1. Ryan Preece competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
42 Facts About Ryan Preece
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Ryan Preece is a veteran of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and won the series championship in 2013 after being the runner-up in 2009 and 2012.
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Ryan Preece made multiple starts in the defunct NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
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Ryan Preece began racing in 2007 and became 32nd in the championship in the Northeastern Midget Association with the Bertrand team.
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Ryan Preece competed in and won the championship in the SK Modified Series in 2011 at Stafford Motor Speedway, while his future wife Heather was the series' Rookie of the Year.
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On November 24,2016, it was announced that Ryan Preece would remain at JD Motorsports for another full season in 2017.
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The primary reason why Ryan Preece left JD is that he wanted to be in a team to win races and expected to be back in the Whelen Modified Tour in 2017.
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Ryan Preece made his debut in the Nationwide Series in 2013 and finished 24th at Loudon driving the No 8 Chevrolet Camaro for Tommy Baldwin Racing.
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Ryan Preece joined JD Motorsports full-time in 2016, driving the No 01 Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series.
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Ryan Preece has several decent runs for the mid-pack organization in 2016, just missing the first ever Xfinity playoffs.
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At Iowa, Ryan Preece returned to the No 20 with Mohawk and Falmouth Construction sponsoring.
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Ryan Preece won the pole and held off teammate Kyle Benjamin on a late restart to win his first career Xfinity race.
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Ryan Preece moved to Gibbs' No 18 Safelite Toyota at Homestead.
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Ryan Preece was involved in a controversy, as championship contender Elliott Sadler placed the blame on Ryan Preece for blocking him on the final restart of the season.
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On November 15,2017, it was announced that Ryan Preece would run another partial schedule with JGR in 2018, running at least ten races in the No 18 car, sharing it with JGR Cup drivers Kyle Busch, Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez, JGR development driver Kyle Benjamin, and Australian James Davison.
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Ryan Preece began his season with a 9th-place finish at California, his first time finishing outside the top 5 at Gibbs.
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Ryan Preece got back in the top 5 a week later at Texas.
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Ryan Preece became eligible for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash after his good run at Texas.
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The next week at Bristol, Ryan Preece won the race and the bonus, taking home the $100,000.
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Ryan Preece did not run any of the other Dash 4 Cash races.
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For 2019, Ryan Preece joined JR Motorsports to drive their No 8 part-time.
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Ryan Preece competed in four events, all finishing in the top ten with a highest of fourth at Pocono.
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Ryan Preece drove the No 98 Chevy out of the TBR shop in partnership with Premium Motorsports.
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Ryan Preece returned to the Cup Series for the final four races of the season with Premium.
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Ryan Preece joined JR Motorsports for a part-time Xfinity Series schedule in the No 8 Camaro.
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Ryan Preece was involved in a violent crash on a restart at Kansas Speedway in July 2020.
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Ryan Preece scored a total of 8 DNF's during the season, and finished out the year 29th in points.
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Ryan Preece returned to the No 37 in 2021, but the car did not have a charter that would have guaranteed it a spot in every race and only carried enough sponsorship for 24 of 36 races.
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Ryan Preece started 13th in the No 15 Rick Ware Racing car for his Cup Series start in the 2022 DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover and finished 25th.
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Ryan Preece would run all three races during the Coke 600 weekend.
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Ryan Preece finished 11th in the Truck Series event after being involved in an accident with Carson Hocevar.
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Ryan Preece would go onto lead 74 of the 150 laps, winning Stage 2 and his second career Truck Series race.
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Ryan Preece started the 2023 season with a 36th place DNF at the 2023 Daytona 500.
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Ryan Preece struggled throughout the regular season, scoring only one top-five finish at Richmond.
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Ryan Preece was discharged the next morning and would be in the next race at Darlington.
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Ryan Preece would come into the next race at Darlington revealing in his interviews that he had two black eyes and both of his eyes were bloodshot from the wreck.
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Ryan Preece started the 2024 season with a 23rd-place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500.
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On November 19,2024, RFK Racing announced that Ryan Preece would drive the No 60 car full-time in 2025.
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The incident occurred when Christopher Bell spun on lap 196, making contact with Ryan Preece and causing his car to lift into a wheelie before going airborne and flipping over.
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Ryan Preece then hit the wall, narrowly missing Erik Jones before it came back on all four wheels.
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Ryan Preece made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2021, driving the No 17 for David Gilliland Racing in the races at Nashville Superspeedway and Pocono Raceway.
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Ryan Preece was born in Berlin, Connecticut to Jeff and Jodie Ryan Preece.