Myatt Snider set to move up to ARCA competition

Snider, the 21-year-old son of NBC Sports TV broadcaster Marty Snider, has signed on with Cunningham Motorsports and will run at least nine ARCA races this season beginning with the May 22 race at Toledo (Ohio) Speedway.

Myatt Snider has been competing most recently in Late Model Stock Cars in both the NASCAR Whelen All-American and CARS Tour series.

“I’ve had my eye on Myatt for a couple of seasons now and have been so impressed with him,” said team manager Paul Andrews, who was crew chief for Alan Kulwicki’s 1992 NASCAR Cup series championship team. “I saw him compete in the CARS Tour race last August at Concord.  He won the pole and led until the final few laps before having to settle for the runner-up spot.

“I think Myatt and our team is a tremendous fit. We’re excited to have him driving our No. 22 car and look forward to seeing what we can accomplish together out there against the incredibly tough ARCA competition.”

Jeff Caudil, who has served as Snider’s crew chief in the Late Model ranks, will be joining him for his ARCA races at Cunningham.

“This is the big opportunity that I have been dreaming about for several years now,” said Snider, a college junior. “I feel so blessed to be able to drive for Paul Andrews and Cunningham Motorsports.  

“We are making sure we are fully prepared to tackle this new challenge. We’ll be doing quite a bit of testing with Paul and the Cunningham guys before our first race at Toledo on the 22nd.  I am so excited and want to come out of the box able to show winning potential.”

Right now, Snider’s ARCA schedule consists of races at Pocono (twice), Michigan, Iowa, Lucas Oil (Indianapolis), Chicagoland, Kentucky and Kansas, in addition to the Toledo race.