Jairo Avila Jr.

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Jairo Avila Jr.
Born (1995-05-11) May 11, 1995 (age 30)
Alhambra, California, U.S.
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
8 races run over 3 years
2020 position67th
Best finish54th (2018)
First race2018 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Last race2020 Kansas Lottery 250 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of November 9, 2020.

Jairo Avila Jr. (born May 11, 1995) is a Colombian-American professional stock car racing driver.[1] He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Camaro for Our Motorsports and the No. 99 Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.

Racing career

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NASCAR Xfinity Series

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Avila made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in 2018. He drove the No. 78 Chevrolet for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he finished 20th after starting 27th. He returned to the team for the Kansas Speedway race, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet instead. He finished 18th after starting 32nd.

In 2019, Avila drove the No. 99 Chevrolet for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Las Vegas.[2][3] He finished 25th after starting 24th.

Avila joined Our Motorsports in June 2020, driving the No. 02 in the second race at Homestead–Miami Speedway. Brett Moffitt had driven the car in the weekend's first event, with the driver switch meaning Avila had to start at the rear.[4]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

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Avila made his NASCAR debut in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in 2014, driving the No. 39 Ford at the Stateline Speedway race. He finished 7th after starting 11th. Afterwards, he ran the next four races, in the No. 38 Chevrolet/Ford at Colorado and Evergreen, and the No. 36 Ford/Toyota at Iowa and Kern County Raceway Park.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

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Avila ran the first 11 races in the 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season.[5] He drove the No. 42 Toyota for Rev Racing.[6] He had an average start of 14th and an average finish of 16th throughout the season.

ARCA Racing Series

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In 2015, Avila participated in two ARCA Racing Series races. He drove the No. 58 Ford at Pocono, finishing 16th after starting 25th. He then drove the No. 36 Ford at Kansas, finishing 10th after starting 15th.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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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 NXSC Pts Ref
2018 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI
20
ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV 54th 36 [7]
8 KAN
18
TEX PHO HOM
2019 99 DAY ATL LVS
25
PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT
DNQ
POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN
38
NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND HOM
25
55th 35 [8]
Toyota LVS
27
RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO
2020 Our Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM
37
TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX 67th 6 [9]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Toyota KAN
32
ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO

K&N Pro Series East

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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 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2016 Rev Racing 42 Toyota NSM
23
MOB
15
GRE
12
BRI
22
VIR
7
DOM
12
STA
19
COL
14
NHA
19
IOW
12
GLN
21
GRE NJE DOV 14th 308 [10]

K&N Pro Series West

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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 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2014 Patriot Motorsports Group 39 Ford PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON SLS
7
16th 169 [11]
38 Chevy CNS
10
36 Ford IOW
10
38 EVG
16
36 Toyota KCR
8
MMP AAS PHO

ARCA Racing Series

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(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 ARSC Pts Ref
2015 Lira Motorsports 58 Ford DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC
16
BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN 71st 330 [12]
36 KAN
10
2016 59 DAY
39
NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 134th 35 [13]

References

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