Fantasy NASCAR Racing

When Ankrum was young, he dreamed of being a professional bull rider like his childhood hero, Lane Frost.  After his mom Michelle quickly turned down the idea, Ankrum quickly transitioned to wanting to be a professional golfer, after his father, who also dabbled in racing.  Growing up on the west coast of America, Ankrum started racing quarter midgets and later moved up to late models.  After growing up on a ranch in Southern California, Ankrum and his family moved to North Carolina for racing.  He won his first late model race at Caraway Speedway at age 14.  He won Hickory Motor Speedway's Fall Brawl in 2015 and finishing third in the 2018 Rattler 250.  He switched to the super late model in late 2015 after one year running the CARS Tour in the Late Model Stock division.  In January 2018, Ankrum signed with David Gilliland Racing for half of the 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season.  By the third race of the season, one more race was added with the potential for more with additional funding; it eventually morphed into a full-time effort.  He won his first race in his fourth start at South Boston Speedway in May over teammate Tyler Dippel, and almost won the other race in the doubleheader that day.  Ankrum then went on a midsummer tear, winning three consecutive K&N East races, at Thompson Speedway after failing post-qualifying tech; going flag-to-flag the following week in a caution-free race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and winning a combination east–west race