Cole Daniel Whitt (born June 22, 1991) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

After advancing his way through Kart racing, Whitt moved up to sprint cars and became a development driver for Team Red Bull.

In 2008 Whitt became the youngest winner of the USAC National Midget Championship, while winning the Hut Hundred.

The next year Whitt raced in Silver Crown, Sprints, and Midgets, earning 17 wins driving for Keith Kunz.

Whitt moved up to stock cars in 2010, the same year he won the Super License award for USAC.

Whitt ran for the Camping World East Series championship, where he impressed by winning the pole in his first start at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

Whitt was rewarded with making his Nationwide Series debut at Phoenix International Raceway, where he made the race and finished 15th.

[3] With the closing of Red Bull's racing program after the 2011 season, Whitt signed a contract with JR Motorsports to drive that team's No.

[6] During 2014 Daytona 500 practice, Whitt's car had debris hit the nose, and without a backup car due to teammate Parker Kligerman's crash during the session, Whitt's team was forced to make repairs, and he also did not have a provisional to lock him into the race.

In the Budweiser Duels, Whitt's transfer into the 500 varied, but gained eight spots in the final five laps[7] to finish 11th and qualify.

However, Swan minority partner Anthony Marlowe stated his intent to run with Whitt for the remainder of the 2014 season.

[11] Days later the 26 team was acquired by the former Swan co-owner and he merged his ownership into BK Racing, with Whitt remaining behind the wheel.

At Watkins Glen in the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Whitt crashed early in the race when his car drove straight into a tire barrier in turn 1 in an accident that loosely resembled Jimmie Johnson's infamous crash at the same spot in 2000.

Marlowe later apologized to Ragan and the team about his inadvertent tweet in an interview with MotorSportsTalk, although he still insisted Whitt was headed to Front Row in some capacity.

On the series' return to Daytona, Whitt was able to avoid major crash involvement and crossed the line 11th, a new career best, and Jay Robinson's best finish as a Sprint Cup owner.

Whitt's crew decided to keep him out, meaning that he would restart first, alongside Chase contender Daniel Suárez.

Jones harshly criticized Whitt after the race, calling the move "disrespectful", while Allgaier was more subdued.

[18][19][20] On February 2, 2017, it was announced that Whitt would join TriStar Motorsports for the entire 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule as a chartered team, driving the No.

[21] At the Daytona 500, Whitt qualified 17th, led three laps in the race's final stage, and finished 18th.

Before Texas, TriStar struck an eight-race deal with RTIC Coolers starting at the track's O'Reilly Auto Parts 500,[23] where Whitt finished 30th.

On the final lap of Martinsville, cars stacked up in front of him, and he was pushed into Erik Jones, causing the latter to spin.

On November 12, TriStar Motorsports announced the 2018 Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway was his final race in NASCAR.