Brayton Laster

Brayton Laster (born August 28, 2002), nicknamed The Pizza Man, is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet SS for Rise Motorsports.

Early racing career

Laster would start racing go-karts at the age of eight at the Indianapolis Speedrome. Four years later, he would move on to racing Ford Thunderbirds and other various types of stock cars. According to Laster's dad, Dane, he would describe Brayton's equipment as a Frankenstein-esque vehicle, saying that "There’s times where I look back and I feel bad about some of the stuff I put him in over the years. But he’s had to drive his heart out, he’s had to learn to work on it to get speed out of it."

For most of his career, Laster has driven the No. 13 along with green paint, both racing superstitions that are rumored to give bad luck. Laster said that he wanted both qualities as a satire to both superstitions.

ARCA Menards Series

Laster made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2022 in the Lucas Oil 200 at the Daytona International Speedway. Laster had a strong run, finishing 13th.

ARCA Menards Series East

In 2023, Laster made his ARCA Menards Series East debut in the Music City 200 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway driving for Fast Track Racing. A fuel pressure issue would sideline him and he would ultimately finish 14th. Later in the year, he would also makes starts in the ARCA/ARCA East combination races at Iowa Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Camping World Truck Series

On April 28, it was announced that Laster will make his truck debut in the Corn Belt 150 at Knoxville with Reaume Brothers Racing.

Laster is nicknamed "The Pizza Man" for his love of pizza. According to Laster, he was self-proclaimed obsessed with pizza, which started with the Indianapolis Speedrome selling pizza for concessions. It then "became my identity", and he was reported wearing numerous clothes that looked like pizza throughout middle school, earning the nickname from teachers. The nickname eventually moved over to his racing career.

Laster currently is an online student at Liberty University.

NASCAR

Camping World Truck 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

ARCA Menards Series East