Ryan Vargas
American racing driver (born 2000)
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Ryan John Vargas (born September 23, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver who currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 91 for Maples Motorsports. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, the ARCA Menards Series West, the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, and the NASCAR Canada Series.
September 23, 2000
La Mirada, California, U.S.
2023 Comcast Community Champion
| Ryan Vargas | |||||||
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Vargas in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Ryan John Vargas September 23, 2000 La Mirada, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Awards | 2016, 2017 Wendell Scott Trailblazer Award Winner 2023 Comcast Community Champion | ||||||
| NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 69 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| 2022 position | 26th | ||||||
| Best finish | 26th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Dude Wipes 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 7 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2023 position | 32nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 32nd (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 Fr8Auctions 208 (Atlanta) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023 Love's RV Stop 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Canada Series career | |||||||
| 9 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2025 position | 8th | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2025 Clarington 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025 NTN 125 (Delaware) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 6 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 91 (Maples Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 42nd (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2025 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2026 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 6th (2018) | ||||||
| First race | 2018 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Crosley 125 (Dover) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 91 (Maples Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 81st (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2025 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2026 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of March 5, 2026. | |||||||
Racing career
Early career
2012–2014
Vargas started racing in 2012, running Bandolero cars at Irwindale Speedway.[1]
2015
Vargas later moved up to Super Stock and super late model racing in 2015.[1]
2019
After competing full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2018, Vargas returned to Irwindale Speedway for a full season of Super Late Model racing in 2019 for friend Alec Martinez out West while also running Late Model Stock Car races in the East for Lee Faulk Racing.[2]
K&N Pro Series East
2018
In 2018, Vargas signed with Rev Racing for a full season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. After starting the season with finishes outside of the top ten, he finished ninth at Langley.[3] The following round at South Boston Speedway, he crashed out after being collected in a wreck with Anthony Alfredo and Dillon Bassett on lap 22.[4] Vargas ended the season sixth in points with six top-tens.[3] He did not return to Rev Racing in 2019.[5]
Xfinity Series
2019
In July 2019, Vargas made his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Iowa Speedway for JD Motorsports.[6]
2020
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Vargas returned to the series and JD Motorsports in June 2020 on a multi-race deal.[7] Six more races were added to Vargas' schedule in September when he picked up a six-race sponsorship from the popular social networking service TikTok.[8]
2021
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In 2021, Vargas moved to a full-time schedule with JDM in the No. 6.[9] Ahead of the Dover race in May, Vargas switched cars with JDM teammate Landon Cassill and moved to the No. 4; the swap was spurred as the No. 6 was 37th in owner points, which would have placed it too low to qualify for later races.[10] He was replaced by Spencer Pumpelly for the following week's race at Circuit of the Americas, but returned the following week.[11]
2022
For 2022, Vargas was initially retained for a second full-time schedule with JDM in the No. 6.[12] However, when the Portland entry list was revealed, it was shown that Vargas would instead be in the No. 47 for Mike Harmon Racing. During the second Daytona race, he finished sixth, which was his second top-ten finish. Although he would miss six rounds, he scored a position better than last year.
2023
In the 2023 Xfinity Series, after Vargas failed to qualify for the first three races with MHR, he decided to make the switch to the Craftsman Truck Series.[13] He participated in seven races and got one top-ten finish. He also raced in the Whelen Euro Series in just four races, where he finished in the top-ten twice.
2024
In 2024, Vargas made the decision to race the full season in the Whelen Euro Series, driving for 3F Racing.[14] He had five top-ten finishes and a highest position of fifth, finishing tenth in the standings.
Canada Series
2025
On March 25, 2025, it was announced that Vargas would make his debut in the NASCAR Canada Series in 2025 and would run full-time in the series in the No. 28 car for DJK Racing, but due to lack of funding, he was unable to race the full season.[15] Even though Vargas missed two races, he finished eighth in the standings, getting seven top-ten finishes and one podium.
ARCA Menards Series
In 2025, Vargas ran four ARCA Menards Series races, driving the No. 67 for Maples Motorsports, where he earned two tenth-place finishes at Kansas Speedway and Salem Speedway.
On January 6, 2026, it was announced that Vargas will return to Maples as the anchor driver for the No. 91, while also serving as the teams operations manager.[16] He also participated with the team in the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway,[17][18] where he set the 23rd quickest time between the two sessions held.[19][20][21] At Daytona, he drove the No. 91 Ford and earned an eighth-place finish, his best finish in ARCA competition.
Personal life
Vargas was born with craniosynostosis.[22] He attended La Mirada High School.[1]
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.)
Xfinity Series
Craftsman Truck Series
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
K&N Pro Series East
Canada Series
Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | |||
| 2023 | 3F Racing | 30 | Chevy | ESP | ESP | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | GER 10 |
GER 10 |
BEL 15 |
BEL 11 |
22nd | 150 | ||||
| 2024 | ESP 11 |
ESP 12 |
ITA 12 |
ITA 23 |
GBR 15 |
GBR 10 |
NLD 5 |
CZE 12 |
CZE 10 |
GER 6 |
GER 16 |
10th | 423 | ||||||||
| Race Planet Team Bleekemolen | 11 | Ford | BEL 10 |
BEL 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Marko Stipp Motorsport | 48 | Chevy | ESP | ESP | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | GER | GER | BEL 13 |
BEL 11 |
26th | 100 | ||||
Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR 2
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Maples Motorsports | 67 | Chevy | DAY | PHO 32 |
TAL | DSF 18 |
BRI | SLM 10 |
KAN | TOL | 42nd | 106 | [31] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ford | KAN 10 |
CLT | MCH | BLN | ELK | LRP | DOV | IRP | IOW | GLN | ISF | MAD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 91 | DAY 8 |
PHO 17 |
KAN | TAL | GLN | TOL | MCH | POC | BER | ELK | CHI | LRP | IRP | IOW | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | BRI | KAN | -* | -* | [32] | ||||||||||||||||||||
