Landen Lewis

Landen River Lewis (born February 26, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Niece Motorsports. He has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series.

Racing career Early career Go-karts Lewis started his career in go-karts at the age of four, and from 2010 to 2018, he picked up 150 wins, a Maxx Nationals win, four Maxx Jr Daddy championships, as well as four Maxx Daddy championships.

Dirt Modifieds In 2018, Lewis started racing Dirt Modifieds, picking up six wins, eight poles, fifteen top-fives, and 26 top-tens, and the Most Popular Driver Award for the Mid-East Dirt Modified Series.

Legend cars In 2019, Lewis joined Joe Ryan Cars in Legend Cars and won the Winter Nationals in only his second ever start. He would remain with the team to present day, picking up fifteen wins in 2020 along with a Dirt Nationals championship, picking up the Dirt Nationals, Asphalt Nationals, Winter Nationals, Road Course World Finals championships as well as the North Carolina State Championship in 2021, and in 2022 picking up the Road Course National Championship and the Summer Shootout, Road Course World Finals, and Winter Nationals titles for the Pro Division.

ARCA Menards Series 2021 Lewis made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2021, running three races. He debuted in the Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack driving for Rette Jones Racing in collaboration with Rev Racing and Austin Theriault, finishing seventh. In his second career start, in the Southern Illinois 100 at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Lewis won the pole. He dominated the race, leading all 104 laps en route to his first career victory. He ran one more race, the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 at Salem Speedway, finishing thirteenth.

Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma in 2022. Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at All American Speedway in 2022. 2022 Lewis would make eight starts in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2022 across the No. 42 car for Cook Racing Technologies, No. 17 car for McGowan Motorsports, and the No. 16 car for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. He would pick up one win of the year in his first start of the season at Kern County.

2023 Lewis in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma in 2023. In 2023, Lewis would make a full-time run at the ARCA Menards Series West championship in the No. 17 for McGowan Motorsports. He would start his season by finishing second in the first three races and then winning the next race at Portland fending off NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Cole Custer.

ARCA Menards Series West Lewis made his ARCA Menards Series West debut in 2022 in the Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 at Kern County Raceway Park driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Cook Racing Technologies. Lewis took the lead late in the race and collected his first career ARCA Menards Series West victory in his first ever start. He would run the race at Sonoma Raceway for McGowan Motorsports before replacing Austin Herzog in the No. 16 for Bill McAnally Racing for the final six races of the year.

ARCA Menards Series East Lewis made his ARCA Menards Series East debut in 2023 in the General Tire 125 at Dover Motor Speedway driving the No. 17 Toyota for McGowan Motorsports. He would go on to finish second behind race winner Jake Finch.

Lewis returned to CR7 Motorsports in 2024 to run the combination race for the main ARCA Series and the East Series at Bristol. He would finish second in the race. It would be his only ARCA start that year.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series On June 24, 2023, Lewis posted on social media a picture of the No. 04 Roper Racing truck with his name above the window net, indicating that he would make his debut in the series for the team at some point during the season. He ran races for the team at Mid-Ohio and IRP.

On October 31, 2024, Hattori Racing Enterprises announced that Lewis would drive their No. 16 truck in the fall race at Martinsville as a last-minute replacement for Johnny Sauter, who moved to the ThorSport Racing No. 66 truck to replace Conner Jones who was suspended for the race after intentionally wrecking Matt Mills' truck in the previous race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

On October 23, 2025, it was announced that Lewis will drive for Niece Motorsports part-time in the 2026 season.

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.)

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 2023 Roper Racing 04 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH24 POC RCH IRP28 MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 58th 22 2024 Hattori Racing Enterprises 16 Toyota DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR35 PHO 76th 2 2026 Niece Motorsports 45 Chevy DAY ATL STP6 DAR CAR14 BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR4 LRP2 NWS5 IRP35 RCH14 NHA32 BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All 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 2021 Rette Jones Racingwith Austin Theriault 2 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF7 MLW DSF1** BRI 32nd 117 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford SLM13 KAN 2023 McGowan Motorsports 17 Toyota DAY PHO2 TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN 59th 68 CR7 Motorsports 97 Chevy BRI20 SLM TOL 2024 DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI2 KAN TOL 74th 43

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2023 McGowan Motorsports 17 Toyota FIF DOV2 NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW 26th 68 CR7 Motorsports 97 Chevy BRI20 2024 FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI2 36th 43

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 Pts Ref 2022 Cook Racing Technologies 42 Toyota PHO IRW KCR1 PIR 8th 398 McGowan Motorsports 17 Chevy SON14 Bill McAnally Racing 16 IRW5 EVG6 PIR9 AAS17 LVS3 PHO6 2023 McGowan Motorsports 17 Toyota PHO2 IRW2 11th 409 Chevy KCR2* PIR1 SON19 IRW9 SHA4 EVG4 AAS LVS MAD CR7 Motorsports 97 Chevy PHO6

CARS Late Model Stock Car 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.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Ref 2024 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 62 Toyota SNM HCY13 AAS8 OCS ACE18 TCM29 LGY22 DOM8 CRW HCY NWS ACE11 WCS1 17th 196 62L FLC14 SBO16 TCM NWS 2025 29 Chevy AAS11 WCS5 CDL4 OCS9 ACE1* NWS1** LGY19* DOM10 CRW13 AND1 FLC1* SBO4* TCM9 NWS7 1st 546 97 HCY20 2026 29 SNM WCS4 NSV5 CRW1 ACE4 LGY2 DOM22 NWS31 HCY3 AND FLC TCM NPS SBO -* -*