Nicole Behar (born November 15, 1997) is an American stock car racing driver. She debuted in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West competition in 2014, driving the No. 33 for her family racing team.

Racing career

Behar (No. 33) pits during the 2017 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway.

A fifth generation racer, Behar began go-kart racing after her sixth birthday, transitioning to full bodied cars at fourteen.

Behar entered the K&N Pro Series West with her family team toward the end of the 2014 season, finishing sixth (of 17 cars) in her debut race. The following season, she commanded significant attention after her second-place finish at the King Taco Catering/NAPA Auto Parts 150, earning an invitation into the NASCAR Next program for promising young drivers. Running consistently in the top half of the field, Behar finished the year with nine top-tens in thirteen races, good enough for tenth place in the final points standings. For the 2016 season, Behar signed a development deal with the better resourced David Gilliland Racing to run the CARS Super Late Model Tour, but parted ways with the outfit amid unclear circumstances after attempting and starting only one of the first three races. Undeterred, Behar started and finished third in her ARCA Racing Series debut that June at Madison International Speedway, driving a Toyota for Venturini Motorsports. Subsequently, Behar returned to the K&N Pro Series West for four starts, adding four top-ten finishes for a career total of fifteen, a record among female K&N Pro Series West drivers. At Idaho's Meridian Speedway, she finished third to Julia Landauer's second, the first time two women had run top-five in the same NASCAR touring series race since 1988.

Personal life

Behar has put her college aspirations on hiatus, moving to Mooresville, North Carolina in January 2016 to be closer to the hub of stock car racing.

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.)

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSWCPts
2014Nicole Behar Racing33ChevyPHOIRWS99IOWKCRSONSLS 6CNSIOWKCREVG 17MMP25th101
ToyotaAAS 8PHO
2015FordKCR 21IRW 2TUS 510th424
ToyotaIOW 9SHA 10SON 23SLS 7IOW 7EVG 9CNS 9MER 17AAS 7PHO 22
2016IRWKCRTUSOSSCNSSONSLSIOWEVG 9DCS 10MMPMMPMER 3AAS 520th149
2017TUS 10KCR 7IRW 4IRW 8SPO 6OSS 17CNS 17SON 25IOW 27EVG 3DCS 12MER 20AAS 6KCR 108th444

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2016Venturini Motorsports55ToyotaDAYNSHSLMTALTOLNJEPOCMCHMAD 3WINIOWIRPPOCBLNISFDSFSLMCHIKENKAN88th215

CARS Super Late Model Tour

(key)

CARS Super Late Model Tour results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910CSLMTCPtsRef
2016David Gilliland Racing97ToyotaSNM 14ROUHCY 23TCMGREROUCONMYBHCYSNM53rd20

External links

  • driver statistics at Racing-Reference