Active Series
7th Year
Racing Traditions, Inc.
8th Year
Helton Motorsports
6th Year
Helton Motorsports
Driver: Nathan Helton

Council Member

Hometown: Paducah, Kentucky

Birthday: June 1, 1964

Age: 47

Day Job: Barge cover builder

First Cup Race: Sep. 18 2005
First Nationwide Race: May 28 2005
First Truck Race: Feb. 16 2007

Cup Contract: Through 2012
Nationwide Contract: Through 2012
Truck Contract: Through 2012

Email: chelton8@comcast.net




FAVORITES

Movies: Hunt for Red October, Apollo 13, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

TV Shows: NASCAR races

Food: Grilled foods

Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers

Music: Rush, Tool

Hobbies: Wife's to-do list and Fantasy Racing

Race Track: Bristol

Favorite NASCAR Driver


Dale Earnhardt Jr.
# 88
Sponsor: Diet Mountain Dew/
National Guard
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
Rookie Year: 2000
Birthdate: 10/10/74
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 165
Hometown: Kannapolis, NC

Other drivers:
Darrell Waltrip
DID YOU KNOW?...

Nathan says "I was born in Elkhart, Indiana and have lived at one time or another in Michigan, Florida, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. I have been in Kentucky for 14 years now and I visit my Parents in North Carolina every year. I have been a race fan for a little over 20 years now. My Dad was a big race fan... his driver was David Pearson. I have a lovely Wife Angie and four beautiful Children; Joshua, Jessica, Austin, and Reid."



CUP SERIES CAR INFORMATON
Car #: 82

Make: Chevrolet Impala SS

Primary Sponsor: Comcast

Associate Sponsors: Trinity Industries, Inc., Motorola, Snap-On



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Past Paint Schemes
2008 Comcast Chevy 2008 Comcast Chevy, rear view
2006-07 Comcast Chevy 2006-07 Comcast Chevy, rear view
2005 United Airlines Chevy 2005 United Airlines Chevy, rear view


CAREER WINS
Win #
Date
Track
Race Name
Points
CUP SERIES
1.
November 20, 2005
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Ford 400
135
2.
July 6, 2006
New Hampshire Intl. Speedway
Lenox Industrial Tools 300
130
3.
March 18, 2007
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Kobalt Tools 500
170
4.
September 11, 2010
Richmond Intl. Raceway
Air Guard 400
415
5.
September 19, 2010
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Sylvania 300
300
NATIONWIDE SERIES
1.
June 18, 2005
Kentucky Speedway
Meijer 300
147
2.
July 30, 2005
Gateway Intl. Raceway
Wallace Family Tribute 250
103
3.
October 8, 2005
Kansas Speedway
United Way 300
97
4.
October 14, 2005
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Dollar General 300
105
5.
November 4, 2006
Texas Motor Speedway
O'Reilly Challenge
188
6.
February 28, 2009
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sam's Town 300
405
7.
June 12, 2010
Kentucky Speedway
Meijer 300
378
TRUCK SERIES
1.
October 25, 2008
Atlanta Motor Speedway
E-Z-Go 200
470
2.
August 1, 2009
Nashville Superspeedway
Toyota Tundra 200
472



CAREER CUP STATS
Year
Finish
Starts
Points
Behind
Wins
2nd Place
3rd Place
Top 5's
Top 10's
Prov.
Most Points
in a week
Least Points
in a week
High Rank
Low Rank
2005
45th
10
1237
-5017
1
0
1
3
5
0
135
33
39
42
2006
4th
36
6118
-178
1
1
0
5
10
0
165
8
1
14
2007
10th
36
6002
-299
1
3
2
7
11
0
183
21
2
26
2008
3rd
36
6267
-102
0
1
0
4
14
0
410
38
1
23
2009
3rd
36
6271
-31
0
1
1
7
10
0
400
88
1
24
2010
11th
36
6049
-135
2
2
2
9
15
0
415
90
1
14
2011
28th
36
758
-1576
0
0
0
2
6
0
190
95
15
35
Total
15th
226
32702
N/A
5
8
6
37
71
0
415
8
1
42
2012 league stats 2011 league stats 2010 league stats
2009 league stats 2008 league stats 2007 league stats
2006 league stats 2005 league stats


2011 highlights


Recorded 2 top 5's and 6 top 10's

Picked 10 polesitters, tied for first in the league

Qualified for the Budweiser Shootout and All-Star race



2010 highlights


Qualified for the Chase for the 5th consecutive year and finished in 11th place

Won the Team Championship with Racing Traditions, Inc. for the third consecutive year

Led the standings for 10 weeks

Won the Air Guard 400 at Richmond Intl. Raceway on 9/11/10

Won the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on 9/19/10

Finished 2nd place and 3rd place twice each

Recorded 9 top 5's and 15 top 10's

Recorded two consecutive wins

Led the league with an average of 6.2 bonus points per race

Led the Power Gauge for 1 week

Finished in 3rd place on the Power Gauge Qualified for the All-Star race



2009 highlights


Qualified for the Chase for the 4th consecutive year and finished in 3rd place

Won the Team Championship with Racing Traditions, Inc. for the second consecutive year

Won the Chaser Eraser championship

Led the standings for 6 weeks

Did not win any races but finished 2nd and 3rd place once each

Recorded 7 top 5's and 10 top 10's

Recorded three consecutive top 5 finishes

Led the league with an average of 3.8 bonus points per race

Led the Power Gauge for 1 week

Finished in the top 10 on the Power Gauge

Qualified for the All-Star Challenge



2008 highlights


Qualified for the Chase for the 3rd consecutive year and finished in 3rd place

Won the Team Championship with Racing Traditions, Inc.

