Racing Reference Scraper - NASCAR, IndyCar & ARCA Race Results
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Racing Reference Scraper - NASCAR, IndyCar & ARCA Race Results
Scrape race results and driver stats from Racing-Reference.info — the definitive NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, Trucks, IndyCar, and ARCA archive. Season mode fetches all races in a year; driver mode fetches career stats. Ideal for DFS, betting models, and historical research.
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Racing-Reference NASCAR / IndyCar Scraper
Extract race results and driver career statistics from Racing-Reference.info — the definitive historical database for NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, Truck, IndyCar, and ARCA racing data going back decades.
What It Does
Two operating modes in one actor:
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Season mode — Fetches every race result for a given series and year. Produces one row per driver per race, including finishing position, laps led, points earned, sponsor, and car manufacturer. Each row also carries full race-level metadata (track, date, caution counts, lead changes, margin of victory).
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Driver mode — Fetches a driver's career overview page and extracts per-series career totals: starts, wins, top-5s, top-10s, and poles. Useful for player lookups and comparative analysis.
Input Configuration
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | string | season | season for race results, driver for career stats |
series | string | W | Series code: W (Cup), X (Xfinity), C (Trucks), I (IndyCar), A (ARCA) |
season | integer | 2024 | Year to scrape in season mode |
driverName | string | — | Driver name for driver mode (e.g. William_Byron or William Byron). Required when mode is driver. |
maxItems | integer | 15 | Maximum number of records to return. 0 = unlimited. |
proxyConfiguration | object | Apify RESIDENTIAL US | Proxy settings. Residential proxies are required — Racing-Reference is behind Cloudflare WAF. |
Output Fields
All records include a record_type field indicating which mode produced them.
Race Result Records (record_type: "race_result")
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
record_type | string | Always "race_result" |
series | string | Series code (W/X/C/I/A) |
season | number | Season year |
race_id | string | Race identifier, e.g. 2024_Daytona_500 |
race_name | string | Full race name, e.g. 2024 Daytona 500 |
race_date | string | Date in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) |
race_number | number | Race number within the season |
track_name | string | Track name, e.g. Daytona International Speedway |
track_city | string | City and state, e.g. Daytona Beach, FL |
laps_scheduled | number | Total laps scheduled |
distance_miles | number | Total race distance in miles |
average_speed_mph | number | Average race speed in mph |
pole_speed_mph | number | Pole qualifying speed in mph |
cautions_count | number | Number of caution periods |
cautions_laps | number | Total laps under caution |
lead_changes | number | Number of lead changes |
margin_of_victory | string | Margin of victory (time string or laps) |
finish_position | number | Driver's finishing position |
start_position | number | Driver's starting position |
car_number | string | Car or truck number |
driver_name | string | Driver full name |
driver_url | string | URL to driver's profile on Racing-Reference |
sponsor | string | Primary sponsor name |
owner | string | Team owner name |
manufacturer | string | Car manufacturer (Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota, etc.) |
laps_completed | number | Laps completed by this driver |
race_status | string | Finishing status (running, accident, engine, etc.) |
laps_led | number | Laps led by this driver |
points | number | Points earned |
playoff_points | number | Playoff/bonus points earned |
Driver Profile Records (record_type: "driver_profile")
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
record_type | string | Always "driver_profile" |
driver_name | string | Driver full name |
driver_born | string | Driver date of birth |
driver_home | string | Driver hometown |
career_series | string | Series these career stats cover |
career_years | number | Number of seasons raced |
career_starts | number | Total race starts |
career_wins | number | Total wins |
career_top5 | number | Total top-5 finishes |
career_top10 | number | Total top-10 finishes |
career_poles | number | Total pole positions |
Example Outputs
Season mode — race result row:
Driver mode — career profile row:
Proxy Requirements
Racing-Reference.info is protected by Cloudflare WAF. The actor uses a Cloudflare bypass technique (CapSolver + residential proxy session) — Apify Residential proxies are required and are enabled by default. Datacenter proxies will be blocked.
Pricing
- $0.10 per actor start
- $0.002 per record
A full 2024 NASCAR Cup season (36 races x ~40 drivers = ~1,440 records) costs approximately $2.98.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which series are supported?
NASCAR Cup (W), NASCAR Xfinity (X), NASCAR Truck (C), IndyCar (I), and ARCA Menards (A).
How far back does data go? Racing-Reference has historical data going back to the 1940s for NASCAR. Coverage varies by series.
What does maxItems: 0 do?
Unlimited mode — the actor scrapes every driver row for every race in the season. A full season can return 1,000-2,000 rows depending on the series.
Why does the actor take longer than typical scrapers? The Cloudflare bypass requires solving a challenge before crawling begins. This adds roughly 15-30 seconds of startup overhead per run, after which scraping proceeds normally.
Can I scrape multiple seasons in one run?
Not directly — season is a single year. Run the actor once per season if you need multi-year data.
Driver name format for driver mode?
Use the driver's name as it appears in URLs — spaces replaced with underscores (e.g. William_Byron, Kyle_Larson). Spaces are also accepted and normalized automatically.
