Vito Cancilla (born October 1, 2011) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes in the zMAX CARS Tour and the ASA STARS National Tour, driving for Rackley W.A.R., whom he is a development driver for. He also competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet for Bill McAnally Racing.
Cancilla has also competed in series such as the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing, where he won the Pro Late Model division in 2026, the CARS Tour West Pro Late Model Series, the Carolina Pro Late Model Series, the CARS Tour West Super Late Model Series, and the NASCAR Weekly Series.
Racing career Cancilla first started racing at the age of five, when he raced in quarter midgets in Livermore, California. He then competed in junior Late Models, running in the 51FIFTY/MAVTV Madera Speedway Series, as well as running at All-American Speedway and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring.
In 2022, Cancilla became the youngest winner at All American Speedway at the age of ten.
In 2023, Cancilla won the track championship at All-American Speedway, as well as the track championship at Madera, having won seven of nine races in the 51Fifty Jr Late Model Series.
In 2024, Cancilla continued to run in pro late models at Roseville and Madera, where he won multiple races, and ran in series such as the SRL Southwest Tour and the CARS Tour West Limited Pro Late Model Series. It was also during this year that he became the youngest Pro Late Model winner when he won at Madera at the age of twelve, breaking Cole Custer's record of fourteen. He also raced in the Snowflake 100 at Five Flags Speedway.
In 2025, Cancilla was signed by Rackley W.A.R. as a development driver. He made his debut in the CARS Pro Late Model Tour that year, driving the No. V5 for Fetcho Motorsports at North Wilkesboro Speedway. He then returned to the series at Tri-County Speedway later that year, this time driving for Rackley WAR. It was also during this year that he ran full-time in both the CARS Tour West Pro Late Model Series and the CARS Tour West Limited Pro Late Model Series.
In 2026, Cancilla competed in the World Series of Asphalt Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, where he won the championship in the Pro Late Model division.
ARCA Menards Series West
In September 2026, it was revealed that Cancilla will make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series West at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet for Bill McAnally Racing.
Motorsports results ARCA Menards Series West (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 West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2026 Bill McAnally Racing 20 Chevy KER PHO TUC SHA CNS TRI SON PIR AAS MAD LVS4 PHO KER -* -*
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 2025 Fetcho Motorsports V5 N/A AAS CDL OCS ACE NWS15 CRW HCY HCY AND FLC SBO 40th 56 Rackley W.A.R. 27 Chevy TCM12 NWS 2026 6C SNM NSV CRW ACE NWS HCY18 AND -* -* 27 FLC8 TCM15 NPS SBO
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 Pts Ref 2026 Rackley W.A.R. 27 Chevy NSM FIF HCY19 SLG MAD NPS OWO TRI9 WIN NSV NSM -* -*
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