Matt Kemp

Matt Kemp (born January 25, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver who currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 19 Chevrolet for Maples Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Track Racing.

Racing career From 2014 to 2015, Kemp would make select starts in the Midwest Indoor Racing Series Arena-Mini Cup Division and the Vores Compact Touring Series in the North Division before making a lone start in the Great Lakes Super Mini Cup Series.

In 2019, Kemp would run full-time in the Midwest Classic Racers Series, driving the No. 1a entry, where he would win one race at South Bend Motor Speedway and would finish in the top-ten in all the races on the schedule on his way to finish third in the points standings. He would go on to finish second in the points and win six races between 2020 and 2021. In 2022, Kemp would win seven races and would once again finish in the top-ten in every race, and would go on to win the championship over Troy Hoffman by over fifty points.

In 2023, Kemp would make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series at Berlin Raceway, driving the No. 12 Ford for Fast Track Racing, where he would start twelfth and finish thirteenth due to issue with the rear end of the car. He would then make another start at Iowa Speedway, where he would also make his ARCA Menards Series East debut, as it was a combination event with the main ARCA series. He would start fifteenth but finish nineteenth after 29 laps due to mechanical issues. He then made another start at Kansas Speedway, this time driving the No. 11, where he finished twentieth due to vibrations in the car.

In 2024, it was announced that Kemp would return to the East Series at Flat Rock Speedway, once again driving for Fast Track Racing. He had previously tested with the team at the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway, where he placed 47th in the overall results between the two testing days. He went on the finish in sixth place after starting in the same position. He also ran at Berlin Raceway in the main ARCA series, finishing in seventeenth due to mechanical issues, and the season ending race at Toledo Speedway for FTR, this time in the No. 01 Ford, where he finished in 21st after running only seven laps once again due to mechanical issues.

In 2025, Kemp made his superspeedway debut at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 12 Ford for FTR, where he finished in 35th due to suspension issues. He made several starts between the main ARCA series and East series throughout the remainder of the year, getting a best finish of fourth at the East Series race at Flat Rock Speedway, a race where he started on the front row in second.

In April 2026, it was announced that Kemp will drive a partial schedule for Maples Motorsports, beginning at Kansas Speedway.

Motorsports results

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 2023 Fast Track Racing 12 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF 45th 80 11 Toyota KAN BRI SLM TOL 2024 10 DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN 71st 50 01 Ford TOL 2025 12 DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT ISF MAD DSF BRI 16th 265 9 Toyota MCH SLM KAN TOL 10 Ford BLN 9 ELK LRP 01 Toyota DOV IRP IOW GLN 2026 Maples Motorsports 19 Chevy DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN -* -* Fast Track Racing 11 Ford TOL BER ELK Chevy MCH POC

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2023 Fast Track Racing 12 Ford FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 51st 25 2024 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 42nd 38 2025 10 Ford FIF CAR NSV FRS 34th 72 01 Toyota DOV IRP IOW BRI 2026 11 Ford HCY CAR NSV TOL IRP -* -* Maples Motorsports 91 Chevy FRS IOW BRI