Kristofer Cole Wright (born July 17, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 81 Chevrolet Silverado RST for McAnally–Hilgemann Racing. He has also previously competed in sports car racing, open-wheel racing, the Euroformula Open Championship, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the ARCA Menards Series. Wright is also the 2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge LMP3 class champion.
Racing career Sports car racing In 2015, Wright joined Kinetic Motorsports in the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car A class. He recorded his first podium finish at Miller Motorsports Park where he finished third.
In 2017, Wright raced in the IMSA Prototype Challenge with JDC MotorSports. Wright, who described the prototype cars as "really easy to drive", finished second in the Prototype Challenge standings with a win at Watkins Glen International and Rookie of the Year honors. He signed with Extreme Speed Motorsports for the 2018 Prototype Challenge season, during which he scored race wins at Barber Motorsports Park and Virginia International Raceway, finished in podium range in all six events, and won the LMP3 class championship.
Wright ran his first endurance and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona, driving for Performance Tech Motorsports in the LMP2 class. Joined by Kyle Masson, Robert Masson, and Cameron Cassels in the No. 38, Wright's team finished second in its class.
Open-wheel racing During the 2017 racing season, Wright entered the Road to Indy ladder beginning with the U.S. F2000 National Championship with John Cummiskey Racing. He raced at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Barber, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course before moving to the Pro Mazda Championship in June with JDC. He contested the Road America, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and Watkins Glen races, with a best finish of fifth at Watkins Glen.
In 2019, he started racing in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with Fortec Motorsports after testing with the team the previous year; Wright compared the car to the Pro Mazda vehicles, noting they were "very similar". He finished the season sixteenth in points, last among drivers who ran the full schedule, with a best finish of fifth at Silverstone Circuit.
Wright remained with Fortec as he moved to the Euroformula Open Championship in 2020, though the season's start was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stock car racing Wright's first start in stock car racing took place during the summer of 2020. In June, he raced in the ARCA Menards Series West doubleheader at Utah Motorsports Campus, where he finished second and third.
In August, Wright joined the GMS Racing organization, racing in the ARCA Menards Series and the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series on a part-time basis. His debut with the team came on August 1 in the CARS Super Late Model Tour at Hickory Motor Speedway, where he finished eleventh. His first ARCA and NASCAR Truck start for GMS took place at Michigan International Speedway and the Daytona International Speedway road course, respectively.
Wright joined Young's Motorsports for the full 2021 NASCAR Truck Series season, driving the No. 02; he also debuted the team's ARCA program at the Daytona test in January. After running the season opener, he also signed with NASCAR Xfinity Series team Sam Hunt Racing as a road course ringer. Wright missed the Atlanta Motor Speedway race in March after testing positive for COVID-19.
For 2022, Wright would be announced to drive the No. 44 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet full-time, but would later leave the team in August. However, Wright was announced to run the rest of the Xfinity Series season with Brandonbilt Motorsports from August onwards, excluding three races which owner Brandon Brown himself drove, and the car having sponsorship from FNB Corporation.
On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Wright would return to the same truck he drove in 2021, the No. 02 for Young's Motorsports, and run full-time in the Truck Series in 2023. After earning only three top twenty finishes in the first eleven races, Wright and the team would agree to part ways effective immediately before the race at World Wide Technology Raceway.
On November 14, 2023, it was announced that Wright would run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2024, driving the No. 15 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports. Wright also raced for Tricon Garage in two races in 2024.
On November 20, 2024, Our Motorsports announced that Wright would replace Anthony Alfredo as the driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. On July 15, after Kaz Grala replaced Wright in entry list for Dover, Wright confirmed he had mutually parted ways with the team. At the time, Wright was 29th in the standings, last among full-time drivers, and had only scored three top twenty finishes.
On July 28, 2025, it was announced that Wright would return to Venturini's ARCA team part-time for three races.
On September 29, 2025, it was announced that Wright would join McAnally–Hilgemann Racing's Truck team for Charlotte Roval and Talladega.
On December 9, 2025, MHR announced that Wright would replace Connor Mosack as the driver of the No. 81 Chevrolet for the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
Personal life Wright's father was also a racing driver, though he encouraged his son to play golf. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh in 2013, Wright was a member of IMG Academy and Robert Morris University's golf teams. He also qualified for the district championship of the Remax World Long Drive Championship in 2014, but came up short on his bid for the World Finals.
