Tyler Reif (born June 5, 2007) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the

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, driving the No. 13

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for

Central Coast Racing Todd Souza (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 13 Ford for his team, Central Coast Racing. H ...

as well as part-time in the

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, also driving the No. 13 for the same team.

Racing career

Late models

In 2020, Reif made his debut in

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, running two races. He finished 7th and 5th in each race. That same year, Reif would also run some

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races, winning in his first start at

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. In 2021, he would join the

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, driving for his family owned team, Reif Racing. He ended the season with seven top fives, nine top tens, and ranked 5th in the final standings. He returned for a full-time season in 2022, earning six top fives and nine top tens, finishing 3rd in the standings.

ARCA

On October 10, 2022, it was announced that Reif would make his

debut with

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. He would start 17th and finish 18th. He made his second start of the year in the season finale at

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. After starting 24th, he would finish in 12th. On December 12, 2022, it was announced that Reif would be promoted to a full-time schedule with the newly renamed

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in the 2023 season. In the first race of the West Series season, which was the series' combination race with the main

, Reif scored his first career win after passing

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for the lead on the final lap. On February 24, 2023, it was announced that Reif would also be running full-time in the

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for the 2023 season, competing for the championships in both series with

. However, after the East Series season-opener at

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, Reif was not entered in the second race of the season at

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, and therefore his full season plans fell through. Tyler Reif ARCA Roseville 2023

On July 10, 2023, it was announced that Reif would drive the No. 13 car for

in the West Series race at

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instead of the LJM No. 41 car.

Todd Souza Todd Souza (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 13 Ford for his team, Central Coast Racing. H ...

, the owner of the team and driver of the No. 13 car, would instead drive a new second car for his team, the No. 3, in that race. On August 11, it was announced that Reif will run the final five races of the season for Central Coast Racing in their 13 car. On January 3, 2024, it was announced that Reif will run full-time for CCR in the 2024 season, driving the No. 13 as the team switches from Ford to Toyota.

Personal life

Tyler's older brother,

Tanner Reif Tanner Richard Reif (born September 9, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 42 Holden Commodore (VF), Chevrolet SS for Cook Racing Technologies, and part-time ...

, also competes full-time in the

. Tanner currently drives the No. 16

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for

Bill McAnally Racing McAnally–Hilgemann Racing (MHR) is an American professional stock car racing team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team is based in Roseville, California, and is owned by Bill McAnally (in Truck, is co-owned ...

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

(

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

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

References

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