Tyler Ankrum

Tyler Michael Ankrum (born March 6, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 18 Chevrolet Silverado RST for McAnally–Hilgemann Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, and NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Jordan Anderson Racing. Ankrum won the 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship, earning DGR-Crosley's first championship in any racing series. Ankrum is the first driver born in the 21st century or later to win a NASCAR national series race.

Racing career Growing up on the west coast of America, Ankrum started racing quarter midgets and later moved up to late models. He won his first late model race at Caraway Speedway at the age of fourteen. Ankrum continues to run super late model races around the country, winning Hickory Motor Speedway's Fall Brawl in 2015 and finishing third in the 2018 Rattler 250. He switched to the super late model in late 2015 after one year running the CARS Tour in the Late Model Stock division.

K&N Pro Series East

In January 2018, Ankrum signed with David Gilliland Racing for half of the 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season. By the third race of the season, one more race was added with the potential for more with additional funding; it eventually morphed into a full-time effort. He won his first race in his fourth start at South Boston Speedway in May over teammate Tyler Dippel, and almost won the other race in the doubleheader that day if not for a run-in with Chase Cabre late in the second race. Ankrum then went on a midsummer tear, winning three consecutive K&N East races, at Thompson Speedway after failing post-qualifying tech; going flag-to-flag the following week in a caution-free race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and winning a combination east–west race at Iowa Speedway, which he called "overwhelming". Despite only finishing thirteenth at the September New Hampshire race, Ankrum left the event with an insurmountable points lead, clinching him the 2018 K&N Pro Series East championship.

Craftsman Truck Series After winning the K&N Pro Series East championship, Ankrum would make his Truck Series debut at Martinsville in the No. 54 Toyota Tundra for DGR-Crosley. Seth Smith, Ankrum's K&N crew chief, served as crew chief for the effort. After starting nineteenth, Ankrum finished eighteenth. Ankrum ran the following race with DGR, notching his first top-ten finish in sixth at ISM Raceway.

When asked in early November 2018 about 2019 plans, Ankrum noted that a lack of sponsorship would likely prevent him from running in the Truck Series full-time in 2019. He stated that his 2019 racing slate would include part-time rides in Trucks, the ARCA Racing Series, and in super late model racing. At Texas in June, Ankrum graduated high school on a stage during pre-race ceremonies and then recovered from multiple incidents during the race, including a slide down pit road, to finish a career-best third. On June 11, 2019, Ankrum announced that sponsorship woes had put him out of the truck, with only a handful of races left in the season. He would eventually land a start and park ride with NEMCO Motorsports for races not on his DGR-Crosley schedule, allowing him to remain eligible for the playoffs. On July 11, 2019, Ankrum scored his first Truck Series win at Kentucky after Brett Moffitt ran out of fuel towards the final lap. This also marked DGR-Crosley's first Truck Series win. The win qualified him for the playoffs, but he did not advance past the Round of 6.

On November 14, 2019, Ankrum joined GMS Racing for the 2020 Truck season.

In 2022, Ankrum would return to driving a Toyota team, this time the No. 16 Toyota for Hattori Racing Enterprises.

On December 7, 2023, it was announced that Ankrum would move to McAnally–Hilgemann Racing for the 2024 season, running a newly renumbered 18 truck. Due to his consistency throughout the regular season, Ankrum would make the playoffs for the first time since 2020. Ankrum would be eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8 at Martinsville.

Ankrum started the 2025 season with a 34th-place DNF at Daytona. Two months later, he broke a 130-race winless drought (the longest in NCTS history) with a fuel mileage win in the Truck Series return to Rockingham.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

On April 20, 2026, it was announced that Ankrum will make his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series debut at Talladega, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet for Jordan Anderson Racing.

Personal life Ankrum is a native of San Bernardino, California. When he was young, he dreamed of being a professional bull rider like his childhood hero, Lane Frost. After his mom, Michelle, quickly turned down the idea, Ankrum quickly transitioned to wanting to be a professional golfer, after his father, who also dabbled in racing.

After growing up on a ranch in Southern California, Ankrum and his family moved to North Carolina for racing.

He attended Lake Norman High School in Mooresville, North Carolina, graduating in 2019.

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. ** – All laps led.)

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 2026 Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL32 TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

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 24 25 Pts Ref 2018 DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR18 TEX 42nd 54 17 PHO6 HOM 2019 DAY ATL LVS MAR19 TEX6 DOV9 KAN11 CLT27 TEX3 CHI13 KEN1* POC2 ELD9 MCH25 BRI20 MSP9 LVS11 TAL7 MAR25 PHO26 HOM22 8th 2182 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy IOW31 GTW30 2020 GMS Racing 26 Chevy DAY27 LVS11 CLT13 ATL15 HOM2 POC9 KEN16 TEX6 KAN33 KAN28 MCH4 DRC6 DOV7 GTW12 DAR11 RCH5 BRI7 LVS10 TAL16 KAN34 TEX16 MAR12 PHO8 9th 2198 2021 DAY28 DRC21 LVS34 ATL18 BRD40 RCH3 KAN15 DAR14 COA3 CLT16 TEX8 NSH23 POC4 KNX17 GLN7 GTW32 DAR18 BRI32 LVS34 TAL28 MAR26 PHO14 15th 432 2022 Hattori Racing Enterprises 16 Toyota DAY28 LVS16 ATL11 COA7 MAR10 BRD31 DAR9 KAN16 TEX33 CLT20 GTW13 SON9 KNX9 NSH7 MOH21 POC16 IRP6 RCH13 KAN14 BRI11 TAL10 HOM11 PHO14 12th 583 2023 DAY7 LVS15 ATL26 COA4 TEX26 BRD33 MAR27 KAN10 DAR15 NWS26 CLT28 GTW16 NSH8 MOH10 POC12 RCH13 IRP34 MLW20 KAN9 BRI23 TAL33 HOM25 PHO22 17th 456 2024 McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 18 Chevy DAY11 ATL7* LVS2 BRI5 COA25 MAR5 TEX34 KAN20 DAR26 NWS8 CLT32 GTW15 NSH5 POC14 IRP4 RCH6 MLW6 BRI10 KAN14 TAL14 HOM5 MAR8 PHO33 8th 2183 2025 DAY34 ATL3 LVS10 HOM4 MAR2 BRI4 CAR1 TEX4 KAN16 NWS3 CLT12 NSH17 MCH24 POC26 LRP10 IRP8 GLN5 RCH11 DAR7 BRI20 NHA11 ROV9 TAL6 MAR9 PHO14 4th 4023 2026 DAY9 ATL14 STP31 DAR24 CAR6 BRI13 TEX15 GLN17 DOV25 CLT20 NSH5 MCH10 COR31 LRP25 NWS19 IRP9 RCH11 NHA16 BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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 2021 Cook-Finley Racing 42 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN22 MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 108th 22 2023 Hattori Racing Enterprises 61 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH1* IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 65th 48

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 DGR-Crosley 17 Toyota NSM5 BRI4 LGY3 SBO1* SBO3 MEM2 NJM9 TMP1 NHA1** IOW1 GLN7 GTW6 NHA13 DOV11 1st 574

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.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Ref 2015 Rick Ankrum 58 Ford SNM5 ROU28 HCY5 SNM2 TCM18 MMS9 ROU3 CON17 MYB5 HCY3 5th 246 2023 N/A 98 Toyota SNM FLC HCY ACE NWS24 LGY DOM CRW HCY ACE TCM WKS AAS SBO TCM CRW 78th 9

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key)