Jake Garcia
American racing driver (born 2005)
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Steven Jacob Garcia (born March 3, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 98 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing.
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March 3, 2005
Monroe, Georgia, U.S.
2024 All American 400 Winner
2023 North-South Challenge Winner
| Jake Garcia | |||||||
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Garcia at Martinsville Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Steven Jacob Garcia March 3, 2005 Monroe, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2021 Southern Super Series Champion 2024 All American 400 Winner 2023 North-South Challenge Winner | ||||||
| NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 2025 position | 103rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 103rd (2025) | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 79 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 98 (ThorSport Racing) | ||||||
| 2025 position | 10th | ||||||
| Best finish | 10th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 Toyota 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
| Last race | 2026 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 46th (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2021 Arizona Lottery 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of March 20, 2026. | |||||||
Racing career
Garcia made his midget racing debut in 2016, driving in the USAC Eastern Midget Series.[1] He raced in midget cars for three years, and made his first late model debut in 2018 for the Champion Racing Association. He would continue running late model races in 2019, where he won the track championship at Five Flags Speedway in pro late models.[2] In 2020, he ran full time in the Southern Super Series, and won Rookie of the Year honors. He would win the championship a year later, making him the youngest champion in the series at sixteen years old.[3] He would continue to have success in late model racing. He also competed in CARS Tour.
ARCA Menards Series West
On October 26, 2021, Garcia would sign with David Gilliland Racing and would drive in the final race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series West at Phoenix Raceway. He started 4th and finished 6th.[4]
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
2022
On March 16, 2022, McAnally–Hilgemann Racing announced that Garcia would drive five races for the team in the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, starting at Martinsville Speedway on April 7. The number would be 35, which is his late model number.[5]
However, qualifying was rained out, and since the No. 35 team didn't have any points, Garcia failed to make the race.
Garcia made his Truck debut at Gateway Motorsports Park on June 4, 2022. He ran around midpack until a collision with Tanner Gray put him multiple laps down. He finished 29th.
2023
On December 6, 2022, McAnally–Hilgemann Racing announced that Garcia would run full-time for the team in 2023, continuing to run the No. 35 truck. Because of age restrictions, Garcia missed the season-opener race at Daytona. NASCAR granted him a waiver that will still make him eligible for the playoffs.[6] In his first race of the season at Las Vegas, he scored his first career top-ten.[7] He scored seven top-tens throughout the regular season, but failed to make the playoffs. On October 16, it was announced that Garcia would not return to McAnally–Hilgemann Racing for the 2024 season and would be seeking new opportunities.[8] Garcia finished his rookie year thirteenth in the final standings.
2024
On November 15, 2023, it was announced that Garcia will move to ThorSport Racing for the 2024 season, driving the No. 13, replacing Hailie Deegan, who is moving up to the Xfinity Series full-time.[9] Garcia struggled throughout the season, only scoring two top-ten finishes, his best being a sixth place at Charlotte. Garcia finished the season seventeenth in the standings.
2025
Garcia started the 2025 season with a twelfth-place finish at Daytona. At Rockingham, Garcia would earn his first career pole. Garcia was able to qualify for the Playoffs, his first career appearance, but would be eliminated in the first round.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
On April 20, 2025, it was revealed that Garcia would attempt to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 29 Ford for RSS Racing.[10] Unfortunately, Garcia failed to qualify and he has not attempted since in that season.
Personal life
Garcia attended Athens Academy and graduated in the class of 2023.[11]
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. ** – All laps led.)
Xfinity Series
| NASCAR Xfinity 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2025 | RSS Racing | 29 | Ford | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL DNQ |
TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | 103rd | 01 | [12] |
Craftsman Truck Series
| NASCAR Craftsman 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | McAnally–Hilgemann Racing | 35 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | MAR DNQ |
BRD | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW 29 |
SON | KNX | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP 28 |
RCH 20 |
KAN | BRI 22 |
TAL | HOM | PHO 16 |
41st | 70 | [13] | ||
| 2023 | DAY | LVS 10 |
ATL 18 |
COA 19 |
TEX 5 |
BRD 6 |
MAR 13 |
KAN 8 |
DAR 26 |
NWS 23 |
CLT 15 |
GTW 10 |
NSH 10 |
MOH 16 |
POC 35 |
RCH 4 |
IRP 13 |
MLW 9 |
KAN 11 |
BRI 11 |
TAL 29 |
HOM 15 |
PHO 2 |
13th | 534 | [14] | |||||
| 2024 | ThorSport Racing | 13 | Ford | DAY 34 |
ATL 16 |
LVS 11 |
BRI 14 |
COA 14 |
MAR 21 |
TEX 19 |
KAN 17 |
DAR 20 |
NWS 21 |
CLT 6 |
GTW 24 |
NSH 10 |
POC 21 |
IRP 30 |
RCH 13 |
MLW 21 |
BRI 21 |
KAN 21 |
TAL 29 |
HOM 24 |
MAR 20 |
PHO 14 |
17th | 459 | [15] | ||
| 2025 | DAY 12 |
ATL 9 |
LVS 26 |
HOM 7 |
MAR 3 |
BRI 7 |
CAR 2 |
TEX 21 |
KAN 7 |
NWS 12 |
CLT 11 |
NSH 12 |
MCH 7 |
POC 28 |
LRP 24 |
IRP 15 |
GLN 15 |
RCH 7 |
DAR 10 |
BRI 33 |
NHA 16 |
ROV 23 |
TAL 29 |
MAR 18 |
PHO 6 |
10th | 2148 | [16] | |||
| 2026 | 98 | DAY 32 |
ATL 7 |
STP 18 |
DAR 23 |
CAR | BRI | TEX | GLN | DOV | CLT | NSH | MCH | COR | LRP | NWS | IRP | RCH | NHA | BRI | KAN | CLT | PHO | TAL | MAR | HOM | -* | -* | [17] | ||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Menards Series West
CARS Super Late Model Tour
(key)
CARS Pro Late Model Tour
(key)
ASA STARS National Tour
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| ASA STARS National Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ASNTC | Pts | Ref | |||||
| 2023 | Jake Racing | 35 | Toyota | FIF | MAD | NWS | HCY | MLW | AND | WIR | TOL | WIN 11 |
40th | 99 | [22] | ||||||||
| Chevy | NSV 19 |
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| 2024 | Marcus Barela | 35G | Ford | NSM | FIF | HCY | MAD | MLW | AND | OWO | TOL | WIN 15 |
NSV 1 |
27th | 109 | [23] | |||||||
| 2025 | 35 | NSM | FIF 2 |
DOM 3 |
HCY | NPS | MAD | SLG | AND | OWO | TOL | WIN 17 |
NSV DNS |
23rd | 180 | [24] | |||||||
| 2026 | NSM | FIF 4 |
DOM | HCY | TRI | SLG | MAD | NPS | OWO | TOL | WIN | NSV | -* | -* | [25] | ||||||||