Ryan Reed
Reed atRoad America in 2018
Born	Ryan Austin Payton Reed (1993-08-12)August 12, 1993 (age 32) Bakersfield, California, U.S.
NASCARCup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2016 position	55th
Best finish	55th (2016)
First race	2016Hellmann's 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
172 races run over 7 years
2023 position	59th
Best finish	6th (2016)
First race	2013ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2023Alsco Uniforms 302 (Las Vegas)
First win	2015Alert Today Florida 300 (Daytona)
Last win	2017PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 27 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
6 races run over 4 years
2024 position	48th
Best finish	48th (2024)
First race	2012Smith's 350 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2024Love's RV Stop 225 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series career
18 races run over 3 years
Best finish	14th (2012)
First race	2012Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 (Daytona)
Last race	2016General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 (Pocono)
First win	2015Scott 150 (Chicagoland)
Last win	2015Crosley Brands 150 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 9 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish	41st (2011)
First race	2011 Slack Auto Parts 150 (Jefferson)
Last race	2014Bully Hill Vineyards 125 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	74th (2013)
First race	2013Carneros 200 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of November 8, 2024.

Ryan Austin Payton Reed (born August 12, 1993) is an American professionalstock car racing driver and driver coach. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 91Chevrolet Silverado RST forMcAnally–Hilgemann Racing. AfterRoush Fenway Racing closed down their Xfinity Series team after the2018 season, Reed has mostly been without a ride in NASCAR since then, bouncing from teams likeMBM Motorsports toGMS Racing. And while in that situation, Reed has worked since 2020 as the driver coach forJack Wood, who competes full-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 91.^[1]

Reed began racing at the age of four, and in 2009 won theLegends Division championship atIrwindale Speedway. In 2010, he entered theSuper Late Model Division, became the track's youngest Super Late Model winner, and won Rookie of the Year. At the age of seventeen, Reed moved fromBakersfield, California^[2][3] toMooresville, North Carolina to focus on racing. In 2011, Reed ran in various series, including the Pro Allstars Series,Whelen All-American Series, and theK&N Pro Series East. During the year, Reed was expected to run a Late Model as adevelopment driver withKyle Busch Motorsports until his diagnosis withtype 1 diabetes.^[4] In December 2011, Reed was announced as a part-time driver in theARCA Racing Series forVenturini Motorsports.^[5] Reed ran 14 events in the team's No. 15,^[6] recording six top tens and 14th-place points finish.^[7] In 2012, Reed made hisNASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in the No. 5 forWauters Motorsports,^[8] finishing seventeenth.^[9]

In 2013, Reed joinedRoush Fenway Racing in theNationwide Series, driving No. 16Ford Mustang, and running various races during the2013 season withEli Lilly and Company and theAmerican Diabetes Association's Drive to Stop Diabetes campaign as a sponsor. Reed made his Nationwide debut in theToyotaCare 250 atRichmond International Raceway,^[10] finishing sixteenth. Reed ran six races during the season,^[11] recording his first top-ten after finishing ninth in theVirginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond.^[12] On October 11, 2013, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Reed would run the No. 16 in the2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season full-time, with Lilly Diabetes and the ADA sponsoring full-time. The sponsorship has been reported to be worth $5 million annually.^[13][14]

On February 21, 2015, Reed won his first Xfinity Series race in the season-opening2015 Alert Today Florida 300 atDaytona International Speedway, pushed by teammateChris Buescher past leaderBrad Keselowski on the final lap of the race.^[14] On June 20, 2015, Reed won his first careerARCA Racing Series race in the Scott 150 atChicagoland Speedway driving forLira Motorsports. Reed led the final seventy laps of the one-hundred lap race, capturing the Valvoline Lap Leader award. It was the first ARCA Series win forLira Motorsports.^[15] Reed ended the 2015 Xfinity season a distant tenth in points, the Daytona victory being his only top-ten of the year.

Reed ran the full Xfinity season in 2016. In early 2016, Reed attempted the Truck race at Daytona driving the No. 58Ford F-150 forLira Motorsports, but failed to qualify.^[16] In 2016, Reed finished with seven top-tens, increasing his total top-ten count from three to ten. Reed finished sixth in points.

On September 28, 2016, it was announced by RFR that Reed would attempt hisSprint Cup Series debut at Talladega in theHellmann's 500, driving the No. 99Ford Fusion.^[17] Reed became the first driver in NASCAR to manage his diabetes and race in the Sprint Cup Series. After starting 18th, he finished 26th.^[18]

On February 25, 2017, Reed won the Xfinity Series' season-opening race, the PowerShares QQQ 300, at Daytona. In his second career Xfinity Series victory, Reed survived a race that eliminated multiple drivers in wrecks, with only ten cars of the field of forty having little to no damage.^[19] At the June Michigan race weekend, Reed substituted forTrevor Bayne in the No. 6 Cup car during practice as Bayne's wife, Ashton, was expecting their second child.^[20]

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that longtime sponsorLilly Diabetes would be pulling out of the sport,^[21] with Roush eventually shutting down their entire Xfinity program at season's end due to lack of sponsorship.^[22]

After starting the season without a ride, Reed joinedDGR-Crosley's No. 17 team in the Truck Series for the 2019 spring race atLas Vegas,^[23] where he finished ninth. However, he did not end up attempting any more races with them or any other team in any NASCAR series for the rest of the year. However, he returned to compete in some late model races on occasion, returning to theWauters Motorsports No. 5 team.^[24] In 2020, Reed was without a ride again. For the time being, he was announced to serve as a driver coach for Velocity Racing in theARCA Menards Series West with their No. 78 team and driverJack Wood, who is also from California like Reed.^[1] In 2021, Reed returned to the driver's seat for the first time in two years when he competed in the Truck Series race atRichmond in the No. 49 forCMI Motorsports. Team ownerRay Ciccarelli was originally going to drive the truck in the race, but after the team did qualify for it based on which other teams entered the race as part of the lack of qualifying due to COVID-19, Ciccarelli stepped aside in favor of Reed in an effort to get the team passedNorm Benning's No. 6 in the owner points, which would likely lock the No. 49 into future races they entered.^[25] On May 3, 2021, it was announced that Reed would joinGMS Racing to drive their No. 24 atDarlington, after that truck's normal driver,Raphaël Lessard, struggled to find sponsorship and as a result was taken out of the ride.^[26]

In 2023, it was revealed on the entry list for theLas Vegas Motor Speedway event in October that Reed would attempt to make his return to the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 66Chevrolet forMBM Motorsports in collaboration withAlpha Prime Racing.^[27]

Reed's father,Mark Reed, is a former NASCAR driver^[28] who has two K&N West wins and two Cup starts.^[29] Reed is the youngest of four children.

In February 2011, Reed was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes,^[30] and doctors stated he would be unable to race again.^[31] As a result, Reed became a diabetes advocate, and established the foundation Ryan's Mission.^[32] Reed installed a drink system in his car,^[30] along with ablood glucose monitor on the car's dashboard which displays data from a wireless device attached to Reed's stomach.^[28][14] During races, Reed would monitor his blood glucose levels,^[30] while Roush engine tuner Craig Herrmann would inject Reed withinsulin duringpit stops.^[4][14] Reed is one of three drivers in a national racing series with type 1 diabetes, along withIndyCar Series driversCharlie Kimball andConor Daly.^[33]

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