Vicente Salas

Vicente Austin Salas (born August 20, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Alpha Prime Racing. He also competes in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and won the 2023 championship in the Contender Series.

Racing career

In 2018, Salas started his racing career by racing karts at local tracks in California. By the time he was fifteen, he had moved up to shifter karts and started competing at a national level. His career was temporarily halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, where he switched over to the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and saw some success with a dominating win in the 2021 race at Richmond Raceway, where he led every single lap of the race.

Salas began competing in late model racing in 2022 in the CARS Tour, which was his first time racing a real-life car. A fourth-place finish in his first race convinced team owner Justin Carroll to give him a full-time ride in the series for the 2023 season. On March 18, 2024, it was announced that he would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the race at Circuit of the Americas driving the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports.

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.)

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 2025 Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR24 TAL TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR37 GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 66th 14

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 2024 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA34 MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT 61st 15 McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 91 Chevy GTW25 NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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 Pts Ref 2025 AK Performance 16S N/A AAS WCS CDL OCS ACE NWS LGY DOM CRW HCYDNQ AND FLC SBO TCM NWS 108th 5

CARS Pro Late Model Tour (key) CARS Pro Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2022 N/A 24 Toyota CRW HCY4 GPS FCS TCM HCY ACE MMS TCM ACE SBO CRW 35th 29