Vicente Salas
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August 20, 2002
Temecula, California, U.S.
| Vicente Salas | |||||||
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| Born | Vicente Austin Salas August 20, 2002 Temecula, California, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2025 position | 66th | ||||||
| Best finish | 66th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2025 North Carolina Education Lottery 250 (Rockingham) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025 Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2024 position | 61st | ||||||
| Best finish | 61st (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024 XPEL 225 (COTA) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Toyota 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of November 1, 2025. | |||||||
Vicente Austin Salas (born August 20, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Alpha Prime Racing. He also competes in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and won the 2023 championship in the Contender Series.[1][2]
In 2018, Salas started his racing career by racing karts at local tracks in California. By the time he was fifteen, he had moved up to shifter karts and started competing at a national level. His career was temporarily halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 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]