Karl W. Weber (born November 17, 1996) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and current author.

Early life

Weber was born in Ambia, Indiana on November 17, 1996, and grew up on his family's farm where he would work on the weekdays.

Racing career

Weber first started racing in Sportsman class cars in

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. He would then compete in numerous national karting series before racing in super late models. Weber would make his

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debut in 2013 at the age of sixteen. He would drive the No. 3 Chevrolet for RACE 101 in two races that season at

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, where he would finish eleventh, and at

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, where he would finish last due to a crash on the second lap of the race. Weber would rejoin RACE 101 for the 2014 season, running 17 of the 20 races on the schedule. He would run a majority of his races in the team's No. 3 entry, earning two top-10 finishes at

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and Pocono Raceway, finishing tenth in both events. Although he was not eligible to compete on tracks over 1.5 miles (besides Pocono and Kentucky) due to him not being eighteen, he would also run the No. 50 entry for the team in select events as a

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to help fund the No. 3 entry when that ride was occupied by another driver. Those events were at

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and Springfield (where the No. 3 was run by Ron Cox, and

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(where it was run by Jerry Tunney). He would also run for Hixson Motorsports in a collaboration with RACE 101 at DuQuoin. Weber would make one more start in the ARCA series at the season-opener at

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, driving for RACE 101 again in the No. 3 entry as a teammate to

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. He would ultimately struggle to keep up with the lead draft of the cars at the front and finished 25th, albeit on the lead lap.

Writing career

After his fathers' death in a farming accident, and the subsequent suspending of all farming operations, Weber would later pursue a writing career, publishing a series of sci-fi novels titled ''The Annabelle Perkins Saga''.

Personal life

After retiring from racing after 2015, Weber would attend and graduate from

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with a bachelor's degree in agribusiness in 2019.

Motorsports results

ARCA Racing Series

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Karl 1996 births Living people NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Racing drivers from Indiana People from Benton County, Indiana