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William Sawalich
William George Jerome Sawalich (born October 3, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 1 and 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pros for Tricon Garage. He is the 2023 and 2024 ARCA Menards Series East champion.
Sawalich began racing at the age of nine, running various midget races, including Sr. Animal's and World Formula. From 2017 to 2019, he won several track championships at Little Elko Speedway.
Sawalich moved into legends cars in 2020, winning the INEX Young Lions State Championship in Minnesota. He scored multiple top fives and podiums during his legends car efforts. He won an INEX sanctioned Legends division feature race at Elko Speedway (MN) on August 22, 2020.
Sawalich made the transition to late models in 2021, running nearly a full season in the Carolina Pro Late Model Series. Despite missing two races, he finished fourth in the standings, with one win at Carteret County Speedway, and seven top fives. Along with that, he continued to run in select legend car races. He made his CARS Tour debut at Tri-County Motor Speedway in September, in which he started on the pole. He finished seventeenth after being involved in a late-race accident.
In 2022, Sawalich increased his late model schedule, running in the CARS Tour, the Champion Racing Association, the ARCA Midwest Tour, the Southern Super Series, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. In the CARS Tour, Sawalich ran nine races, earning six wins, four of them in row. His streak came to an end at Tri-County in September, after he got spun on the last lap by Jake Garcia.
In 2023, Sawalich won the All American 400 in a controversial ending, after the top eight drivers were eliminated due to fluid on the racetrack, causing them to slip up and hit the wall. He also became the youngest driver to win the All American 400.
On December 9, 2022, it was announced that Sawalich would join Joe Gibbs Racing to run twenty races in the ARCA Menards Series. Sawalich would make his debut at Phoenix, winning the pole and finishing thirteenth. He earned his first ARCA main win at Berlin Raceway, after passing Jesse Love for the lead with two laps to go.
On December 13, 2023, it was announced that Sawalich would run a more expanded ARCA Menards Series schedule. He would run the No. 18 for the fourteen races in the series. Tanner Gray would drive the No. 18 for the six tracks in the ARCA Menards Series that Sawalich was too young to race at. He would start his season in the ARCA Menards Series with a victory at Phoenix after leading 66 laps in a weather-shortened race. At Dover, Sawalich won the pole and once again led the most laps, before being involved in a late race incident, unable to complete the race and finished seventeenth, the first DNF in his career. In fourteen races in the main ARCA series, Sawalich won nine races to go with thirteen top-fives and finished tenth in the points standings. Sawalich's performance during the season contributed to the No. 18 winning the owner's championship in the main ARCA Series.
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William Sawalich
William George Jerome Sawalich (born October 3, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 1 and 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pros for Tricon Garage. He is the 2023 and 2024 ARCA Menards Series East champion.
Sawalich began racing at the age of nine, running various midget races, including Sr. Animal's and World Formula. From 2017 to 2019, he won several track championships at Little Elko Speedway.
Sawalich moved into legends cars in 2020, winning the INEX Young Lions State Championship in Minnesota. He scored multiple top fives and podiums during his legends car efforts. He won an INEX sanctioned Legends division feature race at Elko Speedway (MN) on August 22, 2020.
Sawalich made the transition to late models in 2021, running nearly a full season in the Carolina Pro Late Model Series. Despite missing two races, he finished fourth in the standings, with one win at Carteret County Speedway, and seven top fives. Along with that, he continued to run in select legend car races. He made his CARS Tour debut at Tri-County Motor Speedway in September, in which he started on the pole. He finished seventeenth after being involved in a late-race accident.
In 2022, Sawalich increased his late model schedule, running in the CARS Tour, the Champion Racing Association, the ARCA Midwest Tour, the Southern Super Series, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. In the CARS Tour, Sawalich ran nine races, earning six wins, four of them in row. His streak came to an end at Tri-County in September, after he got spun on the last lap by Jake Garcia.
In 2023, Sawalich won the All American 400 in a controversial ending, after the top eight drivers were eliminated due to fluid on the racetrack, causing them to slip up and hit the wall. He also became the youngest driver to win the All American 400.
On December 9, 2022, it was announced that Sawalich would join Joe Gibbs Racing to run twenty races in the ARCA Menards Series. Sawalich would make his debut at Phoenix, winning the pole and finishing thirteenth. He earned his first ARCA main win at Berlin Raceway, after passing Jesse Love for the lead with two laps to go.
On December 13, 2023, it was announced that Sawalich would run a more expanded ARCA Menards Series schedule. He would run the No. 18 for the fourteen races in the series. Tanner Gray would drive the No. 18 for the six tracks in the ARCA Menards Series that Sawalich was too young to race at. He would start his season in the ARCA Menards Series with a victory at Phoenix after leading 66 laps in a weather-shortened race. At Dover, Sawalich won the pole and once again led the most laps, before being involved in a late race incident, unable to complete the race and finished seventeenth, the first DNF in his career. In fourteen races in the main ARCA series, Sawalich won nine races to go with thirteen top-fives and finished tenth in the points standings. Sawalich's performance during the season contributed to the No. 18 winning the owner's championship in the main ARCA Series.
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