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Justin Boston
Boston's No. 25 ARCA car at Road America in 2013
BornJustin Michael Boston
(1989-09-12) September 12, 1989 (age 35)
Sparks, Maryland, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2014 position95th
Best finish95th (2014)
First race2014 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)
Last race2014 Dover 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
10 races run over 2 years
2015 position25th
Best finish25th (2015)
First race2014 UNOH 200 Presented by ZLOOP (Bristol)
Last race2015 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
Statistics current as of April 19, 2020.

Justin Michael Boston (born September 12, 1989) is a realtor broker and an American former professional stock car racing driver. A former development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing, he most recently drove the No. 54 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Boston was the Rookie of the Year in the ARCA Racing Series driving for Venturini Motorsports in 2013.

Early and personal life

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Born to parents Robert M. "Bob" and Caron, Boston is one of the few professional race car drivers from the state of Maryland. He is a native of Sparks and Towson, both suburbs of Baltimore. Boston's racing interests were sparked with a dirt bike birthday present at age five, and he would begin his career running motocross in the late 1990s. Boston would practice at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, but would often travel 8–14 hours to get to races in other states. By age 13, he had collected over 300 wins across the country. Boston quit motocross after an incident in which his bike hit him in the head, breaking his helmet and lacerating his face. He began his transition to stock car racing at age 16 after attending a race at Dover International Speedway, and proceeded to enroll at the Buck Baker Racing School in Charlotte, outclassing his fellow students. Boston began his stock car career in Legends Cars, then ran six races in the USAR Pro Cup Series in 2009, with four top 10 finishes. Supported by Turner Scott Motorsports, he proceeded to run in the UARA-STARS late-model series, making the commute from Maryland to Charlotte every weekend. Shortly after enrolling in Washington College, Boston made a full commitment to his racing career, moving to Charlotte. His support, however dried up and he spent 2010 and 2011 out of the sport.[1][2]

Boston attended high school at the Boys' Latin School of Maryland.[2] Boston's father Bob is the co-founder of Zloop Electronic Recycling, which had sponsored his race efforts from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[3][4] Bob was later convicted of fraud surrounding the company and was sentenced to a 10-year prison sentence in 2018.[5]

ARCA and NASCAR career

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2013

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Pit crew pushing his 2013 ARCA car at Road America

In July 2012, Boston signed with Venturini Motorsports to drive the full ARCA Racing Series season in 2013. Coming onto sponsor the team was electronic recycling company Zloop, founded in 2012 and based in Hickory, North Carolina. At the age of 23 years, Boston was one of the older rookies to enter ARCA competition, but was second quickest in December testing at Daytona out of 61 drivers, timing in at 48.871 seconds (184.158 mph).[6] Boston ran the full 21-race schedule, scoring poles at both races at Salem Speedway to go along with 18 total top 10 qualifying efforts. Despite not winning a race, he finished the year with eight top 5s and an impressive 16 top 10s to earn 3rd place in the championship standings behind 10-time champion Frank Kimmel and Mason Mingus. Boston was selected as the 2013 SCOTT rookie of the year.[7]

2014

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Boston and ZLOOP resigned with Venturini Motorsports for 2014.[8] Boston scored poles in the first two races of the season, including his third consecutive pole at Salem Speedway. He scored his first victory at the MENARDS 200 at Toledo Speedway in May, after taking the lead from Grant Enfinger with 20 laps to go. It was the first victory at the 0.5 mile track for Venturini since Bill Venturini won in 1987.[9] Boston took his second win of the season at Madison International Speedway in August, after taking the lead on a late race pit stop.[10]

It was announced in August that Boston, Zloop, and Venturini would move up to the Camping World Truck Series starting at Bristol Motor Speedway. Team owner Billy Venturini himself would serve as Boston's crew chief.[11][12] Boston qualified 27th and finished 30th after a crash.[13] The team planned to run the final three races of the season in preparation for a full-time effort in 2015,[11] but those plans were scrapped when sponsor Zloop shifted their focus to the next season.[13]

In September, it was announced that Boston would make his Nationwide Series debut at Kentucky Speedway for Joe Gibbs Racing in their No. 20 Toyota Camry. Boston also ran the car the following weekend at Dover International Speedway, where his stock car interests originally began.[14] Boston finished 9th in his debut at Kentucky, and followed it up with a 12th at Dover.[13]

2015

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In November 2014, it was announced that Boston and Zloop had signed with Kyle Busch Motorsports to run the full 2015 Camping World Truck Series season in the 54 Toyota Tundra in a two-year contract, replacing Darrell Wallace Jr. Shannon Rursch was named crew chief for the effort.[3][15][16] After nine races and while sitting 12th in the points standings, Boston and KBM parted ways, replaced by Christopher Bell and other drivers.[17] Initial reports stated that Boston and KBM parted ways due to lack of performance and requests for internal changes by Boston not being met.[17] Later reports, however, stated that KBM released Boston due to sponsor Zloop breaching its agreement with the team. The company had initially signed on to be the primary sponsor, but only appeared in two races.[18] It was revealed in August that Zloop failed to make payments to KBM, leading the team to sue the company and Boston for $4.025 million.[3][4] In 2016, bankruptcy proceedings revealed that Zloop and Boston's father spent more money on Boston's racing career than any other expenditure for the company.[19][20]

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.)

