Mason Diaz | |
Birth Name: | Mason A. Diaz |
Birth Date: | 16 May 2000 |
Birth Place: | Manassas, Virginia |
Achievements: | 2021 Fall Brawl Winner (LMSC) 2023 Throwback 276 Winner (LMSC) |
Total Busch Races: | 6 |
Years In Busch: | 3 |
Prev Busch Pos: | 59th |
Prev Busch Year: | 2020 |
Best Busch Pos: | 59th (2020) |
First Busch Race: | 2018 Go Bowling 250 (Richmond) |
Last Busch Race: | 2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix) |
Busch Wins: | 0 |
Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
Busch Poles: | 0 |
Total Truck Races: | 1 |
Years In Truck: | 1 |
Prev Truck Pos: | 64th |
Prev Truck Year: | 2017 |
Best Truck Pos: | 64th (2017) |
First Truck Race: | 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville) |
Truck Wins: | 0 |
Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
Truck Poles: | 0 |
Total Arca Races: | 6 |
Years In Arca: | 3 |
Arca Car Team: | No. 44 (Ferrier McClure Racing) |
Best Arca Pos: | 42nd (2020) |
First Arca Race: | 2020 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 (Toledo) |
Last Arca Race: | 2022 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) |
Arca Wins: | 0 |
Arca Top Tens: | 4 |
Arca Poles: | 0 |
Total Arca East Races: | 18 |
Years In Arca East: | 4 |
Arca East Car Team: | No. 44 (Ferrier McClure Racing) |
Best Arca East Pos: | 5th (2020) |
First Arca East Race: | 2019 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna) |
Last Arca East Race: | 2021 Race to Stop Suicide 200 (New Smyrna) |
Arca East Wins: | 0 |
Arca East Top Tens: | 11 |
Arca East Poles: | 1 |
Total Arca West Races: | 2 |
Years In Arca West: | 1 |
Best Arca West Pos: | 30th (2020) |
First Arca West Race: | 2020 NAPA 125 (Roseville) |
Last Arca West Race: | 2020 NAPA/Eneos 125 (Kern County) |
Arca West Wins: | 0 |
Arca West Top Tens: | 1 |
Arca West Poles: | 0 |
Updated: | January 22, 2021 |
Mason A. Diaz (born May 16, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes for Ferrier-McClure Racing, driving their No. 44 Toyota part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series.
Starting at age four in go-karts, Diaz ran at Dominion Speedway in both Champ Car and Bandolero entries until age twelve. He later moved up to Legends car racing and late model racing, eventually running in the Pro All-Stars Series (PASS) during his late model days. He later started racing frequently at Southern National Motorsports Park.[1]
Diaz made his first and to-date only NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start in 2017 at Martinsville, driving the No. 86 Chevrolet Silverado for driver Brandon Brown's Brandonbilt Motorsports team. He started 9th and finished 23rd.[2] [3]
Diaz made his Xfinity Series debut at Richmond's fall race in 2018, driving for Brandonbilt Motorsports in the No. 90 car, using owner points from DGM Racing. He would run three more races for Brown's team the following year in their own No. 68 and 86 cars.
In 2019, when Diaz was racing at the 2019 Snowflake 100 at Five Flags Speedway, he was approached by a representative from Venturini Motorsports, and the two initially agreed to a deal that would have put Diaz in the team's No. 20 Toyota in the ARCA Menards Series in the races that Chandler Smith was ineligible to drive in.[1] However, this deal was later changed to have him run the full season in the ARCA Menards Series East instead.[4]
Diaz continued racing in the now-ARCA Menards Series East in 2020, where he finished fifth in points with a best finish of third at Dover International Speedway, with additional starts coming in the ARCA Menards Series West. He returned to the Xfinity Series in late October when he joined Sam Hunt Racing for the final two races of the season at Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix Raceway.[5]
On January 19, 2021, it was announced that Diaz would be leaving Venturini and joining Visconti Motorsports, driving their No. 74 car full-time, with it being Diaz's second full-time season in the East Series.[6]
Diaz attends Old Dominion University.[1]
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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 Xfinity 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | Pts | Ref | ||
2018 | Brandonbilt Motorsports | 90 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 63rd | 18 | [7] | |
2019 | 86 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | 75th | 9 | [8] | |||||||||||||||
68 | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Sam Hunt Racing | 26 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | CAL | PHO | DAR | CLT | BRI | ATL | HOM | HOM | TAL | POC | IND | KEN | KEN | TEX | KAN | ROA | DAY | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | 59th | 30 | [9] |
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 | |
2020 | Venturini Motorsports | 25E | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY | GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 42nd | 75 | [11] |
2021 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 51st | 74 | [12] |
2022 | Ferrier-McClure Racing | 44 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | 58th | 56 | [13] | |||
Mullins Racing | 3 | Toyota | BRI | SLM | TOL |
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | Ref | |
2019 | MAD Motorsports | 24 | Ford | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | 15th | 160 | [14] | ||||
Toyota | BRI | GTW | NHA | DOV | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | NSM | TOL | DOV | FIF | 5th | 251 | [15] | ||||||||
25E | TOL | BRI | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Toyota | NSM | FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM | IOW | MLW | BRI | 6th | 323 | [16] | ||||
2022 | Ferrier-McClure Racing | 44 | Ford | NSM | FIF | DOV | NSV | IOW | MLW | 33rd | 57 | [17] | ||||||
Mullins Racing | 3 | BRI |
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