| Andrés Pérez de Lara | |
| Birth Name: | Andrés Pérez de Lara González |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Total Truck Races: | 1 |
| Years In Truck: | 1 |
| Truck Car Team: | No. 7 (Spire Motorsports) |
| First Truck Race: | 2024 Toyota 200 (Gateway) |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 1 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca Races: | 34 |
| Years In Arca: | 3 |
| Arca Car Team: | No. 2 (Rev Racing) |
| Best Arca Pos: | 2nd (2023) |
| First Arca Race: | 2022 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) |
| Last Arca Race: | 2024 General Tire 150 (Charlotte) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 28 |
| Arca Poles: | 3 |
| Total Arca East Races: | 8 |
| Years In Arca East: | 3 |
| Arca East Car Team: | No. 2 (Rev Racing) |
| Best Arca East Pos: | 12th (2023) |
| First Arca East Race: | 2022 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) |
| Last Arca East Race: | 2024 General Tire 150 (Dover) |
| Arca East Wins: | 0 |
| Arca East Top Tens: | 8 |
| Arca East Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca West Races: | 4 |
| Years In Arca West: | 3 |
| Arca West Car Team: | No. 2 (Rev Racing) |
| Best Arca West Pos: | 25th (2022) |
| First Arca West Race: | 2022 Star Nursery 200 (Las Vegas) |
| Last Arca West Race: | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) |
| Arca West Wins: | 0 |
| Arca West Top Tens: | 4 |
| Arca West Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | April 30, 2024 |
Andrés Pérez de Lara González (born April 2, 2005) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet SS for Rev Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports. He is a former champion of the NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series, having won it in 2020. He has also competed in the NASCAR Mexico Series.[1] He is also a champion of the NASCAR Mexico Challenge Series, having won it in 2022.
In 2019, at the age of fourteen, Pérez de Lara would compete in the NACAM Formula 4 Championship alongside his brother, Pablo, at Telcel RPL Racing. He would go on to win four races, being the youngest to do so, on route to third in the championship and rookie of the year honors.[2]
In 2020, Pérez de Lara would run in the NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series in Mexico, where he would win the championship at the age of fifteen.
In 2021, Pérez de Lara would run the full season in the NASCAR FedEx Challenge Series after running one race at Nuevo Autódromo de Quéretaro in the previous year. He would finish fourth in the points that year, finishing in the top five in eight races.
In 2022, Pérez de Lara would return to the series, where he would become the youngest winner in the series at Querétaro Race Track at the age of seventeen on route to win the championship.[3] It was also during this year that Pérez de Lara was chosen for the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program, and he would also make select events in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West driving for David Gilliland Racing.[4]
thumb|left|Perez at Dover in 2024.On January 13, 2023, it was announced that Pérez de Lara would run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series for Rev Racing in the No. 2 Chevrolet, replacing Nick Sanchez, who had won the championship the previous year.[5] He was entered in the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway in the No. 01 Chevrolet for Fast Track Racing, but was withdrawn after practice due to age restrictions, although he would be placed in the final results as a "did not start" in 40th place.[6] Despite not winning a race, Pérez de Lara would finish second in the final points standings with ten top-fives and fifteen top-tens with a best finish of second at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track and Salem Speedway.
On May, 21, 2024, it was announced that Pérez de Lara would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut, driving the No. 7 for Spire Motorsports at Gateway.[7] [8] He would go on to finish 9th, his first career Top 10 finish in the Truck Series.
Pérez de Lara is the brother of Pablo Pérez de Lara, who is also racing driver whom he competed with in Formula 4. His father, Ricardo, is a former champion of the Super Copa Seat León in 2011-2013,[9] the Ferrari Challenge North America in 2014,[10] and the Tractocamiones Freightliner in 2015.[11]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | NACAM Formula 4 Championship | Telcel RPL Racing | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 252 | 3rd |
| 2020 | NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st | |
| 2021 | NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series | HO Speed Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| NASCAR Challenge Series - Mexico | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 234 | 4th | ||
| NACAM Formula 4 - México City Grand Prix | RPL Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
| 2022 | ARCA Menards Series | David Gilliland Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 78th |
| ARCA Menards Series East | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 42nd | ||
| ARCA Menards Series West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 25th | ||
| NASCAR Challenge - Mexico[12] | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 413 | 1st | ||
| 2023 | ARCA Menards Series | Fast Track Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 912 | 2nd |
| Rev Racing | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| ARCA Menards Series East | Rev Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 13th | |
| ARCA Menards Series West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)(key) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| ARCA Menards Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2022 | nowrap | David Gilliland Racing | 51 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 78th | 37 | [14] |
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 01 | Chevy | DAY | 2nd | 912 | [15] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rev Racing | 2 | Chevy | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | ||||||
| 2024 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [16] | ||||
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2022 | David Gilliland Racing | 51 | Ford | NSM | FIF | DOV | NSV | IOW | MLW | BRI | 42nd | 37 | [17] | |
| 2023 | Rev Racing | 2 | Chevy | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | 13th | 152 | [18] |
| 2024 | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | [19] | |||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2022 | David Gilliland Racing | 51 | Ford | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | 25th | 134 | [20] | |
| 2023 | Rev Racing | 2 | Chevy | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 40th | 40 | [21] |
| 2024 | PHO | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | -* | -* | [22] | |||