Vicente Austin Salas (born August 20, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports and the No. 91 Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. He also competes in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and won the 2023 championship in the Contender Series.[1][2]
| Vicente Salas | |||||||
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| Born | Vicente Austin Salas August 20, 2002 Temecula, California, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 20 (Young's Motorsports) No. 91 (McAnally-Hilgemann Racing) | ||||||
| 2024 position | 61st | ||||||
| Best finish | 61st (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024 XPEL 225 (COTA) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Toyota 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of June 6, 2024. | |||||||
Racing career
editIn 2018, Salas started his racing career by racing karts at local tracks in California. By the time he was 15, he had moved up to shifter karts and started competing at a national level. His career was temporarily halted by the COVID-19 lockdown, where he switched over to the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and saw some success with a dominating win in the 2021 race at Richmond Raceway, where he led every single lap of the race.[3]
Salas began competing in late model racing in 2022 in the CARS Tour, which was his first time racing a real-life car. A fourth-place finish in his first race convinced team owner Justin Carroll to give him a full-time ride in the series for the 2023 season.[4] On March 18, 2024, it was announced that he would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the race at Circuit of the Americas driving the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports.[1] He started 31st, but his day ended early with his truck having transmission issues and he finished 34th. Salas made his second Truck Series start at World Wide Technology Raceway driving the No. 91 for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing.[5]
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Craftsman Truck Series
edit| NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Young's Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | BRI | COA 34 |
MAR | TEX | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | 61st | 15 | [6] | ||||||||||||
| McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | 91 | Chevy | GTW 25 |
NSH | POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
edit- ^ a b Fenwick, Adam (March 18, 2024). "eNASCAR competitor Vicente Salas making Truck Series debut at Circuit of the Americas". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ @vicente_salas14 (November 15, 2023). "OFFICIALLY @ENASCARGG Contender Series Champions!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Hauff, Brandon (April 13, 2021). "eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series: Vicente Salas Makes History in Dominating Win at Richmond". frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Fenwick, Adam (October 12, 2023). "'Absolutely anything is possible': eNASCAR's Vicente Salas is turning his dream into reality as he chases a career in NASCAR". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (May 28, 2024). "Entry List: 2024 NCTS Toyota 200 at WWT Raceway". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ "Vicente Salas – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
External links
edit- Vicente Salas driver statistics at Racing-Reference