Landen River Lewis (born February 26, 2006) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes part-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. TBAChevrolet Silverado RST forNiece Motorsports. He has previously competed in theARCA Menards Series ladder.
Lewis started his career in go-karts at the age of four, and from 2010 to 2018, he picked up 150 wins, a Maxx Nationals win, four Maxx Jr Daddy championships, as well as four Maxx Daddy championships.[citation needed]
In 2018, Lewis started racing Dirt Modifieds, picking up six wins, eight poles, fifteen top-fives, and 26 top-tens, and the Most Popular Driver Award for the Mid-East Dirt Modified Series.[citation needed]
In 2019, Lewis joined Joe Ryan Cars in Legend Cars and won the Winter Nationals in only his second ever start. He would remain with the team to present day, picking up fifteen wins in 2020 along with a Dirt Nationals championship, picking up the Dirt Nationals, Asphalt Nationals, Winter Nationals, Road Course World Finals championships as well as the North Carolina State Championship in 2021, and in 2022 picking up the Road Course National Championship and the Summer Shootout, Road Course World Finals, and Winter Nationals titles for the Pro Division.[citation needed]
Lewis made hisARCA Menards Series debut in2021, running three races. He debuted in theAllen Crowe 100 at theIllinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack driving forRette Jones Racing in collaboration withRev Racing andAustin Theriault, finishing seventh.[1] In his second career start, in theSouthern Illinois 100 at theDuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Lewis won the pole. He dominated the race, leading all 104 laps en route to his first career victory.[2] He ran one more race, theSioux Chief PowerPEX 200 atSalem Speedway, finishing thirteenth.[3][4]
Lewis would make eight starts in theARCA Menards Series West in2022 across the No. 42 car forCook Racing Technologies, No. 17 car forMcGowan Motorsports, and the No. 16 car forMcAnally-Hilgemann Racing. He would pick up one win of the year in his first start of the season atKern County.
In2023, Lewis would make a full-time run at theARCA Menards Series West championship in the No. 17 forMcGowan Motorsports. He would start his season by finishing second in the first three races and then winning the next race atPortland fending offNASCAR Xfinity Series regularCole Custer.[5]
Lewis made hisARCA Menards Series West debut in2022 in theSalute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 atKern County Raceway Park driving the No. 42Chevrolet forCook Racing Technologies. Lewis took the lead late in the race and collected his first career ARCA Menards Series West victory in his first ever start.[6] He would run the race atSonoma Raceway forMcGowan Motorsports before replacingAustin Herzog in the No. 16 forBill McAnally Racing for the final six races of the year.[7]
Lewis made hisARCA Menards Series East debut in2023 in theGeneral Tire 125 atDover Motor Speedway driving the No. 17Toyota forMcGowan Motorsports. He would go on to finish second behind race winnerJake Finch.[8]
Lewis returned toCR7 Motorsports in 2024 to run thecombination race for the main ARCA Series and the East Series atBristol. He would finish second in the race. It would be his only ARCA start that year.
On June 24, 2023, Lewis posted on social media a picture of the No. 04Roper Racing truck with his name above the window net, indicating that he would make his debut in the series for the team at some point during the season.[9] He ran races for the team atMid-Ohio andIRP.
On October 31, 2024,Hattori Racing Enterprises announced that Lewis would drive their No. 16 truck in thefall race at Martinsville as a last-minute replacement forJohnny Sauter, who moved to theThorSport Racing No. 66 truck to replaceConner Jones who was suspended for the race after intentionally wreckingMatt Mills' truck inthe previous race atHomestead-Miami Speedway.[10]
On October 23, 2025, it was announced that Lewis will drive forNiece Motorsports part-time in the 2026 season.[11]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Roper Racing | 04 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | MOH 24 | POC | RCH | IRP 28 | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 58th | 22 | [12] | ||
| 2024 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 16 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | BRI | COA | MAR | TEX | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR 35 | PHO | 76th | 2 | [13] | ||
| 2026 | Niece Motorsports | TBA | Chevy | DAY | ATL | STP | DAR | CAR | BRI | TEX | GLN | DOV | CLT | NSH | MCH | COR | LRP | NWS | IRP | RCH | NHA | BRI | KAN | ROV | PHO | TAL | MAR | HOM | |||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 2021 | Rette Jones Racing withAustin Theriault | 2 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF 7 | MLW | DSF 1** | BRI | 32nd | 117 | [14] | ||
| Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Ford | SLM 13 | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 2 | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | 59th | 68 | [15] | |||
| CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | BRI 20 | SLM | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI 2 | KAN | TOL | 74th | 43 | [16] | |||
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | FIF | DOV 2 | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | 26th | 68 | [17] | |
| CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | BRI 20 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI 2 | 36th | 43 | [18] | |||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Cook Racing Technologies | 42 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR 1 | PIR | 8th | 398 | [19] | ||||||||
| McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | SON 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | IRW 5 | EVG 6 | PIR 9 | AAS 17 | LVS 3 | PHO 6 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | PHO 2 | IRW 2 | 11th | 409 | [20] | ||||||||||
| Chevy | KCR 2* | PIR 1 | SON 19 | IRW 9 | SHA 4 | EVG 4 | AAS | LVS | MAD | |||||||||
| CR7 Motorsports | 97 | Chevy | PHO 6 | |||||||||||||||
(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | CLMSCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 62 | Toyota | SNM | HCY 13 | AAS 8 | OCS | ACE 18 | TCM 29 | LGY 22 | DOM 8 | CRW | HCY | NWS | ACE 11 | WCS 1 | 17th | 196 | [21] | ||||
| 62L | FLC 14 | SBO 16 | TCM | NWS | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 29 | Chevy | AAS 11 | WCS 5 | CDL 4 | OCS 9 | ACE 1* | NWS 1** | LGY 19* | DOM 10 | CRW 13 | AND 1 | FLC 1* | SBO 4* | TCM 9 | NWS 7 | 1st | 546 | [22] | ||||
| 97 | HCY 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
