Todd Souza

Todd Souza (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 3 Ford Mustang for his own team, Central Coast Racing. He has also previously driven in what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series, making two starts in 2007, and part-time in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East.

Todd Souza
Souza at Madera Speedway in 2023
Born	(1964-12-13) December 13, 1964 (age 59) Watsonville, California
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2007 position	117th
Best finish	117th (2007)
First race	2007 Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 (Mexico City)
Last race	2007 Arizona Travel 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 4 years
ARCA no., team	No. 3 (Central Coast Racing)
Best finish	57th (2023)
First race	2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
3 races run over 3 years
Best finish	51st (2006)
First race	2005 Burnham Hydronics 200 (Lime Rock)
Last race	2015 Bully Hill Vineyards 125 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
122 races run over 16 years
ARCA West no., team	No. 3 (Central Coast Racing)
Best finish	4th (2022)
First race	2006 Blue Lizard Australian Suncream 200 (Sonoma)
Last race	2024 MMI Oil Workers 150 (Bakersfield)
First win	2008 NASCAR Camping World Series 125 (Tooele)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 70 0
Statistics current as of July 10, 2023.

Racing career

 

Souza's No. 13 car at Sonoma in 2017

 

Souza's No. 13 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2023.

 

Souza's No. 3 car at All American Speedway in 2023

He attempted to make his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series (now the Xfinity Series) in 2005 at the series' inaugural race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez road course in Mexico City. Fielding his own No. 97 Chevrolet, Souza failed to qualify. He returned later that year at the other road course on the schedule, Watkins Glen, and did not qualify again. After not entering any races in 2006, Souza returned to the Busch Series in 2007, again at Mexico City, but now using the No. 13, his West Series car number. Unlike two years earlier, he made the field this time. After finishing a solid 23rd in his debut, he attempted one other race that year, Phoenix in November, where he successfully qualified for the race but crashed out and finished 40th. That race is his last start in the series to date.

Souza has competed in NASCAR's West Series since 2006. He has one career win in the series, coming at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah in 2008.^[1] He completed his first full-time season in 2017 before scaling back to part-time for the 2018 season.^[2]

Souza's 2019 season was highlighted by two top-three finishes: a third-place run at Colorado National Speedway (his first podium in two years)^[3] and a runner-up finish at Meridian Speedway.^[4] He also made headlines at Gateway after on-track contact with Hailie Deegan, calling her "spoiled and rotten" and deeming her move "disrespectful."^[5]

Souza's crew chief is Michael Muñoz, who has worked with him since the late 2000s.^[6]

On April 14, 2022, Souza stated in an interview for the ARCA website that he might only run part-time in the West Series in 2023 in a new second car for his own team with someone else replacing him in his No. 13 car full-time.^[7] Although Souza did return for another full season in 2023, which he confirmed would be his final season as a driver,^[8] he and his team did debut a second part-time car, the No. 3, at Shasta with him driving that car and Tyler Reif driving his No. 13 car in that race.^[9]

On January 3, 2024, it was announced that Reif will run full-time in the No. 13 car in 2024, with Souza returning to the series part-time in the No. 3 car.^[10]

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts	Ref
2005	Central Coast Racing	97	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC DNQ	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN DNQ	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[11]
2007	Central Coast Racing	13	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC 23	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	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 40	HOM	117th	137	^[12]

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	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2005	Central Coast Racing	13	Chevy	STA	HOL	ERI	NHA	WFD	ADI	STA	DUB	OXF	NHA	DOV	LRP 16	TMP		54th	115	^[13]
2006				GRE	STA	HOL	TMP	ERI	NHA	ADI	WFD	NHA	DOV	LRP 16				51st	115	^[14]
2010	Central Coast Racing	13	Chevy	GRE	SBO	IOW DNQ	MAR	NHA	LRP	LEE	GRE	NHA	DOV					N/A	0	^[15]
2015	Central Coast Racing	13	Toyota	NSM	GRE	BRI	IOW	BGS	LGY	COL	NHA	IOW	GLN 20	MOT	VIR	RCH	DOV	56th	24	^[16]

