Tristan McKee (born August 3, 2010) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West, full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet SS for Pinnacle Racing Group, part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Spire Motorsports, and full-time in the Mazda MX-5 Cup, driving the No. 7 for BSI Racing.

McKee is the 2026 ARCA Menards Series East champion.

Racing career McKee has previously competed in series such as the CARS Pro Late Model Tour, where he became the series' youngest winner at Dillon Motor Speedway in 2023 at the age of twelve, the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, the Carolina Pro Late Model Series, and the All-Pro Limited Late Model Series.

On January 16, 2025, it was announced that McKee had signed with Spire Motorsports as a development driver. In this deal, McKee would run a partial schedule in the CARS Tour in the Late Model Stock Tour and the Pro Late Model Tour, where he would drive for Matt Piercy Racing, a full schedule in the Trans Am Series, where he would drive for Team SLR, and select races in the ARCA Menards Series.

ARCA Menards Series On July 24, 2025, it was announced that McKee would make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series at Watkins Glen International, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports. McKee started fourth in his debut race, going on to win the race in his first career ARCA start. He was the second-youngest winner in ARCA history at fifteen years and five days. On August 19, it was announced that McKee would run for Pinnacle Racing Group in the No. 82 Chevrolet for three races in ARCA, beginning at Madison International Speedway.

In 2026, he ran part-time with PRG and won the ARCA / ARCA East combination races at Toledo and Iowa. In the main series standalone events, he won at Madison.

ARCA Menards Series East On December 17, 2025, it was announced that McKee will run half of the ARCA Menards Series schedule, as well as full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 77 for PRG. He won at Hickory, Rockingham and the ARCA / ARCA East combination races at Toledo and Iowa. At the season's end with a second-place finish at Bristol, he earned the 2026 ARCA Menards Series East championship title over Max Reaves.

ARCA Menards Series West In 2025, would also make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series West for Spire at the season ending race at Phoenix Raceway. He would end up finishing fourth. The next year, he ran at Phoenix in the spring and finished runner-up to Carson Brown.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series On July 30, 2026, it was announced that McKee will make multiple starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, his first being at Richmond Raceway, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports. In his first three starts, he scored three top-tens, as well as in Bristol, he became the youngest driver to ever finish in the top-five in a Truck Series race.

On September 30, 2026, it was announced that McKee will return to Spire in an expanded schedule for the 2027 season.

Personal life McKee's father, Lane, is a former motorcycle racer.

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series 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 24 25 Pts Ref 2026 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY ATL STP DAR CAR BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH8 NHA6 BRI5 KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

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 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN1 ISF 25th 163 Pinnacle Racing Group 82 Chevy MAD11 DSF BRI2 SLM KAN TOL3 2026 77 DAY PHO2 KAN TAL GLN18 TOL1* MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP7 IRP32 IOW1* ISF MAD1* DSF SLM6 BRI2 KAN 17th 337

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2025 Pinnacle Racing Group 82 Chevy FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI2 47th 42 2026 77 HCY1 CAR1** NSV3 TOL1* IRP32 FRS2 IOW1* BRI2 1st 431

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 2025 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy KER PHO TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO4 44th 40 2026 Pinnacle Racing Group KER PHO2 TUC SHA CNS TRI SON PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO KER -* -*

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Ref 2024 Tristan McKee Inc. 7M Chevy SNM HCY AAS OCS ACE TCM LGY DOM CRW HCY NWS20 ACE WCS FLC SBO TCM NWS7 N/A 0 2025 Matt Piercy Racing 7 Chevy AAS18 WCS19 CDL19 OCS ACE NWS2 LGY4 DOM4 15th 320 LowCountry Motorsports CRW3 HCY22* AND7 FLC SBO7 TCM NWS

CARS Pro Late Model Tour (key) CARS Pro Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2023 N/A 7 Chevy SNM24 9th 195 Ford HCY10 ACE20 NWS4 TCM7 DIL1 CRW8 WKSDNS HCY16 TCM16 SBO TCM CRW 2024 Setzer Racing & Development 6 Chevy SNM4 HCY24 OCS9 ACE7 TCM15 CRW1** HCY15 NWS1* TCM16* NWS15 5th 323 6M ACE12* FLC4 SBO2* 2025 LowCountry Motorsports 7 Chevy AAS2* CDL1 OCS ACE CRW16 HCY HCY3 AND15 FLC SBO7 TCM NWSWth 9th 252 7M NWS6

ASA STARS National Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) ASA STARS National Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Ref 2026 Wauters Motorsports 5 Chevy NSM FIF HCY SLG MAD NPS OWO TRI WIN NSV NSM -* -*

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