Tristan Van Wieringen

Tristan Van Wieringen (born February 19, 1998) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 11 Toyota for Rette Jones Racing.

Biography
Coming from a true racing family, Tristan Van Wieringen began racing in motocross in 2002 at the age of 4 which seemed destined given his father, Murray, enjoyed a successful motocross and road racing career which started in his teen years.

With the passion for speed and a family of racers, Tristan who resides in Amherstburg, Ontario, spent nearly every weekend trekking across Canada and the US and continues to today. Having spent four years in motocross, he transitioned to WKA Karting in 2007 where over the next five years he would amass five wins, 37 top-five and 66 top-10 finishes along with the 2010 WKA Regional Karting Championship.

In 2012, he brought another change as Tristan turned to open wheel modifieds racing events at some of Michigan’s popular tracks including Springport Speedway, where he captured his first modified win. In 2013 and 2014 Tristan and his DuroByte Motorsports team ventured into Pro Late Model action and this season the 17-year old will contend for the Owosso (MI) Speedway track championship in the Mods division, while also making a championship run on the ICAR Top Speed Mod Tour in the No. 81 DuroByte entry.

In 2016, Tristan made limited appearances in the CRA Super Series and Jegs All Star Tour. Out of his 6 Jegs All Star Tour events he claimed 4 poles. Tristan tied for the Boyne Qualifier award due to the fact one of the events rained off and was not officially included in the year end points.

In 2017, Tristan ran a few CRA Super Series Races.

Personal life
His sister, Dominique is also a race car driver, and she also drives for the Rette Jones team, running part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East for 2020. and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Her dad, Murray, owns DuroByte Motorsports, a Super Late Model Driver development program, which currently fields the No. 5 Ford Fusion for Michael Clancy.