| Kody Vanderwal | |
| Birth Name: | Kody S. Vanderwal |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 2001 |
| Birth Place: | LaSalle, Colorado |
| Total Busch Races: | 30 |
| Years In Busch: | 1 |
| Prev Busch Pos: | 30th |
| Prev Busch Year: | 2020 |
| Best Busch Pos: | 30th (2020) |
| First Busch Race: | 2020 LS Tractor 200 (Phoenix) |
| Last Busch Race: | 2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix) |
| Busch Wins: | 0 |
| Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
| Busch Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | November 7, 2020 |
Kody S. Vanderwal[1] (born January 19, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Means Racing.
Vanderwal's racing career began at the age of 11 at a local dirt track in Fort Morgan, Colorado, where he drove an "Enduro" stock car for several years.Vanderwal started racing Pure Stocks at Colorado National Speedway in 2015 and later went on to run Super Stocks, Pro-Trucks, and Super Late Models.In 2017, Vanderwal was offered a ride in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. He ran a full season, earning two top fives and would go on to finish ninth in points standings.
Vanderwal's 2018 season was highlighted by winning both K&N West races at Tucson in May.[2]
In 2019, Vanderwal moved from Patriot Motorsports Group to Levin Racing, bringing the No. 43 with him.[3] He qualified on the pole at Colorado,[4] converting it into a second-place finish in the race.[5] In total, Vanderwal ran each of the season's first seven races before transitioning his focus to weekly racing at Colorado and finding sponsorship for the 2020 season.[6]
In 2020, Vanderwal joined Means Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, running all but the first three races.[7] He finished 30th in points with a best race finish of 19th at Pocono Raceway. Vanderwal did not return to the team in 2021 due to sponsorship issues.[8]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2018 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 34 | Toyota | NSM 11 | BRI | LGY | SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM | THO | NHA | 27th | 86 | [10] | |||||
| 43 | IOW 19 | GLN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ford | GTW 16 | NHA | DOV | |||||||||||||||||
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2017 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 32 | Ford | TUS 8 | KCR 9 | IRW 14 | IRW 15 | SPO 10 | OSS 4 | CNS 5 | SON 15 | IOW 34 | EVG 14 | DCS 15 | MER 6 | AAS 9 | KCR 18 | 9th | 440 | [11] |
| 2018 | 43 | KCR 21 | TUS 1* | TUS 1 | OSS 7 | CNS 7 | SON 17 | DCS 3 | EVG 4 | GTW 16 | LVS 20 | MER 9 | AAS 13 | KCR 8 | 7th | 479 | [12] | |||
| Toyota | IOW 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Levin Racing | Chevy | LVS 4 | SON 15 | DCS 8 | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 11th | 239 | [13] | |||||
| Ford | IRW 18 | TUS 11 | TUS 12 | CNS 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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