DOV

! 49th

! 35

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/tullmma01/2017/E|title=Max Tullman – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 11, 2019}}

2018

| NSM

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

| LGY

| SBO

| SBO

| MEM

| NJM

| TMP

| NHA

| IOW

| GLN

| GTW

| NHA

| DOV

! 52nd

! 29

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/tullmma01/2018/E|title=Max Tullman – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 11, 2019}}

==K&N Pro Series West==

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

! colspan=22| NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|NKNPSWC|NASCAR K&N Pro Series West classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2017

! Jefferson Pitts Racing

! 27

! Ford

| TUS

| KCR

| IRW

| IRW

| SPO

| OSS

| CNS

| SON

| IOW

| EVG

| DCS

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MER
17

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

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KCR
9

! 24th

! 96

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/tullmma01/2017/P|title=Max Tullman – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 11, 2019}}

{{sup|*}} Season still in progress

{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points

{{sup|2}} Tullman began the 2018 season racing for Truck Series points but switched to Xfinity Series points before the race at Las Vegas II.

=ARCA Racing Series=

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

! colspan=27| ARCA Racing 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|ARSC|ARCA Racing Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2018

! Mason Mitchell Motorsports

! 78

! Chevy

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
6

| NSH

| SLM

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
6

| TOL

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

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

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

| MAD

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTW
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHI
17

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

| ELK

| POC

| ISF

| BLN

| DSF

| SLM

| IRP

| KAN

! 17th

! 1830

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/tullmma01/2018/A|title=Max Tullman – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 11, 2019}}

References

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