Picture at East Bay Raceway Park

Ryan Bunton

#66

Visit Ryan at www.buntonmotorsports.com

Ryan Bunton drives the #66 410cc Sprint Class car. His home track is Jacksonville Speedway but he can also be found racing at Lincoln Speedway.  He lives in Groveland, IL.

Team members helping Ryan are:  Scott R, Mom, Dad, Christie, Rave, Karla.  Scott Bunton is the car owner.

Ryan started racing in 1980 in the Mini Sprints and Quarter Midgets and in 2002 in the Sprint Class at Jacksonville Speedway because all of his brothers were doing sports and Ryan wanted to do something different.  His first was in 2002 in the Sprint Class at Jacksonville Speedway.  Career highlights include Mini Sprint National Champion in 1999, Jacksonville Track Champion in 2001.

The thrill of racing for Ryan is the competition!  His most exciting racing moment was Sprint Car driving class with Dave Blaney.  That got him going on Sprint cars.  He's most proud of the team they have which is one of the best.  It's all family and they have a real tight family.

Ryan's racing heroes are lots of good ones out there.  He can't pick just one.

Of racing, Ryan says, "Have fun!  That's the most important thing.  Lotta people seem to get so involved, they forget.