Tyler Dippel
Dippel at Homestead–Miami Speedway in 2018
BornTyler W. Dippel
(2000-04-05) April 5, 2000
Wallkill, New York, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
27 races run over 2 years
2019 position13th
Best finish13th (2019)
First race2018 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Last race2019 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of November 15, 2019.

Tyler W. Dippel[1] (born April 5, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series in 2019, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports.

Racing career

Early years

In his childhood, Dippel started his racing career in go-karts at Oakland Valley Speedway.[2] He later raced big-block modifieds in New York at tracks like Orange County Fair Speedway, sometimes traveling to the southeastern United States.[3] He also raced dirt bikes and four-wheelers, leading to multiple injuries as a child.[4] As he advanced, he was a mainstay at the top of the PASS super late model tour standings until late season troubles in 2015.[5]

Developmental series

Moving to stock cars in 2016, Dippel teamed with HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season. He won his second-ever start in the series, at Mobile Speedway in Alabama.[6] In April, he was named to the NASCAR Next class for 2016 and 2017.[7]

After HScott closed at the end of 2016, a new team to the KNPSE signed Dippel for 2017 in Rette Jones Racing.[8] Dippel raced three races with ARCA Racing Series team Win-Tron Racing in 2017, at Toledo Speedway and the series' two dirt track races.[9][10] He failed to finish two but turned in a third-place showing at Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack.[11] In 2018, Dippel signed with Chad Bryant Racing and finished sixth with the team in his first race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.[12]

Dippel on track at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018

In early February 2018, Dippel and RJR confirmed a second season together in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.[13] Dippel left the team after one race, citing a lack of performance, and joined MDM Motorsports for the second race on the schedule.[14] After that, Dippel joined DGR-Crosley for the remainder of the 2018 season.[15] He won his first race with the team, at Langley Speedway, after winning the pole. He and teammate Tyler Ankrum used tire strategy to their advantage, conserving them at the start to have the most speed at the end.[16] Before the season finale, it was announced that after deliberation within the team following the previous race, Dippel and the team would move in different directions.[17] The move came after Ankrum had voiced displeasure with Dippel's driving after the end of the New Hampshire race.[18] Dippel had also intentionally crashed Ankrum at the conclusion of the race at New Jersey Motorsports Park.[19] Team owner David Gilliland stated: "After much internal discussion following the race at New Hampshire, we agreed parting ways was the right decision for all parties involved. Tyler has been an integral part of our program this year and we thank him for his contribution to our growth and success. We wish him and his family nothing but the best going forward."[18]

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Parlaying off of his K&N efforts, Dippel made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Eldora Speedway in 2018 with DGR-Crosley, driving the organization's No. 17 entry.[20] On September 26, 2018, it was announced that he would join GMS Racing's No. 25 entry for the four remaining races of 2018.[21] His best result on the year came at the Eldora race, finishing thirteenth.[22]

For 2019, Dippel was announced to take over the No. 02 truck at Young's Motorsports, replacing Austin Hill. His first career top-ten finish came at Texas Motor Speedway in April.[23] Dippel drew the ire of competitor Ben Rhodes at the Eldora Dirt Derby; Dippel failed an attempted slide job on Rhodes late in the race, pushing Rhodes into the fence and dropping him six spots behind Dippel. After the race, Dippel rammed into Rhodes on the cooldown lap, leading Rhodes to attempt to drag Dippel out of his truck on pit road after the race before being pulled away by NASCAR officials. Dippel later called out Rhodes in an expletive-laced tirade, calling it "cool" that Rhodes would miss the playoffs and implying that Rhodes was scared of fighting him. Rhodes, in a calmer postrace interview, called Dippel a dirty driver.[24]

On August 23, 2019, days before the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Dippel was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating its conduct policy. At the time of his suspension, he was 13th in points with three top-ten finishes.[25] On the Monday after the suspension was announced, it was confirmed by NASCAR that the suspension stemmed from a traffic stop and subsequent arrest in New York when state troopers found drugs linked to Adderall in Dippel's vehicle.[26] The charges were dropped the following week and he was reinstated.[27]

Personal life

In March 2019, Dippel was arrested on account of reckless driving during the Martinsville Speedway race weekend, later pleading guilty to improper driving. In summer 2019, Dippel was ejected from a casino near Pocono Raceway for having a fake identification card.[28] In August 2019, Dippel was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in New York after state troopers found amphetamines in his car.[26] The charges were eventually dropped after the amphetamines in the car were found to have belonged to a friend who claimed responsibility to leaving it in the car.[27]

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.)

