Vicente Austin Salas (born August 20, 2002) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 45Chevrolet SS forAlpha Prime Racing. He also competes in theeNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and won the 2023 championship in the Contender Series.^[1][2]

In 2018, Salas started his racing career by racing karts at local tracks in California. By the time he was 15, he had moved up to shifter karts and started competing at a national level. His career was temporarily halted by the COVID-19 lockdown, where he switched over to theeNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, and saw some success with a dominating win in the 2021 race atRichmond Raceway, where he led every single lap of the race.^[3]

Salas began competing inlate model racing in 2022 in theCARS Tour, which was his first time racing a real-life car. A fourth-place finish in his first race convinced team ownerJustin Carroll to give him a full-time ride in the series for the 2023 season.^[4] On March 18, 2024, it was announced that he would make hisNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut inthe race atCircuit of the Americas driving the No. 20 truck forYoung's Motorsports.^[1] He started 31st, but his day ended early with his truck having transmission issues and he finished 34th. Salas made his second Truck Series start atWorld Wide Technology Raceway driving the No. 91 forMcAnally-Hilgemann Racing.^[5]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

• Vicente Salas driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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• Sportspeople from Temecula, California
• 21st-century American sportsmen

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