Bryce Napier (born August 12, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the

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Camping World Truck Series, driving for

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and

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Racing career

Early years

Napier started his racing career with go-karts and then moved up to

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and minicup cars, eventually winning five

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minicup championships. Napier was

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's Rookie of the Year in 2014 while driving a

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Camping World Truck Series

Napier debuted in the Truck Series in the 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, starting last in the 32 car field and finishing 23rd, six laps down. He had set the June 18 Iowa 200 at

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as his next race, but did not compete in it. Instead, he signed with

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for the summer race at

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. He returned to Premium's No. 49 truck at Phoenix International Raceway. Napier returned to Martinsville in 2017, this time with

. An early oil leak dropped him to last. On June 13, 2017, it was announced that Napier would run four races with

, including a race at

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after he turned 18. In the first race of the agreement, at

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, Napier crashed in qualifying and had to move to JJC Racing's backup, the No. 0. Napier returned at Iowa, this time in the 10, but dropped out early after running the truck under a start and park operation. He did not attempt a race after that during the 2017 season.

Personal life

He attended Cypress Charter High School in

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, but then transferred to Natural Bridges High School in Santa Cruz. His grandfather was an English road racer.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Napier, Bryce 1999 births Living people People from Scotts Valley, California NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from California