Ryan T. Repko (born October 1, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time at Millbridge Speedway in the Micro Sprint division driving the No. 71 Hyper Racing Chassis for Ryan Repko Racing.

Racing career

Starting in 2015, Repko drove

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at Southern tracks like Motor Mile Speedway,

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and

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, earning Rookie of the Year honors at Motor Mile. The following year, he stepped up to

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competition. Repko continued a partial CARS slate in the following years, earning his first pole and top-five in 2017. To start his national touring series career, Repko and

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teamed up for his

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debut at

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in 2017, which resulted in an eighth-place finish. The pair reunited in 2018, with Repko again driving the No. 78, this time at

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. He capped off 2018 with a win in the

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at Hickory at the

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Memorial in September. While competing with the

in 2019, Repko honored victims of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting with a special paint scheme. On June 6, 2019,

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announced that Repko would make his

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debut with the team in the

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later that month. Repko was announced to drive the 01. He returned to the Xfinity Series for the tour's second stop at Iowa in July, and in early August won the CARS Late Model Stock Tour Throwback 276 at

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. Repko won in a

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-inspired paint scheme, and met Marcis in victory lane after the event. It was announced on December 20, 2019 that Repko would be returning to the ARCA Menards Series in

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, running five races in the No. 20 for

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in 2020, sharing the ride with Chandler Smith. His first race in the car was at the season opener at Daytona. Repko would also make his debut in the

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) an ...

that year at Toledo, also in the Venturini No. 20. He picked up a top ten finish despite crashing out of the race.

Personal life

Repko attended North Lincoln High School.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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

Season still in progress

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Repko, Ryan Living people 1999 births Racing drivers from North Carolina People from Denver, North Carolina NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers CARS Tour drivers