Driving to Win.
Driven to Advocate.

Austin Varco is a 25-year-old American racing driver from San Diego, California, competing across NASCAR weekly racing, Spec Miata, and endurance sports-car racing. Through Race4Autism, he uses motorsports as a platform to promote autism acceptance, challenge stigmas, and build greater understanding around neurodivergence.

ABOUT AUSTIN

Breaking News

Team Reaume has announced that Austin Varco will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut on June 19 at Naval Base Coronado! The race will be live on Fox/FS1, and if you live in the San Diego area, you can get tickets to attend. Check out the story for more!

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A San Diego Champion

Austin will be racing a full schedule through 2026 in the NASCAR Weekly Spec Late Model series with Special Needz Coffee as a primary sponsor, joined by Environmental Law Group, Soulkal Business Apparel, Benson Law LLP, Holding the Hope, Weis Environmental, Excel Together, Best S.T.E.P. Forward, SanPario, Haag Performance, Tiger Lilly Creative Group, and more. Austin will also be racing part time in Spec Miata and World Racing League!

CAREER STATS

Autism Advocacy

Austin is the first openly-diagnosed autistic driver in his series and he plans to achieve many more firsts in the months and years ahead. Along the way, he is using his racing career as a platform to educate, change stigmas, and create a network of empathy around Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Ready to drive the wheels off this beast. Thanks for the keys I’ll try not to lose em @team_reaume @nascarsandiego

A real character builder weekend… Worked nearly 48 hours straight to put this car on the racetrack, missed @sosocal and @specialneedzcoffee, fought and developed the setup, 0.1 off pole, just for the battery to up and quit on pitlane before th

New digs who dis? Ready to wheel a loose race truck here at @orangeshowspeedway 🎲 @sanpario.media

First race and first win in this chassis rounds out a crazy 2-year comeback story for this @haagperformance car. To think the motor fired for the first time on Friday and won a race on Sunday with no laps all weekend is INSANE!! Haag yeah 🤙

Hats of

ANNOUNCEMENT: Nationally recognized leader in behavioral health training, recovery advocacy, and suicide prevention programs Holding the Hope Peer Support Training Center to partner with racing driver Austin Varco in 2026.

A Shared Mission of Hope

First race at Havasu was awesome! Spent more time turning right than left, and put on a heck of a show to the wire for the win. Can’t wait to come back here! 😎

Thank you @sanpario.media @specialneedzcoffee @peersupporttrainingcenter @best_s.t

Practice done and dusted at @havasu95speedway 🎲This place is super fun and low grip, feels like I have 300 more horsepower than I do in this @specialneedzcoffee RAM!! The track rewards a different driving style than I’m used to in this truck b

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Interested in partnering with Austin or learning more about his racing and advocacy work? Get in touch to discuss sponsorship, media, appearances, or future opportunities.

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