Vito Cancilla

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Vito Cancilla
Cancilla at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring in 2026
Born (2011-10-01) October 1, 2011
Pleasant Hill, California, U.S.
CARS Pro Late Model Tour career
Debut season2025
Years active2025–present
Starts2
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish40th in 2025
Statistics up to date as of March 25, 2026.

Vito Cancilla (born October 1, 2011) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the zMAX CARS Tour, driving the No. V5 for Fetch Motorsports, and the No. 27 Chevrolet for Rackley W.A.R., whom he is a development driver for.

Cancilla has also competed in series such as the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing, where he won the Pro Late Model division in 2026, the CARS Tour West Pro Late Model Series, the Carolina Pro Late Model Series, the CARS Tour West Super Late Model Series, and the NASCAR Weekly Series.[1]

Racing career

Cancilla first started racing at the age of five, when he raced in quarter midgets in Livermore, California. He then competed in junior Late Models, running in the 51FIFTY/MAVTV Madera Speedway Series, as well as running at All-American Speedway and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring.[2]

In 2022, Cancilla became the youngest winner at All American Speedway at the age of ten.[2]

In 2023, Cancilla won the track championship at All-American Speedway,[3] as well as the track championship at Madera, having won seven of nine races in the 51Fifty Jr Late Model Series.[4]

In 2024, Cancilla continued to run in pro late models at Roseville and Madera, where he won multiple races,[5] and ran in series such as the SRL Southwest Tour and the CARS Tour West Limited Pro Late Model Series.[6] It was also during this year that he became the youngest Pro Late Model winner when he won at Madera at the age of twelve, breaking Cole Custer's record of fourteen.[2] He also raced in the Snowflake 100 at Five Flags Speedway.[7]

In 2025, Cancilla was signed by Rackley W.A.R. as a development driver.[2] He made his debut in the CARS Pro Late Model Tour that year, driving the No. V5 for Fetcho Motorsports at North Wilkesboro Speedway.[8] He then returned to the series at Tri-County Speedway later that year, this time driving for Rackley WAR.[9] It was also during this year that he ran full-time in both the CARS Tour West Pro Late Model Series and the CARS Tour West Limited Pro Late Model Series.[1]

In 2026, Cancilla competed in the World Series of Asphalt Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, where he won the championship in the Pro Late Model division.[10][11]

Motorsports results

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

(key)

CARS Pro Late Model Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CPLMTC Pts Ref
2025 Fetcho Motorsports V5 N/A AAS CDL OCS ACE NWS
15		 CRW HCY HCY AND FLC SBO 40th 56 [12]
Rackley W.A.R. 27 Chevy TCM
12		 NWS

ASA STARS National Tour

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

ASA STARS National Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ASNTC Pts Ref
2026 Rackley W.A.R. 27 Chevy NSM FIF HCY
19		 SLG MAD NPS OWO TOL WIN NSV NSM TRI -* -* [13]

References

  1. "Vito Cancilla". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  2. "Rackley W.A.R. Adds Vito Cancilla to Late Model Driver Development Roster; Cancilla to Run for Fetcho Motorsports Under Team Alliance". Rackley W.A.R. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  3. "ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY OPENS ITS 71ST SEASON ON SATURDAY WITH NASCAR RACING, CARS TOUR WEST, AND TRAILER BASH ACTION". All-American Speedway. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  4. "Cancilla wins 2X Track Championships". Vito Cancilla. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  5. "VITO CANCILLA AND CAM CARRAWAY WIN BIG DURING MADERA SPEEDFEST". Short Track Live. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  6. "Cancilla Wins Spears Pro Late Model Series Portion of the "October Classic"". Short Track Live. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  7. "2024 Spears Pro Late Model Race Winner, Vito Cancilla Heading to Pensacola". Short Track Live. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  8. "CARS Tour North Wilkesboro Entry List". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  9. "Dale Earnhardt Jr. Headlines CARS Tour Entry Lists For Tri-County Speedway". CARS Tour. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  10. "Cancilla would not be denied, wins Race 4 and extends World Series points lead". Short Track Scene. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  11. "Max Reaves Wins Hart to Heart 100, Vito Cancilla Claims World Series PLM Title". Racing America. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  12. "Vito Cancilla - 2025 Season Results - zMAX CARS Pro Late Model Tour". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  13. "Vito Cancilla – 2026 Season Results – ASA STARS National Tour". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 22, 2026.