Ryan Lynch (born July 31, 1986) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Racing career

Lynch began in

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at the age of eight before moving to

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. In 2010, he finished fifth in the United States Super Truck Series standings. In 2011, he tested with the

ARCA Racing Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nationa ...

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and made his

NASCAR K&N Pro 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) and ...

debut at

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. He also ran the ARCA race at

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, where he finished 13th. A year later, he began racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with the support of former NASCAR driver Rick Crawford. Between 2012 and 2016, he ran six Truck races with a best run of 22nd at

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in 2014.

Personal life

Lynch graduated from

Texarkana College Texarkana College is a public community college in Texarkana, Texas. History Texarkana College was formed in 1927, as a branch of the Texarkana Independent School District, which voted to proceed with plans for establishment of a community co ...

and the

University of Texas at Tyler The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) is a public research university in Tyler, Texas. Founded in 1971, it is a part of the University of Texas System. UT Tyler consists of five professional colleges and one traditional college of arts and ...

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

ARCA Racing Series

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

References

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* * 1986 births NASCAR drivers Living people Racing drivers from Texas University of Texas at Tyler alumni Texarkana College alumni ARCA Menards Series drivers {{NASCAR-bio-stub