Youth Movement: Cole Custer Becomes Youngest K&N Pro Series Winner Ever Friday In Iowa

Cole Custer made history in dominant fashion Friday night at Iowa Speedway.

Cole Custer celebrates his first K&N Pro Series victory Friday at Iowa Speedway (Photo: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Custer, of Ladera Ranch, Calif. became the youngest winner in NASCAR K&N Pro Series history with a wire-to-wire victory in the Pork Be Inspired 150 at Iowa Speedway.

The event was a combination race for both the K&N Pro Series East and West divisions.

At 15 years, 6 months, 10 days, Custer is nearly six months younger than the previous overall youngest K&N Pro Series winner ever, Dylan Kwasniewski (16 years, 2 months, 6 days). Custer also beat out Darrell Wallace Jr.’s East Series record of winning at 16 years, 5 months, 19 days.

Custer is the son of Stewart-Haas Racing executive Joe Custer.

“We had a very dominant car,” Custer said in a release. “The car was perfect the whole race. Our guys put a lot of work into this car. We’ve been looking forward to this race for a long time. We came back here with a really strong car. It was just perfect the whole night.”

Custer beat second place finishing Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Mass. to the checkered by 2.679 seconds. Daniel Suarez was third.

It marked Custer’s fourth top-10 finish his nine career K&N Pro Series East starts. His previous best finish was a third at Richmond in April.