Landen Lewis
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| Landen Lewis | |||||||
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 Lewis atSonoma Racewayin 2023 | |||||||
| Born | Landen River Lewis February 26, 2006 Ocean Isle Beach,North Carolina | ||||||
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Seriescareer | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| First race | 2023O'Reilly Auto Parts 150(Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Seriescareer | |||||||
| 5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 97 (CR7 Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 32nd (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2021Allen Crowe 100(Springfield) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023Bush's Beans 200(Bristol) | ||||||
| First win | 2021Southern Illinois 100(DuQuoin) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series Eastcareer | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA East no., team | No. 97 (CR7 Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 26th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023General Tire 125(Dover) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023Bush's Beans 200(Bristol) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series Westcareer | |||||||
| 17 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 6th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2022Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150(Kern County) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 2022Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150(Kern County) | ||||||
| Last win | 2023Portland 112(Portland) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of June 2, 2023. | |||||||
Landen River Lewis(born February 26, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in theARCA Menards SeriesandARCA Menards Series East,driving the No. 97ChevroletforCR7 Motorsports.
Racing career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Go-karts
[edit]Lewis started his career in Go-Karts at the age of 4 and from 2010-2018 he picked up 150 wins, a Maxx Nationals win, 4 Maxx Jr Daddy championships as well as 4 Maxx Daddy championships.
Dirt Modifieds
[edit]In 2018 he started racing Dirt Modifieds picking up 6 wins, 8 poles, 15 top 5’s, and 26 top 10’s and the Most Popular Driver Award for the Mid-East Dirt Modified Series.
Legend cars
[edit]In 2019, he joined Joe Ryan Cars in Legend Cars and won the Winter Nationals in only his 2nd ever start. He would remain with the team to present day, picking up 15 wins in 2020 along with a Dirt Nationals championship, picking up the Dirt Nationals, Asphalt Nationals, Winter Nationals, Road Course World Finals championships as well as the North Carolina State Championship in 2021, and in 2022 picking up the Road Course National Championship and the Summer Shootout, Road Course World Finals, and Winter Nationals titles for the Pro Division.
ARCA Menards Series
[edit]2021
[edit]Lewis made hisARCA Menards Seriesdebut in2021running three races. He debuted in theAllen Crowe 100at theIllinois State Fairgrounds Racetrackdriving forRette Jones Racingin collaboration withRev RacingandAustin Theriault,finishing 7th.[1]In his second career start, in theSouthern Illinois 100at theDuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack,Lewis won the pole. He dominated the race, leading all 104 laps en route to his first career victory.[2]He ran one more race, theSioux Chief PowerPEX 200atSalem Speedway,finishing 13th.[3][4]
2022
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Lewis would make 8 starts in theARCA Menards Series Westin2022across the No. 42 car forCook Racing Technologies,No. 17 car forMcGowan Motorsports,and the No. 16 car forMcAnally-Hilgemann Racing.He would pick up 1 win of the year in his first start of the season atKern County.
2023
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In2023Lewis would make a full-time run at theARCA Menards Series Westchampionship in the No. 17 forMcGowan Motorsports.He would start off his season by finishing 2nd the first 3 races and then winning the next race atPortlandfending offNASCAR Xfinity SeriesregularCole Custer.
ARCA Menards Series West
[edit]Lewis made hisARCA Menards Series Westdebut in2022in theSalute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150atKern County Raceway Parkdriving the No. 42ChevroletforCook Racing Technologies.Lewis took the lead late in the race and collected his first career ARCA Menards Series West victory in his first ever start.[5]He would run the race atSonoma RacewayforMcGowan Motorsportsbefore replacingAustin Herzogin the No. 16 forBill McAnally Racingfor the final six races of the year.[6]
ARCA Menards Series East
[edit]Lewis made hisARCA Menards Series Eastdebut in2023in theGeneral Tire 125atDover Motor Speedwaydriving the No. 17ToyotaforMcGowan Motorsports.He would go on to finish second behind race winnerJake Finch.[7]
NASCAR Truck Series
[edit]On June 24, 2023, Lewis posted on social media a picture of the No. 04Roper Racingtruck with his name above the window net, indicating that he would make his debut in the series for the team at some point during the season.[8]He ran races for the team atMid-OhioandIRP.
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold– Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
Craftsman Truck Series
[edit]| NASCAR Craftsman 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Roper Racing | 04 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | MOH 24 |
POC | RCH | IRP 28 |
MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 58th | 22 | [9] |
ARCA Menards Series
[edit]| ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | Rette Jones RacingwithAustin Theriault | 2 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF 7 |
MLW | DSF 1** |
BRI | 32nd | 117 | [10] | ||
| Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Ford | SLM 13 |
KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 2 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | 59th | 68 | [11] | |||
| CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | BRI 20 |
SLM | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI 2 |
KAN | TOL | 74th | 43 | [12] | |||
ARCA Menards Series East
[edit]| ARCA Menards Series Eastresults | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | FIF | DOV 2 |
NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | 26th | 68 | [13] | |
| CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | BRI 20 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI 2 |
37th | 43 | [14] | |||
ARCA Menards Series West
[edit]| ARCA Menards Series Westresults | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Cook Racing Technologies | 42 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR 1 |
PIR | 8th | 398 | [15] | ||||||||
| McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | SON 14 |
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| Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | IRW 5 |
EVG 6 |
PIR 9 |
AAS 17 |
LVS 3 |
PHO 6 |
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| 2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | PHO 2 |
IRW 2 |
11th | 409 | [16] | ||||||||||
| Chevy | KCR 2* |
PIR 1 |
SON 19 |
IRW 9 |
SHA 4 |
EVG 4 |
AAS | LVS | MAD | |||||||||
| CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | PHO 6 | |||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^"Landen Lewis to make ARCA Menards Series debut at Springfield with Rette Jones Racing Development".ARCA Menards Series.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Landen Lewis dominates at DuQuoin for first ARCA win in second start".ARCA Menards Series.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
- ^"ARCA winner Landen Lewis returns to competition at Salem Speedway".Speedway Digest.29 September 2021.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Landen Lewis Returns To ARCA Action At Salem".Speed Sport.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Speechless Lewis Is ARCA West Winner".SPEED Sport.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
- ^"Following In The Footsteps Of Champions Landen Lewis Gets Six Races In Bill McAnally Racing's ARCA West No. 16".Kickin the Tires.2 July 2022.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
- ^"Jake Finch wins General Tire 125 ARCA Menards Series East race".Speedway Digest.30 April 2023.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"(Twitter post)".Twitter.Landen Lewis.June 24, 2023.RetrievedJune 28,2023.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedJuly 8,2023.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedApril 23,2022.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedSeptember 17,2024.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedMay 2,2023.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedSeptember 17,2024.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedNovember 19,2022.
- ^"Landen Lewis – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Landen Lewisdriver statistics at Racing-Reference