Cayden Lapcevich

Cayden Lapcevich (born 3 November 1999) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who last served as the crew chief for the No. 19 Chevrolet for Jake Bollman and Bill McAnally Racing in the ARCA Menards Series West.

Lapcevich is a former competitor in the NASCAR Canada Series, having competed from 2015 to 2017 and again in 2024. During his career, Lapcevich won the 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series championship with three wins and was the "youngest champion ever in Canadian professional auto racing". During the 2016 season, Lapevich was named the Jostens Rookie of the Year. After winning three additional races in his final full time Pinty's season, Lapcevich was awarded the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Rising Star Award in 2017. Outside of competing, Lapcevich was a crew chief for Andrew Ranger in 2022.

Early life and education On 3 November 1999, Lapcevich was born in Grimsby, Ontario. For his post-secondary education, Lapcevich went to the University of Northwestern Ohio to complete a program in racecar construction. In Lapcevich's first Pinty's Series season, he competed in six races and had one top five finish in 2015. Before the start of the 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series season, Lapcevich was selected as a member of the NASCAR Next developmental program. After winning three additional races during the 2017 Pinty's Series, Lapcevich ended his NASCAR career in 2018 when his sponsor went bankrupt. He appeared in limited races such as the 2018 Canadian Short Track Nationals while attending college.

Lapcevich then raced at select events in the United States. He won the late model portion of the 2019 Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway. He took second to Ty Majeski at the 2020 Dixieland 250 ARCA Midwest Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway in August ahead of drivers such as Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter, and Derek Kraus. In 2022, Lapecvich became a crew chief for Andrew Ranger.

In 2024, Lapcevich replaced an injured Toni Breidinger during the race in the ARCA Menards Series race at Watkins Glen, however, as Breidinger started the race, she is credited with the seventeenth-place finish. Lapcevich also returned to the now NASCAR Canada Series for the first time since 2017, running two races in the No. 32 Chevrolet.

Personal life Cayden's younger brother Treyten is the 2023 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion and made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2025. Cayden's father Jeff was also a driver in the CASCAR Super Series, CASCAR East, CASCAR West and NASCAR Pinty's Series. Jeff also raced in the Grand-Am Road Racing Series.

Awards and honours In 2017, Lapcevich was given the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Rising Star Award.

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.)

Canada Series NASCAR Canada Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2015 Lapcevich Racing 34 Dodge MSP17 MSP9 14th 197 76 ACD18 SSS3 ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR15 RIS KWA6 2016 MSP4 SSS2 ACD2 ICAR8 TOR8 EIR3 SAS1* CTR6 RIS1 MSP3 ASE1 KWA2 1st 505 2017 MSP4 DEL12 ACD1* ICAR16 TOR7 SAS3 SAS1 EIR3 CTR7 RIS9 MSP11 ASE3 HAM1 3rd 509 2024 Ryden Lapcevich 32 Chevy MSP ACD AVE RIS RIS OSK SAS EIR CTR ICAR MSP DEL AMS 39th 69

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 Pts Ref 2024 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL N/A 0 † – Relieved for Toni Breidinger

SMART Modified Tour SMART Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2023 N/A 76 N/A FLO CRW SBO HCY FCS CRW ACE CAR PUL TRI SBO ROU 42nd 36 2025 Marty Edwards 39 N/A FLO AND SBO ROU HCY FCS CRW CPS CAR CRW DOM FCS TRI NWS 25th 93 2026 Cayden Lapcevich 13 N/A FLO AND SBO DOM HCY WKS FCR CRW PUL CAR CRW ROU TRI NWS -* -*