Tipton first started his racing career competing in go-karts at the age of ten before progressing up to the junior late model program at Madera Speedway at the age of fourteen. Tipton has raced various late model events at the
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring, having first competed at the track in 2022. In 2023, he finished third in the
NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series standings in
Nevada with thirteen top-tens in fifteenth starts. In 2023, it was revealed that Tipton would make his debut in the
ARCA Menards Series West at the Bullring, driving the No. 49
Chevrolet for
3K Motorsports. After placing tenth in the only practice session, he qualified in seventeenth and finished in eighteenth due to transmission issues. Tipton returned with the team in the following race at Madera Speedway, where he practiced and qualified in seventeenth and finished in twelfth due to a crash with a handful of laps remaining. In 2026, it was revealed that Tipton would participate in the pre-season test for the
ARCA Menards Series at
Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 99
Chevrolet for
Maples Motorsports, where he set the 59th quickest time between the two sessions held. He then made his main ARCA debut at
Phoenix Raceway, driving the No. 4
Toyota for
Nascimento Motorsports. On March 16, it was announced that Tipton will drive the No. 17 for
Cook Racing Technologies at
Kansas Speedway and
Talladega Superspeedway. ==Personal life==