Brayton Laster
| Brayton Laster | |||||||
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 Laster at Daytona International Speedway in 2022 | |||||||
| Born | August 28, 2002 Greenwood, Indiana | ||||||
| Achievements | 2018 Brownstown Speedway Super Late Model Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2022 position | 64th | ||||||
| Best finish | 64th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 Clean Harbors 150 (Knoxville) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 9 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 95 (MAN Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 67th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023 Atlas 200 (Salem) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| First race | 2023 Music City 200 (Nashville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023 Reese's 200 (IRP) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of January 2, 2024. | |||||||
Brayton Laster (born August 28, 2002), nicknamed The Pizza Man, is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 95 Toyota Camry for MAN Motorsports.
Racing career
Early racing career
Laster would start racing go-karts at the age of eight at the Indianapolis Speedrome. Four years later, he would move on to racing Ford Thunderbirds and other various types of stock cars. According to Laster's dad, Dane, he would describe Brayton's equipment as a Frankenstein-esque vehicle, saying that "There’s times where I look back and I feel bad about some of the stuff I put him in over the years. But he’s had to drive his heart out, he’s had to learn to work on it to get speed out of it."
For most of his career, Laster has driven the No. 13 along with green paint, both racing superstitions that are rumored to give bad luck. Laster said that he wanted both qualities as a satire to both superstitions.
ARCA Menards Series
Laster made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2022 in the Lucas Oil 200 at the Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 03 car for Mullins Racing. Laster had a strong run, finishing 13th. He returned to the 03 car for the 2023 Daytona season-opener, finishing 27th. Laster would join Fast Track Racing for the race at Charlotte, finishing 19th. Later in the year, he drove the No. 31 car for Rise Motorsports in three races, finishing top ten in all three.
On January 2, 2024, it was announced that Laster will join TC Motorsports for the season-opener at Daytona, driving the No. 91 car.
ARCA Menards Series East
In 2023, Laster made his ARCA Menards Series East debut in the Music City 200 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway driving for Fast Track Racing. A fuel pressure issue would sideline him and he would ultimately finish 14th. Later in the year, he would also makes starts in the ARCA/ARCA East combination races at Iowa Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Camping World Truck Series
On April 28, it was announced that Laster will make his truck debut in the Corn Belt 150 at Knoxville with Reaume Brothers Racing.
Personal life
Laster is nicknamed "The Pizza Man" for his love of pizza. According to Laster, he was self-proclaimed obsessed with pizza, which started with the Indianapolis Speedrome selling pizza for concessions. It then "became my identity", and he was reported wearing numerous clothes that looked like pizza throughout middle school, earning the nickname from teachers. The nickname eventually moved over to his racing career.
Laster currently is an online student at Liberty University.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
() (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Reaume Brothers Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | MAR | BRI | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNX 27 |
NSH | MOH | POC | IRP | RCH | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 64th | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
ARCA Menards Series
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2022 | Mullins Racing | 03 | Ford | DAY 13 |
PHO | TAL 26 |
KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 67th | 49 | |||
| 2023 | Clubb Racing Inc. | DAY 27 |
PHO | TAL | KAN | 25th | 193 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fast Track Racing | 12 | Ford | CLT 19 |
BLN | ELK | MOH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01 | Chevy | IOW 20 |
POC | MCH | IRP 20 |
GLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rise Motorsports | 31 | Chevy | ISF 10 |
MLW | DSF 10 |
KAN | BRI | SLM 9 |
TOL | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | MAN Motorsports | 95 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | |||
ARCA Menards Series East
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 01 | Toyota | FIF | DOV | NSV 14 |
FRS | 22nd | 78 | |||||
| Chevy | IOW 20 |
IRP 20 |
MLW | BRI | ||||||||||