Max Reaves (born January 6, 2010) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Racing career Reaves has previously competed in series such as the Carolina Pro Late Model Series, where he won the championship in 2024, the CARS Pro Late Model Tour, the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, and the INEX Summer Shootout.
In 2024, Reaves joined Joe Gibbs Racing as a development driver.
On January 2, 2025, it was revealed that Reaves would run a partial schedule in both the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. He became the first driver born in the 2010s to compete in an ARCA race.
ARCA Menards Series East On March 22, 2025, Reaves became the first driver born in the 2010s to win an ARCA race, winning on his East Series debut at Five Flags Speedway after starting from pole position. After missing the race at Rockingham, he won the next two races at Nashville Fairgrounds and at Flat Rock, becoming only the second driver since Will Rodgers to win in their first three starts in the East Series.
ARCA Menards Series Reaves scored a runner-up finish in his first race in the series at Berlin before winning the following week at Elko after overtaking Brenden Queen and Lavar Scott. He also won at Madison after leading all but one lap from the pole, as well as the season ending race at Toledo.
In 2026, Reaves participated in the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway for JGR, where he set the 18th quickest time between the two sessions held.
Personal life Reaves is the son of Jeremy Reaves, who is the co-owner of Cook Out, and grandson of franchise founder Morris Reaves. He is the older brother of Roo Reaves, who also competes in racing.
Motorsports career results
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsTop 5Top 10PointsPosition2024CARS Late Model Stock Car TourSellers Racing Inc.10010NCCARS Pro Late Model TourRooMax Racing701315114th2025ARCA Menards SeriesJoe Gibbs Racing734628315thARCA Menards Series East333314614thCARS Late Model Stock Car TourSellers Racing Inc.20003161stCARS Pro Late Model TourRooMax Racing10001881st2026ARCA Menards SeriesJoe Gibbs Racing134811 523 11thARCA Menards Series East8257 428 2ndARCA Menards Series West2001 -* -*
ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All 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 2025 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN2 ELK1 LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF6 MAD1** DSF10 BRI SLM18* KAN TOL1* 15th 283 2026 DAY PHO9 KAN TAL GLN8 TOL11 MCH POC BER1* ELK1 CHI LRP4 IRP9 IOW4 ISF1* MAD3 DSF17 SLM1** BRI4 KAN 11th 523
ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2025 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota FIF1* CAR NSV1* FRS1* DOV IRP IOW BRI 14th 146 2026 HCY2* CAR8 NSV1** TOL11 IRP9 FRS1* IOW4 BRI4 2nd 428
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 13 Pts Ref 2026 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota KER PHO9 TUC SHA CNS TRI SON PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO KER -* -*
CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Ref 2024 Sellers Racing Inc. 18 Toyota SNM HCY AAS OCS ACE TCM LGY DOM CRW HCY NWS ACE WCS FLC SBO TCM10 NWS N/A 0 2025 AAS28 WCS CDL OCS ACE NWS LGY DOM CRW25 HCY AND FLC SBO TCM NWS 61st 31 2026 Sellers RooMax Racing SNM WCS NSV CRW ACE LGY DOM NWS11 HCY AND FLCWth TCM NPS SBO -* -*
CARS Pro Late Model Tour (key) CARS Pro Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2024 RooMax Racing 88 Toyota SNM HCY22 OCS7 ACE14 TCM CRW14 HCY NWS ACE6 FLC SBO TCM12 NWS5 14th 151 2025 RooMax DLP Motorsports Racing 18 AAS CDL OCS ACE NWS24 CRW HCY HCY AND FLC SBO TCM NWS 81st 18 2026 SNM4 NSV CRW ACE NPSWth SBO -* -* 18R NWSWth HCY AND FLC TCM
ASA STARS National Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) ASA STARS National Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2025 Jeremy Reaves 18 Toyota NSM FIF DOM HCY NPS MAD SLG AND OWO TOL3 WIN NSV 36th 80 2026 NSM23 FIF HCY SLG MAD14 NPS OWO TRI WIN NSV NSM -* -*
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