Todd Souza

Todd Souza (born December 13, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 13 Ford for his own team, Central Coast Racing. He has also previously driven in what is now the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, making two starts in 2007, and part-time in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East.

Racing career

Souza attempted to make his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series (now the Xfinity Series) in 2005 at the series' inaugural race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez road course in Mexico City. Fielding his own No. 97 Chevrolet, Souza failed to qualify. He returned later that year at the other road course on the schedule, Watkins Glen, and did not qualify again. After not entering any races in 2006, Souza returned to the Busch Series in 2007, again at Mexico City, but now using the No. 13, his West Series car number. Unlike two years earlier, he made the field this time. After finishing a solid 23rd in his debut, he attempted one other race that year, Phoenix in November, where he successfully qualified for the race but crashed out and finished 40th. That race is his last start in the series to date.

Souza has competed in NASCAR's West Series since 2006. He has one career win in the series, coming at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah in 2008. He completed his first full-time season in 2017 before scaling back to part-time for the 2018 season.

Souza's 2019 season was highlighted by two top-three finishes: a third-place run at Colorado National Speedway (his first podium in two years) and a runner-up finish at Meridian Speedway. He also made headlines at Gateway after on-track contact with Hailie Deegan, calling her "spoiled and rotten" and deeming her move "disrespectful."

Souza's crew chief is Michael Muñoz, who has worked with him since the late 2000s.

On April 14, 2022, Souza stated in an interview for the ARCA website that he might only run part-time in the West Series in 2023 in a new second car for his own team with someone else replacing him in his No. 13 car full-time. Although Souza did return for another full season in 2023, which he confirmed would be his final season as a driver, he and his team did debut a second part-time car, the No. 3, at Shasta with him driving that car and Tyler Reif driving his No. 13 car in that race.

On January 3, 2024, it was announced that Reif will run full-time in the No. 13 car in 2024, with Souza returning to the series part-time in the No. 3 car. He would end up running full-time in the No. 3, with the exception of the race at All American Speedway, where Kyle Keller drove the No. 3 instead.

In 2025, Souza would return to the No. 3 car at Tucson Speedway, where he led the most laps of any driver in the race.

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.)

Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 2005 Central Coast Racing 97 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 2007 Central Coast Racing 13 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 117th 137

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 Pts Ref 2005 Central Coast Racing 13 Chevy STA HOL ERI NHA WFD ADI STA DUB OXF NHA DOV LRP TMP 54th 115 2006 GRE STA HOL TMP ERI NHA ADI WFD NHA DOV LRP 51st 115 2010 Central Coast Racing 13 Chevy GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE GRE NHA DOV N/A 0 2015 Central Coast Racing 13 Toyota NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV 56th 24

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 Central Coast Racing 13 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 81st 36 2022 DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 88th 32 2023 DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 57th 70 2024 3 Toyota DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 97th 25

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 13 14 Pts Ref 2006 Central Coast Racing 13 Chevy PHO PHODNQ S99 IRW SON6 DCS IRW12 EVG S99 CAL17 CTS AMP 26th 414 2007 CTS PHO7 AMP ELK IOW CNS SON14 DCS IRW MMP15 EVG CSR18 AMP 25th 499 2008 AAS PHO CTS IOW CNS SON35 IRW DCS EVG MMP1 IRW AMP25 AAS4 23rd 491 2009 CTS AAS PHO12 MAD IOW DCS SON6 IRW PIR8 MMP7 CNS IOW AAS 21st 570 2010 AAS10 IOWDNQ DCS7 SON6 IRW28 PIR13 MRP10 CNS8 MMP12 AAS21 9th 1496 Toyota PHO8 PHO14 2011 PHO16 AAS MMP IOW LVS 32nd 472 Chevy SON10 IRW EVG PIR23 CNS MRP SPO AAS PHO13 2014 Central Coast Racing 13 Chevy PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON11 SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP12 AAS PHO 37th 65 2015 Toyota KCR IRW25 TUS16 IOW SHA PHO17 26th 84 Ford SON34 SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS 2016 Toyota IRW24 KCR TUS OSS CNS SON16 SLS IOW EVG DCS MMP11 MMP5 MER AAS 22nd 120 2017 TUS22 KCR10 IRW11 IRW10 SPO12 OSS3 CNS10 SON8 EVG8 DCS8 MER4 AAS11 KCR13 6th 468 3 IOW18 2018 13 KCR22 TUS10 TUS14 OSS8 CNS12 SON19 DCSWth IOW EVG12 GTW LVS18 MER AAS KCR9 10th 272 2019 LVS5 IRW11 TUS8 TUS16 CNS3 SON27 DCS7 IOW16 EVG6 GTW10 MER2 AAS5 KCR5 PHO9 6th 486 2020 LVS8 MMP6 MMP6 IRW7 EVG7 DCS11 CNS8 LVS5 AAS2 KCR7 PHO17 6th 550 2021 Ford PHO SON PHO 7th 410 Toyota IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS 2022 Ford PHO IRW KCR IRW EVG AAS LVS PHO 4th 563 Toyota PIR SON PIR 2023 Ford PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW 6th 553 3 SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO 2024 Toyota PHO KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO 9th 440 2025 KER PHO TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO 9th 229 2026 13 Ford KER PHO TUC SHA CNS TRI SON PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO KER -* -*

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