| Brayton Laster | |
| Birth Date: | 28 August 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Greenwood, Indiana |
| Achievements: | 2018 Brownstown Speedway Super Late Model Rookie of the Year |
| Total Truck Races: | 1 |
| Years In Truck: | 1 |
| Prev Truck Pos: | 64th |
| Prev Truck Year: | 2022 |
| Best Truck Pos: | 64th (2022) |
| First Truck Race: | 2022 Clean Harbors 150 (Knoxville) |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca Races: | 11 |
| Years In Arca: | 3 |
| Arca Car Team: | No. 06 (Wayne Peterson Racing) No. 10 (Fast Track Racing) No. 31 (Rise Motorsports) No. 95 (MAN Motorsports) |
| Best Arca Pos: | 25th (2023) |
| First Arca Race: | 2022 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) |
| Last Arca Race: | 2024 Tide 150 (Kansas) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 3 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca East Races: | 3 |
| Years In Arca East: | 1 |
| Arca East Car Team: | No. 06 (Wayne Peterson Racing) |
| First Arca East Race: | 2023 Music City 200 (Nashville) |
| Last Arca East Race: | 2023 Reese's 200 (IRP) |
| Arca East Wins: | 0 |
| Arca East Top Tens: | 0 |
| Arca East Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca West Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca West: | 1 |
| Arca West Car Team: | No. 10 (Fast Track Racing) |
| First Arca West Race: | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) |
| Arca West Wins: | 0 |
| Arca West Top Tens: | 0 |
| Arca West Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | July 9, 2024 |
Brayton Laster (born August 28, 2002), nicknamed The Pizza Man, is an American professional stock car racing driver.[1] He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 95 Toyota Camry for MAN Motorsports in a partnership with TC Motorsports, the No. 31 Chevrolet for Rise Motorsports, the No. 10 Ford Fusion for Fast Track Racing, and the No. 06 Toyota Camry for Wayne Peterson Racing.
Laster would start racing go-karts at the age of eight at the Indianapolis Speedrome. Four years later, he would move on to racing Ford Thunderbirds and other various types of stock cars.[2] [3] According to Laster's dad, Dane, he would describe Brayton's equipment as a Frankenstein-esque vehicle, saying that "There’s times where I look back and I feel bad about some of the stuff I put him in over the years. But he’s had to drive his heart out, he’s had to learn to work on it to get speed out of it."
For most of his career, Laster has driven the No. 13 along with green paint, both racing superstitions that are rumored to give bad luck. Laster said that he wanted both qualities as a satire to both superstitions.
Laster made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2022 in the Lucas Oil 200 at the Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 03 car for Mullins Racing.[4] Laster had a strong run, finishing 13th.[5] He returned to the 03 car for the 2023 Daytona season-opener, finishing 27th. Laster would join Fast Track Racing for the race at Charlotte, finishing 19th. Later in the year, he drove the No. 31 car for Rise Motorsports in three races, finishing top ten in all three.[6]
On January 2, 2024, it was announced that Laster will join TC Motorsports for the season-opener at Daytona, driving the No. 91 car.[7] It was later revealed that Laster will drive the No. 95 at Daytona, driving for MAN Motorsports in a partnership with TC Motorsports.
In 2023, Laster made his ARCA Menards Series East debut in the Music City 200 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway driving for Fast Track Racing.[8] A fuel pressure issue would sideline him and he would ultimately finish 14th. Later in the year, he would also makes starts in the ARCA/ARCA East combination races at Iowa Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park.[9]
On April 28, it was announced that Laster will make his truck debut in the Corn Belt 150 at Knoxville with Reaume Brothers Racing.[10]
Laster is nicknamed "The Pizza Man" for his love of pizza. According to Laster, he was self-proclaimed obsessed with pizza, which started with the Indianapolis Speedrome selling pizza for concessions. It then "became my identity", and he was reported wearing numerous clothes that looked like pizza throughout middle school, earning the nickname from teachers. The nickname eventually moved over to his racing career.
Laster currently is an online student at Liberty University.
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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 | Mullins Racing | 03 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 67th | 49 | [12] | ||
| 2023 | Clubb Racing Inc. | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | 25th | 193 | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fast Track Racing | 12 | Ford | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01 | Chevy | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rise Motorsports | 31 | Chevy | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | MAN Motorsports | 95 | Toyota | DAY | -* | -* | [14] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fast Track Racing | 10 | Ford | PHO | TAL | DOV | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rise Motorsports | 31 | Chevy | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Toyota | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ARCA Menards Series East results | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 01 | Toyota | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | 22nd | 78 | [15] | |||||
| Chevy | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Toyota | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | [16] | |