Motorsports career results
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position 2014 SBF2000 Summer Series 6 0 1 3 141 20th 2015 Pirelli World Challenge – TCA Kinetic Motorsports 17 0 8 14 1190 5th 2016 Pirelli World Challenge – TCA Kinetic Motorsports 10 0 4 6 547 8th Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Kris Wright Motorsports 9 0 0 1 150 16th 2017 IMSA Prototype Challenge – MPC JDC MotorSports 13 1 8 12 177 2nd USF2000 Championship John Cummiskey Racing 6 0 0 0 28 25th Pro Mazda Championship JDC MotorSports 7 0 1 5 95 10th 2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge – LMP3 Extreme Speed Motorsports 6 2 6 6 194 1st Pro Mazda Championship BN Racing 10 0 1 5 110 12th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany MSG / HRT Motorsport ? ? ? ? 0 NC 2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsport 24 0 1 2 126 16th IMSA Sports Car Championship – LMP2 Performance Tech Motorsports 1 0 1 1 32 10th 2020 ARCA Menards Series GMS Racing 1 0 0 0 193 22nd Chad Bryant Racing 5 0 0 3 ARCA Menards Series East 1 0 0 0 29 44th ARCA Menards Series West 1 0 0 0 159 14th JP Racing 2 0 2 2 CARS Super Late Model Tour David Pletcher 2 0 0 1 47 15th NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series GMS Racing 1 0 0 0 18 66th 2021 ARCA Menards Series Rette Jones Racing 5 0 0 3 161 26th NASCAR Xfinity Series Sam Hunt Racing 7 0 0 0 0 NC NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Young's Motorsports 16 0 0 0 166 26th 2022 ARCA Menards Series Cook Racing Technologies 1 0 0 1 75 47th Young's Motorsports 1 0 0 1 NASCAR Xfinity Series Brandonbilt Motorsports 9 0 0 0 0 NC† NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Niece Motorsports 17 0 0 0 195 30th 2023 ARCA Menards Series Venturini Motorsports 2 0 0 1 72 55th ARCA Menards Series West 1 0 0 0 22 66th CARS Pro Late Model Tour N/A 3 0 0 0 63 27th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Young's Motorsports 11 0 0 0 150 29th 2024 ARCA Menards Series Venturini Motorsports 20 0 8 12 878 3rd ARCA Menards Series East 5 0 1 3 225 12th ARCA Menards Series West 1 0 0 0 32 53rd CARS Pro Late Model Tour Wilson Motorsports 2 0 0 1 0 NC† NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Tricon Garage 2 0 0 0 18 56th 2025 ARCA Menards Series Venturini Motorsports 3 0 2 2 101 44th ARCA Menards Series East 1 0 0 0 20 69th NASCAR Xfinity Series Our Motorsports 18 0 0 1 177 35th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 2 0 0 0 0 NC† 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series McAnally–Hilgemann Racing † As Wright was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
American open–wheel racing results
U.S. F2000 National Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2017 Kaminsky Racing STP14 STP15 BAR13 BAR19 IMS21 IMS17 ROA ROA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH WGL 25th 28
Pro Mazda Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points 2017 JDC MotorSports STP STP IMS IMS ROA13 ROA9 MOH7 MOH8 MOH11 GMP WGL5 WGL8 10th 95 2018 BN Racing STP12 STP14 BAR13 BAR14 IMS10 IMS6 LOR ROA ROA TOR7 TOR5 MOH10 MOH10 GMP POR POR 12th 110
Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2019 Fortec Motorsport OUL111 OUL2Ret OUL316 SNE115 SNE212 SNE310 SIL1113 SIL1217 SIL1318 DON1114 DON1213 DON13Ret SPA116 SPA217 SPA315 BRH116 BRH2Ret BRH313 SIL2114 SIL225 SIL2315 DON2115 DON2211 DON2314 16th 126
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2019 Performance Tech Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY2 SEB MOH WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL 10th 32
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 2021 Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota DAY DRC18 HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA32 CLT MOH32 TEX NSH POC ROA25 ATL NHA GLN17 IRC30 MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL 93rd 01 Sam Hunt Racingwith JD Motorsports 15 ROV39 TEX KAN MAR PHO 2022 Brandonbilt Motorsports 68 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN34 DAY DAR36 KAN20 BRI25 TEX TAL ROV38 LVS24 HOM27 MAR26 PHO26 99th 01 2025 Our Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY32 ATL26 COA33 PHO25 LVS25 HOM32 MAR9 DAR38 BRI31 CAR28 TAL24 TEX33 CLT18 NSH31 MXC17 POC37 ATL25 CSCDNQ SON29 DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 35th 177
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 2020 GMS Racing 24 Chevy DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC25 DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 66th 18 2021 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY12 DRC LVS25 ATL BRD RCH35 KAN33 DAR39 COA CLT23 TEX22 NSH32 POC30 KNX GLN GTW18 DAR28 BRI36 LVS16 TAL36 MAR13 PHO32 26th 166 2022 Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY19 LVS17 ATL21 COA15 MAR30 BRD33 DAR33 KAN25 TEX35 CLT19 GTW33 SON26 KNX28 NSH17 MOH25 POC27 IRP31 RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 30th 195 2023 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY22 LVS28 ATL15 COA21 TEX12 BRD32 MAR16 KAN28 DAR29 NWS22 CLT32 GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 29th 150 2024 Tricon Garage 1 Toyota DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX30 KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC26 IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 56th 18 2025 McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 16 Chevy DAY ATL LVS HOM MAR BRI CAR TEX KAN NWS CLT NSH MCH POC LRP IRP GLN RCH DAR BRI NHA ROV26 TAL11 MAR PHO 91st 01 2026 81 DAY25 ATL18 STP19 DAR33 CAR19 BRI25 TEX31 GLN29 DOV17 CLT31 NSH23 MCH31 COR13 LRP17 NWS30 IRP31 RCH31 NHA34 BRI27 KAN36 CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*
Season still in progress Ineligible for series points
ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)