John King II (born April 1, 1988) is an American professional

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driver.

Early career

Born in

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, King grew up in

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. King began his racing career in 2006, competing in local late model series in eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia; in 2007, he participated in the Fastrak Racing Series Grand Nationals, finishing in the top 30 among over 200 drivers entered in the three-race series. In 2009, King moved up to the UARA-STARS Late Model Series, as part of his participation in the

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Driver Development Program. During his early career King scored two wins in all series combined, one on a dirt track and the other on an asphalt course.

NASCAR

King made his debut in the

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in 2010, competing at

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and finishing fifteenth. He made six additional starts in the Camping World Truck Series through 2010 and 2011 before signing with

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to drive the team's No. 7 truck for the 2012 season. Chad Kendrick is the No. 7 truck's crew chief. He started the 2012 season by winning the series' biggest race, the

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, leading a one-two finish by Red Horse Racing as teammate

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finished second. King had been involved in two crashes over the course of the race, one of them taking out then-leader

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; the event ran through three attempted green-white-checkered finishes before ending under the yellow flag. The win came in King's eighth start in the series, and King stated that the win was only the third of his entire career. Following a ninth-place finish in the season's second race at

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, King struggled in the following three events, crashing twice; following the May race at

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, Red Horse Racing announced that it was indefinitely suspending operations of the No. 7 truck, due to a lack of sponsorship, leaving King out of a ride. In September 2012, King returned to the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 5 truck for

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. In 2013, King drove for

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in the season-opening race at Daytona, finishing eighteenth. In February 2014, King announced that he would drive for

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with sponsorship from

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in the season-opening Truck Series race at Daytona that month, finishing 23rd.

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

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