Ryan Vargas

Ryan Vargas
Vargas in 2024
BornRyan John Vargas
(2000-09-23) September 23, 2000
La Mirada, California, U.S.
Awards2016, 2017 Wendell Scott Trailblazer Award Winner
2023 Comcast Community Champion
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
69 races run over 5 years
2022 position26th
Best finish26th (2022)
First race2019 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race2024 Dude Wipes 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 1 year
2023 position32nd
Best finish32nd (2023)
First race2023 Fr8Auctions 208 (Atlanta)
Last race2023 Love's RV Stop 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Canada Series career
9 races run over 1 year
2025 position8th
Best finish8th (2025)
First race2025 Clarington 200 (Mosport)
Last race2025 NTN 125 (Delaware)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
ARCA Menards Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Best finish42nd (2025)
First race2025 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2025 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 (Salem)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
14 races run over 1 year
Best finish6th (2018)
First race2018 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna)
Last race2018 Crosley 125 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish81st (2025)
First race2025 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of November 2, 2025.

Ryan John Vargas (born September 23, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 28 Dodge Challenger for DJK Racing as well as part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 67 Chevrolet/Ford for Maples Motorsports. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, and the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.

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

He 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

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-10 finish. Although he would miss six rounds, he scored a position better than last year.

2023

In the 2023 Xfinity series Vargas failed to Qualify twice he decided to make the switch to the Craftsman Truck Series.[13] He participated in 7 races and got 1 top 10. He also raced in the Whelen Euro Series in just 4 races he finished in the top 10 twice.

2024

In 2024 Vargas made the decision to race the full season in the Whelen Euro Series.[14] He had 5 top 10 finished and a highest position of 5th, finishing 10th 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 2 races he finished 7th in the standings getting 7 top 10 Finishes and 1 podium.

Personal life

Vargas was born with craniosynostosis.[16] 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

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
2019 JD Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW
17 		GLN MOH BRI 48th 50 [17]
4 ROA
18 		DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO
26 		HOM
2020 15 DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC
13 		IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN
25 		ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY 38th 114 [18]
6 DAR
25 		RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL
30 		ROV
17 		KAN
34 		TEX
8 		MAR
34 		PHO
33
2021 DAY
18 		DRC
37 		HOM
24 		LVS
23 		PHO
30 		ATL
31 		MAR
40 		TAL
30 		DAR
27 		NSH
18 		POC
39 		ROA ATL
14 		NHA
29 		GLN IRC MCH
21 		DAY
27 		DAR
25 		RCH
35 		BRI
37 		LVS
19 		TAL
33 		ROV
36 		TEX
22 		KAN
22 		MAR
32 		PHO
28 		27th 301 [19]
4 DOV
26 		COA CLT
16 		MOH
18 		TEX
24
2022 6 DAY
18 		CAL
35 		LVS
32 		PHO
29 		ATL
12 		COA
30 		RCH
36 		MAR
25 		TAL
20 		DOV
26 		DAR
21 		TEX
38 		CLT
26 		NSH
19 		ATL
21 		NHA
19 		POC
25 		IRC MCH
29 		GLN DAY
6 		DAR
27 		KAN
33 		BRI TEX TAL
30 		ROV
24 		LVS
28 		HOM MAR
29 		PHO 26th 303 [20]
Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy PIR
23 		ROA
DNQ
2023 CHK Racing 74 DAY
DNQ 		CAL
DNQ 		LVS
DNQ 		PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A 01 [21]
2024 Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO
37 		COA RCH
38 		68th 13 [22]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy MAR
DNQ 		TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN
29 		TAL ROV LVS
34 		HOM MAR PHO

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 NCTC Pts Ref
2023 On Point Motorsports 30 Toyota DAY LVS ATL
14 		COA TEX
8 		BRD MAR KAN DAR
27 		NWS CLT
26 		GTW NSH MOH
23 		POC RCH
30 		IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL
17 		HOM PHO 32nd 114 [23]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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
2018 Rev Racing 2 Toyota NSM
12 		BRI
13 		LGY
9 		SBO
16 		SBO
11 		MEM
7 		NJM
6 		TMP
10 		NHA
11 		IOW
7 		GLN
18 		GTW
13 		NHA
14 		DOV
7 		6th 462 [3]

Canada Series

NASCAR Canada Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2025 DJK Racing 28 Dodge MSP
12 		RIS
3 		EDM
6 		SAS
5 		CMP
22 		ACD
7 		CTR
27 		ICAR MSP DEL
8 		DEL
4 		AMS 8th 303 [24]

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
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

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR 2 results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWES Pts
2024 3F Racing 30 Chevy ESP ESP ITA ITA GBR GBR NLD
3 		CZE CZE GER GER BEL BEL 30th 34

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
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 [25]
Ford KAN
10 		CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AMSWC Pts Ref
2025 Maples Motorsports 67 Chevy KER PHO
32 		TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO 81st 12 [26]

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