Ryan Reed

Ryan Austin Payton Reed (born August 12, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and driver coach. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet Silverado RST for McAnally–Hilgemann Racing. After Roush Fenway Racing closed down their Xfinity Series team after the 2018 season, Reed has mostly been without a ride in NASCAR since then, bouncing from teams like MBM Motorsports to GMS Racing. And while in that situation, Reed has worked since 2020 as the driver coach for Jack Wood.

Racing career Early career Reed began racing at the age of four, and in 2009 won the Legends Division championship at Irwindale Speedway. In 2010, he entered the Super Late Model Division, became the track's youngest Super Late Model winner, and won Rookie of the Year. At the age of seventeen, Reed moved from Bakersfield, California to Mooresville, North Carolina to focus on racing. In 2011, Reed ran in various series, including the Pro Allstars Series, Whelen All-American Series, and the K&N Pro Series East. During the year, Reed was expected to run a Late Model as a development driver with Kyle Busch Motorsports until his diagnosis with type 1 diabetes. In December 2011, Reed was announced as a part-time driver in the ARCA Racing Series for Venturini Motorsports. Reed ran 14 events in the team's No. 15, recording six top-tens and 14th-place points finish. In 2012, Reed made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the No. 5 for Wauters Motorsports, finishing seventeenth.

2013–2018: Roush Fenway Racing

In 2013, Reed joined Roush Fenway Racing in the Nationwide Series, driving No. 16 Ford Mustang, and running various races during the 2013 season with Eli Lilly and Company and the American Diabetes Association's Drive to Stop Diabetes campaign as a sponsor. Reed made his Nationwide debut in the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway, finishing sixteenth. Reed ran six races during the season, recording his first top-ten after finishing ninth in the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond. On October 11, 2013, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Reed would run the No. 16 in the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season full-time, with Lilly Diabetes and the ADA sponsoring full-time. The sponsorship has been reported to be worth $5 million annually.

On February 21, 2015, Reed won his first Xfinity Series race in the season-opening 2015 Alert Today Florida 300 at Daytona International Speedway, pushed by teammate Chris Buescher past leader Brad Keselowski on the final lap of the race. Reed ended the 2015 Xfinity season a distant tenth in points, the Daytona victory being his only top-ten of the year.

Reed ran the full Xfinity season in 2016. In early 2016, Reed attempted the Truck race at Daytona driving the No. 58 Ford F-150 for Lira Motorsports, but failed to qualify. In 2016, Reed finished with seven top-tens, increasing his total top-ten count from three to ten. Reed finished sixth in points.

On September 28, 2016, it was announced by RFR that Reed would attempt his Sprint Cup Series debut at Talladega in the Hellmann's 500, driving the No. 99 Ford Fusion. Reed became the first driver in NASCAR to manage his diabetes and race in the Sprint Cup Series. After starting 18th, he finished 26th.

Reed celebrates his Daytona Xfinity win in 2017, his second at the track. On February 25, 2017, Reed won the Xfinity Series' season-opening race, the PowerShares QQQ 300, at Daytona. In his second career Xfinity Series victory, Reed survived a race that eliminated multiple drivers in wrecks, with only ten cars of the field of forty having little to no damage. At the June Michigan race weekend, Reed substituted for Trevor Bayne in the No. 6 Cup car during practice as Bayne's wife, Ashton, was expecting their second child.

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that longtime sponsor Lilly Diabetes would be pulling out of the sport, with Roush eventually shutting down their entire Xfinity program at season's end due to lack of sponsorship.

2019–present

After starting the season without a ride, Reed joined DGR-Crosley's No. 17 team in the Truck Series for the 2019 spring race at Las Vegas, where he finished ninth. However, he did not end up attempting any more races with them or any other team in any NASCAR series for the rest of the year. However, he returned to compete in some late model races on occasion, returning to the Wauters Motorsports No. 5 team. In 2020, Reed was without a ride again. For the time being, he was announced to serve as a driver coach for Velocity Racing in the ARCA Menards Series West with their No. 78 team and driver Jack Wood, who is also from California like Reed. On May 3, 2021, it was announced that Reed would join GMS Racing to drive their No. 24 at Darlington, after that truck's normal driver, Raphaël Lessard, struggled to find sponsorship and as a result was taken out of the ride.

In 2023, it was revealed on the entry list for the Las Vegas Motor Speedway event in October that Reed would attempt to make his return to the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 66 Chevrolet for MBM Motorsports in collaboration with Alpha Prime Racing.

Personal life Reed's father, Mark Reed, is a former NASCAR driver Reed is the youngest of four children.

In February 2011, Reed was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, As a result, Reed became a diabetes advocate, and established the foundation Ryan's Mission. Reed installed a drink system in his car, while Roush engine tuner Craig Herrmann would inject Reed with insulin during pit stops.

