Preston Pardus | |||||||
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![]() Pardus at Sonoma Raceway in 2024 | |||||||
Born | Preston J. Pardus February 15, 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 2020 SCCA Super Sweep (Spec Miata) 2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs champion (Spec Miata) | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
23 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 50 (Pardus Racing) No. 36 (DGM Racing) | ||||||
2023 position | 49th | ||||||
Best finish | 36th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180 (Road America) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis G.P.) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of December 24, 2023. |
Preston J. Pardus (born February 15, 1997) is an American professional racing driver who competes in the Sports Car Club of America as well as part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet Camaro for his own team, Pardus Racing, and the No. 36 Camaro for DGM Racing. Pardus won the Spec Miata class at the 2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs and claimed the 2020 Super Sweep in the Spec Miata division. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Dan Pardus.
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Racing career
Racing Spec Miatas, Pardus won the 2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs on a last-lap pass.[1] Pardus was also selected by Mazda Motorsports as a finalist to compete at the Mazda Road to 24 Shootout in late 2017.[2] In 2019, Pardus started the Super Tour off with a win at Sebring International Raceway in January, competing in the Central Florida region of the SCCA.[3] He went on to win the SCCA Majors Southeast Conference Championship that year, topping a series with over 150 entrants.[4]
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In August 2019, Pardus made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the 2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180 at Road America. While the start came with his family Pardus Racing Inc. team, Pardus' car was an old Chip Ganassi Racing chassis, was powered by an Earnhardt Childress Engines engine, and the at-track effort was headed by Tony Furr, who served as crew chief.[5] He returned to the series in July 2020 for the Pennzoil 150 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, driving for DGM Racing.[6] After starting 19th, Pardus ended the race in tenth for his first top-ten finish in NASCAR.[7] At the SCCA Runoffs that year, Pardus avoided a first-lap melee and went from seventh to the lead on the final lap to claim his second Runoffs victory in the Spec Miata class. In doing so, he also garnered the 2020 Super Sweep award for the Spec Miata division, awarded to any driver who wins the Runoffs, point standings and a major conference championship in the same season.[8]
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In 2021, Pardus returned to DGM for the second year in a row to run the road course races in the Xfinity Series. In his first race on his schedule, the Daytona Road Course, he was entered in the team's No. 91, a new part-time fourth car for them, but due to there being over 40 cars on the entry list and the race not having qualifying, the No. 91 was excluded and missed the field as a result of being too low in owner points. DGM then moved Pardus to their full-time No. 90 car, which was to be driven by Caesar Bacarella that weekend until he was replaced by Pardus.[9] He came back to the 91 at the Pit Boss 250. Pardus posted his best finish of 7th at the Charlotte Roval.
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In 2023, Pardus returned to driving for his own team in the Xfinity Series, which he last did in 2019. However, "Inc." was no longer a part of the re-started Pardus family team's name and the No. 43, which the team used in 2019, was taken by Alpha Prime Racing starting in 2023, so the team switched to the No. 50, a number that Pardus' father Dan used in the Cup Series in 1999 driving for Midwest Transit Racing. The first Xfinity Series race Preston and his team would run in 2023 was Circuit of the Americas.[10] He would race two more races for his own team, which were at the Chicago Street Course[11] and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.[12] Also, he would race for SS-Green Light Racing in 2023.[13]
Personal life
Pardus' father Dan formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series and ARCA Re/Max Series.[14] He graduated from Spruce Creek High School in 2015.[14]
His family owns Danus Utilities, Inc., an underground utility company that Pardus works for when he is not racing. Danus Utilities has also sponsored his race cars.[6]
Motorsports career results
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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2015 | Daytona | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Spec Miata | 19 | 5 | Running |
2017 | Indianapolis | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Spec Miata | 1 | 2 | Running |
2018 | Sonoma | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Spec Miata | 5 | 10 | Running |
2019 | VIR | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Spec Miata | 2 | 2 | Running |
2020 | Road America | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Spec Miata | 1 | 9 | Running |
2021 | Indianapolis | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Spec Miata | 1 | 2 | Running |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ^ "Preston Pardus Tops 72-Car Spec Miata Field". Speed Sport. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "$100,000 Mazda Road to 24 Shootout Finalists Announced". BFGoodrich Racing. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ^ "SCCA Super Tour Season Begins in Sebring". Speed Sport. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "U.S. Majors Tour Southeast Conference 2019 Point Champions". SCCA. August 22, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ Kelly, Godwin. "Volusia's Pardus Racing seeks to make NASCAR debut in in[sic] Xfinity race". Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Srigley, Joseph (July 3, 2020). "Preston Pardus Looking to Use Advantage of Indy Road Course Experience to Record Solid Finish in Saturday's Pennzoil 150". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Cain, Holly (July 4, 2020). "Chase Briscoe Earns Hard-Fought NASCAR Xfinity Win at Indianapolis". Autoweek. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Pardus Conquers 77-Car Spec Miata Field". Speed Sport. October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (February 16, 2021). "Preston Pardus Returning to NASCAR Xfinity Series, DGM Racing at Daytona's Road Course". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Preston Pardus. March 3, 2023.
- ^ Luken Glover (June 26, 2023). "Entry List: 2023 The Loop 121". www.frontstretch.com/. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ Yash Soni (August 9, 2023). "NASCAR 2023 Xfinity Series: Full entry list for Pennzoil 150 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ Joseph Srigley (May 30, 2023). "Preston Pardus Tapped to Drive for SS GreenLight Racing No. 08 at Portland". www.tobychristie.com. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Kelly, Godwin (May 8, 2013). "Family affair: Former NASCAR driver Pardus introduces his kids to Daytona". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ "Preston Pardus – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "Preston Pardus – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Preston Pardus – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Preston Pardus – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "Preston Pardus – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ "Preston Pardus – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
External links
- Preston Pardus driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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