Landen Lewis | |
Birth Name: | Landen River Lewis |
Birth Date: | 26 February 2006 |
Birth Place: | Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina |
Total Truck Races: | 2 |
Years In Truck: | 1 |
First Truck Race: | 2023 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 (Mid-Ohio) |
Truck Wins: | 0 |
Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
Truck Poles: | 0 |
Total Arca Races: | 5 |
Years In Arca: | 2 |
Best Arca Pos: | 32nd (2021) |
First Arca Race: | 2021 Allen Crowe 100 (Springfield) |
Last Arca Race: | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) |
First Arca Win: | 2021 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin) |
Arca Wins: | 1 |
Arca Top Tens: | 3 |
Arca Poles: | 1 |
Total Arca East Races: | 2 |
Years In Arca East: | 1 |
First Arca East Race: | 2023 General Tire 125 (Dover) |
Arca East Wins: | 0 |
Arca East Top Tens: | 1 |
Arca East Poles: | 0 |
Total Arca West Races: | 17 |
Years In Arca West: | 2 |
First Arca West Race: | 2022 Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County) |
Last Arca West Race: | 2023 Portland 112 (Portland) |
First Arca West Win: | 2022 Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County) |
Last Arca West Win: | 2023 Portland 112 (Portland) |
Arca West Wins: | 2 |
Arca West Top Tens: | 10 |
Arca West Poles: | 1 |
Updated: | June 2, 2023 |
Landen River Lewis (born February 26, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 17 Toyota Camry/Chevrolet SS for McGowan Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 04 Chevrolet Silverado for Roper Racing.
Lewis started his career in Go-Karts at the age of 4 and from 2010-2018 he picked up 150 wins, a Maxx Nationals win, 4 Maxx Jr Daddy championships as well as 4 Maxx Daddy championships.
In 2018 he 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.
In 2019, he 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.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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]
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.
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All 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 | |
2021 | 2 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | 32nd | 117 | [10] | |||
Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Ford | SLM | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | 59th | 68 | [11] | |||
CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | BRI | SLM | TOL |
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | Ref | |
2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | 26th | 68 | [12] | |
CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | BRI |
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | Ref | |
2022 | Cook Racing Technologies | 42 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | 8th | 398 | [13] | ||||||||
McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | SON | |||||||||||||||
Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | |||||||||||
2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | 11th | 409 | [14] | ||||||||||
Chevy | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | |||||||||
CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | PHO |