Dylan Kwasniewski

Dylan Kwasniewski ( ; born May 31, 1995) is an American real estate broker, businessman, entrepreneur, and former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 97 Chevrolet Camaro for Obaika Racing. Kwasniewski is the only driver in history to score both the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West championships, he was also a developmental driver for Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2020, he co-founded 6 Summit Capital. Before that, he was Vice President of Colliers International, starting in 2017, where he garnered $105 million in deal volume in only three years.

Racing career Born in Norwalk, Connecticut as the oldest of four children, Kwasniewski started his career driving go-karts at the age of four. He later raced in Bandoleros and Legends cars before joining the American Speed Association Super Truck Series in 2009. The same year, Rockstar Energy Drink, based in Kwasniewski's hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, signed on as his sponsor. In 2010, Kwasniewski raced a late model car in the Lucas Oil / Rockstar Modified Series and made the move to NASCAR the following year. and finished second in his debut at All American Speedway. At Colorado National Speedway, Kwasniewski won the pole position and the race, becoming the youngest driver to win a series pole and race. He won again during the season at Montana Raceway Park, and ended the season fifth in the points standings, along with nine top-tens.

In 2012, Kwasniewski announced talks with Joe Gibbs Racing to field a car in the K&N Pro Series East for the 2013 season, but eventually joined Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM), driving the No. 98. On January 7, 2013, Kwasniewski was named to the NASCAR Next program, which documents the potential future stars in NASCAR. In his first East race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kwasniewski led 96 of 125 laps en route to the win. Kwasniewski added to his win with victories at Iowa, Langley Speedway, Virginia International Raceway and Greenville-Pickens Speedway. During the year, Kwasniewski also ran an ARCA Racing Series race at Kansas Speedway, winning the pole and finishing fourth.

Xfinity Series

On February 3, 2014, TSM announced that Kwasniewski would enter the Nationwide Series for the 2014 season, driving the team's No. 31 Rockstar Chevrolet. In a press release regarding the news, Kwasniewski stated:

Kwasniewski was the fastest driver during the second day of Nationwide testing at Daytona International Speedway, and later entered the ARCA Racing Series' Lucas Oil 200 with TSM, winning the pole position.

In March 2014, Kwasniewski signed with Chip Ganassi Racing's driver development program. On May 12, Turner Scott Motorsports announced that Kwasniewski would run standalone Nationwide Series events in the team's No. 42, in which Kyle Larson was unavailable. Kwasniewski ran the No. 42 with Rockstar at Iowa in August. Kwasniewski ended 2014 with three top-tens and an 11th-place points finish. However, he and Rockstar failed to reach an agreement to continue sponsoring the car, and with Brennan Poole joining the team, his future became uncertain. As a result, Kwasniewski stated plans to raise sponsorship money to fund a car for the 2016 season. Kwasniewski was picked up by Obaika Racing to make his debut in 2015 at Mid-Ohio, eventually driving in a total of six races for the team.

Personal life Kwasniewski is a graduate of Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School. His late father, Randy, was the former CEO of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Motorsports career results

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Points Position 2011 K&N Pro Series West Gene Price Motorsports 13 2 8 9 2 1856 5th 2012 K&N Pro Series West Gene Price Motorsports 15 3 12 15 5 622 1st K&N Pro Series East Steve DeSouza 3 0 1 2 0 103 31st 2013 K&N Pro Series East Turner Scott Motorsports 14 6 8 10 3 536 1st ARCA Racing Series Venturini Motorsports 1 0 1 1 1 480 56th 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Turner Scott Motorsports 33 0 0 3 1 867 11th ARCA Racing Series Turner Scott Motorsports 1 0 0 0 1 180 88th 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Obaika Racing 6 0 0 0 0 89 42nd

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2014 Turner Scott Motorsports 31 Chevy DAY8 PHO13 LVS24 BRI15 CAL11 TEX14 DAR23 RCH32 TAL35 CLT13 DOV26 MCH31 KEN11 DAY24 NHA13 CHI17 IND14 GLN27 BRI25 ATL21 RCH11 CHI17 DOV21 KAN11 CLT14 TEX14 PHO15 HOM19 11th 867 42 IOW11 ROA26 IOW9 MOH8 KEN12 2015 Obaika Racing 97 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH34 BRI32 ROA33 DAR RCH25 CHI KEN17 DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO34 HOM 42nd 89

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 2012 Steve DeSouza 20 Toyota BRI GRE7 RCH IOW BGS JFC18 LGY CNB COL IOW NHA4 DOV GRE CAR 31st 103 2013 Turner Scott Motorsports 98 Chevy BRI1* GRE15 FIF7 RCH13 BGS2 IOW1 LGY1* COL3 IOW9 VIR1* GRE1 NHA24 DOV29 RAL1* 1st 536

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 15 Pts Ref 2011 Gene Price Motorsports 03 Chevy PHO AAS4 MMP25 LVS2 PHO33 5th 1856 3 Ford IOW4 03 SON26 IRW3 EVG2* PIR29 CNS1* MRP1* SPO2* AAS9* 2012 PHO2 LHC3 MMP4 S991* IOW1 BIR2* LVS2 SON5 EVG7 CNS5 IOW9 PIR4 SMP9* AAS1 PHO2 1st 622

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2013 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN4 56th 480 2014 Turner Scott Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY14 MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 88th 180