Scott Heckert

Scott Heckert
Heckert at Road America in 2018
Born	(1993-11-21) November 21, 1993 (age 28) Ridgefield, Connecticut
NASCAR Cup Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Car no., team	No. 78 (Live Fast Motorsports)
2021 position	34th
Best finish	34th (2021)
First race	2021 O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 (Daytona RC)
Last race	2021 Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 4 years
2020 position	60th
Best finish	46th (2016)
First race	2016 AutoLotto 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2020 UNOH 188 (Daytona RC)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 25, 2021.

Scott Heckert (born November 21, 1993) is an American professional racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series as a road course ringer, driving the No. 78 Ford Mustang for Live Fast Motorsports. He previously drove full-time in NASCAR for three years in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East; in the last of those years, 2015, he finished second in the point standings. Heckert has also driven in the ARCA Racing Series, the Blancpain GT World Challenge America, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series during his career.

Racing career[]

NASCAR[]

K&N Pro Series East[]

Heckert's first season in the series, 2013, saw him log only two top ten finishes for team owner B. J. McLeod. However, Heckert mostly stayed out of trouble, retiring because of a crash only once.^[1] In 2014, he switched to Turner Scott Motorsports, where he grabbed three poles and two wins, both at road courses.^[2][3] In 2015, Heckert moved to HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks, he recorded another two wins, as many poles, and was in contention for the series championship in the final race.^[4][5]

Xfinity Series[]

Heckert debuted in 2016 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he finished twenty sixth, driving for B. J. McLeod Motorsports. Three races later at Watkins Glen International, he recorded his first top twenty finish with a sixteenth.^[6] Running another road course race at Road America, Heckert was running inside the top 20 until contact with James Davison in the final corner of the race relegated him to 29th.^[7] Two years later, Heckert returned to McLeod team, and drove the No. 78 for the team at Chicagoland Speedway, his first Xfinity start on an oval, and the No. 8 at both Watkins Glen International and Road America. He would run the No. 5 (the renumbered No. 8 car from 2018) at Watkins Glen in 2019, where he picked up his career-best 13th place finish, and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the No. 78. In both races, he drove an entry for the team instead of their full-time driver Matt Mills. Heckert returned to BJMM again in 2020, making it his third year in a row and the fourth of the previous five years running at least one of the road course races for the team. His first start of the season came at Road America, where he drove the No. 78 again, replacing the full-time driver of that car, Vinnie Miller.

Sports cars[]

In 2016, Heckert made the move to the Pirelli World Challenge, crediting simulators such as iRacing for a quick transition from stock cars, which included podium results early on.^[8] By the end of the 2016 season, Heckert had collected multiple victories in the GTS class.^[9] Heckert found overall victory at Virginia International Raceway in 2018 with Lone Star Racing and co-driver Mike Skeen in what was then named the Blancpain GT World Challenge America.^[10]

Cup Series[]

Heckert made his NASCAR Cup Series debut on February 21, 2021, driving for Live Fast Motorsports in the No. 78 Ford at the Daytona International Speedway road course.^[11]

Personal life[]

Heckert is a graduate of Miami University, holding a degree in mechanical engineering.^[12]

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series[]

NASCAR Cup 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	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Live Fast Motorsports	78	Ford	DAY	DAY 28	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	BRI	MAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON 26	NSH	POC	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT 31	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	34th	26	[13]

Xfinity Series[]

NASCAR Xfinity 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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2016	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	15	Ford	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA 26	IND	IOW	GLN 16	MOH	BRI	ROA 29	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	46th	52	[14]
2018	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI 28	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW															59th	24	[15]
		8																					GLN 30	MOH	BRI	ROA 29	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2019		5	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN 13														56th	34	[16]
		78																						MOH 29	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2020				DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC	IND	KEN	KEN	TEX	KAN	ROA 33	DAY 19	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	60th	23	[17]

K&N Pro Series East[]

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	15	16	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	72	Chevy	BRI 20	GRE 20	PEN 17	RCH 28	BGS 20	IOW 18	LGY 18	COL 17	IOW 18	VIR 8	GRE 18	NHA 11	DOV 23				17th	376	[18]
			Ford														RAL 7
2014	Turner Scott Motorsports	34	Chevy	NSM 21	DAY 9	BRI 27	GRE 17	RCH 18	IOW 3	BGS 12	FFL 17	LGY 4	NHA 25	COL 10	IOW 5	GLN 1	VIR 1	GRE 15	DOV 3	8th	526	[19]
2015	HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks	34	Chevy	NSM 4	GRE 25	BRI 3	IOW 5	BGS 1*	LGY 6	COL 15	NHA 2	IOW 5	GLN 1*	MOT 4	VIR 16*	RCH 4	DOV 10			2nd	531	[20]
2017	Marsh Racing	31	Chevy	NSM	GRE	BRI	SBO	SBO	MEM	BLN	TMP	NHA	IOW	GLN 17	LGY	NJM	DOV			66th	27	[21]
2018				NSM	BRI	LGY	SBO	SBO	MEM	NJM	THO	NHA	IOW	GLN 3	GTW	NHA	DOV			39th	41	[22]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series[]

(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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2015	HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks	43	Chevy	DAY	MOB		SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC		CHI	WIN	IOW	IRP		BLN	ISF	DSF		KEN Wth	KAN	143rd	25	[23]

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