| Taylor Reimer | |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Total Arca Races: | 3 |
| Years In Arca: | 2 |
| Arca Car Team: | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) |
| Best Arca Pos: | 50th (2024) |
| First Arca Race: | 2023 Dutch Boy 100 (Springfield) |
| Last Arca Race: | 2024 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 3 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | October 21, 2024 |
Taylor Reimer (born December 2, 1999) is an American racing driver. A member of the Toyota Racing Development program,[1] [2] she last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 55 BuzzBallz Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. She also competes part-time in the NASCAR Regional Series Limited Late Models, driving the No. 25K BuzzBallz Toyota Camry for Lee Faulk Racing & Development.
Reimer started racing 50cc go-karts in 2005 at Tulsa Kart Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After earning a track championship, she moved to Jr. Sprints at Port City Raceway. Taylor had won every major race at Port City and secured another track championship. She placed 2nd in the Tulsa Shootout in 2011. After racing Jr. Sprints for a few years, she moved up to Restricted Winged Micros. Taylor has also won almost every single major race in the Restricted class. She was runner-up track champion and had multiple top tens finishes in the Tulsa Shootout. Taylor is still currently the winningest female at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [3] In 2022, Reimer had a very successful season finishing 2nd in the POWRi National Midget League points standings.[4]
Reimer first competed at the Chili Bowl Nationals in 2021 with Dave Mac Motorsports.[5] Midway through the 2021 season, she joined Keith Kunz Motorsports (KKM), and was later signed to the compete full-time for the team in the 2022 USAC National Midget Championship.[6] After initially finishing second in a race at Millbridge Speedway, Reimer was later credited with the race victory after Cannon McIntosh's disqualification, making her the first female driver to win a National Midget feature race.[7] Reimer finished tenth in the 2022 series standings, allowing her to return to KKM in 2023.[8] [9]
Reimer made her limited late model debut in October 2023, finishing ninth for Lee Faulk Racing in a 24-car field at Tri-County Speedway.[10] In December, she announced plans to work towards a transition to pavement racing during the 2024 season to prepare for a long-term future in NASCAR.[2] Reimer won her first late model pavement race at Tri-County on May 11, 2024.[11] She would follow this up with a win at Hickory Motor Speedway on August 10, 2024.[12] On September 10, 2024, Reimer was named by NASCAR as one of five NASCAR Regional drivers to watch.[13]
Reimer made her debut in the ARCA Menards Series for Venturini Motorsports at Springfield in 2023,[14] finishing eighth in one of the series' two dirt track races. She returned to Venturini's ARCA program in 2024 to run both Springfield and the second dirt track race at DuQuoin while also planning to make her ARCA pavement debut in the West Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring.[2] At Springfield, the Venturini team entered cars for a total of four female drivers,[15] with Reimer running the team's No. 55 Toyota.[16] She finished the race third, matching her qualifying position and placing one spot behind her teammate Isabella Robusto.[17]
Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Reimer attended the University of Oklahoma, putting her racing career on hold to focus on her education and pursue competitive cheerleading.[5] She graduated from the university in 2022 with a degree in health and exercise science and a minor in business.[8]
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2023 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 80th | 36 | [18] |
| 2024 | 55 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | 50th | 78 | [19] | ||