Ryan Mathews(born July 1, 1978) is an Americanstock car racingdriver fromLake Geneva, Wisconsin.[1]He was a part-time driver of the No. 75Ray Hackett RacingFord in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Seriesin 2009.[2]His career also went through ASA, ARCA, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.
| Ryan Mathews | |||||||
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| Born | July 1, 1978 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | ||||||
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Seriescareer | |||||||
| 19 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 24th (2007) | ||||||
| First race | 2007Ohio 250(Mansfield) | ||||||
| Last race | 2009Lucas Oil 200(Iowa) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 19, 2013. | |||||||
Background
editHis education background is in engineering fromKettering UniversityinFlint, Michigan.During his time there he also served as a contributing member of the Kappa Sigma chapter of theTheta Xifraternity.
He began racing in akartat age 15. He moved to a mini-sprintcar at Wilmot Speedway inWilmot, Wisconsin,and was the track rookie of the year and fourth overall.[3]He finished second in mini-sprint points at Wilmot in 1996, and fourth overall in the Wisconsin Mini-sprint Association[3](which included races at theCalumet CountyRacing Association). He had five wins on the season, and recorded three wins at Wilmot in 1997.[3]Late in 1997 he raced the one miledirt trackatSpringfield, Illinois,in anARCAseries event.
Matthews moved to theMid-AmericanSuperTruck Series on asphalt in 1998.[3]He had three Top 5 finishes as a rookie, and two features wins and a pole position in 1999 and 2000.[3]He then moved to the Super Late Models atSlinger Super Speedwayin 2001, and was the series Rookie of the Year.[3]
In 2003 he quit his job as anengineeratHarley Davidsonto race full-time.[3]He competed in theMidwest All-Star Racing Series(MARS), and he won his fiftieth race on a short track that season.[3]He competed in theSlinger Nationals,and finished fifth against nationally known drivers.[3]Another season highlight was finishing third atMadison International Speedwayahead ofKurt BuschandMatt Kenseth.[3]He moved to theAmerican Speed AssociationNational Series in 2004 as well as selected Super Late Model events.[3]In 2005 he competed in six different Super Late Model series fromMinnesotatoFlorida.[3]He earned 34 top-10s, 17 top-5s, and one win during the 2005 season. He also finished top 5 in points in three major touring series that same year. In 2006 he competed in theARCAseries with Eddie Sharp Racing where his best finish was 2nd at Michigan Speedway.[3]
NASCAR career
editMathews started racing in the Craftsman Truck Series at the seventh race of 2007 forBill Davis Racing[4]afterTyler Walkerwas suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and the team had lost its sponsor. He earned his firstpole positionon July 13, 2007, atKentucky Speedway,and finished fourth in the race.[4]His other Top 10 finish in 2007 was a sixth-place finish atMemphis Motorsports Park.[4]Mathews competed in one NASCAR event in 2008 for the newly formedCHS Motorsports.The one event was theChevy Silverado 350KatTexas Motor Speedway.He would start the race in 34th and finish 33rd. For the 2009 season, Mathews signed on to drive in select races forRay Hackett Racingin the No. 75Ford F-150,starting with theWinStar World Casino 400atTexas Motor Speedway.He would also drive select races for CHS Motorsports.
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold– Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Camping World Truck Series
edit| NASCAR Camping World Truck Seriesresults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Bill Davis Racing | 36 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | MFD 18 |
DOV 15 |
TEX 21 |
MCH 16 |
MLW 14 |
MEM 6 |
24th | 1494 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | KEN 4 |
IRP 25 |
NSH 16 |
BRI 31 |
GTW 18 |
NHA 13 |
LVS | TAL | MAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Hamilton Racing | 4 | Dodge | ATL 16 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | CHS Motorsports | 41 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX 33 |
PHO | HOM | 108th | 64 | [6] | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Ray Hackett Racing | 75 | Ford | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX 25 |
MCH 26 |
MLW | MEM | 67th | 195 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHS Motorsports | 41 | Dodge | KEN DNQ |
IRP | NSH 29 |
BRI | CHI 35 |
IOW 34 |
GTW | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
K&N Pro Series East
edit| NASCAR K&N Pro Series Eastresults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Ray Hackett Racing | 76 | Ford | BRI | GRE | FIF | RCH | BGS | IOW | LGY | COL | IOW | VIR | GRE | NHA | DOV | RAL 19 |
63rd | 25 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARCA Re/Max Series
edit(key) (Bold– Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Re/Max Seriesresults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 1997 | Bigelow Racing | 12 | Pontiac | DAY | ATL | SLM | CLT | CLT | POC | MCH | SBS | TOL | KIL | FRS | MIN | POC | MCH | DSF | GTW | SLM | WIN | CLT | TAL | ISF 36 |
ATL | NA | - | [9] | |||
| 2006 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 22 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL 18 |
POC | MCH 13 |
KAN 13 |
KEN 41 |
GTW 7 |
NSH 25 |
MCH 2 |
ISF | MIL 5 |
TOL | DSF | CHI DNQ |
SLM 12 |
TAL | IOW | 28th | 1630 | [10] | ||||
| Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | BLN 6 |
POC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | DAY | USA 31 |
NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | TOL | 162nd | 75 | [11] | |||||
References
edit- ^"Driver's Statistics".Racing Reference.Retrieved14 September2011.
- ^Biography at nascar.com,Retrieved September 7, 2007
- ^abcdefghijklm"Biography at official website".Official website. 2008-01-07.Retrieved2009-07-06.
- ^abc2007 NASCAR driving statistics at racing-reference.info,Retrieved September 7, 2007
- ^"Ryan Mathews – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 27,2020.
- ^"Ryan Mathews – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 27,2020.
- ^"Ryan Mathews – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 27,2020.
- ^"Ryan Mathews – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 27,2020.
- ^"Ryan Mathews – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 27,2020.
- ^"Ryan Mathews – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 27,2020.
- ^"Ryan Mathews – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 27,2020.
External links
edit- Ryan Mathewsdriver statistics at Racing-Reference