Justin Haley

Driver

Popular As Justin Haley (racing driver)

Birthday April 28, 1999

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Winamac, Indiana, U.S.

Age 24 years old

Nationality United States

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1932

He became the 32nd driver to win a race in all three NASCAR national series.

1999

Justin C. Haley (born April 28, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 51 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing.

2008

Haley began his racing career at age nine, in Quarter Midgets at Kokomo Quarter Midget Club during the late summer months of 2008.

2009

In 2009 and 2010, he scored the KQMC, Indiana State Series and, in 2011, the Light 160 State Championships.

2012

He missed the playoffs and finished 12th in the final point standings.

He would go on to finish 12th.

2014

In 2014, Haley ran three K&N Pro Series East races, recording a best finish of seventh at Dover International Speedway.

The next year, he joined HScott Motorsports to compete full-time in the Pro Series East, competing for Rookie of the Year honors.

2015

In 2015, Haley made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Bristol with Braun Motorsports, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet Silverado and finishing 14th.

His following Truck race at Martinsville Speedway ended when he was involved in a crash on lap 119.

At Phoenix International Raceway, Haley recorded his first top ten, when he finished in seventh.

2016

He previously went by his nickname J. J. Haley, until he switched to his first name in January 2016 to avoid confusion with fellow competitor J. J. Yeley.

Haley owns Darkhorse Racecars, a dirt late model and dirt modified chassis manufacturer.

In 2016, Haley recorded his first career Pro Series East win at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

Haley won his first Pro Series East championship in 2016 after finishing in the top-ten in all 14 races, the only driver to do so in series history.

On December 9, 2016, it was announced that Haley would drive the No. 24 truck for GMS Racing in 2017, starting with the third race of the year.

2017

Haley joined GMS full-time in 2017, driving the No. 24 Silverado.

However, Haley missed the first two races – the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway and the Active Pest Control 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway – due to NASCAR's age restriction.

Scott Lagasse Jr.. and Alex Bowman replaced Haley at Daytona and Atlanta, respectively.

2018

In 2018, he earned his first career win at Gateway in June, locking him into the playoffs for the first time.

Haley would get his second win of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, after leaders Todd Gilliland and Noah Gragson took each other out in the final corner.

In Texas, he got his third win after race leader Gilliland ran out of fuel on the last lap.

As a result of these two wins, Haley qualified for the playoff finale at Homestead.

Haley finished third in the points standings, after finishing 8th at Homestead.

In June 2018, Haley made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 23 for GMS Racing while filling for Spencer Gallagher.

Haley drove the No. 24 car at Daytona in July 2018 for GMS Racing, where he unofficially won the race ahead of Kyle Larson and Elliott Sadler.

However, it was revealed that Haley went below the double yellow line to pass both of the leaders just before the finish line and NASCAR ruled Haley's pass illegal after the race, giving Larson the win, while Haley finished 18th.

On December 1, 2018, it was announced that Haley signed a multi-year deal to drive the No. 11 full-time for Kaulig Racing in 2019, replacing Ryan Truex.

2019

Haley had a shocking win in the 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona in just his third career Cup Series start due to being in the lead, through pit strategy, under caution when lightning and eventual rain hit the area.

He finished second in the 2019 Daytona July race to Kaulig teammate Ross Chastain.

Haley qualified for the Xfinity playoffs, but was eliminated after the Round of 8.

He ended the 2019 season 12th in points with 20 top tens.

In April 2019, Haley joined Spire Motorsports' No. 77 for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

2020

After scoring his first Xfinity victory in 2020, Haley became the 32nd driver to win a race in all three NASCAR national touring series.

Haley returned to GMS and the Truck Series in July 2020 at Texas.

In June 2020, Haley scored his first Xfinity victory at Talladega Superspeedway after starting on the pole and winning the first stage.

On October 19, 2020, Haley and Kaulig announced a third season together in 2021.

Haley missed the Dover race in May due to COVID-19 protocols and was replaced by Zane Smith.

On August 28, 2021, Haley scored his only victory of the 2021 Xfinity season by winning at the July Daytona race for the second year in a row; this time over teammate A. J. Allmendinger by .023 seconds.