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Sam Corry

American racing driver (born 2007)

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Sam Corry (born November 14, 2007) is an American racing driver. He currently competes part-time in both the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. He has previously driven in the USF2000 Championship.

01Career

USF Juniors

On December 30, 2021, it was announced that Corry would make his open-wheel racing debut in the 2022 USF Juniors driving for Velocity Racing Development. He would immediately be competitive finishing third in the opening two race of the season at Ozarks International Raceway. Corry would get his maiden win in the first race at the Mid-Ohio round after overtaking championship leader Mac Clark following a restart with six laps to go. The following round at Road America would see him get pole position for races two and three. In race one, Corry started third behind Alessandro de Tullio and Mac Clark respectively. Clark would have mechanical issues on lap one which meant that de Tullio assume the lead. However, Corry would overtake de Tullio to lead the race on lap two. He would battle for the lead in the remaining laps of the race with de Tullio, Nikita Johnson, and Andre Castro. Corry would win the race by just 0.030 seconds ahead of de Tullio. In race two, Corry would start on pole, but would get overtaken for the lead by Nikita Johnson five laps into the race and ultimately finish second. Corry would once again finish second in race three after starting on pole, this time to Alessandro de Tullio.

At the final round held at Circuit of the Americas, Corry would be on pole for race one. He would get overtaken by Nikita Johnson following the first corner and would later spin. Corry was third on the last lap battling Bryson Morris who was behind. Morris would edge out Corry in a photo finish by just 0.04 seconds which relegated Corry to fourth. In race two, Corry was in second with a few laps remaining and would once again be battling Morris who was leading. Corry would overtake Morris on lap 12 of 15 and pull away to take his third win of the season. In race three, Corry was battling for the lead with Nikita Johnson and Ryan Shehan. Corry and Shehan would overtake Johnson with Corry gaining the lead. Johnson overtook Shehan for second and then retook the lead from Corry the following lap. Johnson would pull away until a late race safety car came out closing the gap back up. Corry would not be able to overtake Johnson and finished second.

Corry finished second in the championship behind Mac Clark with three wins, three poles, two fastest laps, and eleven podiums.

USF2000

2023

On October 11, 2022, it was announced that Corry would move up to compete in the 2023 USF2000 Championship sticking with Velocity Racing Development. At the third round of the season held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Corry qualified 12th for race one. Following two cautions for major incidents, the race resumed with five laps to go. Leaders Nikita Johnson, Lochie Hughes, and Simon Sikes all would run wide at turn one on multiple occasions. Mac Clark would assume the lead with Sikes in second with two laps to go. On the final lap, Clark ran wide at the turn one causing him and Sikes to miss the corner and go onto the grass. This allowed Corry to take the lead and hold on to take his maiden win in the series. Corry would get two more podiums at Mid-Ohio and the final race of the season at Portland to finish seventh in the championship.

2024

For 2024, Corry would return to the championship but would switch to Pabst Racing.

ARCA Menards Series

In 2025, it was revealed that Corry would make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, driving the No. 70 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. He started in ninth after qualifying was cancelled due to weather, and finished in 13th. He later ran for Nitro the following race at Iowa Speedway, where he finished in the top-ten in seventh, and at the Illinois State Fairgrounds for Venturini Motorsports, where he in 13th due to being involved in a crash late in the race.

On December 12, 2025, it was announced that Corry would run another partial schedule for Nitro in both the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West in 2026, beginning at the main series race at Watkins Glen International. He won the West Series race at Sonoma after starting on pole and leading every lap. He started second at Portland.

02Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 YACademy Winter Series Velocity Racing Development 6 0 1 0 2 50 4th
USF Juniors 16 3 3 2 11 369 2nd
2023 USF2000 Championship Velocity Racing Development 18 1 0 0 3 222 7th
2024 USF2000 Championship Pabst Racing 18 3 0 2 7 355 2nd
2025 ARCA Menards Series Nitro Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 99 46th
Venturini Motorsports
ARCA Menards Series East Nitro Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 68 36th
Trans-Am Series - TA2
2026 ARCA Menards Series Nitro Motorsports
ARCA Menards Series West
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS Medusa Motorsports
Trans-Am Series - TA2

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

USF Juniors

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2022 Velocity Racing Development OIR
1

3
OIR
2

3
OIR
3

C
ALA
1

2
ALA
2

4
VIR
1

3*
VIR
2

12
VIR
3

3
MOH
1

1
MOH
2

4
MOH
3

5
ROA
1

1*
ROA
2

2
ROA
3

2*
COA
1

4
COA
2

1
COA
3

2
2nd 369

† Race was cancelled due to inclement weather.

USF2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2023 Velocity Racing Development STP
1

5
STP
2

11
SEB
1

8
SEB
2

19
IMS
1

1
IMS
2

5
IMS
3

16
IRP
12
ROA
1

19
ROA
2

20
MOH
1

7
MOH
2

3
MOH
3

5
TOR
1

9
TOR
2

6
POR
1

16
POR
2

17
POR
3

3
7th 222
2024 Pabst Racing STP
1

3
STP
2

2
NOL
1

4
NOL
2

1*
NOL
3

7
IMS
1

5
IMS
2

9
IRP
11
ROA
1

1*
ROA
2

4
MOH
1

4
MOH
2

8
MOH
3

3
TOR
1

1*
TOR
2

3
POR
1

7
POR
2

6
POR
3

7
2nd 355

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 AMSC Pts Ref
2025 Nitro Motorsports 70 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP
13
IOW
7
GLN 46th 99
Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota ISF
13
MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL
2026 Nitro Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN
5
TOL MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN -* -*

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2025 Nitro Motorsports 70 Toyota FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP
13
IOW
7
BRI 36th 68

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
2026 Nitro Motorsports 25 Toyota KER PHO TUC SHA CNS TRI
11
SON
1**
PIR
15*
AAS MAD LVS PHO KER -* -*
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