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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox racing driver Armani Williams (born April 14, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 46 Toyota Tundra for G2G Racing. He has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series as well as what are now the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West in the past.

Williams is the first NASCAR driver openly diagnosed on the autism spectrum. 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 five African-American drivers currently competing in NASCAR, along with Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace, Jesse Iwuji, Rajah Caruth, and Blake Lothian.

Racing career

Williams great-grandfather owned an auto-body repair shop creating the foundation for automobiles in the family. Williams in particular loved to play with Hot 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 age 8, and eventually bandoleros after that.[1] Specifically, he attended a competitive go-karting school and then participated in go-kart races.[2]

Williams originally competed in the ARCA Truck Series,[3] which was shut down during his time racing in that series, so he moved to the NASCAR Pinty's Series in Canada in 2017. Driving for his mentor, D. J. Kennington,[1] Williams drove his No. 28 Dodge in five races (plus withdrawing from a sixth), with a best finish of eleventh in his debut race at Delaware Speedway. He made one start in 2018 for Peter Simone's No. 97 Dodge at New Hampshire, where he earned his first top-10 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 at Irwindale driving the No. 35 for Vizion 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 at Phoenix, where he drove Fast Track Racing's No. 01 car to a 17th-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 his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Gateway in the No. 33 Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota, finishing 21st.

In 2022, he will attempt two more races (originally 3 until Josh Reaume's Darlington throwback was released).

Personal life

Diagnosed at age two,[5] Williams is on the autism 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 the 2010 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 attends Oakland University studying mechanical engineering.[6] His favorite driver growing up was Jimmie Johnson.[2]

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

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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 Шаблон:Tooltip Pts Ref
2021 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Toyota DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW
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DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 72nd 16 [7]
2022 43 DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRI DAR KAN TEX
Шаблон:Small
CLT GTW SON KNO NSH MOH POC
31
IRP RCH 65th 10 [8]
Chevy KAN
Шаблон:Small
BRI TAL HOM
Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy PHO
Шаблон:Small
2023 G2G Racing 46 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA TEX
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BRI MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT
35
GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP
DNQ
MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM
31
PHO 66th 16 [9]

Шаблон:Sup Season still in progress
Шаблон:Sup Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

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 Шаблон:Tooltip Pts Ref
2018 Calabrese Motorsports 43 Ford NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM
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NJM THO NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV 53rd 28 [10]
2019 Kart Idaho Racing 38 Ford NSM BRI SBO SBO MEM NHA IOW GLN BRI GTW NHA
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DOV 38th 33 [11]

K&N Pro Series West

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 Шаблон:Tooltip Pts Ref
2018 Patriot Motorsports Group 34 Ford KCR TUS TUS OSS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG
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GTW LVS MER AAS KCR 49th 29 [12]
2019 Vizion Motorsports 35 Chevy LVS IRW
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51st 32 [13]
Kart Idaho Racing 38 IRW
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TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year Team owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref
2017 DJK Racing 28 Dodge MOS DEL
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CHA ICA TOR WYA
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WYA
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EDM TRO RIV
Шаблон:Small
MOS STE JUK
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17th 157 [14]
2018 Peter Simone 97 Dodge MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS MSP ASE NHA
Шаблон:Small
JUK 42nd 35 [15]

ARCA Menards Series

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

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 Шаблон:Tooltip Pts Ref
2020 Fast Track Racing 01 Ford DAY PHO
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TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL 45th 61 [16]
12 Chevy MCH
10
DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN

Шаблон:Sup Season still in progress

References

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External links

Шаблон:Youngs Motorsports Шаблон:Reaume Brothers Racing Шаблон:Fast Track Racing