Ryan Hackett

Ryan Orion Hackett (born July 30, 1982) is an American stock car racing driver.

Racing career Hackett started racing go-karts as a child at Stateline Speedway in King George, Virginia and by age 15 had won his first track championship. In 1998 at 16, he started racing dirt late model cars at Virginia Motor Speedway and Potomac Speedway. In most races, he was the youngest competitor in the field, racing against 30- to 40-year-old men. He won his first dirt late model race in 1999 at the age of 17.

ARCA Re/Max Series Hackett continued to race NASCAR late models and, in 2005, he competed in his first race in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, racing in the Hantz Group 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Hackett would start the race in 29th position and finish 12th, earning the race's "Hard Charger Award." He would race in another five ARCA events in the next three years, finishing 12th in the 2006 Pocono 200 at Pocono Raceway, 16th in the 2006 Hantz Group 200 at Michigan, and 14th at the 2008 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 at Salem Speedway.

NASCAR

2008 season In 2008 Hackett raced in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race, the Lipton Tea 250, at Richmond International Raceway. He would start 43rd and finish the race 35th. Later in the season, he ran his first Craftsman Truck Series race, the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He qualified 26th, but his day was cut short due to engine troubles and he finished 34th.

2009 season For his father's team, Hackett would race in seven Camping World Truck Series while also attempting two NASCAR Nationwide Series events. Hackett scored his first top twenty of his NASCAR career with an 18th-place finish in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May. The following race at Dover, he scored his best qualifying position of 21st. Hackett would lead the first laps of his NASCAR career in the Michigan 200 at Michigan International Speedway and ran in the top ten before an accident cut his day short. For his efforts, Hackett was awarded the "WIX Lap Leader Award" for the race. Hackett made his superspeedway debut in the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega. He made an impressive run in practice, finishing with the fourth quickest overall time/speed. However, his race was ended prematurely as he had axle problems end his day after only half of the race was complete.

2010 season In mid January 2010, Hackett announced that his team would attempt the season opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at the historic Daytona International Speedway. This would mark Hackett's first ever visit to the famed track in any series. Hackett also announced that Sears Sand & Gravel of Gloucester, Virginia would serve as primary sponsor of the truck at Daytona. He would qualify for the race in the 27th spot and finish the race with a career best 15th-place result. Hackett would race in the following weeks E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway where he would start the race 27th and finish in 30th after a broken crossmember.

2011 season Hackett would attempt just one race in the 2011 Camping World Truck Series season in the Coca-Cola 250 at Talladega. Hackett would start the race in 30th position and would finish on the lead lap in 22nd place.

2012 season In 2012, Hackett would once again make his only Truck Series appearance of the season at Talladega in the Fred's 250. He would once again start in 30th position and finish again on the lead lap, however this time improving his finish position to 17th. Hackett would also run a near full schedule at Potomac Speedway finishing fourth in points in the Super Late Model Division and second in points, with two wins in the Late Model Division despite only running a partial schedule.

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.)

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 34 35 Pts Ref 2008 Ray Hackett Racing 76 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH35 DAR CLT DOV NSHDNQ KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRIDNQ CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 133rd 58 2009 DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSHDNQ PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM NA - 2010 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRIDNQ CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM NA -

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World 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 2008 Ray Hackett Racing 76 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM31 111th 61 2009 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN28 CLT18 DOV29 TEX27 MCH22 MLW MEM KEN33 IRP NSH BRI CHIDNQ IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL31 TEX PHO HOM 41st 398 2010 DAY15 ATL30 MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTYDNQ IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 76th 191 2011 DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL22 MAR TEX HOM 65th 22 2012 DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL17 MAR TEX PHO HOM 62nd 27

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max 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 Pts Ref 2005 Ray Hackett Racing 6 Ford DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH12 ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 116th 170 2006 33 DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC12 MCH KAN KEN BLN MCH16 ISF MIL TOL DSF CHIDNQ SLM TAL IOW 77th 400 12 POC35 GTW NSH 2007 33 DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POCDNQ MCH BLN KENDNQ POC 141st 120 83 NSH32 ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 2008 39 DAY SLM14 IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 109th 160