Ryan Mathews (racing driver)

Ryan Mathews
Ryan Mathews
Born	July 1, 1978 (age 45); Lucas Oil 200 (Iowa)
	Statistics current as of November 19, 2013.

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.

Background

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

Slinger Super Speedway in 2001, and was the series Rookie of the Year.^[3]

In 2003 he quit his job as an

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

Mathews started racing in the Craftsman Truck Series at the seventh race of 2007 for

WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway

. He would also drive select races for CHS Motorsports.

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

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]
	Bill Davis Racing	22	Toyota													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]
2009	CHS Motorsports	41	Dodge												KEN DNQ	IRP	NSH 29	BRI	CHI 35	IOW 34	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	67th	195	^[7]

K&N Pro Series East

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

(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]
2006	Cunningham Motorsports	4	Dodge											BLN 6	POC												28th	1630	^[10]
2007	Cunningham Motorsports	4	Dodge	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

^ "Driver's Statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
^ Biography at nascar.com, Retrieved September 7, 2007
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 2007 NASCAR driving statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved September 7, 2007
^ "Ryan Mathews – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Ryan Mathews – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Ryan Mathews – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Ryan Mathews – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Ryan Mathews – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Ryan Mathews – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Ryan Mathews – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

External links

Ryan Mathews driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[Racing_Reference_Drivers_Statistics-1] "Driver's Statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

[2] Biography at nascar.com, Retrieved September 7, 2007

[OfficialBio-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.

[2007racingreference-4] 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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