Austin McDaniel

Austin McDaniel (born May 20, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 57 Chevrolet for Brother-In-Law Racing.

Racing career McDaniel has competed in series such as the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, where he finished fifth in points in 2016, the Southeast Limited Late Model Series, the UARA STARS Late Model Series, and the Paramount Kia Big 10 Challenge. He is also a two-time track champion at Hickory Motor Speedway.

In 2024, McDaniel participated in the pre-season test for the ARCA Menards Series at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 75 Chevrolet for Brother-In-Law Racing, and placed 57th in the overall results between the two testing days. Several months later, it was revealed that McDaniel would make his series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway, driving the No. 57 for BILR, having originally been tabbed to drive the No. 75. After placing 22nd in the lone practice session, he qualified in 24th and finished ten laps down in 21st.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All 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 2024 Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Chevy DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 102nd 23

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

SMART Modified Tour SMART Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2025 Brother-In-Law Racing 97 N/A FLO AND SBO ROU HCY FCS CRW CPS CAR CRW DOM FCS TRI NWS 43rd 32 2026 Kevin Hughes 14 N/A FLO AND SBO DOM HCY WKS FCR CRW PUL CAR CRW ROU TRI NWS -* -*