Vicente Salas
Vicente Salas | |||||||
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Born | Temecula, California | August 20, 2002||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 20 (Young's Motorsports) | ||||||
First race | 2024 XPEL 225 (Circuit of the Americas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of April 2, 2024. |
Vicente Salas (born August 20, 2002) is an American stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet for Young's Motorsports. He also competes in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and won the 2023 championship in the Contender Series.[1][2]
Racing career[edit]
In 2011, 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.
Motorsports career results[edit]
NASCAR[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 | GTW | NSH | POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [5] |
* Season still in progress
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.
- ^ "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