Ryan Vargas
American racing driver (born 2000)
Ryan John Vargas (born September 23, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver who currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 34/91 Chevrolet/Ford for Maples Motorsports. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, and the NASCAR Canada Series.
01Racing career
Early career
2012-2014
Vargas started racing in 2012, running Bandolero cars at Irwindale Speedway.
2015
Vargas later moved up to Super Stock and super late model racing in 2015.
2019
In 2019, Vargas returned to Irwindale Speedway for a full season of Super Late Model racing in 2019 for friend Alec Martinez out West while also running Late Model Stock Car races in the East for Lee Faulk Racing.
Xfinity Series
2019
In July 2019, Vargas made his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Iowa Speedway for JD Motorsports.
2020
Vargas returned to the series and JD Motorsports in June 2020 on a multi-race deal. Six more races were added to Vargas' schedule in September when he picked up a six-race sponsorship from the popular social networking service TikTok.
2021
In 2021, Vargas moved to a full-time schedule with JDM in the No. 6. Ahead of the Dover race in May, Vargas switched cars with JDM teammate Landon Cassill and moved to the No. 4; the swap was spurred as the No. 6 was 37th in owner points, which would have placed it too low to qualify for later races. He was replaced by Spencer Pumpelly for the following week's race at Circuit of the Americas, but returned the following week.
2022
For 2022, Vargas was initially retained for a second full-time schedule with JDM in the No. 6. However, when the Portland entry list was revealed, it was shown that Vargas would instead be in the No. 47 for Mike Harmon Racing. During the second Daytona race, he finished sixth, which was his second top-ten finish. Although he would miss six rounds, he scored a position better than last year.
2023
In the 2023 Xfinity Series, after Vargas failed to qualify for the first three races with MHR, he decided to make the switch to the Craftsman Truck Series. He participated in seven races and got one top-ten finish. He also raced in the Whelen Euro Series in just four races, where he finished in the top-ten twice.
2024
In 2024, Vargas made the decision to race the full season in the Whelen Euro Series, driving for 3F Racing. He had five top-ten finishes and a highest position of fifth, finishing tenth in the standings.
Canada Series
2025
On March 25, 2025, it was announced that Vargas would make his debut in the NASCAR Canada Series in 2025 and would run full-time in the series in the No. 28 car for DJK Racing, but due to lack of funding, he was unable to race the full season. Even though Vargas missed two races, he finished eighth in the standings, getting seven top-ten finishes and one podium.
ARCA Menards Series
In 2025, Vargas ran four ARCA Menards Series races, driving the No. 67 for Maples Motorsports, where he earned two tenth-place finishes at Kansas Speedway and Salem Speedway.
On January 6, 2026, it was announced that Vargas will return to Maples as the anchor driver for the No. 91, while also serving as the teams operations manager. He also participated with the team in the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway, where he set the 23rd quickest time between the two sessions held. At Daytona, he drove the No. 91 Ford and earned an eighth-place finish, his best finish in ARCA competition.
ARCA Menards Series East
2018
In 2018, Vargas signed with Rev Racing for a full season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. After starting the season with finishes outside of the top ten, he finished ninth at Langley. The following round at South Boston Speedway, he crashed out after being collected in a wreck with Anthony Alfredo and Dillon Bassett on lap 22. Vargas ended the season sixth in points with six top-tens. He did not return to Rev Racing in 2019.
2026
Vargas returned to the East Series in 2026 at the ARCA / ARCA East combination race at Toledo. He drove the No. 91 Ford and earned a ninth-place finish. He also competed at the ARCA / ARCA East combination race at Iowa.
ARCA Menards Series West
2025
Vargas made his West Series debut in 2025 at the ARCA / ARCA West combination race at Phoenix. He drove the No. 67 Ford and earned a 32nd place DNF.
2026
Vargas returned to the West Series in 2026 at the ARCA / ARCA West combination race at Phoenix. He drove the No. 91 Ford and earned a 17th-place finish. During the FloRacing broadcast of the 2026 Sunbelt Rentals 150, it was announced that he would compete at the race in Portland in the No. 77 Toyota for Performance P-1 Motorsports, his first standalone event.
