Ryan Mathews (racing driver)

Ryan Mathews (born July 1, 1978) is an American stock car racing driver from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.[1] He was a part-time driver of the No. 75 Ray Hackett Racing Ford in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2009.[2] His career also went through ASA, ARCA, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

Ryan Mathews
Born (1978-07-01) July 1, 1978 (age 46)
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
19 races run over 3 years
Best finish24th (2007)
First race2007 Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
Last race2009 Lucas Oil 200 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 1
Statistics current as of November 19, 2013.

Background

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His education background is in engineering from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. During his time there he also served as a contributing member of the Kappa Sigma chapter of the Theta Xi fraternity.

He began racing in a kart at age 15. He moved to a mini-sprint car at Wilmot Speedway in Wilmot, Wisconsin, and was the track rookie of the year and fourth overall.[3] He finished second in mini-sprint points at Wilmot in 1996, and fourth overall in the Wisconsin Mini-sprint Association[3] (which included races at the Calumet County Racing Association). He had five wins on the season, and recorded three wins at Wilmot in 1997.[3] Late in 1997 he raced the one mile dirt track at Springfield, Illinois, in an ARCA series event.

Matthews moved to the Mid-American SuperTruck Series on asphalt in 1998.[3] He had three Top 5 finishes as a rookie, and two features wins and a pole position in 1999 and 2000.[3] He then moved to the Super Late Models at Slinger Super Speedway in 2001, and was the series Rookie of the Year.[3]

In 2003 he quit his job as an engineer at Harley Davidson to race full-time.[3] He competed in the Midwest All-Star Racing Series (MARS), and he won his fiftieth race on a short track that season.[3] He competed in the Slinger Nationals, and finished fifth against nationally known drivers.[3] Another season highlight was finishing third at Madison International Speedway ahead of Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth.[3] He moved to the American Speed Association National Series in 2004 as well as selected Super Late Model events.[3] In 2005 he competed in six different Super Late Model series from Minnesota to Florida.[3] He earned 34 top-10s, 17 top-5s, and one win during the 2005 season. He also finished top 5 in points in three major touring series that same year. In 2006 he competed in the ARCA series with Eddie Sharp Racing where his best finish was 2nd at Michigan Speedway.[3]

NASCAR career

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Mathews started racing in the Craftsman Truck Series at the seventh race of 2007 for Bill Davis Racing[4] after Tyler Walker was suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and the team had lost its sponsor. He earned his first pole position on July 13, 2007, at Kentucky Speedway, and finished fourth in the race.[4] His other Top 10 finish in 2007 was a sixth-place finish at Memphis Motorsports Park.[4] Mathews competed in one NASCAR event in 2008 for the newly formed CHS Motorsports. The one event was the Chevy Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway. He would start the race in 34th and finish 33rd. For the 2009 season, Mathews signed on to drive in select races for Ray Hackett Racing in the No. 75 Ford F-150, starting with the WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. He would also drive select races for CHS Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2007 Bill Davis Racing 36 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD
18
DOV
15
TEX
21
MCH
16
MLW
14
MEM
6
24th 1494 [5]
22 KEN
4
IRP
25
NSH
16
BRI
31
GTW
18
NHA
13
LVS TAL MAR
Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge ATL
16
TEX PHO HOM
2008 CHS Motorsports 41 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX
33
PHO HOM 108th 64 [6]
2009 Ray Hackett Racing 75 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX
25
MCH
26
MLW MEM 67th 195 [7]
CHS Motorsports 41 Dodge KEN
DNQ
IRP NSH
29
BRI CHI
35
IOW
34
GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 Ray Hackett Racing 76 Ford BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL
19
63rd 25 [8]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
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 ARSC Pts Ref
1997 Bigelow Racing 12 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF
36
ATL NA - [9]
2006 Eddie Sharp Racing 22 Dodge DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL
18
POC MCH
13
KAN
13
KEN
41
GTW
7
NSH
25
MCH
2
ISF MIL
5
TOL DSF CHI
DNQ
SLM
12
TAL IOW 28th 1630 [10]
Cunningham Motorsports 4 Dodge BLN
6
POC
2007 DAY USA
31
NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 162nd 75 [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Driver's Statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. ^ Biography at nascar.com, Retrieved September 7, 2007
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Biography at official website". Official website. 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  4. ^ a b c 2007 NASCAR driving statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved September 7, 2007
  5. ^ "Ryan Mathews – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Ryan Mathews – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  7. ^ "Ryan Mathews – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Ryan Mathews – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Ryan Mathews – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "Ryan Mathews – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Ryan Mathews – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
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