{{Short description|American racing driver}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver | name = Mason Ludwig | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|9|16}} | birth_place = North Branch, Michigan, U.S. | achievements = | awards = | Total_ARCA_Races = 1 | Years_In_ARCA = 1 | ARCA_Car_Team = | Best_ARCA_Pos = 77th (2023) | First_ARCA_Race = 2023 Shore Lunch 200 (Toledo) | Last_ARCA_Race = | First_ARCA_Win = | Last_ARCA_Win = | ARCA_Wins = 0 | ARCA_Top_Tens = 1 | ARCA_Poles = 0 | updated = April 10, 2024 }} '''Mason Ludwig''' (born September 16, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet for Spraker Racing Enterprises.
==Racing career== Ludwig first started racing at the age of seven, and went on to win numerous races and championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.masonludwig.com/|title=Mason Ludwig Impresses at ARCA Racing Series Debut with Spraker Racing|website=Mason Ludwig Racing|access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref> He has also competed in series such as the Southeast Limited Late Model Series, the Southeast Limited Late Model Series Challenger Division, and the Paramount Kia Big 10 Challenge Series.<ref name="Third Turn">{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Mason_Ludwig|title=Mason Ludwig |work=The Third Turn|access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>
On September 27, 2023, it was announced that Ludwig would make his ARCA Menards Series debut at Toledo Speedway, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet for Spraker Racing Enterprises.<ref name="Ludwig2023ARCA">{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2023/09/27/mason-ludwig-joins-spraker-racing-for-arca-menards-series-debut-at-toledo-speedway/ |title=Mason Ludwig joins Spraker Racing for ARCA Menards Series debut at Toledo Speedway |website=ARCARacing.com |date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Branscum |first=Benjamine |date=September 19, 2023 |title=Mason Ludwig, Spraker Racing Team Up For Season Finale at Toledo |url=https://tobychristie.com/nascar-regional/mason-ludwig-spraker-racing-enterprises-team-up-for-season-finale-at-toledo/ |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=TobyChristie.com}}</ref> After placing ninth in the sole practice session,<ref name="ToledoPractice">{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2023/10/07/practice-results-shore-lunch-200-at-toledo-speedway-2/ |title=Practice results: Shore Lunch 200 at Toledo Speedway |website=ARCARacing.com |date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref> Ludwig went on to qualify in ninth and finish in sixth, two laps down behind race winner William Sawalich.<ref name="ToledoQualifying">{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2023/10/07/qualifying-results-shore-lunch-200-at-toledo-speedway/ |title=Qualifying results: Shore Lunch 200 at Toledo Speedway |website=ARCARacing.com |date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref><ref name="ToledoRace">{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2023/10/07/race-results-shore-lunch-200-at-toledo-speedway-2/ |title=Race results: Shore Lunch 200 at Toledo Speedway |website=ARCARacing.com |date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Ludwig graduated from Quest High School in North Branch, Michigan in 2021. He has a twin brother named Trenton, and they were both born 32 weeks gestation, and were both cared in the neonatal intensive care unit at Hurley Medical Center for two and a half weeks before being released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hurley.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/miracle-monday-trenton-mason-ludwig/|title=MIRACLE MONDAY – TRENTON AND MASON LUDWIG|website=Children's Miracle Network Hospitals|access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>
Ludwig currently resides in Mooresville, North Carolina.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
==Motorsports results==
===ARCA Menards Series=== (key) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold''' – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.</span>) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan=27 | ARCA Menards 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 ! {{Tooltip|AMSC|ARCA Menards Series classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 2023 ! Spraker Racing Enterprises ! 63 ! Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TOL<br>{{small|6}} ! 77th ! 38 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/ludwima01/2023/A/|title=Mason Ludwig – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref> |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Racing-Reference driver|Mason_Ludwig}}
{{Spraker Racing Enterprises}}
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