Motorsports career results

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Points Position 2009 Langers Juice S-2 Sportsman Series Tim Huddleston 5 0 4 5 2 228 6th 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Mark Reed 3 0 0 0 0 258 41st 2012 ARCA Racing Series Venturini Motorsports 14 0 1 6 0 2720 14th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Wauters Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 27 61st 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Roush Fenway Racing 6 0 0 1 0 171 37th NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Mark Reed 1 0 0 0 0 10 74th 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Roush Fenway Racing 33 0 1 1 0 889 9th NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Bill McAnally Racing 1 0 0 1 0 37 50th 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33 1 1 1 0 902 10th ARCA Racing Series Lira Motorsports 3 2 3 3 0 690 34th 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33 0 1 7 0 2205 6th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Roush Fenway Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 55th ARCA Racing Series Lira Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 170 108th 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33 1 2 7 0 2161 8th 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33 0 2 10 0 2170 11th 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series DGR-Crosley 1 0 0 1 0 31 59th 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series CMI MotorsportsGMS Racing 3 0 0 0 0 34 56th 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series MBM Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 17 59th 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 1 0 0 1 0 30 48th

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 36 Pts Ref 2016 Roush Fenway Racing 99 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL26 MAR TEX PHO HOM 55th 01

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 2013 Roush Fenway Racing 16 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH16 TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI26 ATL RCH9 CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT14 TEX PHO15 HOM13 37th 171 2014 DAY18 PHO22 LVS15 BRI31 CAL17 TEX20 DAR13 RCH12 TAL24 IOW16 CLT14 DOV27 MCH11 ROA21 KEN17 DAY4 NHA11 CHI15 IND20 IOW15 GLN12 MOH12 BRI14 ATL18 RCH16 CHI24 KEN11 DOV24 KAN12 CLT15 TEX17 PHO19 HOM27 9th 889 2015 DAY1 ATL16 LVS15 PHO13 CAL11 TEX15 BRI21 RCH21 TAL32 IOW12 CLT12 DOV11 MCH19 CHI12 DAY13 KEN14 NHA13 IND20 IOW19 GLN30 MOH22 BRI25 ROA19 DAR23 RCH13 CHI11 KEN25 DOV14 CLT11 KAN17 TEX15 PHO23 HOM17 10th 902 2016 DAY16 ATL15 LVS13 PHO14 CAL14 TEX14 BRI21 RCH11 TAL31 DOV18 CLT19 POC33 MCH14 IOW11 DAY6 KEN29 NHA14 IND13 IOW10 GLN9 MOH11 BRI35 ROA5 DAR13 RCH11 CHI32 KEN7 DOV10 CLT15 KAN16 TEX12 PHO6 HOM16 6th 2205 2017 DAY1 ATL18 LVS9 PHO11 CAL15 TEX11 BRI38 RCH23 TAL29 CLT11 DOV5 POC14 MCH8 IOW19 DAY31 KEN36 NHA14 IND6 IOW21 GLN15 MOH33 BRI37 ROA35 DAR15 RCH12 CHI17 KEN10 DOV16 CLT12 KAN10 TEX23 PHO14 HOM20 8th 2161 2018 DAY3 ATL10 LVS19 PHO18 CAL17 TEX14 BRI18 RCH9 TAL22 DOV19 CLT29 POC13 MCH4 IOW17 CHI32 DAY26 KEN8 NHA12 IOW7 GLN8 MOH10 BRI17 ROA39 DAR13 IND11 LVS35 RCH10 ROV11 DOV16 KAN7 TEX29 PHO12 HOM12 11th 2170 2023 MBM Motorsports 66 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS20 HOM MAR PHO 59th 17

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 Pts Ref 2012 Wauters Motorsports 5 Ford DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS17 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 61st 27 2016 Lira Motorsports 58 Ford DAYDNQ ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 115th 01 2019 DGR-Crosley 17 Toyota DAY ATL LVS9 MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 59th 31 2021 CMI Motorsports 49 Chevy DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH29 56th 34 Toyota KAN40 GMS Racing 24 Chevy DAR12 COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 2024 McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 91 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL7 HOM MAR PHO 48th 30

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 2012 Venturini Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY12 SLM11 TAL13 WIN18 NJE 14th 2720 Toyota MOB12 TOL12 ELK13 POC9 IOW9 IRP6 Ford MCH12 CHI5 POC6 BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN10 2015 Lira Motorsports 58 Ford DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI1* WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM 34th 690 38 KEN1 KAN4 2016 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC12 MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 108th 170

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Ref 2011 Mark Reed 04 Toyota GRE SBO RCH IOW BGS JFC27 LGY NHA34 COL GRE16 NHA DOV 41st 258 2014 Bill McAnally Racing 99 Ford NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN7 VIR GRE DOV 50th 37

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 2013 Mark Reed 40 Chevy PHO S99 BIR IOW L44 SON34 CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO 74th 10