Ryan Mathews (born July 1, 1978) is an Americanstock car racing driver fromLake Geneva, Wisconsin.^[1] He was a part-time driver of the No. 75Ray Hackett Racing Ford in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2009.^[2] His career also went through ASA, ARCA, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

His education background is in engineering fromKettering University inFlint, Michigan. During his time there he also served as a contributing member of Kappa Sigma chapter ofTheta Xi fraternity.

Mathews began racing in akart at the age fof fifteen. He moved to a mini-sprint car at Wilmot Speedway inWilmot, Wisconsin, and was the track rookie of the year and fourth overall.^[3] He finished second in mini-sprint points at Wilmot in 1996, and fourth overall in the Wisconsin Mini-sprint Association^[3] (which included races at theCalumet County Racing Association). He had five wins on the season, and recorded three wins at Wilmot in 1997.^[3] Late in 1997, he raced the one miledirt track atSpringfield, Illinois, in anARCA series event.

Mathews moved to theMid-American SuperTruck Series on asphalt in 1998.^[3] He had three top-five finishes as a rookie, and two features wins and a pole position in 1999 and 2000.^[3] He then moved to the Super Late Models atSlinger Super Speedway in 2001, and was the series Rookie of the Year.^[3]

In 2003, Mathews quit his job as anengineer atHarley Davidson to race full-time.^[3] He competed in theMidwest All-Star Racing Series (MARS), and he won his fiftieth race on a short track that season.^[3] He competed in theSlinger Nationals, and finished fifth against nationally known drivers.^[3] Another season highlight was finishing third atMadison International Speedway ahead ofKurt Busch andMatt Kenseth.^[3] He moved to theAmerican Speed Association National Series in 2004 as well as selected Super Late Model events.^[3] In 2005. he competed in six different Super Late Model series fromMinnesota toFlorida.^[3] He earned 34 top-tens, seventeen top-fives, and one win during the 2005 season. He also finished top-five in points in three major touring series that same year. In 2006, he competed in theARCA series with Eddie Sharp Racing where his best finish was second at Michigan Speedway.^[3]

Mathews started racing in the Craftsman Truck Series at the seventh race of 2007 forBill Davis Racing^[4] afterTyler Walker was suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and the team had lost its sponsor. He earned his firstpole position on July 13, 2007, atKentucky Speedway, and finished fourth in the race.^[4] His other top-ten finish in 2007 was a sixth-place finish atMemphis Motorsports Park.^[4] Mathews competed in one NASCAR event in 2008 for the newly formedCHS Motorsports. The one event was theChevy Silverado 350K atTexas Motor Speedway. He would start the race in 34th and finish 33rd. For the 2009 season, Mathews signed on to drive in select races forRay Hackett Racing in the No. 75Ford F-150, starting with theWinStar World Casino 400 atTexas Motor Speedway. He would also drive select races for CHS Motorsports.

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

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• Ryan Mathews driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1978 births
• American Speed Association drivers
• Living people
• NASCAR drivers
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• People from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
• Kettering University alumni
• Racing drivers from Wisconsin

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