2014 Driver Reviews: No. 31 Cole Whitt
After doing exit interviews for Sprint Cup Series drivers in 2013, we’re turning the tables. We want the drivers to sell themselves. So here are the resumés for all full-time Sprint Cup Series drivers in 2014. Then, at the end, we’ll provide a summation of the driver’s season in 150 words or less.
Name: Cole Whitt
NASCAR Experience: A full season in the Sprint Cup Series and parts of three others plus Nationwide experience, most notably with JR Motorsports. Also ran a full season in the Truck Series in 2011.
Most recent team: BK Racing
Most recent season finish: 31st
2014 accomplishments: Best finish was at Talladega in the fall. Backed that 15th up with an 18th at Martinsville the next week, posting back-to-back top 20s for the first time. Also finished 18th at Auto Club Speedway and 21st at Talladega in the spring.
Most memorable moment: Surviving the fall of Swan Racing. Swan started the season with two cars, but after folding, was able to find a ride with BK Racing for the rest of the year and ended up the best-performing driver on the team.
Strengths: The ability to survive in the sport and did the JR Motorsports thing come up?
2015 goals: Keep plugging and break into the top 30. And high-level sponsorship would be good too.
FTM’s Take: Does anyone remember Whitt’s 2011 full-season run in the Truck Series? That was helped by Red Bull, and while Whitt latched on to JR Motorsports for 2012 after Red Bull left NASCAR, it’s been a struggle since he didn’t have a ride at JRM because of a lack of sponsorship. Whitt has driven for five Sprint Cup Series teams since first getting a ride at the end of 2011. Is Front Row his sixth?
Previous reviews: No. 32 David Ragan, No. 33 Michael Annett, No. 34 Reed Sorenson, No. 35 Alex Bowman
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