Ryan Zima
Ryan Zima

Ryan Zima
Cleveland, NC

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Ryan was born in Bristol, Connecticut. His love for racing started when he was five and he got his first dirt bike. In 2017, he moved to North Carolina and got his first go kart. He started racing at local dirt tracks like Millbridge Speedway and Mountain Creek Speedway. He then moved up in karts to beginner mini- outlaw then Box Stock mini Outlaw winning many races and a Championship for Mountain Creek Speedway. Ryan ran 3 years in a Micro 600 Sprint dirt car. He finished 2nd in Points at Mountain Creek amd made all the A Mains in 2023 at Millbridge Speedway that he ran most of the season.
In the summer of 2022, he started racing Legends cars and turned his focus to that and racing on Asphalt.
In the fall of 2022, he won the Young Lions Dirt National Championship at Fayetteville Motor Speedway. He brought his dirt experience and was able to immediately wheel that Legends car on the dirt.
Ryan since then won the 2023 Dirt National making him a 2 time winner!
The 2023 season, it was a year of great growth and experience, here are some of the stats from 2023:
??2nd place in the Young Lions Summer
Shootout series
??3rd place at Wake County Speedway
??2nd place overall at Mountain Creek
Speedway
??8th overall Nationally in Young Lions
division
??2nd place overall in North Carolina Young
Lions division.
??2022 and 2023 Dirt National Champion

71 starts=> 58 top ten's
30 top five's
3 wins

He has won many races in his career and has an abundance of talent and confidence on the track. He is quiet, humble and determined to learn everything he can in a race car and works on them with the help of his dad, Papa, his coach and mentor Kyle Belmont and so many others who have helped him out along the way.
When not racing, you can find Ryan doing I-racing, playing golf or basketball for his school team and for fun.
He goes to Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy in Mooresville, NC. and will graduate in 2027.

Career Highlights


2022 & 2023 Dirt National Young Lions Division Champion

2nd place in the Summer Shootout, 2023

3rd place at Wake County, 2023

8th place Nationally

2nd place in North Carolina

2nd place at Mountain Creek Speedway (Micro 600)

Winning the box stock race for Millbridge Motor Speedway held at the Iredell County Fairgrounds in 2019 and receiving the best looking trophy I have!

Most Memorable Moment


Winning the 2022 and 2023 Dirt National Championship!

Hobbies


Golf, basketball, I-racing

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