# Cayden Lapcevich

Cayden Lapcevich (born 3 November 1999) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who currently serves as the crew chief for the No. 19 Chevrolet for Jake Bollman and Bill McAnally Racing in the ARCA Menards Series West.
Lapcevich is a former competitor in the NASCAR Canada Series, having competed from 2015 to 2017 and again in 2024. During his career, Lapcevich won the 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series championship with three wins and was the "youngest champion ever in Canadian professional auto racing". During the 2016 season, Lapevich was named the Jostens Rookie of the Year. After winning three additional races in his final full time Pinty's season, Lapcevich was awarded the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Rising Star Award in 2017. Outside of competing, Lapcevich was a crew chief for Andrew Ranger in 2022.

## Personal life

Cayden's younger brother Treyten is the 2023 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion and made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2025. Cayden's father Jeff was also a driver in the CASCAR Super Series, CASCAR East, CASCAR West and NASCAR Pinty's Series. Jeff also raced in the Grand-Am Road Racing Series.

## Early life and education

On 3 November 1999, Lapcevich was born in Grimsby, Ontario. For his post-secondary education, Lapcevich went to the University of Northwestern Ohio to complete a program in racecar construction.

## Career

Lapcevich began his motorsport throughout his childhood in road racing. He later won multiple midget car racing championships before settling on stock car racing. Between 2014 and 2015, Lapcevich won the Ontario Super Stock championship before entering the NASCAR Pinty's Series. In Lapcevich's first Pinty's Series season, he competed in six races and had one top five finish in 2015.
The following season, Lapcevich won the 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series championship with three race wins and was the "youngest champion ever in Canadian professional auto racing". That year, he received the Jostens Rookie of the Year award. Before the start of the 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series season, Lapcevich was selected as a member of the NASCAR Next developmental program. After winning three additional races during the 2017 Pinty's Series, Lapcevich ended his NASCAR career in 2018 when his sponsor went bankrupt. He appeared in limited races such as the 2018 Canadian Short Track Nationals while attending college.
He then raced at select events in the United States. Lapcevich won the late model portion of the 2019 Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway. He took second to Ty Majeski at the 2020 Dixieland 250 ARCA Midwest Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway in August ahead of drivers such as Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter, and Derek Kraus. In 2022, Lapecvich became a crew chief for Andrew Ranger.
In 2024, he replaced an injured Toni Breidinger during the race in the ARCA Menards Series race at Watkins Glen, however, as Breidinger started the race, she is credited with the 17th-place finish. Lapcevich also returned to the now NASCAR Canada Series for the first time since 2017, running two races in the No. 32 Chevrolet.

## Awards and honours

In 2017, Lapcevich was given the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Rising Star Award.

## 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.)

#### Canada Series

NASCAR Canada Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | Lapcevich Racing | 34 | Dodge | MSP 17 | | | | | | | | | MSP 9 | | | | 14th | 197 | |
| 2015 | Lapcevich Racing | 76 | Dodge | | ACD 18 | SSS 3 | ICAR | EIR | SAS | ASE | CTR 15 | RIS | | KWA 6 | | | | 14th | 197 |
| 2016 | Lapcevich Racing | 76 | Dodge | MSP 4 | SSS 2 | ACD 2 | ICAR 8 | TOR 8 | EIR 3 | SAS 1* | CTR 6 | RIS 1 | MSP 3 | ASE 1 | KWA 2 | | 1st | 505 | |
| 2017 | Lapcevich Racing | 76 | Dodge | MSP 4 | DEL 12 | ACD 1* | ICAR 16 | TOR 7 | SAS 3 | SAS 1 | EIR 3 | CTR 7 | RIS 9 | MSP 11 | ASE 3 | HAM 1 | 3rd | 509 | |
| 2024 | Ryden Lapcevich | 32 | Chevy | MSP | ACD | AVE | RIS | RIS | OSK 6 | SAS | EIR | CTR | ICAR | MSP | DEL 13 | AMS | 39th | 69 | |

### 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 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN RL$^†$ | BRI | KAN | TOL | N/A | 0 | |
| $^†$ – Relieved for Toni Breidinger ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||