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Andrés Pérez de Lara
Andrés Pérez de Lara González (born April 2, 2005) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports. He is the 2024 ARCA Menards Series champion. He is also a former champion of the NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series, having won it in 2020. He has also competed in the NASCAR Mexico Series.[1] He is also a champion of the NASCAR Mexico Challenge Series, having won it in 2022. Racing careerIn 2019, at the age of fourteen, Pérez de Lara would compete in the NACAM Formula 4 Championship alongside his brother, Pablo, at Telcel RPL Racing. He would go on to win four races, being the youngest to do so, on route to third in the championship and rookie of the year honors.[2] In 2020, Pérez de Lara would run in the NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series in Mexico, where he would win the championship at the age of fifteen. In 2021, Pérez de Lara would run the full season in the NASCAR FedEx Challenge Series after running one race at Nuevo Autódromo de Quéretaro in the previous year. He would finish fourth in the points that year, finishing in the top five in eight races. In 2022, Pérez de Lara would return to the series, where he would become the youngest winner in the series at Querétaro Race Track at the age of seventeen on route to win the championship.[3] It was also during this year that Pérez de Lara was chosen for the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program, and he would also make select events in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West driving for David Gilliland Racing.[4] ARCA Menards Series.jpg) On January 13, 2023, it was announced that Pérez de Lara would run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series for Rev Racing in the No. 2 Chevrolet, replacing Nick Sanchez, who had won the championship the previous year.[5] He was entered in the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway in the No. 01 Chevrolet for Fast Track Racing, but was withdrawn after practice due to age restrictions, although he would be placed in the final results as a "did not start" in 40th place.[6] Despite not winning a race, Pérez de Lara would finish second in the final points standings with ten top-fives and fifteen top-tens with the best finish of second at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track and Salem Speedway. In 2024, Pérez de Lara continued to pilot the No. 2 Chevrolet for Rev Racing full-time in the ARCA Menards Series. After crashing out in the season-opener at Daytona, Pérez de Lara would run consistently well through the remainder of the season, accumulating ten Top 5s and seventeen Top 10s, though he was unable to score a win. At the conclusion of the season finale at Toledo, Pérez de Lara became the first foreign-born ARCA Menards Series champion.[7] NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesOn May 21, 2024, it was announced that Pérez de Lara would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut, driving the No. 7 for Spire Motorsports at Gateway.[8][9] He would go on to finish 9th, his first career Top 10 finish in the Truck Series. On January 23, 2025, it was announced that Pérez will move to the Truck Series full-time, driving the No. 77 for Spire.[10] Personal lifePérez de Lara is the brother of Pablo Pérez de Lara, who is also racing driver whom he competed with in Formula 4. His father, Ricardo, is a former champion of the Super Copa Seat León in 2011-2013,[11] the Ferrari Challenge North America in 2014,[12] and the Tractocamiones Freightliner in 2015.[13] Racing recordCareer summary
Complete NACAM Formula 4 Championship results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
NASCAR(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Craftsman Truck Series
* Season still in progress 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 East
ARCA Menards Series West
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