Andrew J. Dollar (born December 2, 2000) is an American professional
stock car racing
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driver. He competes part-time in the
NASCAR Xfinity Series
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, driving the No. 18
Toyota Supra
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The initial four generations of the Supra were ...
for
Joe Gibbs Racing
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and part-time in the
ARCA Menards Series
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, driving the No. 18
Toyota Camry
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for
Kyle Busch Motorsports
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. He has raced in the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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,
ARCA Menards Series East
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and the
ARCA Menards Series West
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.
Racing career
Dollar signed with
DGR-Crosley in October 2018 to drive part-time in what was then known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East as well as in the
CARS Late Model Stock Tour.
Dollar was put in the No. 54 car when
the season started, and drove it for the first seven races of the year. He also drove the No. 17 in one race, the season finale at
Dover
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. In his first race in the series and with his team, which came at
New Smyrna, he qualified second, led 48 laps and finished ninth in the race. He ended up running almost all the races in his rookie season, only missing out on
Watkins Glen,
Bristol
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,
Gateway, and
New Hampshire
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. With his solid finishes (all but one were top-10's), he was able to finish ninth in points.
Also, Dollar competed in two ARCA Menards Series races for DGR-Crosley, driving their No. 4 Toyota at both Gateway and
Kansas
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, finishing 6th and 7th, respectfully, as well as one K&N Pro Series West race at
Phoenix in preparation for the new ARCA race at the track which was added to the schedule for the following year. In his first West Series start, he finished 18th after a crash.
It was announced on December 19, 2019, that Dollar would be moving from DGR to
Venturini Motorsports for the
2020 season, running full-time in ARCA in the No. 15 Toyota, replacing
Christian Eckes, who moved up to the Truck Series full-time with
Kyle Busch Motorsports
Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...
after winning the 2019 series championship. Crew chief Shannon Rursch, who worked with
Michael Self's No. 25 Venturini ARCA team in 2019, was announced to lead Dollar's No. 15 team in 2020. On June 20, 2020, Dollar got his first ARCA Menards Series win at Talladega. It was only his 5th start in the series. At the conclusion of the season, Dollar was fourth in the championship and was runner-up in Rookie of the Year standings.
In 2021, Dollar returned to Venturini, but was reduced down to a part-time schedule in the No. 15 with former
Bill McAnally Racing ARCA West Series driver
Gracie Trotter, and was given 11 races in the big ARCA Series, plus one additional race in both the East Series (at Dover) and West Series (at Phoenix in November). On January 28, 2021, it was announced that Dollar would run a part-time schedule in the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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in the No. 51 for
Kyle Busch Motorsports
Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...
, another team that is part of the
Toyota development pipeline. His eight race schedule begins with the season-opener at Daytona.
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.)
Xfinity Series
Camping World Truck Series
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 East
ARCA Menards Series West
Season still in progress
References
External links
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Living people
NASCAR drivers
ARCA Menards Series drivers
Racing drivers from Atlanta
Racing drivers from Georgia (U.S. state)
2000 births
CARS Tour drivers
Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers