Ryan Preece

Ryan Preece

Preece at Road America in 2016
Born (1990-10-25) October 25, 1990
Kensington, Connecticut
Achievements 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
5 races run over 1 year
2015 position 44th
Best finish 44th (2015)
First race 2015 Sylvania 300 (Loudon)
Last race 2015 Ford EcoBoost (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
36 races run over 3 years
Car no., team No. 01 (JD Motorsports)
2016 position 17th
Best finish 17th (2016)
First race 2013 CNBC Prime's "The Profit" 200 (Loudon)
Last race 2016 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 19, 2016.

Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990[1]) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 01 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports. In 2013, he won the Whelen Modified Tour championship after being runner-up in 2009 and 2012.

Racing career

Preece began racing in 2007 and became 32nd in the championship in the NorthEastern Midget Series with the T Bernard team. A year later he finished on the podium for the first time in his career with a third place[2] at Monadnock in his only NorthEastern Midget race that year. That same year he got his first career victory in the Whelen Modified Tour after dominating the Made In America Whelen 300 at Martinsville. In 2009 and 2012 he was runner-up in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, but he became champion in 2013 with four wins in fourteen races. In 2015, he drove for TS Haulers Racing, owned by Ed Partridge.[3]

He made his debut in the Nationwide Series in 2013 and finished 24th in the CNBC Prime's "The Profit" 200 at Loudon driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro for Tommy Baldwin Racing. In 2014, he drove two races driving the No. 36 Camaro for TBR at Loudon and Homestead), with a best finish of 14th.

Preece in the No. 01 at Road America in 2016

On August 8, 2015, Preece announced he would make his Sprint Cup Series debut for TBR at Loudon.[4] Preece drove the No. 98 Chevy out of the TBR shop in partnership with Premium Motorsports. After starting 37th, he finished 32nd in the Sylvania 300. Preece returned to the Cup Series for the final four races of the season with Premium. TBR did not assist his races at Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix, though they returned to help field the No. 98 at Homestead out of their shop.[5] Preece joined JD Motorsports full-time in 2016, driving the No. 01 Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series.[6]

Personal life

On August 10, 2016, Preece announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

Xfinity Series

K&N Pro Series East

Whelen Modified Tour

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Preece".
  2. ↑ "2008 NEMA Boxscore".
  3. ↑ Cunningham, Jason (October 20, 2014). "Preece Changing Tour Rides". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Preece to pair with Tommy Baldwin Racing for Cup debut". Motorsport.com. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Courchesne, Shawn (October 3, 2015). "Ryan Preece To Make Second Sprint Cup Series Start In Series Finale At Homestead". Raceday CT. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ DeGroot, Nick (January 26, 2016). "JD Motorsports announces 2016 driver lineup". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Doug Coby		 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion
2013 		Succeeded by
Doug Coby
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