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Nick Leitz

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Nick Leitz

| image = Nick Leitz Las Vegas 2024.jpg

| caption = Leitz at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024

| birth_name = Nicholas Alexander Leitz

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|15}}

| birth_place = Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.

| achievements =

| awards =

| Total_Busch_Races = 10

| Years_In_Busch = 3

| Busch_Car_Team = No. 07 (SS-Green Light Racing)

| Prev_Busch_Pos = 46th

| Prev_Busch_Year = 2024

| Best_Busch_Pos = 46th (2024)

| First_Busch_Race = 2023 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)

| Last_Busch_Race = 2025 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington)

| First_Busch_Win =

| Last_Busch_Win =

| Busch_Wins = 0

| Busch_Top_Tens = 0

| Busch_Poles = 0

| Total_Truck_Races = 7

| Years_In_Truck = 2

| Truck_Car_Team =

| Prev_Truck_Pos = 41st

| Prev_Truck_Year = 2023

| Best_Truck_Pos = 41st (2023)

| First_Truck_Race = 2022 Rackley Roofing 200 (Nashville)

| Last_Truck_Race = 2023 Craftsman 150 (Phoenix)

| First_Truck_Win =

| Last_Truck_Win =

| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 0

| Truck_Poles = 0

| updated = April 5, 2024

}}

Nicholas Alexander Leitz (born October 15, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet SS for SS-Green Light Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the CARS Tour.

Racing career

File:Nick Leitz 92 Xfinity Las Vegas 2024.jpg in 2024.]]

Leitz made his Truck Series debut in the 2022 race at Nashville, driving the No. 43 truck for Reaume Brothers Racing.{{cite web |url=https://www.frontstretch.com/2022/06/21/nick-leitz-to-attempt-truck-series-debut-with-reaume-brothers/ |title=Nick Leitz to Attempt Truck Series Debut with Reaume Brothers |website=Frontstretch |date=June 21, 2022 |access-date=June 24, 2022}} 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 in their No. 20 truck.{{cite web |first=Joseph |last=Srigley |url=https://tobychristie.com/2023/05/01/nick-leitz-inks-three-race-deal-with-youngs-motorsports/ |title=Nick Leitz Inks Three-Race Deal with Young's Motorsports |website=TobyChristie.com |date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=May 2, 2023}} After it was announced that Greg Van Alst would drive the No. 20 truck for the rest of the 2023 season starting at IRP,{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/2023/08/09/greg-van-alst-to-pilot-youngs-motorsports-chevrolet-for-remainder-of-truck-series-season/ |title=Greg Van Alst to pilot Young's Motorsports Chevrolet for remainder of Truck Series season |website=Jayski's Silly Season Site |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |date=August 9, 2023 |access-date=September 29, 2023}} 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, Brad Perez 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 RSS Racing in place of Joe Graf Jr. who was driving the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 car in that race instead.{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/2023/09/07/nick-leitz-making-xfinity-series-debut-for-rss-racing-at-kansas/ |title=Nick Leitz making Xfinity Series debut for RSS Racing at Kansas |website=Jayski's Silly Season Site |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |date=September 7, 2023}}

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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=40| NASCAR Xfinity Series results

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

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! {{Tooltip|NXSC|NASCAR Xfinity Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2023

! RSS Racing

! 38

! Ford

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| PHO

| ATL

| COA

| RCH

| MAR

| TAL

| DOV

| DAR

| CLT

| PIR

| SON

| NSH

| CSC

| ATL

| NHA

| POC

| ROA

| MCH

| IRC

| GLN

| DAY

| DAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KAN
31

| BRI

| TEX

| ROV

| LVS

| HOM

| MAR

| PHO

! 102nd

! 01

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/leitzni01/2023/B/|title=Nick Leitz – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=September 9, 2023}}

2024

! DGM Racing

! 92

! Chevy

| DAY

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
17

| COA

| RCH

| MAR

| TEX

| TAL

| DOV

| DAR

| CLT

| PIR

| SON

| IOW

| NHA

| NSH

| CSC

| POC

| IND

| MCH

| DAY

| DAR

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
20

| GLN

| BRI

| KAN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
37

| ROV

| LVS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOM
37

| MAR

| PHO

! 46th

! 60

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/leitzni01/2024/B/|title=Nick Leitz – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=February 24, 2024}}

2025

! SS-Green Light Racing

! 07

! Chevy

| DAY

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
22

| COA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
30

| LVS

| HOM

| MAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
27

| style="background:#DFC484;"| BRI
Wth

| CAR

| TAL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
29

| CLT

| NSH

| MXC

| POC

| ATL

| CSC

| SON

| DOV

| IND

| IOW

| GLN

| DAY

| PIR

| GTW

| BRI

| KAN

| ROV

| LVS

| TAL

| MAR

| PHO

! -*

! -*

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/leitzni01/2025/B/|title=Nick Leitz – 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=February 22, 2025}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=30| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results

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

! {{Tooltip|NCTS|NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 2022

! rowspan=2| Reaume Brothers Racing

! 43

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| LVS

| ATL

| COA

| MAR

| BRD

| DAR

| KAN

| TEX

| CLT

| GTW

| SON

| KNX

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSH
26

| MOH

| POC

| IRP

| colspan=6|

! rowspan=2| 54th

! rowspan=2| 21

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/leitzni01/2022/C/|title=Nick Leitz – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 16, 2022}}

33

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
36

| KAN

| BRI

| TAL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
28

| PHO

2023

! Young's Motorsports

! 20

! Chevy

| DAY

| LVS

| ATL

| COA

| TEX

| BRD

| MAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KAN
21

| DAR

| NWS

| CLT

| GTW

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
19

| MOH

| POC

| RCH

| IRP

| MLW

| KAN

| BRI

| TAL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
19

! 41st

! 41

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/leitzni01/2023/C/|title=Nick Leitz – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=May 7, 2023}}

{{sup|*}} Season still in progress

{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Nick_Leitz}}

{{SS-Green Light Racing}}

{{DGM Racing}}

{{Youngs Motorsports}}

{{RSS Racing}}

{{Reaume Brothers Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leitz, Nick}}

Category:1996 births

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:CARS Tour drivers

Category:Racing drivers from Virginia

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Chesapeake, Virginia