Austin Reed is a junior at Cedar Cliff High School. Austin has been an honor roll student for many years and was selected to be a member of the Junior National Honor Society in 2006.  Over the years, Austin has received several awards. One of the awards that Austin received was the “Shawn Rothrock Memorial Award”, which honors individuals for their leadership, responsibility and athletics. Austin is well liked by all his teachers and classmates.  He enjoys playing soccer, basketball and fishing, but his passion has and will always be racing!

Austin began his racing career in 2003, at the age of 11, competing in champ karts.  He quickly rose in the ranks to be crowned “Jr. Rookie of the Year” as he won the championship at Shippensburg Speedway.

In 2004, Austin proved to have another stellar year, by winning 12 feature races. He placed second in points at Shippensburg Speedway and fourth in points at Hunterstown Speedway. 

In 2005, at the age 13, Austin and his crew felt they were ready to take on the Senior Champ Class, despite the fact that the minimum age requirement was 15. The track allowed Austin to race only if a waiver was signed by his parents. It proved to be a great decision as Austin captured 16 feature wins on route to a point’s championship at Shippensburg Speedway and a fourth place points finish at Hunterstown Speedway.

In 2006, Austin having an outstanding year was the youngest, at the age of 14, to win the senior champ division championship at Hunterstown Speedway.

While racing champ karts, Austin won 42 features and had 21 second place finishes, 13 third place finishes, 6 fourth place finishes and 2 fifth place finishes.

In 2007, Austin and his crew took the big leap from champ carts into 358 sprint cars!  As a first year 358 sprint car racer, Austin established himself as a force to be reckoned with by qualifying for every feature and being one of the youngest to win a feature event. Austin finished his first year, at the age of 15, in a very respectable 11th place in points for the year.