Jairo Avila Jr. (born May 11, 1995) is a Colombian-American professional stock car racing driver.[1] He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Camaro for Our Motorsports and the No. 99 Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.
Jairo Avila Jr. | |||||||
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Born | Alhambra, California | May 11, 1995||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
8 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2020 position | 67th | ||||||
Best finish | 54th (2018) | ||||||
First race | 2018 Food City 300 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Kansas Lottery 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 9, 2020. |
Racing career
editNASCAR Xfinity Series
editAvila made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in 2018. He drove the No. 78 Chevrolet for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he finished 20th after starting 27th. He returned to the team for the Kansas Speedway race, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet instead. He finished 18th after starting 32nd.
In 2019, Avila drove the No. 99 Chevrolet for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Las Vegas.[2][3] He finished 25th after starting 24th.
Avila joined Our Motorsports in June 2020, driving the No. 02 in the second race at Homestead–Miami Speedway. Brett Moffitt had driven the car in the weekend's first event, with the driver switch meaning Avila had to start at the rear.[4]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
editAvila made his NASCAR debut in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in 2014, driving the No. 39 Ford at the Stateline Speedway race. He finished 7th after starting 11th. Afterwards, he ran the next four races, in the No. 38 Chevrolet/Ford at Colorado and Evergreen, and the No. 36 Ford/Toyota at Iowa and Kern County Raceway Park.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
editAvila ran the first 11 races in the 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season.[5] He drove the No. 42 Toyota for Rev Racing.[6] He had an average start of 14th and an average finish of 16th throughout the season.
ARCA Racing Series
editIn 2015, Avila participated in two ARCA Racing Series races. He drove the No. 58 Ford at Pocono, finishing 16th after starting 25th. He then drove the No. 36 Ford at Kansas, finishing 10th after starting 15th.
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
editNASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
2018 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI 20 |
ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | 54th | 36 | [7] | ||||||
8 | KAN 18 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 99 | DAY | ATL | LVS 25 |
PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT DNQ |
POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN 38 |
NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | HOM 25 |
55th | 35 | [8] | |||||||||||
Toyota | LVS 27 |
RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Our Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CAL | PHO | DAR | CLT | BRI | ATL | HOM | HOM 37 |
TAL | POC | IND | KEN | KEN | TEX | 67th | 6 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||
B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 99 | Toyota | KAN 32 |
ROA | DAY | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO |
K&N Pro Series East
editNASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Rev Racing | 42 | Toyota | NSM 23 |
MOB 15 |
GRE 12 |
BRI 22 |
VIR 7 |
DOM 12 |
STA 19 |
COL 14 |
NHA 19 |
IOW 12 |
GLN 21 |
GRE | NJE | DOV | 14th | 308 | [10] |
K&N Pro Series West
editNASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref | ||
2014 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 39 | Ford | PHO | IRW | S99 | IOW | KCR | SON | SLS 7 |
16th | 169 | [11] | |||||||||
38 | Chevy | CNS 10 |
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36 | Ford | IOW 10 |
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38 | EVG 16 |
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36 | Toyota | KCR 8 |
MMP | AAS | PHO |
ARCA Racing Series
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Lira Motorsports | 58 | Ford | DAY | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC 16 |
BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | 71st | 330 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | KAN 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | 59 | DAY 39 |
NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 134th | 35 | [13] |
References
edit- ^ "NASCAR Drive for Diversity Unveils 2016 Driver Roster". 15 January 2016.
- ^ "B.J. McLeod Motorsports Expanding Xfinity Effort". January 11, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (February 14, 2019). "NASCAR 101: Keeping Up With 2019 NASCAR Driver Changes". Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ Christie, Toby (June 13, 2020). "JA Avila to Wheel Our Motorsports' No. 02 Car in Sunday's Xfinity Race at Homestead". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ "Piloto Rubén García se inspira en su paisano". January 17, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ Inabinett, Mark (March 13, 2016). "15-year-old driver dominates NASCAR race at Mobile International Speedway". Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Jairo Avila Jr. – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Jairo Avila Jr. – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "Jairo Avila Jr. – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Jairo Avila, Jr. – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Jairo Avila, Jr. – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Jario Avila, Jr. – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Jario Avila, Jr. – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
External links
edit- Jairo Avila Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference