Andrew Ranger (born November 20, 1986) is a Canadian professional racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet for Innovation Auto Sport, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 53 Chevrolet for NDS Motorsports.

Ranger is a veteran of the Canada Series, having claimed 36 wins in 207 races. He was champion in 2007, 2009 and 2019, runner-up in 2016 and 2021, and third in 2012, 2015, 2024, and 2025.

Racing career Champ Car

Ranger was the 2002 Canadian Formula A Karting champion and 2003 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Champion. He raced in the Toyota Atlantic series in 2004 with number 27, the same as Quebec racecar drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jacques Villeneuve, scoring six podiums (top-three finishes) and winning the Rookie of the Year award.

Ranger made his debut in the Champ Car World Series in 2005 with Conquest Racing, also driving the No. 27 car. He became the youngest driver in the series' history to finish on the podium with a second place at Monterrey. After a few solid finishes at the beginning of the season, Ranger's year went downhill as he mostly struggled in the second half of the season, but held on to tenth in the points championship.

In 2006, he remained with the Conquest Racing team. He ranked tenth in the standings with a best finish of fifth at the 2006 Lexmark Indy 300.

NASCAR With no sponsorship and Champ Car merging with the Indy Racing League, Ranger moved to stock car racing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series to drive the No. 27 Ford for Dave Jacombs.Ranger gives up on ride. SPEED Channel. March 29, 2007 He won the second race in the series at Mosport International Raceway, and the season points championship. He has also won at Montreal and Trois-Rivières during 2008.

In 2009, Ranger was the class of the field for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, winning the Dickies 200 at Mosport International Raceway, the A&W 300 at SunValley Speedway (his first ever oval win), The Rexall Edmonton Indy, Vortex Brake Pads 200 at Mosport International Raceway, the GP3R 300 at Circuit Trois-Rivières and the Komatsu 300 At Riverside Speedway. On top of all of this he scored two poles and many podium finishes. Ranger ended up winning the title by 167 points for his second championship in three years.

Ranger drove for Fitz Motorsports in the August 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal and he also drove for the team in four of the remaining ten races of 2008 with a best finish of 19th at Bristol Motor Speedway. In 2009, he drove the No. 11 Tide/Ridemakerz.com Toyota Camry to a third place finish after leading many laps in the 2009 Napa Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. For 2010 he drove for the No. 27 Baker-Curb Racing Nationwide team with sponsorship from Dodge, including at Montreal.

For 2010, Ranger drove part-time at the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series with the No. 27 Dave Jacombs Dodge. He ran some races for NDS Motorsports in their No. 35 Waste Management Chevy in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West series. He won the race at Infineon Raceway in the K&N Pro Series West on June 20. He picked up the win from pole in Lime Rock Park in the K&N Pro Series East. On July 17, he won from the pole at the Toronto Indy 100, being the first driver to win all three NASCAR regional touring series in one year. His third win of the year was at Trois-Rivières and at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where he bumped Jason Bowles in the last turn for the win both times from the pole. In 2011, he again won at Montreal and Toronto on a limited basis schedule.

Ranger raced in the K&N Pro Series and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series again in 2011. On May 22, 2011, Ranger won the ARCA race on the road course at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey. On June 25, 2011, Andrew competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America, finishing sixth. Ranger made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Watkins Glen, finishing 35th for FAS Lane Racing.

For 2012, Ranger ran in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and Nationwide Series for GC Motorsports. He won two Canadian Tire events in his home province of Quebec at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Circuit ICAR along with the ARCA event at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

In 2013, Ranger ran a partial schedule in the Canadian Tire Series. He also ran the road courses in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and in the ARCA Racing Series. He won at New Jersey Motorsports Park in the ARCA Racing Series for the third year in a row.

In 2014, Ranger left Dave Jacombs's team and joined D. J. Kennington's DJK Racing to drive the No. 27 Dodge. He would remain with the team through 2019. Ranger did not participate in the abbreviated 2020 Pinty's Series season held during the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned to the series in 2021 driving for Rick Ware Racing's new Pinty's Series team. The team also gave him one race in their Xfinity (previously Nationwide) Series No. 17 car, which they field jointly with SS-Green Light Racing. He wanted to compete, but was replaced by J. J. Yeley.

Motorsports career results American open-wheel racing results (key)

Atlantic Championship Toyota Atlantic results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2004 Sierra Sierra RacingLBH2MTYRetMIL3POR13POR24CLE12TOR2VAN7ROA3DEN4MTL5LS3 4th 257

Champ Car Champ Car results Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2005 Conquest Racing 27LBH17MTY2MIL16POR7CLE8TOR11EDM18SJO16DEN10MTL11LVG14SRF10MXC9   10th 140 2006LBH6HOU6MTY7 MIL7POR9CLE11TOR10EDM7SJO13DEN14MTL15ROA8SRF5MXC8 10th 200

NASCAR (key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2011 FAS Lane Racing 32 Ford DAY PHO LSV BRI CAL MAR TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT KAN POC MCH INF DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 71st 01

