Dylan Jarin Lupton (born December 7, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for AM Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving the No. 30 Mustang for Rette Jones Racing. He has also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, what is now the ARCA Menards Series East, and the ARCA Menards Series West in the past.
Racing career
Lupton began racing in 2010 in the Langers Juice S-2 Sportsman Series, which was a championship with fourteen races and those were all at Irwindale Event Center, then known as Toyota Speedway. Lupton managed to win three races and became champion with High Point Racing, just two points in front of teammate Roman Lagudi. In 2011, he got two partial rides in the K&N Pro Series West. He drove one race for team owner Greg Rayl and two races for Bill McAnally Racing, including races at All American Speedway and the new Phoenix International Raceway. His best result of the season was twelfth place at Montana Raceway Park. In 2013 and 2014, he got a full-time ride at Sunrise Ford Racing in the K&N Pro Series West and became runner-up in 2014 seventeen points behind two-time champion Greg Pursley. He won twice, in 2013 at Evergreen Speedway and in 2014 at Kern County Raceway Park.
On February 16, 2015, it was announced that Lupton had been signed by Athenian Motorsports to compete part-time in the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series. Lupton was hired to run a minimum of seven races in the No. 25 starting at Phoenix, with continued sponsorship from Zaxby's. Also that year, Lupton drove in one K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen in order to gain road course experience, because two of his scheduled Xfinity races were the road course races at Road America and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. His road course runs were strong, finishing in fourth place in the Watkins Glen East Series race, and then earning his best finishes of the year in his Xfinity schedule with a ninth at Mid-Ohio and a thirteenth at Road America.
Lupton started the 2016 Xfinity season without a ride, however on March 1, 2016, it was announced that Lupton signed a deal to drive the No. 93 Chevy for RSS Racing for three races, starting at Las Vegas. However, the team withdrew from the Vegas race, delaying his debut until the following race at Phoenix, and was replaced by Josh Reaume at Las Vegas.
In 2016, Lupton joined BK Racing to attempt his Sprint Cup Series debut at the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Lupton would finish 35th in the race. He returned to the team at Richmond's Federated Auto Parts 400 in the No. 83. He would be involved in a big wreck, with his car ending up on top of Ryan Newman's car, but he would stay in the race and finish 25th. Lupton made his Truck Series debut at Talladega, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet for Young's Motorsports, he finished twelfth. Lupton then made his second Truck Series race at Phoenix, substituting John Wes Townley, earning a nineteenth place finish. A week later, Lupton joined Go Fas Racing in a one-race deal at Homestead, finishing 39th.
Lupton ran part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2017 with a limited schedule in No. 24 for JGL Racing and announced in January 2018 that he and JGL were planning to run 21 races throughout the upcoming Xfinity season (with the hope to run the full schedule if more sponsorship was available). Lupton had a few top-25s but was disappointed for the most part in the other races, failing to finish Daytona, Las Vegas, Fontana, Bristol, Talladega, and Charlotte. He wasn't originally supposed to race in the Bristol race, but with the struggles of Tony Mrakovich in practice, JGL Racing chose Lupton to replace him. JGL shut down after 12 races into the season due to sponsorship issues and team owner James Whitener's health problems.
In June 2019, Lupton returned to the Truck Series for a six-race schedule in DGR-Crosley's No. 5 and No. 15 Toyota Tundras starting at Chicago. He also drove for Young's Motorsports again for one race in their No. 20 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Lupton would not make any NASCAR starts in 2020 until September when he returned to DGR-Crosley, now a Ford team, to drive the No. 17 F-150 at Las Vegas, Texas, as well as make his second ARCA start, driving their No. 17 car in the season-finale at Kansas in October.
In 2021, Lupton returned to the West Series, now known as the ARCA Menards Series West, for the first time since his last full season in the series in 2014 to run the race at Sonoma for Bill McAnally Racing. Later in the year, Lupton ran three Truck Series races, one for Kyle Busch Motorsports in their No. 51 truck and two for Reaume Brothers Racing in their No. 34 truck, as well as four Xfinity Series races for Sam Hunt Racing in their No. 26 car.
On July 6, 2022, it was announced that Lupton would drive the No. 7 for Spire Motorsports in the Truck Series in the race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Lupton competed in 2 Xfinity Series road course races in 2023 for Alpha Prime Racing, driving the No. 44 car at Portland and the No. 43 car at Sonoma. He also ran the ARCA Menards Series West race at Portland on the same weekend for Bill McAnally Racing.
