TYLER ANKRUM
Birth Date: August 12, 1993 Hometown:
Team: No. 16 Toyota Tundra/Roush Fenway Racing
Birth Date: March 6, 2001 Hometown: San Bernardino, CA
Team: No. 26 Chevrolet / GMS Racing
Fresh off a win at Kentucky, his rst in the GANDER RV & OUTDOORS Truck
Series, and a run to the round of six in the Playoffs, Tyler Ankrum will move over
to GMS Racing in 2020. GMS now has a lineup that includes Ankrum and 2018
Champion, Brett Moftt.
Ankrum was one of six young drivers to earn their rst career GANDER RV
& OUTDOORS Truck Series win.n. His season is even more impressive
impressive
when recalling that he missed the he rst three races of the season but
still made the Playoffs. He was not old enough to compete in the
rst three races, and he was the e youngest driver in the Playoffs
at 18 years young.
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no, California. He
nd late models at an
el victory came at
Ankrum grew up in San Bernadino,He
started racing quarter midgets and an
early age. His rst big late model at
Caraway Speedway.
ould play golf like his father,
ine bug that comes with
me 018 on the Pro Series East
or him to get a win; that came in
ton Originally, Ankrum thought he would but he was bitten by the adrenaline with
getting on a racetrack. He became a full-time member of the
David Gilliland Racing team in 2018 circuit, and it did not take long for in
just his fourth start at South Boston Speedway.
built an enormous points lead
Pro Series East Championship
10 in the last September race at New
Throughout the season, Ankrum lead
which allowed him to clinch the despite nishing outside the top New
Hampshire.
keep me motivated and
m told Motorsport.com
ast “My DGR-Crosley team helped and
calm throughout the race,” Ankrum com
after clinching the Pro Series East Championship.
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