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====ARCA Menards Series West====
====ARCA Menards Series West====
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! colspan=18| [[ARCA Menards Series West]] results
! colspan=| [[ARCA Menards Series West]] results
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! Year
! Year
! 10
! 10
! 11
! 11
! 12
! {{Tooltip|AMSWC|ARCA Menards Series West classification}}
! {{Tooltip|AMSWC|ARCA Menards Series West classification}}
! Pts
! Pts
| [[All American Speedway|AAS]]
| [[All American Speedway|AAS]]
| [[Kern County Raceway Park|KCR]]
| [[Kern County Raceway Park|KCR]]
| colspan=2|
! rowspan=2| 14th
! rowspan=2| 14th
! rowspan=2| 159
! rowspan=2| 159
| colspan=10|
| colspan=10|
| style=”background:#DFFFDF;”| [[Phoenix Raceway|PHO]]
18
| style=”background:#DFFFDF;”| [[Phoenix Raceway|PHO]]
18
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! [[2023 ARCA Menards Series West|2023]]
! [[Venturini Motorsports]]
! TBA
! [[Toyota]]
| [[General Tire 150 (Phoenix)|PHO]]
| [[West Series races at Irwindale|IRW]]
| [[Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150|KCR]]
| [[West Series races at Portland|PIR]]
| [[General Tire 200 (Sonoma)|SON]]
| [[West Series races at Irwindale|IRW]]
| [[Shasta Speedway|SHA]]
| [[Evergreen Speedway|EVG]]
| [[All American Speedway|AAS]]
| [[Las Vegas Motor Speedway|LVS]]
| [[Madera Speedway|MAD]]
| style=”background:#;”| [[Phoenix Raceway|PHO]]
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American racing driver
NASCAR driver
Kristofer Cole Wright (born July 17, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young’s Motorsports. He has also previously competed in sports car racing, open-wheel racing, the Euroformula Open Championship, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West. Wright is also the 2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge LMP3 class champion.
Racing career[edit]
Sports car racing[edit]
In 2015, he joined Kinetic Motorsports in the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car A class.[1] He recorded his first podium finish at Miller Motorsports Park where he finished third.[2]
In 2017, he raced in the IMSA Prototype Challenge with JDC MotorSports.[3] Wright, who described the prototype cars as “really easy to drive”,[4] finished second in the Prototype Challenge standings with a win at Watkins Glen International and Rookie of the Year honors.[5][6] He signed with Extreme Speed Motorsports for the 2018 Prototype Challenge season, during which he scored race wins at Barber Motorsports Park and Virginia International Raceway, finished in podium range in all six events, and won the LMP3 class championship.[7]
Wright ran his first endurance and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona, driving for Performance Tech Motorsports in the LMP2 class.[8] Joined by Kyle Masson, Robert Masson, and Cameron Cassels in the No. 38, Wright’s team finished second in its class.[9]
Open-wheel racing[edit]
During the 2017 racing season, Wright entered the Road to Indy ladder beginning with the U.S. F2000 National Championship with John Cummiskey Racing.[3] He raced at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Barber, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course before moving to the Pro Mazda Championship in June with JDC. He contested the Road America, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and Watkins Glen races, with a best finish of fifth at Watkins Glen.[10]
In 2019, he started racing in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with Fortec Motorsports after testing with the team the previous year; Wright compared the car to the Pro Mazda vehicles, noting they were “very similar”.[11] He finished the season 16th in points, last among drivers who ran the full schedule, with a best finish of fifth at Silverstone Circuit.[12][13]
Wright remained with Fortec as he moved to the Euroformula Open Championship in 2020, though the season’s start was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][14]
Stock car racing[edit]
Wright’s first starts in stock car racing took place during summer 2020. In June, he raced in the ARCA Menards Series West doubleheader at Utah Motorsports Campus, where he finished second and third.[15]
In August, he joined the GMS Racing organization, racing in the ARCA Menards Series and the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series on a part-time basis.[16]…
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