Nicole Behar (born November 15, 1997) is an American stock car racing driver. She debuted in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West competition in 2014, driving the No. 33 for her family racing team.
Racing career
A fifth generation racer, Behar began go-kart racing after her sixth birthday, transitioning to full bodied cars at fourteen.
Behar entered the K&N Pro Series West with her family team toward the end of the 2014 season, finishing sixth (of 17 cars) in her debut race. The following season, she commanded significant attention after her second-place finish at the King Taco Catering/NAPA Auto Parts 150, earning an invitation into the NASCAR Next program for promising young drivers. Running consistently in the top half of the field, Behar finished the year with nine top-tens in thirteen races, good enough for tenth place in the final points standings. For the 2016 season, Behar signed a development deal with the better resourced David Gilliland Racing to run the CARS Super Late Model Tour, but parted ways with the outfit amid unclear circumstances after attempting and starting only one of the first three races. Undeterred, Behar started and finished third in her ARCA Racing Series debut that June at Madison International Speedway, driving a Toyota for Venturini Motorsports. Subsequently, Behar returned to the K&N Pro Series West for four starts, adding four top-ten finishes for a career total of fifteen, a record among female K&N Pro Series West drivers. At Idaho's Meridian Speedway, she finished third to Julia Landauer's second, the first time two women had run top-five in the same NASCAR touring series race since 1988.
Personal life Behar has put her college aspirations on hiatus, moving to Mooresville, North Carolina in January 2016 to be closer to the hub of stock car racing.
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.)
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 Pts 2014 Nicole Behar Racing 33 Chevy PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON SLS6 CNS IOW KCR EVG17 MMP 25th 101 Toyota AAS8 PHO 2015 Ford KCR21 IRW2 TUS5 10th 424 Toyota IOW9 SHA10 SON23 SLS7 IOW7 EVG9 CNS9 MER17 AAS7 PHO22 2016 IRW KCR TUS OSS CNS SON SLS IOW EVG9 DCS10 MMP MMP MER3 AAS5 20th 149 2017 TUS10 KCR7 IRW4 IRW8 SPO6 OSS17 CNS17 SON25 IOW27 EVG3 DCS12 MER20 AAS6 KCR10 8th 444
ARCA Racing Series 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 Pts Ref 2016 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD3 WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 88th 215
CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2016 David Gilliland Racing 97 Toyota SNM14 ROU HCY23 TCM GRE ROU CON MYB HCY SNM 53rd 20
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