Robert Korbin Forrister (born November 16, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the Nos. 7 and 17 Toyota Tundras for All Out Motorsports.

Korbin Forrister
Forrister at Daytona International Speedway in 2019
BornRobert Korbin Forrister
(1992-11-16) November 16, 1992 (age 32)
Cedartown, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 3 years
2020 position85th
Best finish85th (2020)
First race2015 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Last race2020 Drydene 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
57 races run over 7 years
2020 position45th
Best finish18th (2015)
First race2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2020 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 11, 2020.

Racing career

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Forrister racing against Matt Crafton (No. 88) and Brett Moffitt (No. 24) at Daytona in 2019.

Forrister first started in dirt track racing, winning a track championship when he was nine. He also played baseball while in high school, but decided to pursue a full-time racing career upon graduating.[1]

In 2012, Forrister attempted to make his stock car debut at Mobile International Speedway in the ARCA Racing Series for Lafferty Motorsports, but failed to qualify.[2] He later made his debut at Toledo Speedway, driving the No. 68 for Kimmel Racing.[3] After starting 27th, he finished 28th after suffering from clutch problems on lap 119.[4] He attempted a total of nine races in 2012, only finishing once at Kansas Speedway.[5] The following year, he ran four races, with a best finish of 14th at Mobile.[6]

In 2014, Forrister made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway;[7] after starting 34th, he finished 26th, 14 laps behind race winner Matt Crafton.[8] He had a best finish of 15th at Phoenix International Speedway during the season. The following year, he joined SS-Green Light Racing to compete in 15 races.[9] At Eldora Speedway, he began running a Donald Trump-based paint scheme to support Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, although the campaign was not sponsoring Forrister's team.[10] During the race, Forrister struggled, spinning three times on laps 8, 27 and 149; he finished the race 24th, one lap down.[11] Later in the year, he debuted in the Xfinity Series for SS-Green Light at Kansas Speedway,[12] but crashed with Jennifer Jo Cobb[13] and finished 31st.[14] He made another Xfinity start at Phoenix, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing, and finished 32nd.[15]

In 2016, Forrister joined Lira Motorsports to drive the No. 59 car at the Truck Series season opener in Daytona and Atlanta, along with running the ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway.[16] Forrister failed to qualify for the first two races in the Truck Series, but started 10th in the Talladega race and finished 27th at Talladega after The Big One.

On February 22, 2017, Forrister announced a full-season deal with Wauters Motorsports, piloting the No. 5.[17] However, after Atlanta, the team shut down. He was later picked up by his former Truck Series team, SS-Green Light Racing, to run at Michigan and Daytona in the Xfinity Series. Forrister would run the No. 07 normally driven by Ray Black Jr. at Michigan, and the No. 99 normally driven by David Starr at Daytona. However, Forrister was out with the flu at Daytona and Starr ended up driving (Starr finished 5th).[18]

For 2018, Forrister announced he would open up his own team in the Truck Series called All Out Motorsports. He would attempt 11 races on the schedule but failed to qualify for Charlotte due to a qualifying rainout. On July 12, Forrister earned his second-best finish of his career in the Truck Series with a 13th at Kentucky Speedway. He matched that with another 13th at Las Vegas later that year, and then again at Talladega in October 2019.

Forrister's team intended to run full-time in 2019, but plans were eventually scaled back starting with their withdrawal from the race at Kansas in May. After they returned for the next race at Charlotte, the team's crew chief, Wally Rogers, tweeted that the team had shut down. However, days later, Forrister himself rebuked those claims, but Rogers still left the team to go to Jordan Anderson Racing. All Out did not attempt any other races until Talladega in October 2019, where Forrister finished 13th and had a new crew chief in Danny Gill.

Forrister attempted 10 races in 2020, with Nursing Home Heroes and Nursing Home Caregivers sponsoring most races; he failed to qualify at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and withdrew at Kansas Speedway. He had a best finish of eighteenth at Daytona International Speedway and two DNFs.[19]

After not attempting the 2021 season opener at Daytona, Forrister has not raced since.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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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
2015 SS-Green Light Racing 90 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN
31
TEX 104th 01 [20]
Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevy PHO
32
HOM
2017 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH
31
IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN
33
DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 110th 01 [21]
2020 DGM Racing 36 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV
32
DOV
32
DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO 85th 01 [22]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

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NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck 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 NGTC Pts Ref
2014 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Chevy DAY MAR
26
KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW
21
KEN ELD
24
POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS PHO
15
HOM 36th 126 [23]
07 IOW
33
TAL
19
MAR TEX
2015 08 DAY
12
ATL
20
MAR
23
KAN
22
CLT
29
DOV
17
TEX
18
GTW
22
IOW
26
KEN
21
ELD
24
POC
27
MCH
22
BRI
27
MSP
18
CHI
27
NHA
29
LVS
27
TAL
15
MAR TEX
22
PHO
30
HOM
27
18th 463 [24]
2016 Lira Motorsports 59 Ford DAY
DNQ
ATL
DNQ
MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN 71st 6 [25]
Empire Racing 43 Ford ELD
DNQ
POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS
Wauters Motorsports 5 Toyota TAL
27
MAR TEX PHO HOM
2017 DAY
20
ATL
22
MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN 44th 45 [26]
JJC Racing 0 Chevy ELD
28
POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
2018 All Out Motorsports 7 Toyota DAY
16
ATL
16
LVS MAR DOV
21
KAN CLT
DNQ
TEX
22
IOW GTW CHI
18
KEN
13
ELD POC MCH
24
BRI
27
MSP LVS
13
TAL
15
MAR TEX PHO HOM 23rd 188 [27]
2019 DAY
DNQ
ATL
21
LVS
14
MAR
25
TEX
24
DOV
30
KAN CLT
25
TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL
13
MAR PHO HOM 34th 107 [28]
2020 DAY
18
LVS
DNQ
CLT
24
ATL
29
HOM
33
POC
24
KEN
34
TEX KAN
35
KAN
Wth
MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS 45th 73 [19]
17 TAL
36
KAN TEX MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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(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 21 ARSC Pts Ref
2012 Lafferty Motorsports 89 Chevy DAY MOB
DNQ
SLM TAL 30th 790 [29]
Kimmel Racing 68 Ford TOL
28
IRP
24
POC BLN ISF MAD SLM
69 ELK
25
POC
29
MCH
31
WIN
29
NJE IOW
37
CHI
32
DSF
C
KAN
26
2013 DAY MOB
14
SLM TOL
25
ELK POC 48th 570 [30]
Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge TAL
13
Carter 2 Motorsports 40 Dodge MCH
18
ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN
2016 Lira Motorsports 59 Ford DAY NSH SLM TAL
22
TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 122nd 120 [31]

References

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