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 34 35 Pts Ref 2008 FitzBradshaw Racing 22 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 66th 427 2009 CJM Racing 11 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 105th 170 2010 Baker-Curb Racing 27 Dodge DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 141st 46 2011 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO 49th 72 Go Canada Racing 67 Ford NHA NSH IRP IOW HOM 2012 GC Motorsports International 27 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO 74th 28 Ford HOM 2013 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 75th 18

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World 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 Pts Ref 2014 NDS Motorsports 53 Ram DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 57th 40

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Ref 2010 NDS Motorsports 35 Chevy GRE SBO IOW18 MAR5 NHA9 LRP1* LEE23 JFC NHA7 DOV15 18th 955 2011 GRE SBO RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY NHA COL GRE NHA 36th 328 Ford DOV 2013 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV 39th 61 Ford RAL 2014 NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE DOV 48th 44

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 2010 NDS Motorsports 35 Chevy AAS PHO IOW DCS SON IRW POR MON COL MMP AASPHO 37th 288 2011 PHO AAS MMP IOW LVS SON IRW EVG PIR CNS MRP SPO AAS PHO 38th 368 2013 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge PHO S99 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO 32nd 81

Canada Series NASCAR Canada Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2007 Jacombs Racing 27 Ford HAM4 MSP1 BAR5 MPS9 EDM2* CGV2 MSP13 CTR2 HAM2* BAR6 RIS13 KWA6 1st 1896 2008 HAM16 MSP6 BAR6 ASE4 MPS11 EDM3 CGV1 MSP7 CTR1 HAM2 BAR12 RIS6 KWA 4th 1853 2009 ASE6* DEL8 MSP1* ASE4 MPS1* EDM1* SAS8 MSP1 CTR1* CGV2 BAR9 RIS1 KWA9 1st 2190 2010 Dodge DEL MSP2 ASE9 TOR1* EDM MPS SAS CTR1* MSP CGV1* BAR RIS KWA 17th 883 2011 MSP ICAR21 DEL MSP TOR1* MPS SAS CTR2 CGV1* BAR RIS KWA 22nd 660 2012 MSP4 ICAR1* MSP7 DEL4 MPS11 EDM7 SAS6 CTR1* CGV2 BAR2 RIS12 KWA2 3rd 483 2013 MSP DEL MSP ICAR1* MPS SAS ASE CTR2 RIS 23rd 131 DJK Racing 28 MSP3 BAR KWA 2014 27 MSP21 ACD12 ICAR1* EIR1 SAS4 ASE8 CTR2 RIS4* MSP29 BAR15 KWA23 6th 377 2015 MSP9 ACD4 SSS20 ICAR2 EIR6 SAS3 ASE1 CTR2 RIS3 MSP6* KWA10 3rd 428 2016 MSP1 SSS8 ACD8 ICAR1* TOR2 EIR6 SAS5 CTR2 RIS14 MSP21 ASE8 KWA14 2nd 451 2017 MSP2 DEL6 ACD9 ICAR2 TOR14 SAS10 SAS27 EIRQL† CTR2* RIS5 MSP3 ASE8 JUK10 7th 454 2018 MSP12 JUK5 ACD1 TOR1 SAS12 SAS10 EIR12 CTR15 RIS4 MSP8 ASE8 NHA16 JUK5 8th 474 2019 MSP2 JUK1* ACD4 TOR2 SAS3 SAS1* EIR1* CTR8 RIS7 MSP9 ASE3 NHA1 JUK4 1st 550 2021 Rick Ware Racing 51 Dodge SUN2 SUN16 CTR19 ICAR2 MSP19 MSP 5 FLA1* DEL3 DEL3DEL1 2nd 381 2022 Wight Motorsports Inc. 27Chevy SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EDM SAS SAS CTR OSK ICAR MSP DEL 8th 463 2023 SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EIR SAS SAS CTR OSK OSK ICAR MSP DEL 10th 435 2024 MSP ACD AVE RIS RIS OSK SASEIR CTR ICAR MSP DELAMS 3rd 488 2025 Innovation Auto Sport MSP6 RIS4 EDM4 SAS8 CMP5 ACD14 CTR1* ICAR2 MSP5 DEL4 DEL7 AMS6 3rd 470 2026 MSP19 ACD5 ACD7 RIS7 AMS4 AMS6 CMP3 EIR EIR CTR4 MAR2 ICAR2 MSP1* DEL8 5th 470

Qualified but replaced by Larry Jackson Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

CASCAR Castrol Super Series Castrol Super Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref 2006 Jacombs Racing 88 Ford BAR MOS BAR MPS EDM CTR MOS MTL HAMASE KWA 41st 126

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 21 Pts Ref 2008 DGM Racing 98 Chevy DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 163rd 0 2011 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE 33rd 655 Ford CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 2012 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 80th 245 2013 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 51st 515 2014 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 68th 245 2026 NDS Motorsports 53 Chevy DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN TOL MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN 55th 79

See also List of Canadians in Champ Car List of Canadians in NASCAR

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