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NGOTC Pts Ref
2018 DGR-Crosley 17 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD
13		 POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL 34th 122 [29]
GMS Racing 25 Chevy MAR
17		 TEX
14		 PHO
14		 HOM
15
2019 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY
29		 ATL
11		 LVS
17		 MAR
23		 TEX
8		 DOV
18		 KAN
12		 CLT
13		 TEX
25		 IOW
19		 GTW
15		 CHI
12		 KEN
12		 POC
11		 ELD
8		 MCH
3		 BRI
24		 MSP LVS
26		 TAL
31		 MAR
30		 PHO
15		 HOM
18		 13th 454 [30]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2016 HScott Motorsports 38 Chevy NSM
8		 MOB
1*		 GRE
8		 VIR
19		 DOM
11		 STA
17		 COL
15		 NHA
10		 IOW
8		 GLN
7		 GRE
11		 NJM
7		 DOV
7		 3rd 475 [31]
Toyota BRI
17
2017 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford NSM
23		 GRE
5		 BRI
13		 SBO
16		 SBO
12		 MEM
12		 BLN
7		 TMP
20		 NHA
6		 IOW
13		 GLN
12		 LGY NJM
11		 DOV
3		 10th 420 [32]
2018 NSM
9		 2nd 490 [33]
MDM Motorsports 41 Toyota BRI
6
DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota LGY
1		 SBO
5		 SBO
2		 MEM
3		 NJM
11		 TMP
3		 NHA
4		 IOW
6		 GLN
15		 GTW
12		 NHA
12		 DOV

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2015 Lira Motorsports 58 Ford DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJM POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF
12		 DSF
16		 42nd 530 [34]
38 SLM
4		 KEN KAN
2017 Win-Tron Racing 33 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL
25		 ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF
3		 ROA DSF
18		 SLM CHI KEN KAN 43rd 460 [35]
2018 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford DAY NSH
6		 SLM TAL TOL CLT
25		 POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 65th 310 [36]
2019 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Ford DAY
12		 FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN 64th 170 [37]

References

  1. ↑ "Team Event Rosters – Bristol Motor Speedway – Thursday, August 15, 2019" (PDF). NASCAR. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ Eggert, Seth. "Climbing the Ladder: Tyler Dippel". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "DIRT MODS: Teenager Tyler Dippel Shocks The First State; Wins Georgetown Speedway 'Beach Blast'". Race Chaser Online. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. ↑ McFadin, Daniel (30 September 2016). "NASCAR's Next Generation: Q&A with Tyler Dippel". NASCAR on NBC. NBC Sports. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Proud, Camden. "Tyler Dippel Lands New NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Partnership For 2017". Paved Track Digest. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Tyler Dippel Sets His Sights on March Madness Meltdown Fresh Off of NASCAR K&N Win". Dirt Track Digest. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Bakan, Josh. "Sports Wallkill's Dippel makes NASCAR Next list". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Sullivan, Connor. "Dippel to Race SLM at Smyrna With New K&N East Team". Speed51. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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  10. ↑ "Dippel ready to do the dirt..." ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
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  12. ↑ Keith, Bryan (2018-04-08). "ARCA Breakdown: Music City 200". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
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  18. 1 2 Brewster, Louis (27 September 2018). "Tyler Ankrum sees K&N Pro Series East title as a dream come true". Orange County Register. Retrieved February 3, 2019. Ankrum had choice words about his teammate's intentions in victory lane.
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  25. ↑ Crandall, Kelly (August 23, 2019). "Dippel suspended indefinitely by NASCAR". Racer. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  26. 1 2 Christie, Toby (26 August 2019). "Report: Arrest For Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance Reason For Dippel's Suspension". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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