Nick Leitz Explained

Nick Leitz
Birth Name:	Nicholas Alexander Leitz
Birth Date:	15 October 1996
Birth Place:	Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.
Total Busch Races:	21
Years In Busch:	4
Busch Car Team:	No. 42 (Young's Motorsports)
Prev Busch Pos:	37th
Prev Busch Year:	2025
Best Busch Pos:	37th (2025)
First Busch Race:	2023 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Last Busch Race:	2026 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 (Atlanta)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0
Total Truck Races:	9
Years In Truck:	4
Truck Car Team:	No. 5 (Tricon Garage)
Prev Truck Pos:	103rd
Prev Truck Year:	2025
Best Truck Pos:	41st (2023)
First Truck Race:	2022 Rackley Roofing 200 (Nashville)
Last Truck Race:	2026 Fresh From Florida 250 (Daytona)
Truck Wins:	0
Truck Top Tens:	0
Truck Poles:	0
Updated:	February 21, 2026

Nicholas Alexander Leitz (born October 15, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage, and part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Young's Motorsports. He has also previously competed in the CARS Tour.

Racing career

Leitz made his Truck Series debut in the 2022 race at Nashville, driving the No. 43 truck for Reaume Brothers Racing.^[1] 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.^[2] After it was announced that Greg Van Alst would drive the No. 20 truck for the rest of the 2023 season starting at IRP,^[3] it was assumed that Leitz would drive the team's No. 02 truck instead at Homestead, 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, 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.^[4]

In 2024, Leitz made six starts in the Xfinity Series driving for DGM Racing, all in their No. 92 car.^[5]

In 2025, Leitz returned to the Xfinity Series part-time, joining SS-Green Light Racing to drive their No. 07 car, sharing it with Patrick Emerling and Alex Labbé.^[6] In the season finale at Phoenix Raceway, RSS brought him back to drive their No. 28 car in place of Kyle Sieg, who moved to his brother Ryan Sieg's No. 39 car for this race after Ryan got an opportunity to drive the Haas Factory Team No. 41 car in place of the suspended Sam Mayer after Mayer intentionally crashed Jeb Burton after the checkered flag in the previous race at Martinsville.

On February 9, 2026, it was announced that Leitz will drive the No. 5 Toyota for Tricon Garage at the season opening race for the Truck Series at Daytona International Speedway.^[7]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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		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	KAN 31	BRI	TEX	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	102nd	0¹	^[8]
2024	DGM Racing	92	Chevy	DAY	ATL 26	LVS 27	PHO 17	COA	RCH	MAR	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL 20	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL 37	ROV	LVS	HOM 37	MAR	PHO	46th	60	^[9]
2025	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	ATL 22	COA	PHO 30	LVS	HOM	MAR	DAR 27	BRI	CAR	TAL	TEX 29	CLT 27	NSH 27	MXC	POC	ATL 24	CSC	SON	DOV 33	IND	IOW	GLN	DAY	PIR	GTW 29	BRI	KAN 38	ROV	LVS 34	TAL 11	MAR		37th	132	^[10]
2025	RSS Racing	28	Ford																																	PHO 20	37th	132	^[10]
2026	Young's Motorsports	42	Chevy	DAY	ATL 18	COA	PHO	LVS	DAR	MAR	CAR	BRI	KAN	TAL	TEX	GLN	DOV	CLT	NSH	POC	COR	SON	CHI	ATL	IND	IOW	DAY	DAR	GTW	BRI	LVS	CLT	PHO	TAL	MAR	HOM	-*	-*	^[11]

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
2022	Reaume Brothers Racing	43	Chevy	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRD	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON	KNX	NSH 26	MOH	POC	IRP									54th	21	^[12]
2022	Reaume Brothers Racing	33	Chevy																		RCH 36	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM 28	PHO			54th	21	^[12]
2023	Young's Motorsports	20	Chevy	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	TEX	BRD	MAR	KAN 21	DAR	NWS	CLT	GTW	NSH 19	MOH	POC	RCH	IRP	MLW	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM 23	PHO 19			41st	41	^[13]
2025	Young's Motorsports	02	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	HOM	MAR	BRI	CAR	TEX	KAN	NWS	CLT	NSH	MCH	POC	LRP	IRP	GLN	RCH 27	DAR	BRI	NHA	ROV	TAL	MAR	PHO	103rd	0¹	^[14]
2026	Tricon Garage	5	Toyota	DAY 11	ATL	STP	DAR	CAR	BRI	TEX	GLN	DOV	CLT	NSH	MCH	COR	LRP	NWS	IRP	RCH	NHA	BRI	KAN	CLT	PHO	TAL	MAR	HOM	-*	-*	^[15]

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

CARS Super Late Model Tour

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CARS Super Late Model Tour results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		Pts	Ref
2015	Jay Hedgecock	41L	Ford	SNM 23	ROU	HCY	SNM	TCM	MMS	ROU	CON	MYB	HCY				62nd	10	^[16]
2017	N/A	41L	N/A	CON	DOM	DOM	HCY	HCY	BRI DNQ	AND	ROU	TCM	ROU	HCY	CON	SBO	N/A	0	^[17]

Notes and References

Web site: Nick Leitz to Attempt Truck Series Debut with Reaume Brothers . Frontstretch . June 21, 2022 . June 24, 2022.
Web site: Joseph . Srigley . Nick Leitz Inks Three-Race Deal with Young's Motorsports . TobyChristie.com . May 1, 2023 . May 2, 2023.
Web site: Greg Van Alst to pilot Young's Motorsports Chevrolet for remainder of Truck Series season . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . August 9, 2023 . September 29, 2023.
Web site: Nick Leitz making Xfinity Series debut for RSS Racing at Kansas . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . September 7, 2023.
Web site: Srigley . Joseph . February 14, 2024 . Nick Leitz Joins DGM Racing to Pilot No. 92 at Atlanta, Las Vegas . February 14, 2024 . TobyChristie.com.
Web site: Toby . Christie . Emerling, Leitz, Labbe to Split No. 07 SS-GreenLight Entry in 2025 . TobyChristie.com . January 16, 2025 . October 29, 2025.
Web site: Nick Leitz Joins TRICON Garage for Season-Opener at Daytona . February 9, 2026.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 9, 2023.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 24, 2024.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 22, 2025.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 21, 2026.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 16, 2022.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 7, 2023.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 15, 2025.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 13, 2026.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2015 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 15, 2025.
Web site: Nick Leitz – 2017 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 15, 2025.