Nicholas Alexander Leitz (born October 15, 1996) is an American professional

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driver. He competes part-time in the

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, driving the No. 07

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for

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. He has also previously competed in the

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and the

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Racing career

Leitz made his Truck Series debut in the 2022 race at Nashville, driving the No. 43 truck for

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. He ran two more races later in the year in the team's No. 33 truck (Richmond and Homestead-Miami). On May 1, 2023, it was announced that Leitz would run three races (Kansas in May, Nashville and Homestead-Miami) for

Young's Motorsports Young's Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the ARCA Menards Series. In the Xfinity Series, they field the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth gene ...

in their No. 20 truck. After it was announced that Greg Van Alst would drive the No. 20 truck for the rest of the 2023 season starting at IRP, it was assumed that Leitz would drive the team's No. 02 truck instead at Homestead-Miami, as the truck had a rotation of drivers and no driver had been announced for that race. However,

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would end up driving the No. 02 truck at Homestead-Miami and Leitz would stay in the No. 20 with Van Alst not running that race. Leitz also made his Xfinity Series debut that year in the race at Kansas, driving the No. 38 car for

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in place of

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who was driving the

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No. 19 car in that race instead.

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

Craftsman Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leitz, Nick 1996 births NASCAR drivers CARS Tour drivers Racing drivers from Virginia Living people Sportspeople from Chesapeake, Virginia