02Personal life
Vargas was born with craniosynostosis. He attended La Mirada High School.
In media
In 2026, Vargas joined the FloRacing crew as a guest analyst at the 2026 Sunbelt Rentals 150 with Charles Krall alongside Quinn Davis after her race.
03Motorsports 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
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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | On Point Motorsports | 30 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | ATL 14 |
COA | TEX 8 |
BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR 27 |
NWS | CLT 26 |
GTW | NSH | MOH 23 |
POC | RCH 30 |
IRP | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL 17 |
HOM | PHO | 32nd | 114 | |
Canada Series
| NASCAR Canada Series results | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2025 | DJK Racing | 28 | Dodge | MSP 12 |
RIS 3 |
EDM 6 |
SAS 5 |
CMP 22 |
ACD 7 |
CTR 27 |
ICAR | MSP | DEL 8 |
DEL 4 |
AMS | 8th | 303 | |
Whelen Euro Series, EuroNASCAR PRO
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, EuroNASCAR PRO results | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | |||
| 2023 | 3F Racing | 30 | Chevy | ESP | ESP | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | GER 10 |
GER 10 |
BEL 15 |
BEL 11 |
22nd | 150 | ||||
| 2024 | ESP 11 |
ESP 12 |
ITA 12 |
ITA 23 |
GBR 15 |
GBR 10 |
NLD 5 |
CZE 12 |
CZE 10 |
GER 6 |
GER 16 |
10th | 423 | ||||||||
| Race Planet Team Bleekemolen | 11 | Ford | BEL 10 |
BEL 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Marko Stipp Motorsport | 48 | Chevy | ESP | ESP | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | GER | GER | BEL 13 |
BEL 11 |
26th | 100 | ||||
Whelen Euro Series, EuroNASCAR 2
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, EuroNASCAR 2 results | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | |||
| 2024 | 3F Racing | 30 | Chevy | ESP | ESP | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | NLD 3 |
CZE | CZE | GER | GER | BEL | BEL | 30th | 34 | |||
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold , Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics , Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * , Most 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Maples Motorsports | 67 | Chevy | DAY | PHO 32 |
TAL | DSF 18 |
BRI | SLM 10 |
KAN | TOL | 42nd | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ford | KAN 10 |
CLT | MCH | BLN | ELK | LRP | DOV | IRP | IOW | GLN | ISF | MAD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 91 | DAY 8 |
PHO 17 |
KAN 11 |
TAL 8 |
MCH 12 |
POC 10 |
BER | ELK | CHI | LRP | IRP Wth† |
IOW 9 |
ISF | MAD | -* | -* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Chevy | GLN 14 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 91 | TOL 9 |
DSF 10 |
SLM | BRI | KAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †, Practiced but replaced by Michael Maples | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARCA Menards Series East
| ARCA Menards Series East results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Rev Racing | 2 | Toyota | NSM 12 |
BRI 13 |
LGY 9 |
SBO 16 |
SBO 11 |
MEM 7 |
NJM 6 |
TMP 10 |
NHA 11 |
IOW 7 |
GLN 18 |
GTW 13 |
NHA 14 |
DOV 7 |
6th | 462 | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | Maples Motorsports | 91 | Chevy | HCY | CAR | NSV | TOL 9 |
-* | -* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ford | IRP Wth† |
FRS | IOW 9 |
BRI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †, Practiced but replaced by Michael Maples | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2025 | Maples Motorsports | 67 | Chevy | KER | PHO 32 |
TUC | CNS | KER | SON | TRI | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO | 81st | 12 | ||||
| 2026 | 91 | Ford | KER | PHO 17 |
TUC | SHA | CNS | TRI | SON | -* | -* | ||||||||||
| Performance P-1 Motorsports | 77 | Toyota | PIR 22 |
AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO | KER | |||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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