Vicente Salas

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Vicente Salas
BornVicente Austin Salas
(2002-08-20) August 20, 2002 (age 23)
Temecula, California, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 45 (Alpha Prime Racing)
First race 2025 North Carolina Education Lottery 250 (Rockingham)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2024 position61st
Best finish61st (2024)
First race 2024 XPEL 225 (COTA)
Last race 2024 Toyota 200 (Gateway)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics up to date as of June 6, 2024.

Vicente Austin Salas (born August 20, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet SS for Alpha Prime Racing. He also competes in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and won the 2023 championship in the Contender Series. [1] [2]

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Racing career

In 2018, Salas started his racing career by racing karts at local tracks in California. By the time he was fifteen, he had moved up to shifter karts and started competing at a national level. His career was temporarily halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, where he switched over to the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and saw some success with a dominating win in the 2021 race at Richmond Raceway, where he led every single lap of the race. [3]

Salas began competing in late model racing in 2022 in the CARS Tour, which was his first time racing a real-life car. A fourth-place finish in his first race convinced team owner Justin Carroll to give him a full-time ride in the series for the 2023 season. [4] On March 18, 2024, it was announced that he would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the race at Circuit of the Americas driving the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports. [1] He started 31st, but his day ended early with his truck having transmission issues and he finished 34th. Salas made his second Truck Series start at World Wide Technology Raceway driving the No. 91 for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. [5]

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2025 Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR
24
TAL TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR
GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO -*-* [6]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCTCPtsRef
2024 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA
34
MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT 61st15 [7]
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 91 Chevy GTW
25
NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

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

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415CLMSCTCPtsRef
2025 AK Performance16SN/A AAS WCS CDL OCS ACE NWS LGY DOM CRW HCY
DNQ
AND FLC SBO TCM NWS -*-* [8]

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

(key)

CARS Pro Late Model Tour results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112CPLMTCPtsRef
2022 N/A24 Toyota CRW HCY
4
GPS FCS TCM HCY ACE MMS TCM ACE SBO CRW 35th29 [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Fenwick, Adam (March 18, 2024). "eNASCAR competitor Vicente Salas making Truck Series debut at Circuit of the Americas". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. @vicente_salas14 (November 15, 2023). "OFFICIALLY @ENASCARGG Contender Series Champions!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  3. Hauff, Brandon (April 13, 2021). "eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series: Vicente Salas Makes History in Dominating Win at Richmond". frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  4. Fenwick, Adam (October 12, 2023). "'Absolutely anything is possible': eNASCAR's Vicente Salas is turning his dream into reality as he chases a career in NASCAR". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. Srigley, Joseph (May 28, 2024). "Entry List: 2024 NCTS Toyota 200 at WWT Raceway". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  6. "Vicente Salas – 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  7. "Vicente Salas – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  8. "Vicente Salas - 2025 Season Results - zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Tour". The Third Turn. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  9. "Vicente Salas - 2022 Season Results - Solid Rock Carriers CARS Pro Late Model Tour". The Third Turn. Retrieved July 9, 2025.