Armani Williams

Armani Williams (born April 14, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 13 Toyota Camry for MBM Motorsports. He has also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as well as what are now the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West in the past.

Williams is the first NASCAR driver openly diagnosed on the autism spectrum. He is one of two currently active autistic NASCAR drivers, along with Cody Ware. Over the course of his NASCAR career, Williams' cars have often sported blue paint schemes with the blue autism puzzle pieces to symbolize his diagnosis on the spectrum and to raise awareness. He is also one of five African-American drivers currently competing in NASCAR, along with Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace, Rajah Caruth, Blake Lothian, and Lavar Scott.

Racing career Williams great-grandfather owned an auto-body repair shop creating the foundation for automobiles in the family. Williams in particular loved to play with Hot Wheels toy cars as a child, and later discovered NASCAR on TV and immediately began watching races. He soon decided it was what he wanted to do as a career, so he began racing go-karts at the age of eight, and eventually bandoleros after that. Specifically, he attended a competitive go-karting school and then participated in go-kart races.

Williams originally competed in the ARCA Truck Series, finishing seventh in the standings in the 2016 season. However, the series was shut down after 2016, so he moved to the NASCAR Pinty's Series in Canada in 2017. Driving for his mentor, D. J. Kennington,

In 2021, Williams made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Gateway in the No. 33 Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota, finishing 21st.

In 2022, Williams ran two more races in the Truck Series (originally three until Josh Reaume's Darlington throwback was released).

Personal life Diagnosed at age two, Williams is on the autism spectrum and spoke his first word at three years old. He did have some social interaction and sensory issues growing up, as other people on the spectrum do, but quickly learned to improve and overcome them with the help of his parents.

Williams and his father attended the 2010 Brickyard 400 when he was ten which sparked his interest in racing along with playing with toy cars at home and watching NASCAR races on TV. He attends Oakland University studying mechanical engineering. nowrap| Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Ford

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Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 Pts Ref 2021 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Toyota DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 72nd 16 2022 43 DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRI DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNO NSH MOH POC31 IRP RCH 65th 10 Chevy KAN BRI TAL HOM Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy PHO 2023 G2G Racing 46 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRI MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT35 GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRPDNQ MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM31 PHO 66th 16

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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 Pts Ref 2018 Calabrese Motorsports 43 Ford NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM THO NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV 53rd 28 2019 Kart Idaho Racing 38 Ford NSM BRI SBO SBO MEM NHA IOW GLN BRI GTW NHA DOV 38th 33

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2018 Patriot Motorsports Group 34 Ford KCR TUS TUS OSS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW LVS MER AAS KCR 49th 29 2019 Vizion Motorsports 35 Chevy LVS IRW 51st 32 Kart Idaho Racing 38 IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO

Pinty's Series NASCAR Pinty's Series results Year Team owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref 2017 DJK Racing 28 Dodge MOS DEL CHA ICA TOR WYA WYA EDM TRO RIV MOS STE JUK 17th 157 2018 Peter Simone 97 Dodge MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS MSP ASE NHA JUK 42nd 35

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) 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 Pts Ref 2020 Fast Track Racing 01 Ford DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL 45th 61 12 Chevy MCH10 DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 2024 MBM Motorsports 13 Toyota DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 88th 31

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