Jake Garcia

Steven Jacoby 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.

Racing career Garcia made his midget racing debut in 2016, driving in the USAC Eastern Midget Series. 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. 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. 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.

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.

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. In his first race of the season at Las Vegas, he scored his first career top-ten. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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 Pts Ref 2025 RSS Racing 29 Ford DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TALDNQ TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 103rd 01

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 Pts Ref 2022 McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 35 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA MARDNQ BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW29 SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP28 RCH20 KAN BRI22 TAL HOM PHO16 41st 70 2023 DAY LVS10 ATL18 COA19 TEX5 BRD6 MAR13 KAN8 DAR26 NWS23 CLT15 GTW10 NSH10 MOH16 POC35 RCH4 IRP13 MLW9 KAN11 BRI11 TAL29 HOM15 PHO2 13th 534 2024 ThorSport Racing 13 Ford DAY34 ATL16 LVS11 BRI14 COA14 MAR21 TEX19 KAN17 DAR20 NWS21 CLT6 GTW24 NSH10 POC21 IRP30 RCH13 MLW21 BRI21 KAN21 TAL29 HOM24 MAR20 PHO14 17th 459 2025 DAY12 ATL9 LVS26 HOM7 MAR3 BRI7 CAR2 TEX21 KAN7 NWS12 CLT11 NSH12 MCH7 POC28 LRP24 IRP15 GLN15 RCH7 DAR10 BRI33 NHA16 ROV23 TAL29 MAR18 PHO6 10th 2148 2026 98 DAY32 ATL7 STP18 DAR23 CAR9 BRI6 TEX29 GLN11 DOV9 CLT13 NSH32 MCH9 COR32 LRP22 NWS13 IRP21 RCH6 NHA14 BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Ref 2021 David Gilliland Racing 45 Ford PHO SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO6 46th 39

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2020 Jake Garcia 35 Ford SNM HCY9 JEN3 HCY 7th 140 35G FCS4 BRI5* FLC NSH6 2021 HCY GPS15 MMS2 TCM4 SBO 12th 60 35 NSH4 JEN HCY

CARS Pro Late Model Tour (key) CARS Pro Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2022 N/A 35G Chevy CRW HCY GPS FCS TCM HCY ACE MMS TCM1 ACE SBO CRW 30th 34

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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2023 Jake Racing 35 Toyota FIF MAD NWS HCY MLW AND WIR TOL WIN11 40th 99 Chevy NSV19 2024 Marcus Barela 35G Ford NSM FIF HCY MAD MLW AND OWO TOL WIN15 NSV1 27th 109 2025 35 NSM FIF2 DOM3 HCY NPS MAD SLG AND OWO TOL WIN17 NSVDNS 23rd 180 2026 NSM FIF4 HCY SLG MAD NPS OWO TRI TOL WIN NSV NSM -* -*