Ryan Preece

Ryan Preece
Ryan Preece
	Preece at Road America in 2016
Born	October 25, 1990 (age 33); Kensington, Connecticut
Achievements	2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
	5 races run over 1 year
2015 position	44th
Best finish	44th (2015)
First race	2015 Sylvania 300 (Loudon)
Last race	2015 Ford EcoBoost (Homestead)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	36 races run over 3 years
Car no., team	No. 01 (JD Motorsports)
2016 position	17th
Best finish	17th (2016)
First race	2013 CNBC Prime's "The Profit" 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2024 BetRivers 200 (Dover)
	Statistics current as of November 19, 2016.

Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990^[1]) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 01 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports. In 2013, he won the Whelen Modified Tour championship after being runner-up in 2009 and 2012.

Racing career

Preece began racing in 2007 and became 32nd in the championship in the NorthEastern Midget Series with the T Bernard team. A year later he finished on the podium for the first time in his career with a third place^[2] at Monadnock in his only NorthEastern Midget race that year. That same year he got his first career victory in the Whelen Modified Tour after dominating the Made In America Whelen 300 at Martinsville. In 2009 and 2012 he was runner-up in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, but he became champion in 2013 with four wins in fourteen races. In 2015, he drove for TS Haulers Racing, owned by Ed Partridge.^[3]

He made his debut in the Nationwide Series in 2013 and finished 24th in the CNBC Prime's "The Profit" 200 at Loudon driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro for Tommy Baldwin Racing. In 2014, he drove two races driving the No. 36 Camaro for TBR at Loudon and Homestead), with a best finish of 14th.

On August 8, 2015, Preece announced he would make his Sprint Cup Series debut for TBR at Loudon.^[4] Preece drove the No. 98 Chevy out of the TBR shop in partnership with Premium Motorsports. After starting 37th, he finished 32nd in the Sylvania 300. Preece returned to the Cup Series for the final four races of the season with Premium. TBR did not assist his races at Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix, though they returned to help field the No. 98 at Homestead out of their shop.^[5] Preece joined JD Motorsports full-time in 2016, driving the No. 01 Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series.^[6]

Personal life

On August 10, 2016, Preece announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend.

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.)

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	NSCC	Pts
2015	Premium Motorsports	98	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA 32	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL		TEX 36		HOM 38	44th	35
2015	Premium Motorsports	98	Ford																																	MAR 42		PHO 37		44th	35

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	NXSC	Pts
2013	Tommy Baldwin Racing	8	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA 24	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM	72nd	20
2014	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA 14	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM 28	53rd	46
2016	JD Motorsports	01	Chevy	DAY 40	ATL 22	LVS 18	PHO 21	CAL 25	TEX 28	BRI 19	RCH 23	TAL 15	DOV 39	CLT 22	POC 17	MCH 19	IOW 32	DAY 34	KEN 15	NHA 19	IND 25	IOW 34	GLN 27	MOH 17	BRI 15	ROA 11	DAR 10	RCH 26	CHI 17	KEN 30	DOV 18	CLT 23	KAN 32	TEX 22	PHO 22	HOM 21	17th	597

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts
2008	Maxie Bush	28	Ford	GRE	IOW DNQ	SBO	GLN	NHA	THO	FAI	ADI	LIM	MFD	NHA	DOV	STA		NC	0
2015	Douglas Fuller	41	Chevy	NSM	GRE	BRI	IOW	BGS	LGY	COL	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOT	VIR	RCH 14	DOV	51st	30

