Ryan Reed

Ryan Reed (born August 12, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently is without a ride for the 2020 season in any NASCAR series. While he is in that situation, Reed is working as a driver coach for fellow Californian driver Jack Wood and the Velocity Racing No. 78 team in the ARCA Menards Series West.[1] As a driver, he last competed part-time in 2019 in both the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 17 Toyota Tundra for DGR-Crosley, and in the ARCA/CRA Super Series, driving the No. 5 Toyota Camry for Wauters Motorsports.[2] Prior to that, he competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Roush Fenway Racing for five years, driving the No. 16 Ford Mustang, which was highlighted by two wins (in 2015 and 2017) at the season-opening Daytona race.

Ryan Reed
Reed at Road America in 2018
Born	August 12, 1993 Bakersfield, California
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2016 position	55th
Best finish	55th (2016)
First race	2016 Hellmann's 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
171 races run over 6 years
2018 position	11th
Best finish	6th (2016)
First race	2013 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
First win	2015 Alert Today Florida 300 (Daytona)
Last win	2017 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 27 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2019 position	59th
Best finish	59th (2019)
First race	2012 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2019 Strat 200 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 18, 2019.

Racing career

Reed's No. 16 at Road America in 2016

Reed began racing at age 4, and in 2009 won the Legends Division championship at Irwindale Speedway. In 2010, he entered the Super Late Model Division, and became the track's youngest Super Late Model winner, and won Rookie of the Year. At age 17, Reed moved from Bakersfield, California to Mooresville, North Carolina to focus on racing. In 2011, Reed ran in various series, including the Pro Allstars Series, Whelen All-American Series and the K&N Pro Series East. During the year, Reed was expected to run a Late Model as a development driver with Kyle Busch Motorsports until his diagnosis with type 1 diabetes.[3] In December 2011, Reed was announced as a part-time driver in the ARCA Racing Series for Venturini Motorsports.[4] Reed ran 14 events in the team's No. 15,[5] recording six top tens and a 14th-place points finish.[6]

In 2012, Reed made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the No. 5 for Wauters Motorsports,[7] finishing 17th.[8] In 2013, Reed joined Roush Fenway Racing in the Nationwide Series, driving No. 16 Ford Mustang, and running various races during the 2013 season with Eli Lilly and Company and the American Diabetes Association's Drive to Stop Diabetes campaign as sponsor. Reed made his Nationwide debut in the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway,[9] finishing 16th. Reed ran six races during the season,[10] recording his first top-ten after finishing 9th in the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond.[11] On October 11, 2013, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Reed would run the No. 16 in the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season full-time, with Lilly Diabetes and the ADA sponsoring full-time. The sponsorship has been reported to be worth $5 million annually.[12][13]

Reed during practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2017

On February 21, 2015, Reed won his first Xfinity Series race in the season-opening Alert Today Florida 300 at Daytona International Speedway, pushed by teammate Chris Buescher past leader Brad Keselowski on the final lap of the race.[13] On June 20, 2015, Reed won his first career ARCA Racing Series race in the Scott 150 at Chicagoland Speedway driving for Lira Motorsports. Reed led the final 70 laps of the 100-lap race, capturing the Valvoline Lap Leader award. It was the first ARCA Series win for Lira Motorsports.[14] Reed ended the 2015 Xfinity season a distant 10th in points, the Daytona victory being his only top 10 of the year.

Reed ran the full Xfinity season in 2016. In early 2016, Reed attempted the Truck race at Daytona driving the No. 58 Ford F-150 for Lira Motorsports, but failed to qualify.[15] In 2016, Reed finished with 7 top 10s, increasing his total top 10 count from 3 to 10. Reed finished 6th in points.

On September 28, 2016, it was announced by RFR that Reed would attempt his Sprint Cup Series debut at Talladega in the Hellmann's 500, driving the No. 99 Ford Fusion.[16] Reed became the first driver in NASCAR to manage his diabetes and race in the Sprint Cup Series. After starting 18th, he finished 26th.[17]

Reed celebrates his Daytona Xfinity win in 2017, his second at the track.

