Landen Lewis

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Landen Lewis
Landen Lewis Sonoma 2023.jpg
Lewis at Sonoma Raceway in 2023
BornLanden River Lewis
(2006-02-26) February 26, 2006 (age 18)
Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Truck no., teamNo. 16 (Hattori Racing Enterprises)
2023 position58th
First race 2023 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 (Mid-Ohio)
Last race 2023 TSport 200 (Indianapolis)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series career
6 races run over 3 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 97 (CR7 Motorsports)
Best finish32nd (2021)
First race 2021 Allen Crowe 100 (Springfield)
Last race 2024 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
First win 2021 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin)
WinsTop tens Poles
141
ARCA Menards Series East career
3 races run over 2 years
ARCA East no., teamNo. 97 (CR7 Motorsports)
Best finish26th (2023)
First race 2023 General Tire 125 (Dover)
Last race 2024 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
WinsTop tens Poles
020
ARCA Menards Series West career
17 races run over 2 years
Best finish6th (2022)
First race 2022 Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County)
Last race 2023 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)
First win 2022 Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County)
Last win 2023 Portland 112 (Portland)
WinsTop tens Poles
2101
Statistics current as of October 31, 2024.

Landen River Lewis (born February 26, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 16 Toyota Tundra for Hattori Racing Enterprises, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 97 Chevrolet for CR7 Motorsports.

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Racing career

Early career

Go-karts

Lewis started his career in Go-Karts at the age of 4 and from 2010 to 2018, he picked up 150 wins, a Maxx Nationals win, 4 Maxx Jr Daddy championships as well as 4 Maxx Daddy championships.

Dirt Modifieds

In 2018, Lewis 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

In 2019, Lewis 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

2021

Lewis made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2021 running three races. He debuted in the Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack driving for Rette Jones Racing in collaboration with Rev Racing and Austin Theriault, finishing 7th. [1] In his second career start, in the Southern Illinois 100 at the DuQuoin 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, the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 at Salem Speedway, finishing 13th. [3] [4]

2022

Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma in 2022. Landen Lewis ARCA Sonoma 2022.jpg
Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma in 2022.
Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at All American Speedway in 2022. Landen Lewis Roseville 2022.jpg
Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at All American Speedway in 2022.

Lewis would make 8 starts in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2022 across the No. 42 car for Cook Racing Technologies, No. 17 car for McGowan Motorsports, and the No. 16 car for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. He would pick up 1 win of the year in his first start of the season at Kern County.

2023

Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma in 2023. Landen Lewis ARCA Sonoma 2023.jpg
Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma in 2023.

In 2023 Lewis would make a full-time run at the ARCA Menards Series West championship in the No. 17 for McGowan Motorsports. He would start off his season by finishing 2nd the first 3 races and then winning the next race at Portland fending off NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Cole Custer.

ARCA Menards Series West

Lewis made his ARCA Menards Series West debut in 2022 in the Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 at Kern County Raceway Park driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Cook 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 at Sonoma Raceway for McGowan Motorsports before replacing Austin Herzog in the No. 16 for Bill McAnally Racing for the final six races of the year. [6]

ARCA Menards Series East

Lewis made his ARCA Menards Series East debut in 2023 in the General Tire 125 at Dover Motor Speedway driving the No. 17 Toyota for McGowan Motorsports. He would go on to finish second behind race winner Jake Finch. [7]

Lewis returned to CR7 Motorsports in 2024 to run the combination race for the main ARCA Series and the East Series at Bristol. He would finish second in the race. It would be his only ARCA start that year.

NASCAR Truck Series

On June 24, 2023, Lewis posted on social media a picture of the No. 04 Roper Racing truck 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 at Mid-Ohio and IRP.

On October 31, 2024, Hattori Racing Enterprises announced that Lewis would drive their No. 16 truck in the fall race at Martinsville as a last-minute replacement for Johnny Sauter, who moved to the ThorSport Racing No. 66 truck to replace Conner Jones who was suspended for the race after intentionally wrecking Matt Mills' truck in the previous race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. [9]

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. ** – All laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCTCPtsRef
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 58th22 [10]
2024 Hattori Racing Enterprises 16 Toyota DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR
35		 PHO 76th2 [11]

ARCA Menards Series

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
2021 Rette Jones Racing with Austin Theriault 2 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF
7		 MLW DSF
1**		 BRI 32nd117 [12]
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 59th68 [13]
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 74th43 [14]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678AMSECPtsRef
2023 McGowan Motorsports 17 Toyota FIF DOV
2		 NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW 26th68 [15]
CR7 Motorsports 97 Chevy BRI
20
2024 FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI
2		37th43 [16]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112AMSWCPtsRef
2022 Cook Racing Technologies 42 Toyota PHO IRW KCR
1		 PIR 8th398 [17]
McGowan Motorsports 17 Chevy SON
14
Bill McAnally Racing 16 IRW
5		 EVG
6		 PIR
9		 AAS
17		 LVS
3		 PHO
6
2023 McGowan Motorsports 17 Toyota PHO
2		 IRW
2		11th409 [18]
Chevy KCR
2*		 PIR
1		 SON
19		 IRW
9		 SHA
4		 EVG
4		 AAS LVS MAD
CR7 Motorsports 97 Chevy PHO
6

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References

  1. ↑ "Landen Lewis to make ARCA Menards Series debut at Springfield with Rette Jones Racing Development". ARCA Menards Series. 18 August 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Landen Lewis dominates at DuQuoin for first ARCA win in second start". ARCA Menards Series. 6 September 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "ARCA winner Landen Lewis returns to competition at Salem Speedway". Speedway Digest. 29 September 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Landen Lewis Returns To ARCA Action At Salem". Speed Sport. 29 September 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Speechless Lewis Is ARCA West Winner". SPEED Sport. 24 April 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "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. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Jake Finch wins General Tire 125 ARCA Menards Series East race". Speedway Digest. 30 April 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
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