Did not win any point races but finished 2nd place once

Won the 2008 All-Star Challenge

Recorded 4 top 5's and 14 top 10's

Led the league with an average of 3.5 bonus points per race

Finished in the top 5 for average standings points, race points, finish and picks average

Picked 21 drivers leading the most laps, second most in the league

Finished in 2nd place on the Power Gauge



2007 highlights


Qualified for the Chase for the 2nd consecutive year and finished in 10th place

Won the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on 3/18/07

Finished 2nd place three times and 3rd place twice

Recorded 7 top 5's and 11 top 10's

Finished in the top 5 for average standings points, race points and finish

Finished in the top 10 for picks average

Picked 95 lap leaders, second most in the league

Led the Power Gauge for 1 week

Finished in 4th place on the Power Gauge

Qualified for the All-Star Challenge



2006 highlights


Qualified for the Chase and finished in 4th place

Led the standings one week

Won the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire Intl. Speedway on 7/16/06

Finished 2nd place once

Recorded 5 top 5's and 10 top 10's

Recorded 5 consecutive top 10 finishes from 6/18 to 7/16

Finished as the runner-up rookie of the year

Finished in the top 5 teams for average standings and race points

Picked 12 polesitters, 2nd in the league

One of 7 teams in the league that ran all the races in the year to have at least one driver lead a lap in every race

Led the Power Gauge for 3 consecutive weeks

Finished in the top 10 teams on the Power Gauge

Qualified for the All-Star Challenge



2005 highlights


Won the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on 11/20/05, his first career win

Finished 3rd place once

Recorded 3 top 5's and 5 top 10's

Was un-officially leading in average standings points, race points and average finish at the end of the season




CAREER NATIONWIDE STATS
Year
Finish
Starts
Points
Behind
Wins
2nd Place
3rd Place
Top 5's
Top 10's
Prov.
Most Points
in a week
Least Points
in a week
2005
14th
23
3310
-1218
4
2
2
11
14
0
147
28
2006
17th
35
3463
-653
1
2
0
4
8
0
188
6
2007
13th
35
3589
-778
0
2
2
9
11
0
245
-18
2008
10th
35
3737
-571
0
0
2
7
12
0
410
66
2009
8th
35
3751
-612
1
2
1
4
9
0
365
69
2010
9th
35
3756
-461
1
2
1
7
8
0
425
4
2011
12th
34
878
-227
0
1
1
4
10
1
236
47
Total
12th
232
22484
N/A
7
11
9
46
72
1
425
-18


2011 highlights


did not win a race but finished 2nd place and 3rd place once each

Recorded 4 top 5's and 10 top 10's



2010 highlights


Finished in the top 10 in the standings

Won the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway on 6/12/10

Finished 2nd place twice and 3rd place once

Recorded 7 top 5's and 8 top 10's





2009 highlights


Finished in the top 10 in the standings

Won the Sam's Town 300 on 2/28/09

Finished 2nd place twice and 3rd place once

Recorded 4 top 5's and 9 top 10's



2008 highlights


Finished in the top 10 in the standings

Did not win any races but finished 3rd place twice

Recorded 7 top 5's and 12 top 10's



2007 highlights


Did not win any races but finished 2nd and 3rd place twice each

Recorded 9 top 5's and 11 top 10's



2006 highlights


Won the O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway on 11/4/06

Finished in 2nd place twice

Recorded 4 top 5's and 8 top 10's

Picked 11 polesitters, tied for first in the league



2005 highlights


Won the Mejier 300 at Kentucky Speedway on 6/18/05

Won the Wallace Family Tribute at Gateway Intl. Raceway on 7/30/05

Won the United Way 300 at Kansas Speedway on 10/8/05

Won the Dollar General 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on 10/14/05

Finished in 2nd and 3rd place twice each

Recorded 11 top 5's and 14 top 10's

Was 2nd in wins and 4th in top 5's despite having run 8 fewer races

Led the league in average race points per race with 81.30




CAREER TRUCK STATS
Year
Finish
Starts
Points
Behind
Wins
2nd Place
3rd Place
Top 5's
Top 10's
Prov.
Most Points
in a week
Least Points
in a week
2007
30th
25
2169
-574
0
0
2
2
6
0
220
37
2008
9th
25
2389
-385
1
0
0
1
4
0
455
159
2009
4th
25
2653
-218
1
2
0
3
10
0
420
143
2010
7th
25
2644
-610
0
0
0
1
7
0
410
124
2011
17th
25
725
-158
0
0
1
1
5
2
225
0
Total
13th
125
10580
N/A
2
2
3
8
32
2
455
37


2011 highlights


Did not win a race but finished 3rd place once

Recorded 1 top 5 and 5 top 10's



2010 highlights


Finished in the top 10 in the standings

Recorded 1 top 5 and 7 top 10's

Finished in the top 5 of segment driver points



2009 highlights


Finished in the top 5 in the standings

Won the Toyota Tundra 200 on 8/1/09

Finished 2nd place twice

Recorded 3 top 5's and 10 top 10's

Picked 21 race winners, tied for first in the league



2008 highlights


Finished in the top 10 in the standings

Won the E-Z-Go 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on 10/25/08

Recorded 1 top 5 and 4 top 10's


2007 highlights


Did not win any races but finished in 3rd place twice

Recorded 2 top 5's and 6 top 10's




Trophies & Awards


Cup Series Awards
2010 Chase Driver
Finished 11th
2009 Chase Driver
Finished 3rd
2008 Chase Driver
Finished 3rd
2007 Chase Driver
Finished 10th
2006 Chase Driver
Finished 4th
2010 MVT: Racing Traditions, Inc.
2009 Chaser Eraser Champion
2008 All-Star Challenge Winner
Additional Awards
2010 LROC Winning Team Driver





17 Feb 2004
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