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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Central Coast Racing	13	Ford	DAY	PHO 8	TAL	KAN	TOL	CLT	MOH	POC	ELK	BLN	IOW	WIN	GLN	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN	81st	36	^[17]
2022				DAY	PHO 12	TAL	KAN	CLT	IOW	BLN	ELK	MOH	POC	IRP	MCH	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	88th	32	^[18]
2023				DAY	PHO 11	TAL	KAN	CLT	BLN	ELK	MOH 7	IOW	POC	MCH	IRP	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	57th	70	^[19]
2024		3	Toyota	DAY	PHO 19	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	IOW	MOH	BLN	IRP	SLM	ELK	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	GLN	BRI	KAN	TOL	-*	-*	^[20]

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	14	AMSW	Pts	Ref
2006	Central Coast Racing	13	Chevy	PHO	PHO DNQ	S99	IRW	SON 6	DCS	IRW 12	EVG	S99	CAL 17	CTS	AMP			26th	414	^[21]
2007				CTS	PHO 7	AMP	ELK	IOW	CNS	SON 14	DCS	IRW	MMP 15	EVG	CSR 18	AMP		25th	499	^[22]
2008				AAS	PHO	CTS	IOW	CNS	SON 35	IRW	DCS	EVG	MMP 1	IRW	AMP 25	AAS 4		23rd	491	^[23]
2009				CTS	AAS	PHO 12	MAD	IOW	DCS	SON 6	IRW	PIR 8	MMP 7	CNS	IOW	AAS		21st	570	^[24]
2010				AAS 10		IOW DNQ	DCS 7	SON 6	IRW 28	PIR 13	MRP 10	CNS 8	MMP 12	AAS 21				9th	1496	^[25]
			Toyota		PHO 8										PHO 14
2011				PHO 16	AAS	MMP	IOW	LVS										32nd	472	^[26]
			Chevy						SON 10	IRW	EVG	PIR 23	CNS	MRP	SPO	AAS	PHO 13
2014	Central Coast Racing	13	Chevy	PHO	IRW	S99	IOW	KCR	SON 11	SLS	CNS	IOW	EVG	KCR	MMP 12	AAS	PHO	37th	65	^[27]
2015			Toyota	KCR	IRW 25	TUS 16	IOW	SHA								PHO 17		26th	84	^[28]
			Ford						SON 34	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER	AAS
2016			Toyota	IRW 24	KCR	TUS	OSS	CNS	SON 16	SLS	IOW	EVG	DCS	MMP 11	MMP 5	MER	AAS	22nd	120	^[29]
2017				TUS 22	KCR 10	IRW 11	IRW 10	SPO 12	OSS 3	CNS 10	SON 8		EVG 8	DCS 8	MER 4	AAS 11	KCR 13	6th	468	^[30]
		3										IOW 18
2018		13		KCR 22	TUS 10	TUS 14	OSS 8	CNS 12	SON 19	DCS Wth	IOW	EVG 12	GTW	LVS 18	MER	AAS	KCR 9	10th	272	^[31]
2019				LVS 5	IRW 11	TUS 8	TUS 16	CNS 3	SON 27	DCS 7	IOW 16	EVG 6	GTW 10	MER 2	AAS 5	KCR 5	PHO 9	6th	486	^[32]
2020				LVS 8	MMP 6	MMP 6	IRW 7	EVG 7	DCS 11	CNS 8	LVS 5	AAS 2	KCR 7	PHO 17				6th	550	^[33]
2021			Ford	PHO 8	SON 5							PHO 16						7th	410	^[34]
			Toyota			IRW 7	CNS 7	IRW 7	PIR 17	LVS 16	AAS 4
2022			Ford	PHO 12	IRW 9	KCR 6			IRW 10	EVG 5		AAS 4	LVS 10	PHO 5				4th	563	^[35]
			Toyota				PIR 3	SON 8			PIR 2
2023			Ford	PHO 11	IRW 11	KCR 9	PIR 22	SON 8	IRW 4									6th	503	^[36]
		3								SHA 10	EVG 10	AAS 5	LVS 7	MAD 2	PHO 26
2024			Toyota	PHO 19	KER 9	PIR	SON	IRW	IRW	SHA	TRI	MAD	AAS	KER	PHO			-*	-*	^[37]

^* Season still in progress

References

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4. "Kraus Gets Another in Meridian K&N West Run". SpeedSport. September 29, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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External links

• Todd Souza driver statistics at Racing-Reference