Lupton's first start of 2024 came in the ARCA Menards Series race at Watkins Glen where he drove the No. 30 car for Rette Jones Racing. On October 1, 2024, it was announced that Lupton would drive the No. 15 Ford for AM Racing for the remainder of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. He would also return to Young's Motorsports for the first time since 2019, driving their No. 02 truck in the fall race at Martinsville, which would be his first Truck Series start since 2022.
Personal life Lupton graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016 with a degree in finance. Despite sharing the same surname, he is not related to fellow racing driver Tyler Lupton.
Motorsports career results
Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsTop 5Top 10PointsPosition2011NASCAR K&N Pro Series WestGSR Racing100028845thGaunt Brothers Racing20002013NASCAR K&N Pro Series WestSunrise Ford Racing1514125225th2014NASCAR K&N Pro Series WestSunrise Ford Racing1418125602nd2015NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastJefferson Pitts Racing10114037thNASCAR Xfinity SeriesAthenian Motorsports800117830th2016ARCA Racing SeriesEmpire Racing1000110126thNASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesYoung's Motorsports10000NC†Athenian Motorsports1000NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRSS Racing20002758thNASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesBK Racing30000NC†Go Fas Racing10002017NASCAR Xfinity SeriesJGL Racing1400019730th2018NASCAR Xfinity SeriesJGL Racing1100010339th2019NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck SeriesDGR-Crosley501314528thYoung's Motorsports10002020ARCA Menards SeriesDGR-Crosley10114050thNASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series30017344th2021ARCA Menards Series WestBill McAnally Racing10114237thNASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesKyle Busch Motorsports10000NC†Reaume Brothers Racing2000NASCAR Xfinity SeriesSam Hunt Racing40003356th2022NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesSpire Motorsports1000576th2023ARCA Menards Series WestBill McAnally Racing10002364thNASCAR Xfinity SeriesAlpha Prime Racing20002156th2024ARCA Menards SeriesRette Jones Racing10013486thNASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesYoung's Motorsports10000NC†NASCAR Xfinity SeriesAM Racing60007342nd † As Lupton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2016 BK Racing 93 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON35 DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR 54th 01 83 RCH25 CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR31 TEX PHO Go Fas Racing 32 Ford HOM39
Xfinity Series 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 Pts Ref 2015 Athenian Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO19 CAL TEX BRI RCH28 TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI34 DAY KEN NHA24 IND IOW17 GLN MOH9 BRI ROA13 DAR RCH CHI KEN31 DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 30th 178 2016 RSS Racing 93 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO19 CAL36 TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 58th 27 2017 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH12 TAL CLT DOV30 POC22 MCH24 IOW15 DAY KEN NHA22 IND IOW25 GLN20 MOH27 BRI ROA33 DAR30 RCH24 CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN16 TEX21 PHO HOM 30th 197 2018 28 Ford DAY27 ATL21 LVS40 PHO23 CAL33 TEX17 BRI31 RCH TAL36 DOV24 CLT33 POC23 MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 39th 103 2021 Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS35 TAL ROV TEX38 KAN27 MAR PHO15 56th 33 2023 Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR29 56th 21 43 SON24 NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2024 AM Racing 15 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL24 ROV27 LVS27 HOM32 MAR20 PHO19 42nd 73
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 Pts Ref 2016 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL12 MAR TEX 90th 01 Athenian Motorsports 05 Chevy PHO19 HOM 2019 DGR-Crosley 5 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI10 LVS10 TAL MAR PHO16 HOMDNQ 28th 145 15 KEN5 POC ELD MCH BRI27 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy MSP19 2020 DGR-Crosley 17 Ford DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS14 TAL KAN TEX8 MAR PHO16 44th 73 2021 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR31 BRI 109th 01 Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Toyota LVS21 TAL26 MAR PHO 2022 Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH32 POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 76th 5 2024 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR34 PHO 90th 01
Season still in progress Ineligible for series points
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 Pts Ref 2016 Empire Racing 82 Ford DAY24 NSV SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 126th 110 2020 DGR-Crosley 17 Ford DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DRC GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN4 50th 40 2024 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN10 BRI KAN TOL 86th 34
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 Pts Ref 2015 Jefferson Pitts Racing 55 Ford NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN4 MOT VIR RCH DOV 37th 40
ARCA Menards Series West