Cayden Lapcevich

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Cayden Lapcevich
Born (1999-11-03) November 3, 1999 (age 23)
Grimsby, Ontario
Achievements 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
31 races run over 3 years
Best finish1st (2016)
First race 2015 Clarington 200 (May) (Bowmanville)
Last race 2017 Pinty's Fall Brawl (Hamilton)
First win 2016 Prairie Velocity Thunder 250 (Saskatoon)
Last win2017 Pinty's Fall Brawl (Hamilton)
WinsTop tens Poles
6251

Cayden Lapcevich (born 3 November 1999) is a former NASCAR Pinty's Series driver who competed from 2015 to 2017. During his career, Lapcevich won the 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series championship with three wins and was the "youngest champion ever in Canadian professional auto racing". [1] During the 2016 season, Lapevich was named the Jostens Rookie of the Year. After winning three additional races in his final Pinty's season, Lapcevich was awarded the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Rising Star Award in 2017. Outside of competing, Lapcevich was a crew chief for Andrew Ranger in 2022. Lapcevich is currently the crew chief for the No. 55 car for Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Menards Series East.

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Personal life

Cayden’s younger brother, Treyten currently competes in the Pinty’s Series driving the No. 20 car. Cayden’s father, Jeff was also a driver in both the CASCAR Super Series, CASCAR East, CASCAR West and NASCAR Pinty's Series. Jeff also raced in the Grand-Am Road Racing Series. [2]

Early life and education

On 3 November 1999, Lapcevich was born in Grimsby, Ontario. [3] For his post-secondary education, Lapcevich went to the University of Northwestern Ohio to complete a program in racecar construction. [4]

Career

Lapcevich began his motorsport throughout his childhood in road racing. He later won multiple midget car racing championships before settling on stock car racing. Between 2014 and 2015, Lapcevich won the Ontario Super Stock championship before entering the NASCAR Pinty's Series. [5] [6] In Lapcevich's first Pinty's Series season, he competed in six races and had one top five finish in 2015. [3]

The following season, Lapcevich won the 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series championship with three race wins and was the "youngest champion ever in Canadian professional auto racing". [1] That year, he received the Jostens Rookie of the Year award. [7] Before the start of the 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series season, Lapcevich was selected as a member of the NASCAR Next developmental program. [4] After winning three additional races during the 2017 Pinty's Series, Lapcevich ended his NASCAR career in 2018 when his sponsor went bankrupt. He appeared in limited races such as the 2018 Canadian Short Track Nationals while attending college. [8] [9]

He then raced at select events in the United States. Lapcevich won the late model portion of the 2019 Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway. [10] He took second to Ty Majeski at the 2020 Dixieland 250 ARCA Midwest Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway in August ahead of drivers such as Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter, and Derek Kraus. [11] In 2022, Lapecvich became a crew chief for Andrew Ranger. [12] [13]

Awards and honours

In 2017, Lapcevich was given the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Rising Star Award. [14]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213NPSCPtsRef
2015 Lapcevich Racing34 Dodge MSP
17		 MSP
9		14th197 [15]
76 ACD
18		 SSS
3		 ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR
15		 RIS KWA
6
2016 MSP
4		 SSS
2		 ACD
2		 ICAR
8		 TOR
8		 EIR
3		 SAS
1*		 CTR
6		 RIS
1		 MSP
3		 ASE
1		 KWA
2		1st505 [16]
2017 MSP
4		 DEL
12		 ACD
1*		 ICAR
16		 TOR
7		 SAS
3		 SAS
1		 EIR
3		 CTR
7		 RIS
9		 MSP
11		 ASE
3		 HAM
1		3rd509 [17]

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