Lavar Stephon Scott (born September 6, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Camaro SS and Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Alpha Prime Racing. He has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series. He is also a former member of NASCAR's Driver Development Program.
Racing career Early career Scott started racing at age five in quarter midget racing cars at Airport Speedway in New Castle, Delaware (near his hometown of Carneys Point Township) alongside his older brother. After that, he would start competing in dirt racing events. At Penns Grove High School, he competed in wrestling.
In 2021 and 2022, Scott drove for Rev Racing in legends car racing and late model racing at tracks such as Hickory Motor Speedway. He won his first late model race in 2021 at Hickory. He competed in two FB Bhon Mikel's Truck Series races in Mexico in 2021 (alongside his Rev Racing/Drive for Diversity teammate Regina Sirvent) and won one of those races.
ARCA
On January 13, 2023, it was announced that Scott would drive full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the main ARCA Menards Series (as a result of the East Series having four combination races with the main Series) in 2023, driving the No. 6 car for Rev Racing. He would also compete in one non-combination main ARCA race in the season-opener at Daytona, replacing Andrés Pérez de Lara in Rev's No. 2 car due to Pérez de Lara, the full-time driver of that car, still being seventeen and therefore ineligible to run the race. In December 2023, it was revealed Scott would compete full-time in the main ARCA Menards Series for Rev Racing in the No. 6 Chevrolet in 2024. During the 2024 season, Scott would have eleven top-fives and fifteen top-tens, finishing second in the point standings. Running full-time again with Rev Racing in the No. 6 Chevrolet in 2025, Scott would finish second in the point standings again with eleven top-fives and sixteen top-tens.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series In July 2025, it was announced that Scott would attempt to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut, driving in two events for Alpha Prime Racing.
On December 8, 2025, it was announced that Scott will drive full-time in the No. 45 for Alpha Prime Racing for the 2026 season.
Personal life Scott is from Carney's Point, New Jersey. His mother was a drag racing driver and obtained a license to drive in the NHRA, and his grandfather also raced cars. His older brother raced in quarter midget racing events at nearby Airport Speedway in New Castle, Delaware at a young age. He has been inspired by fellow African-American NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace who started his career racing on dirt tracks and for Rev Racing/in the Drive for Diversity program like Scott, and Steve Park, who competed in local short track races in the Northeastern United States early in his career like Scott. In addition, Scott is close friends with fellow NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth. The two of them, both African-Americans, were part of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program for Rev Racing together.
Scott graduated from SCVTS in 2021 and was on the Penns Grove High School wrestling and outdoor track teams according to NJ.com.
Scott is not related to NASCAR driver Wendell Scott.
Motorsports career results
Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsTop 5Top 10PointsPosition2023ARCA Menards Series WestRev Racing10002757thARCA Menards Series East80574013rdARCA Menards Series604522420th2024ARCA Menards Series WestRev Racing20016630thARCA Menards Series East50452488thARCA Menards Series20011159152nd2025ARCA Menards Series WestRev Racing10113945thARCA Menards Series East50232299thARCA Menards Series20011169282ndNASCAR Xfinity SeriesAlpha Prime Racing20002754th2026NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts SeriesAlpha Prime RacingTBDTBD
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2025 Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TAL TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV28 IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW19 BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 54th 27 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR BRI LVS -* -* Ford GTW CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM
Season still in progress Ineligible for series points
ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 Pts Ref 2023 Rev Racing 2 Chevy DAY4 PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH 20th 224 6 IOW4 POC MCH IRP5 GLN ISF MLW8 DSF KAN4 BRI17 SLM TOL 2024 DAY15 PHO10 TAL31 DOV4 KAN13 CLT5 IOW9 MOH14 BLN2 IRP4 SLM3 ELK2 MCH15 ISF5 MLW3 DSF6 GLN9 BRI3 KAN3 TOL5 2nd 915 2025 DAY4 PHO5 TAL6 KAN5 CLT3 MCH5 BLN5 ELK7 LRP7 DOV11 IRP5 IOW5 GLN10 ISF2 MAD2 DSF6 BRI11 SLM4 KAN25 TOL22 2nd 928
ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2023 Rev Racing 6 Chevy FIF5 DOV5 NSV6 FRS2 IOW4 IRP5 MLW8 BRI17 3rd 401 2024 FIF DOV4 NSV FRS IOW9 IRP4 MLW3 BRI3 8th 248 2025 FIF CAR9 NSV FRS DOV11 IRP5 IOW5 BRI11 9th 229
ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2023 Rev Racing 6 Chevy PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO17 57th 27 2024 PHO10 KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO12 30th 66 2025 KER PHO5 TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO 45th 39
References
External links
Official profile at Alpha Prime Racing