After doing exit interviews for Sprint Cup Series drivers in 2013, we're turning the tables. We want the drivers to sell themselves. So here are the resumés for all full-time Sprint Cup Series drivers in 2014. Then, at the end, we'll provide a summation of the driver's season in 150 words or less.
Name: Cole Whitt
NASCAR Experience: A full season in the Sprint Cup Series and parts of three others plus Nationwide experience, most notably with JR Motorsports. Also ran a full season in the Truck Series in 2011.
Most recent team: BK Racing
Most recent season finish: 31st
2014 accomplishments: Best finish was at Talladega in the fall. Backed that 15th up with an 18th at Martinsville the next week, posting back-to-back top 20s for the first time. Also finished 18th at Auto Club Speedway and 21st at Talladega in the spring.
Most memorable moment: Surviving the fall of Swan Racing. Swan started the season with two cars, but after folding, was able to find a ride with BK Racing for the rest of the year and ended up the best-performing driver on the team.
Strengths: The ability to survive in the sport and did the JR Motorsports thing come up?
2015 goals: Keep plugging and break into the top 30. And high-level sponsorship would be good too.
FTM's Take: Does anyone remember Whitt's 2011 full-season run in the Truck Series? That was helped by Red Bull, and while Whitt latched on to JR Motorsports for 2012 after Red Bull left NASCAR, it's been a struggle since he didn't have a ride at JRM because of a lack of sponsorship. Whitt has driven for five Sprint Cup Series teams since first getting a ride at the end of 2011. Is Front Row his sixth?
Previous reviews: No. 32 David Ragan, No. 33 Michael Annett, No. 34 Reed Sorenson, No. 35 Alex Bowman
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