Nationwide Series

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NASCAR Nationwide 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 NNSC Pts Ref
2014 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN
9 		DOV
12 		KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 95th 01 [21]

Camping World Truck Series

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NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2014 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI
30 		MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 82nd 14 [22]
2015 Kyle Busch Motorsports 54 Toyota DAY
29 		ATL
16 		MAR
10 		KAN
7 		CLT
9 		DOV
25 		TEX
8 		GTW
27 		IOW
11 		KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 25th 255 [23]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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
2013 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota BRI
28 		GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV
2 		RAL 42nd 58 [24]

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 21 ARSC Pts Ref
2013 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY
31 		MOB
6 		SLM
9 		TAL
30 		TOL
4 		ELK
4 		POC
9 		MCH
4 		ROA
8 		WIN
18 		CHI
7 		NJE
6 		POC
3 		BLN
6 		ISF
5 		MAD
2 		DSF
3 		IOW
16 		SLM
23 		KEN
8 		KAN
5 		3rd 5120 [25]
2014 DAY
40 		MOB
20 		SLM
15 		TAL
12 		TOL
1 		NJE
7* 		POC
22 		MCH
21 		ELK
4 		WIN
3 		CHI
2 		IRP
8 		POC
5 		BLN
7 		ISF
7 		MAD
1 		DSF
2 		SLM
20 		KEN
9 		KAN
7 		5th 4665 [26]
2015 55 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN
5 		IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF
8 		SLM KEN KAN 58th 395 [27]

References

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  1. ^ "Bio: Justin Boston". jbossracing.com. jbossracing.com, RACERSITES. 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b Appenfeller, Dan (July 27, 2013). "Justin Boston's road to ARCA success was filled with detours". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Pockrass, Bob (August 26, 2015). "Kyle Busch Motorsports suing former driver Boston, company Zloop". Statesville, North Carolina: ESPN. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b Utter, Jim (August 26, 2015). "Kyle Busch Motorsports sues former driver Justin Boston". motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ^ Wester, Jane (October 1, 2018). "Business owner whose fraud paid for son's NASCAR career will go to prison, judge rules". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Justin Boston Prepared for "Special Moment" in ARCA's 50th at Daytona". jbossracing.com. Daytona Beach, Florida: Justin Boston, RACERSITES. February 13, 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. ^ Seelman, Jacob (February 8, 2014). "ZLOOP Computer & Electronic Recycling Centers Has Justin Boston 'Going Green' at Daytona". jbossracing.com. Justin Boston, RACERSITES, Speed77 Radio, Race Chaser Online. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Venturini Motorsports re-signs Justin Boston for 2014 ARCA Campaign; ZLOOP® Returns as Primary Sponsor". venturinimotorsports.com. Concord, North Carolina: Venturini Motorsports. November 21, 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  9. ^ Automobile Racing Club of America (May 18, 2014). "Justin Boston takes ARCA race in Toledo, Enfinger second". motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  10. ^ Automobile Racing Club of America (August 25, 2014). "Justin Boston takes control at Madison in Herr's Live Life With Flavor ARCA 200". motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b Knight, Chris (August 2, 2014). "Venturini Motorsports Promotes Justin Boston To Limited Truck Schedule". catchfence.com. Catchfence. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  12. ^ Official Release (August 14, 2014). "Boston, Venturini Motorsports To Make NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Debut At Bristol Motor Speedway". SpeedwayMedia.com. Concord, North Carolina. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  13. ^ a b c Knight, Chris (October 31, 2014). "Justin Boston's Concentration Shifts Towards 2015". Catchfence.com. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  14. ^ Estrada, Chris (September 16, 2014). "NASCAR: Corey Lajoie to make Cup debut; ARCA's Boston to drive 2 N'Wide races for Gibbs". NBC Sports Motorsports Talk. NBC Sports. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  15. ^ DeGroot, Nick (November 14, 2014). "Justin Boston to compete full-time for KBM in 2015". Motorsport.com. Miami. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  16. ^ "KBM sets crew chiefs, truck numbers for 2015 lineup". nascar.com. NASCAR. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  17. ^ a b Knight, Chris (July 8, 2015). "Justin Boston Says "It Just Didn't Work Out" With Kyle Busch Motorsports". Catchfence.com. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  18. ^ Chapman, Joey (July 8, 2015). "Boston Departs from KBM; Bell in for Kentucky". popularspeed.com. Popular Speed. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  19. ^ Hanson, Blake (July 21, 2016). "Hickory CEO used company funds to further son's racing career, trustee says". WSOC-TV. Hickory, North Carolina. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  20. ^ Stech, Katy (February 12, 2016). "Bankrupt Recycling Firm Paid for CEO's Son's Racing Career". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  21. ^ "Justin Boston – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  22. ^ "Justin Boston – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  23. ^ "Justin Boston – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  24. ^ "Justin Boston – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  25. ^ "Justin Boston – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  26. ^ "Justin Boston – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  27. ^ "Justin Boston – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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