Sam Corry (born November 14, 2007) is an American racing driver. He currently competes part-time in both the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. He has previously driven in the USF2000 Championship.

Career

USF Juniors On December 30, 2021, it was announced that Corry would make his open-wheel racing debut in the 2022 USF Juniors driving for Velocity Racing Development. He would immediately be competitive finishing third in the opening two race of the season at Ozarks International Raceway. Corry would get his maiden win in the first race at the Mid-Ohio round after overtaking championship leader Mac Clark following a restart with six laps to go. The following round at Road America would see him get pole position for races two and three. In race one, Corry started third behind Alessandro de Tullio and Mac Clark respectively. Clark would have mechanical issues on lap one which meant that de Tullio assume the lead. However, Corry would overtake de Tullio to lead the race on lap two. He would battle for the lead in the remaining laps of the race with de Tullio, Nikita Johnson, and Andre Castro. Corry would win the race by just 0.030 seconds ahead of de Tullio. In race two, Corry would start on pole, but would get overtaken for the lead by Nikita Johnson five laps into the race and ultimately finish second. Corry would once again finish second in race three after starting on pole, this time to Alessandro de Tullio.

At the final round held at Circuit of the Americas, Corry would be on pole for race one. He would get overtaken by Nikita Johnson following the first corner and would later spin. Corry was third on the last lap battling Bryson Morris who was behind. Morris would edge out Corry in a photo finish by just 0.04 seconds which relegated Corry to fourth. In race two, Corry was in second with a few laps remaining and would once again be battling Morris who was leading. Corry would overtake Morris on lap 12 of 15 and pull away to take his third win of the season. In race three, Corry was battling for the lead with Nikita Johnson and Ryan Shehan. Corry and Shehan would overtake Johnson with Corry gaining the lead. Johnson overtook Shehan for second and then retook the lead from Corry the following lap. Johnson would pull away until a late race safety car came out closing the gap back up. Corry would not be able to overtake Johnson and finished second.

Corry finished second in the championship behind Mac Clark with three wins, three poles, two fastest laps, and eleven podiums.

USF2000

2023 On October 11, 2022, it was announced that Corry would move up to compete in the 2023 USF2000 Championship sticking with Velocity Racing Development. At the third round of the season held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Corry qualified 12th for race one. Following two cautions for major incidents, the race resumed with five laps to go. Leaders Nikita Johnson, Lochie Hughes, and Simon Sikes all would run wide at turn one on multiple occasions. Mac Clark would assume the lead with Sikes in second with two laps to go. On the final lap, Clark ran wide at the turn one causing him and Sikes to miss the corner and go onto the grass. This allowed Corry to take the lead and hold on to take his maiden win in the series. Corry would get two more podiums at Mid-Ohio and the final race of the season at Portland to finish seventh in the championship.

2024

For 2024, Corry would return to the championship but would switch to Pabst Racing.

ARCA Menards Series

In 2025, it was revealed that Corry would make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, driving the No. 70 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. He started in ninth after qualifying was cancelled due to weather, and finished in 13th. He later ran for Nitro the following race at Iowa Speedway, where he finished in the top-ten in seventh, and at the Illinois State Fairgrounds for Venturini Motorsports, where he in 13th due to being involved in a crash late in the race.

On December 12, 2025, it was announced that Corry would run another partial schedule for Nitro in both the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West in 2026, beginning at the main series race at Watkins Glen International. He won the West Series race at Sonoma after starting on pole and leading every lap. He started second at Portland.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2022YACademy Winter SeriesVelocity Racing Development60102504thUSF Juniors16332113692nd2023USF2000 ChampionshipVelocity Racing Development1810032227th2024 USF2000 Championship Pabst Racing1830273552nd2025 ARCA Menards Series Nitro Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 99 46th Venturini Motorsports ARCA Menards Series East Nitro Motorsports20000 68 36thTrans-Am Series - TA22026 ARCA Menards Series Nitro Motorsports ARCA Menards Series WestMichelin Pilot Challenge - GSMedusa MotorsportsTrans-Am Series - TA2 * Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results USF Juniors (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints2022Velocity Racing DevelopmentOIR1OIR2OIR3†ALA1ALA2VIR1VIR2VIR3MOH1MOH2MOH3ROA1ROA2ROA3COA1COA2COA32nd369 † Race was cancelled due to inclement weather.

USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2023Velocity Racing DevelopmentSTP1STP2SEB1SEB2IMS1IMS2IMS3IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3TOR1TOR2POR1POR2POR3 7th 222 2024 Pabst Racing STP1 STP2 NOL1 NOL2 NOL3 IMS1 IMS2 IRP ROA1 ROA2 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 TOR1 TOR2 POR1 POR2 POR3 2nd 355

ARCA Menards Series (key) (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 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 Pts Ref 2025 Nitro Motorsports 70 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN 46th 99 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 2026 Nitro Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN TOL MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN 83rd 39

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2025 Nitro Motorsports 70 Toyota FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI 36th 68

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2026 Nitro Motorsports 25 Toyota KER PHO TUC SHA CNS TRI SON PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO KER -* -*

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