Ryan Mathews (born July 1, 1978) is an American stock car racing driver from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He was a part-time driver of the No. 75 Ray Hackett Racing Ford in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2009.Biography at nascar.com, Retrieved September 7, 2007 His career also went through ASA, ARCA, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

Background Mathews' education background is in engineering from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. During his time there he also served as a contributing member of Kappa Sigma chapter of Theta Xi fraternity.

Mathews began racing in a kart at the age fof fifteen. He moved to a mini-sprint car at Wilmot Speedway in Wilmot, Wisconsin, and was the track rookie of the year and fourth overall. He finished second in mini-sprint points at Wilmot in 1996, and fourth overall in the Wisconsin Mini-sprint Association (which included races at the Calumet County Racing Association). He had five wins on the season, and recorded three wins at Wilmot in 1997. Late in 1997, he raced the one mile dirt track at Springfield, Illinois, in an ARCA series event.

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

In 2003, Mathews quit his job as an engineer at Harley Davidson to race full-time. He competed in the Midwest All-Star Racing Series (MARS), and he won his fiftieth race on a short track that season. He competed in the Slinger Nationals, and finished fifth against nationally known drivers. Another season highlight was finishing third at Madison International Speedway ahead of Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth. He moved to the American Speed Association National Series in 2004 as well as selected Super Late Model events. In 2005. he competed in six different Super Late Model series from Minnesota to Florida. 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 the ARCA series with Eddie Sharp Racing where his best finish was second at Michigan Speedway.

NASCAR career Mathews started racing in the Craftsman Truck Series at the seventh race of 2007 for Bill Davis Racing2007 NASCAR driving statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved September 7, 2007 after Tyler Walker was suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, and the team had lost its sponsor. He earned his first pole position on July 13, 2007, at Kentucky Speedway, and finished fourth in the race. His other top-ten finish in 2007 was a sixth-place finish at Memphis Motorsports Park. Mathews competed in one NASCAR event in 2008 for the newly formed CHS Motorsports. The one event was the Chevy Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway. He would start the race in 34th and finish 33rd. For the 2009 season, Mathews signed on to drive in select races for Ray Hackett Racing in the No. 75 Ford F-150, starting with the WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. He would also drive select races for CHS Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

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

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2007 Bill Davis Racing 36 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD18 DOV15 TEX21 MCH16 MLW14 MEM6 24th 1494 22 KEN4 IRP25 NSH16 BRI31 GTW18 NHA13 LVS TAL MAR Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge ATL16 TEX PHO HOM 2008 CHS Motorsports 41 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX33 PHO HOM 108th 64 2009 Ray Hackett Racing 75 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX25 MCH26 MLW MEM 67th 195 CHS Motorsports 41 Dodge KENDNQ IRP NSH29 BRI CHI35 IOW34 GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2013 Ray Hackett Racing 76 Ford BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL19 63rd 25

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 21 22 23 Pts Ref 1997 Bigelow Racing 12 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF 36 ATL NA - 2006 Eddie Sharp Racing 22 Dodge DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL 18 POC MCH 13 KAN 13 KEN 41 GTW 7 NSH 25 MCH 2 ISF MIL 5 TOL DSF CHI DNQ SLM 12 TAL IOW 28th 1630 Cunningham Motorsports 4 Dodge BLN 6 POC 2007 DAY USA 31 NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 162nd 75

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Ref 2018 Ryan Mathews 21 Ford MYB NSH ROU HCY BRI AND HCYDNQ ROU SBO16 44th 19

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