Laprade Makes It Back-To-Back Auburndale Pro Truck Wins

Matthew Laprade (left) poses in victory lane Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway. (Darling Photography)

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Matthew Laprade took over the point lead in Auburndale Speedway’s Pro Truck division with a strong victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap feature at the quarter-mile paved oval.

Laprade qualified fourth among the 15 entries, but started from the outside of the front row after an inversion of five to the feature lineup and chased the lead for the first half of the main event.

Just before the lap-30 benchmark, Laprade finally made his move to the front, then fended off the field on multiple late-race restarts en route to his seventh overall win of the year.

It’s the second Pro Truck triumph for Laprade in 2025 and elevated the 13-year-old from New Smyrna Beach, Fla., to the top spot by nine points over Carter Brown and Cody McDuffie.

“I can’t thank Daniel Webster and everyone with Right Foot Down Motorsports enough,” said Laprade. “They gave me an unbelievable No. 18 Wade Tractor, Adrenalin Powersports machine and it feels great to be able to reward the team’s hard work with another win. To go back-to-back at Auburndale really shows the things we’ve been able to improve on recently.

“When you have a truck as good as the one we had Saturday night, it comes down to the driver doing their part, and I feel blessed that my work behind the wheel was enough to get us to the checkered flag first. Hopefully, we can keep up this momentum not just at Auburndale, but heading back to Houston as well.”

The overall season to-date for Laprade includes seven wins, 15 podiums, and 17 top fives in 19 starts. Five of Laprade’s seven victories came during INEX Legend car competition at Auburndale in February.

Thanks go out to marketing partners Wade Tractor & Equipment, Adrenalin Powersports, Synergy SpeedLab, Race Face Brand Development, and the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation for their support of Laprade’s racing efforts.

Laprade returns to Pro Truck action Saturday night, July 5 by heading to Houston Motorsports Park to compete with Kaden Honeycutt Racing for the second time, after a fifth-place result there in April.

About Matthew Laprade

Matthew Laprade is a 13-year-old Legend car and Pro Truck racer from New Smyrna Beach, Fla., who is competing primarily in Pro Trucks this year across the Southeast, as well as in high-profile Legend car events, including the INEX Winter Nationals at Auburndale (Fla.) Speedway.

He drives for Right Foot Down Motorsports, Grant Thompson Racing, and Kaden Honeycutt Racing in the Pro Truck category.

Laprade began his driving career at six years old in dirt go-karts, now having raced for more than half his life. He shocked the karting world in 2019 during his rookie season by winning the Vega Florida State Championship in the Rookie Division.

Invited to the nationals as a result, Laprade went on to capture the Vega National Championship that season in the Rookie Division, cementing his place as a young racer with prodigious talent.

Laprade’s second major championship came in 2021, when he claimed the Florida Dirt Championship Series title in the Junior 1 division, and he also added a victory in the prestigious World 100 karting event in Junior 1 that season as well.

After racing Bandolero cars for back-to-back seasons in 2022 and ’23, highlighted by a third-place finish in the Bandolero Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway in his sophomore Bandolero season, Laprade made the move to Legend cars for 2024. His Winter Nationals mini-series championship at Citrus County Speedway came on the strength of five race wins in five days from Feb. 12-16.

Laprade’s summer stretch in 2024 was highlighted by a top-five finish during round nine of the Summer Shootout, as well as a ninth-place finish in the Thursday Thunder Young Lions standings.

Away from the racetrack, Laprade’s competitive interests include golfing and fishing, and he golfed rounds with the PGA Junior League this year during downtime from his racing schedule. He is also a supporter of the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation’s efforts to fight pediatric cancer.

For more information, news, and results, visit www.matthewlapraderacing.com.