Racing his rookie season in the full NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule last year, Cole Rouse posted four top-five and 12 top-ten finishes with an average finish of 7.6 over 14 events. His racing career started at the age of 14, competing in mini-cup cars before advancing to Late Model competition in 2013. Rouse led a race high 145 laps of the American 400 at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville in 2015, before finishing fifth after a shock broke late in the race.