| Ron Vandermeir Jr. | |
| Updated: | August 23, 2023 |
| Birth Place: | Sheridan, Illinois |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1982 |
| Total Arca Races: | 9 |
| Years In Arca: | 2 |
| Arca Car Team: | No. 10 (Fast Track Racing) |
| Best Arca Pos: | 21st (2022) |
| First Arca Race: | 2021 Menards 250 (Elko) |
| Last Arca Race: | 2022 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 3 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca East Races: | 5 |
| Years In Arca East: | 2 |
| Arca East Car Team: | No. 10 (Fast Track Racing) |
| Best Arca East Pos: | 14th (2022) |
| First Arca East Race: | 2021 Sprecher 150 (Milwaukee) |
| Last Arca East Race: | 2022 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) |
| Arca East Wins: | 0 |
| Arca East Top Tens: | 1 |
| Arca East Poles: | 0 |
Ron Vandermeir Jr. (born August 18, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 10 Toyota for Fast Track Racing. He won the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 Mid-American Stock Car Series championship in the Upper Midwestern United States.
Vandermeir Jr. made his ARCA Menards Series debut in the 2021 season at Elko Speedway where he started 8th and finished 11th.[1] He then ran at Milwaukee and the season finale at Kansas, where he finished 14th and 15th respectively.
In 2022, it was announced that Vandermeir Jr. would make select starts for Vanco Racing.[2] He would make his first start of the year at the Dutch Boy 150, driving the No. 27, where he started 9th and finished 8th. He also drove the No. 44 at Iowa, Kansas II, and Bristol, and the No. 66 at Elko and Milwaukee, securing a top 10 at Iowa and Elko, respectively.[3]
In 2023, it was revealed that Vandermeir Jr. would drive the No. 10 Toyota for Fast Track Racing at the Milwaukee Mile combination race with the ARCA Menards Series East.[4] [5]
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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 | Vanco Racing | 66 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | 39th | 92 | [6] | ||
| Fast Track Racing | 11 | Ford | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Vanco Racing | 27 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | 21st | 192 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||
| 44 | IOW | BLN | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 66 | Toyota | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 105th | 26 | [8] | |
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | Ref | |||||
| 2021 | Vanco Racing | 66 | Toyota | NSM | FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM | IOW | MLW | BRI | 46th | 30 | [9] | ||||
| 2022 | 44 | Ford | NSM | FIF | DOV | NSV | IOW | BRI | 14th | 99 | [10] | |||||||
| 66 | Toyota | MLW | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Ford | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | 50th | 26 | [11] | ||||