On February 25, 2017, Reed won the Xfinity Series' season-opening race, the PowerShares QQQ 300, at Daytona. His second career Xfinity Series victory, Reed survived a race that eliminated multiple drivers in wrecks, with only ten cars of the field of forty having little to no damage.[18] At the June Michigan race weekend, Reed substituted for Trevor Bayne in the No. 6 Cup car during practice as Bayne's wife, Ashton, was expecting their second child.[19]

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that longtime sponsor Lilly Diabetes would be pulling out of the sport,[20] with Roush eventually shutting down their entire Xfinity program at season's end due to lack of sponsorship.[21]

After starting the season without a ride, Reed joined DGR-Crosley's No. 17 team in the Truck Series for the 2019 spring race at Las Vegas,[22] where he finished ninth. However, he did not end up attempting any more races with them or any other team in any NASCAR series for the rest of the year. However, he returned to compete in some late model races on occasion, returning to the Wauters Motorsports No. 5 team.[2] In 2020, Reed was without a ride again. For the time being, he was announced to serve as a driver coach for Velocity Racing in the ARCA Menards Series West with their No. 78 team and driver Jack Wood, who is also from California like Reed.[1]

Personal life

Reed's father, Mark Reed, is a former NASCAR driver[23] who has two K&N West wins and two Cup starts.[24] Reed is the youngest of four children.

In February 2011, Reed was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes,[25] and doctors stated he would be unable to race again.[26] As a result, Reed became a diabetes advocate, and established the foundation Ryan's Mission.[27] Reed installed a drink system in his car,[25] along with a blood glucose monitor on the car's dashboard which displays data from a wireless device attached to Reed's stomach.[23][13] During races, Reed would monitor his blood glucose levels,[25] while Roush engine tuner Craig Herrmann would inject Reed with insulin during pit stops.[3][13] Reed is one of three drivers in a national racing series with type 1 diabetes, along with IndyCar Series drivers Charlie Kimball and Conor Daly.[28]

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points	Position
2009	Langers Juice S-2 Sportsman Series	Tim Huddleston	5	0	4	5	2	228	6th
2011	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East	Mark Reed	3	0	0	0	0	258	41st
2012	ARCA Racing Series	Venturini Motorsports	14	0	1	6	0	2720	14th
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Wauters Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	27	61st
2013	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Roush Fenway Racing	6	0	0	1	0	171	37th
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Mark Reed	1	0	0	0	0	10	74th
2014	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Roush Fenway Racing	33	0	1	1	0	889	9th
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East	Bill McAnally Racing	1	0	0	1	0	37	50th
2015	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Roush Fenway Racing	33	1	1	1	0	902	10th
	ARCA Racing Series	Lira Motorsports	3	2	3	3	0	690	34th
2016	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Roush Fenway Racing	33	0	1	7	0	2205	6th
	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series	Roush Fenway Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	55th
	ARCA Racing Series	Lira Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	170	108th
2017	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Roush Fenway Racing	33	1	2	7	0	2161	8th
2018	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Roush Fenway Racing	33	0	2	10	0	2170	11th
2019	NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series	DGR-Crosley	1	0	0	1	0	31	59th

NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup 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	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts	Ref
2016	Roush Fenway Racing	99	Ford	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	BRI	MCH	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL 26	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	55th	0^1	[29]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2013	Roush Fenway Racing	16	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH 16	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 26	ATL	RCH 9	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT 14	TEX	PHO 15	HOM 13	37th	171	[30]
2014				DAY 18	PHO 22	LVS 15	BRI 31	CAL 17	TEX 20	DAR 13	RCH 12	TAL 24	IOW 16	CLT 14	DOV 27	MCH 11	ROA 21	KEN 17	DAY 4	NHA 11	CHI 15	IND 20	IOW 15	GLN 12	MOH 12	BRI 14	ATL 18	RCH 16	CHI 24	KEN 11	DOV 24	KAN 12	CLT 15	TEX 17	PHO 19	HOM 27	9th	889	[31]
2015				DAY 1	ATL 16	LVS 15	PHO 13	CAL 11	TEX 15	BRI 21	RCH 21	TAL 32	IOW 12	CLT 12	DOV 11	MCH 19	CHI 12	DAY 13	KEN 14	NHA 13	IND 20	IOW 19	GLN 30	MOH 22	BRI 25	ROA 19	DAR 23	RCH 13	CHI 11	KEN 25	DOV 14	CLT 11	KAN 17	TEX 15	PHO 23	HOM 17	10th	902	[32]
2016				DAY 16	ATL 15	LVS 13	PHO 14	CAL 14	TEX 14	BRI 21	RCH 11	TAL 31	DOV 18	CLT 19	POC 33	MCH 14	IOW 11	DAY 6	KEN 29	NHA 14	IND 13	IOW 10	GLN 9	MOH 11	BRI 35	ROA 5	DAR 13	RCH 11	CHI 32	KEN 7	DOV 10	CLT 15	KAN 16	TEX 12	PHO 6	HOM 16	6th	2205	[33]
2017				DAY 1	ATL 18	LVS 9	PHO 11	CAL 15	TEX 11	BRI 38	RCH 23	TAL 29	CLT 11	DOV 5	POC 14	MCH 8	IOW 19	DAY 31	KEN 36	NHA 14	IND 6	IOW 21	GLN 15	MOH 33	BRI 37	ROA 35	DAR 15	RCH 12	CHI 17	KEN 10	DOV 16	CLT 12	KAN 10	TEX 23	PHO 14	HOM 20	8th	2161	[34]
2018				DAY 3	ATL 10	LVS 19	PHO 18	CAL 17	TEX 14	BRI 18	RCH 9	TAL 22	DOV 19	CLT 29	POC 13	MCH 4	IOW 17	CHI 32	DAY 26	KEN 8	NHA 12	IOW 7	GLN 8	MOH 10	BRI 17	ROA 39	DAR 13	IND 11	LVS 35	RCH 10	CLT 11	DOV 16	KAN 7	TEX 29	PHO 12	HOM 12	11th	2170	[35]

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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	NGOTC	Pts	Ref
2012	Wauters Motorsports	5	Ford	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS 17	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM		61st	27	[36]
2016	Lira Motorsports	58	Ford	DAY DNQ	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	115th	0^1	[37]
2019	DGR-Crosley	17	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS 9	MAR	TEX	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM	59th	31	[38]

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	15	16	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2011	Mark Reed	04	Toyota	GRE	SBO	RCH	IOW	BGS	GRE 27	LGY	NHA 34	COL	GRE 16	NHA	DOV					41st	258	[39]
2014	Bill McAnally Racing	99	Ford	NSS	DAY	BRI	GRE	RIC	IOW	BOW	FFS	LFS	NHA	CMS	IOW	GLN 7	VIR	GRE	DOV	50th	37	[40]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2013	Mark Reed	40	Chevy	PHO	S99	BIR	IOW	L44	SON 34	CNS	IOW	EVG	SRP	MMP	SMP	AAS	KCR	PHO	74th	10	[41]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2012	Venturini Motorsports	15	Chevy	DAY 12		SLM 11	TAL 13					WIN 18	NJE											14th	2720	[42]
			Toyota		MOB 12			TOL 12	ELK 13	POC 9				IOW 9		IRP 6
			Ford								MCH 12				CHI 5		POC 6	BLN	ISF	MAD	SLM	DSF	KAN 10
2015	Lira Motorsports	58	Ford	DAY	MOB	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	CHI 1*	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM			34th	690	[43]
		38																				KEN 1	KAN 4
2016				DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC 12	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN	108th	170	[44]

See also

• List of people with diabetes mellitus type 1

References

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External links

• Ryan Reed driver statistics at Racing-Reference