Ryan Jeffrey Preece[1] (born October 25, 1990)[2] is an American professional stock car racing driver.

He is also a veteran of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and won the series championship in 2013 after being the runner-up in 2009 and 2012.

Preece also made multiple starts in the defunct NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.

Preece began racing in 2007 and became 32nd in the championship in the Northeastern Midget Association with the Bertrand team.

In 2009 and 2012, he was runner-up in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, but he became champion in 2013 with four wins in fourteen races driving for Flamingo Motorsports, owned by Eric Sanderson.

In 2014, he returned to the team and won the last two races of the year, coming home in second place in the final standings.

The primary reason why Preece left JD is that he wanted to be in a team to win races and expected to be back in the Whelen Modified Tour in 2017.

On August 8, 2015, Preece announced he would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut for TBR at Loudon.

20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing with sponsorship from Mohawk Northeast and Mizzy Construction, finishing a career-best second behind teammate Kyle Busch.

[10][11] The opportunity originally came after Kevin Manion contacted Preece about openings at JGR after the retirement of Carl Edwards.

Preece won the pole and held off teammate Kyle Benjamin on a late restart to win his first career Xfinity race.

[13] After his Iowa win, JGR announced that Preece would also drive for the team at Kentucky Speedway in September (a standalone Xfinity race), and later Homestead (where Cup drivers, regardless of experience, are prohibited from participating).

47 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for JTG Daugherty Racing in 2019, replacing the departing A. J. Allmendinger and competing for 2019 Rookie of the Year honors.

[21] For the Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway, Preece started on the pole via field inversion, unofficially marking his first career pole at the Cup level; he had finished 20th in the previous race, and a field inversion placed him in first.

[22] Despite running with the leaders for much of the Toyota 500's early stages, he finished last after his engine failed on lap 69.

15 Rick Ware Racing car for his Cup Series start in the 2022 DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover and finished 25th.

On June 24, 2022, Preece would win his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series pole at Nashville Superspeedway.

In December, Chad Johnston returned to SHR to replace Mike Shiplett as crew chief of the No.

On August 26, at the 2023 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Preece was running toward the tail of the lead pack in the closing stages of the race.

The contact sent Preece down the track, where he collided with teammate Chase Briscoe, and spun onto the apron.

The car planted upside-down in the grass before violently barrel-rolling roughly ten times before finally coming to a rest on its wheels.

After a few moments, Preece exited the car under his own power, and was put on a stretcher, and taken to a nearby hospital for further evaluation.

[32] Given his points situation entering the race, the crash eliminated Preece's chances of contending in the NASCAR playoffs.

41 was hit with an L1 penalty and docked 35 owner and driver points after pre-race inspection revealed unapproved roof rails.

[36] Preece made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2021, driving the No.

At Nashville, he passed Grant Enfinger with six laps remaining which enabled him to become the fifth driver in series history to win in his first career start.

The two met at Stafford Motor Speedway in 2009 and competed against each other in the SK Modified Series in 2011, where Preece won the championship and DesRochers was the Rookie of the Year.