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	NWMTC	Pts
2007	Jeff Preece	40	Chevy	THO DNQ	STA DNQ	WTO 27	STA 11	THO 31	NHA 18	TSA 14	RIV 10	STA 30	THO 10	MAN 17	MAR 18	NHA 14	THO 29	STA 31	THO 7		19th	1573
2008	Jan Boehler	3		THO 19	STA 29	STA 7	THO 10	NHA 8	SPE 25	RIV 5	STA 18*	THO 24	MAN 3	THO 27	NHA 3	MAR 1*	CHE 18	STA 28	THO 14		10th	1948
2009				THO 4	STA 3	STA 10	NHA 24	SPE 5	RIV 1*	STA 1	BRI 3	THO 10	NHA 3	MAR 3	STA 3	THO 2					2nd	2004
2010				THO 2	STA 23	STA 4	MAR 16*	NHA 3	LIM 4	MON 23	RIV 2	STA 16	THO 22	BRI 8	NHA 20	STA 6	THO 2				6th	1933
2011	John Lukosavage	11	Ford	THO 4	STA 17	STA 24	MON	THO													22nd	1310
	Jeff Preece	40	Chevy						NHA 26			NHA 7	BRI	DEL	THO 3	LIM	NHA 14	STA 2
	Barbara Park	20	Chevy							RIV 4	STA
	Eric Sanderson	16	Ford																THO 26
2012				THO 16*	STA 2*	MON 1*	STA 11	WAT 3	NHA 12	STA 6	THO 17	BRI 3	THO 3*	RIV 1*	NHA 10	STA 5	THO 2*				2nd	545
2013				THO 3	STA 4	STA 1	WAT 1	RIV 1*	NHA 3	MON 5	STA 16	THO 13	BRI 4	RIV 1	NHA 12	STA 17	THO 3				1st	549
2014				THO 9	STA 24	STA 9	WAT 6	RIV 4	NHA 5	MON 2*	STA 9	THO 4	BRI 11	NHA 12	STA 1*	THO 1*					2nd	489
2015	Ed Partridge	6	Chevy	THO 5	STA 3*	WAT 1*	STA 1*	THO 7	RIV 8	NHA 6*	MON 10	STA 1*	THO 6	BRI 1	RIV 8	NHA 19	STA 2*	THO 7			2nd	602
2016	Constance Partridge	6	Chevy	THO 2*	STA	WAT	STA	THO	RIV	NHA	MON	STA	THO	BRI	RIV	OSW	SEE	NHA	STA	THO	2nd*	44*

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NSWMTC	Pts
2007	Jeff Preece	40	Chevy	CRW 5	FAI	GRE	CRW	CRW	BGS	MAR	ACE	CRW	SNM	CRW	CRW			38th	155
2012	Jodie Preece	41	Chevy	CRW	CRW	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS 11		LGY	THO	CRW	CLT 2				27th	75
2012	Ed Sanderson	16	Ford							BRI 3¹								27th	75
2013	Jodie Preece	41	Chevy	CRW	SNM 2*	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS 1*		LGY	CRW	CRW	SNM	CLT 15*			20th	123
2013	Ed Sanderson	16	Ford							BRI 4¹								20th	123
2014	Jodie Preece	41	Chevy	CRW	SNM	SBO	LGY 5	CRW	BGS		LGY 9*	CRW	SBO	SNM	CRW	CRW		22nd	102
	Eric Sanderson	16	Ford							BRI 11¹
	Mike Curb	98	Chevy														CLT 20
2015	Ed Partridge	6		CRW 14	CRW 3				BGS 2	BRI 1¹	LGY	SBO						13th	206
2015	Mike Curb	98				SBO 1*	LGY	CRW					CLT 2					13th	206
2016	Constance Partridge	6		CRW	CON 12*	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS	BRI	ECA	SBO	CRW	CLT				18th*	34*

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

^ "Ryan Preece".
^ "2008 NEMA Boxscore".
^ Cunningham, Jason (October 20, 2014). "Preece Changing Tour Rides". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
^ "Preece to pair with Tommy Baldwin Racing for Cup debut". Motorsport.com. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
^ Courchesne, Shawn (October 3, 2015). "Ryan Preece To Make Second Sprint Cup Series Start In Series Finale At Homestead". Raceday CT. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
^ DeGroot, Nick (January 26, 2016). "JD Motorsports announces 2016 driver lineup". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.

External links

Official website
Ryan Preece on Twitter
Ryan Preece career summary at DriverDB.com
Ryan Preece driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Doug Coby	NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion 2013	Succeeded by Doug Coby

[1] "Ryan Preece".

[2] "2008 NEMA Boxscore".

[3] Cunningham, Jason (October 20, 2014). "Preece Changing Tour Rides". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

[4] "Preece to pair with Tommy Baldwin Racing for Cup debut". Motorsport.com. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

[5] Courchesne, Shawn (October 3, 2015). "Ryan Preece To Make Second Sprint Cup Series Start In Series Finale At Homestead". Raceday CT. Retrieved October 8, 2015.

[6] DeGroot, Nick (January 26, 2016). "JD Motorsports announces 2016 driver lineup". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.

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