Daniel Dalton Sargeant (born March 25, 1998) is an American professional

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driver. He last competed full-time in the

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, driving the No. 25

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for

GMS Racing Petty GMS Motorsports, also known as GMS Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, is an American professional stock car racing team formed by Richard Petty and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. and operated by GMS Racing. In the NASCAR Cup Series they field t ...

. He was the 2016

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Rookie of the Year, and finished second in the ARCA point standings in 2017.

Racing career

Early years

Sargeant began his career at age nine, racing karts as well as bandoleros, with dreams of pursuing both a stock car and open wheel career. In 2012 at the age of 13, Sargeant and his brother moved to

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to compete in European open wheel series. He scored wins in the WSK Euro Series and the CIK-FIA European KF3 Championship, and tested a

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car. After returning to the United States in 2014, Sargeant competed in late models for

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Performance and

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, scoring several victories including one at

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. In 2014, he scored a victory in the

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series at

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Carneros 200 - Dalton Sargeant - 2 - Sarah Stierch

Sargeant finished second in the

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in December 2014, placing runner up to

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. In January 2015, Sargeant planned to compete in the

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in the

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, but was declined his competition license by race organizers due to his age and inexperience with sports cars. The race requires that all drivers are 17 years old, while Sargeant was 16 at the time, though exceptions had been made in the past.

Developmental series

For 2015, Sargeant signed with

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to drive the No. 51

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in the

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K&N Pro Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

, with sponsorship from GALT. He debuted in the series in February 2015 at

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with a second-place finish. Sargeant also ran part-time in the

K&N Pro Series West The ARCA Menards Series West, formerly the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, NASCAR AutoZone West Series, NASCAR Winston West Series and NASCAR Camping World West Series, is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racin ...

, where he scored a victory in the season's first race. In May, Sargeant was named to the 2015 NASCAR Next class. On August 12, 2015, Sargeant announced he would make his

Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...

debut at the

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for

77 Dalton Sargeant 2017 Road America 100 ARCA

Sargeant competed in the

during the 2016 season. He ran 15 races for

Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is t ...

with one win, ten top five and twelve top ten finishes. He was named the 2016 ARCA Rookie of the Year. He signed with

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to run the entire

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schedule alongside

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. In the third race of the season, he lapped the field en route to victory at

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. He also won at

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and beat

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en route to victory at

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. Sargeant finished outside of the top ten only twice and finished second in the championship standings to

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driver

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National series

After sporadic appearances in the

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in 2015 and 2017, Sargeant signed with

to drive the team's No. 25 truck for a full 2018 season on January 12, 2018. He chose the No. 25 as a tribute to

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. Sargeant was approached by

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, owner of GMS, midway through 2017 after winning races in the 2017 ARCA Racing Series season with

. On August 22, 2018 it was announced that he left the team and would be replaced by

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starting at Mosport (then later on

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after Gallagher aggravated his shoulder during a workout) due to "unfortunate circumstances" regarding Sargeant Motorsports.

Personal life

Sargeant was born in

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. He is the older brother of

Logan Sargeant Logan Hunter Sargeant (born December 31, 2000) is an American racing driver, who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Carlin. He will compete for Williams Racing in the 2023 Formula One World Championship, having gradua ...

, who is due to compete in

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for Williams in 2023.

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

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(

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

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sargeant, Dalton 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Boca Raton, Florida Racing drivers from Florida Racing drivers from Miami NASCAR drivers American expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland ARCA Menards Series drivers