Joey Iest

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Joey Iest
Joey Iest Roseville 2025.jpg
Iest at All American Speedway in 2025
BornJoey Iest
(2003-02-12) February 12, 2003 (age 22)
Madera, California, U.S.
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 2 years
Best finish33rd (2021)
First race 2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
ARCA Menards Series East career
8 races run over 1 year
Best finish5th (2021)
First race 2021 Jeep Beach 175 (New Smyrna)
Last race 2021 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
WinsTop tens Poles
060
ARCA Menards Series West career
28 races run over 5 years
ARCA West no., teamNo. 88 (Naake-Klauer Motorsports)
Best finish5th (2021, 2022)
First race 2020 Star Nursery 150 (Las Vegas Bullring)
Last race 2025 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Roseville)
First win 2021 NAPA Auto Parts Colorado 150 (Colorado)
WinsTop tens Poles
1150
Statistics up to date as of September 14, 2025.

Joey Iest (born February 12, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 88 Ford Fusion for Naake-Klauer Motorsports.

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Racing career

Early career

Iest started racing in 2012, at nine years old, after his grandfather bought him a used quarter midget. He had raced at his local home track, Madera Speedway. He didn't have any background coming into racing but got help from trainer Rusty Lomier throughout his five years of racing in quarter midgets.

Throughout 2012 to 2016, Iest competed in Senior Honda, Light 160, and Light World Formula events, and finished off his quarter midget career with two national championships.

Iest moved up to USAC HPD Focus Midget Series in 2017, racing at Madera Speedway. He would win Rookie of the Year in his first season.

Iest returned to the HPD Focus Midget Series in 2018, competing on dirt and asphalt tracks. He was allowed to drive a junior late model race at Madera Speedway for Naake-Klauer Motorsports later in the year. He started in the back but managed to finish in sixth. He would go on to drive the final four races of the 2018 season and would go full-time racing for Naake-Klauer in 2019. [1]

2019 would be a very successful year for Iest, as he won the 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model Series championship with Naake-Klauer Motorsports, along with winning the USAC Western Speed 2 Midget Series championship, getting seven wins in only seven starts. [2]

For 2020, he competed full-time in the SRL Southwest Tour, where he won his first career race at Stockton 99 Speedway, finishing in front of two former SRL champions, Jeremy Doss, and Cole Moore. [3]

ARCA Menards Series West

Iest's No. 54 car at All American Speedway in 2022 Joey Iest Roseville 2022.jpg
Iest's No. 54 car at All American Speedway in 2022

On February 11, 2020, one day before his seventeenth birthday, Iest made his first career ARCA Menards Series West start at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Naake-Klauer Motorsports. He would start third and finish fourteenth. [4] He was expected to make four more starts that season, but only made three after withdrawing from the ENEOS 125 at Irwindale Speedway. His best finish from that season would be eleventh at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on September 26, 2020.

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Iest at Sonoma Raceway in 2021
Iest's No. 88 car at All American Speedway in 2025 Joey Iest ARCA Roseville 2025.jpg
Iest's No. 88 car at All American Speedway in 2025

Iest returned to Naake-Klauer Motorsports for a full-time schedule in the 2021 ARCA Menards Series West season. On July 31, 2021, Iest captured his first career ARCA Menards Series West win at Colorado National Speedway, after leading the final eighteen laps. [5]

ARCA Menards Series East

On December 18, 2020, it was announced that Iest would be driving part-time in the 2021 ARCA Menards Series East season for David Gilliland Racing. He was scheduled to run at least six races for the team but eventually announced he would be driving the full eight races of the season. He earned six top tens, with his best finish of second at Southern National Motorsports Park. [6]

ARCA Menards Series

Iest drove four races in the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season, all of which had a collaboration with ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West races. His best finish would be eighth at the Milwaukee Mile.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
2021 Naake-Klauer Motorsports 54W Ford DAY PHO
16
TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN 33rd113 [7]
David Gilliland Racing 54 IOW
20
WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW
8
DSF BRI
19
SLM KAN
2022 Naake-Klauer Motorsports DAY PHO
13
TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 90th31 [8]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678AMSCPtsRef
2021 David Gilliland Racing 54 Ford NSM
5
FIF
5
NSV
5
DOV
8
SNM
2
IOW
20
MLW
8
BRI
19
5th380 [9]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112AMSWCPtsRef
2020 Naake-Klauer Motorsports 54 Toyota LVS
14
MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS
11
AAS KCR
13
PHO
12
14th126 [10]
2021 Ford PHO
16
SON
20
IRW
3
CNS
1*
IRW
4*
PIR
4
LVS
4
AAS
2
PHO
17
5th430 [11]
2022 PHO
13
IRW
10
KCR
17
PIR
10
SON
5
IRW
13
EVG
3
PIR
8
AAS
3
LVS
11
PHO
24
5th518 [12]
2023 88 PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW SHA EVG AAS
4
LVS MAD
3
PHO
25
22nd100 [13]
2024 Shockwave Motorsports 05 Toyota PHO KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO
RL
N/A0 [14]
2025 Naake-Klauer Motorsports 88 Ford KER PHO TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS
4
MAD LVS PHO -*-* [15]
– Relieved for David Smith

References

  1. "About - Joey Iest Racing" . Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. "Joey Iest Crowned 2019 Madera Speedway 51FIFTY Junior Late Model Champion". News Wire (Press release). October 10, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. "Congratulations to Joey Iest". SRL Southwest Tour. June 1, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  4. "2020 Star Nursery 150". Racing-Reference. February 11, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  5. Haislop, Tadd (August 1, 2021). "Joey Iest earns first ARCA Menards win with West Series victory at Colorado National". ARCA Racing. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  6. Srigley, Joseph (December 18, 2020). "Joey Iest Running At Least Six ARCA Menards Series East Events for DGR-Crosley in 2021". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  7. "Joey Iest – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  8. "Joey Iest – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  9. "Joey Iest – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  10. "Joey Iest – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  11. "Joey Iest – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  12. "Joey Iest – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  13. "Joey Iest – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  14. "Joey Iest – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  15. "Joey Iest – 2025 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2025.