Ruby Mayberry

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Ruby Mayberry
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Age 30
Nationality USA.png American
STARS Lowe's Premier Series
Car # 80
Years Competed 2017-
Debut Season 2017
Current Team Mayberry Motorsports
Former Team(s) Macintosh Motorsports, Inc, McBrien Racing, ATK Motorsports
Championships 2 (2017, 2026)
Pole Positions 32
Wins 28
Top 5 Finishes 103
Top 10 Finishes 149
First Start 2017 Empire State 450 (New York)
First Win 2017 STARS Hall of Fame 200 (Charlotte)
Last Win 2026 Alpinestars 125 (Gateway)
Last Start 2028 Xero Gas 150 (Martinsville)
STARS Lowe's Truck Series
Car # N/A
Years Competed 2017-2018, 2021
Debut Season 2017
Current Team N/A
Former Team(s) McBrien Racing, Macintosh Motorsports, Inc.
Championships 0
Pole Positions 1
Wins 1
Top 5 Finishes 2
Top 10 Finishes 3
First Start 2017 New York 225 (Nazareth)
First Win 2018 Queen City 100 (Charlotte)
Last Win 2018 Queen City 100 (Charlotte)
Miscellaneous
Twitter @GanbaMcBrien
Created By Ben
STARS Driver


Ruby Siobhan Mayberry (born 28th December 1998) is a STARS Lowe's International Series driver from Orlando, Florida. She is best known for winning the STARS Lowe's Premier Series championships in 2017 and 2026.

Early Career

Ruby Mayberry got her start in racing in Bandolero Racing at the age of 9, in a car owned by her father Frank McBrien. Mayberry was instantly fast from the get-go, partially down to her receiving the best equipment in the paddock. She ended up taking a dominating championship in her rookie season in 2009, before continuing her winning ways in 2010, taking out another championship with an even larger margin than the prior year. In order to gain experience in road course racing, Mayberry made the jump to go-kart racing at the age of 11. She spent two years in go-karts, winning class championships again in both years, before she made the jump to Legend Cars at the age of 13.

Mayberry struggled to get going in Legend Car racing at first, but soon found her feet, taking a win in a support race for STARS at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Mayberry ended up taking more wins before stealing yet another championship in the last race of the season. With this form of racing proving to be an easy task for her, Mayberry was set to get into Late Model racing at just 14 years old, but did not get approval from the governing body to enter a full-time season. With that, Mayberry's career took a turn for the unusual, as she was sent off to Britain to compete in the Ginetta Junior series for 2014. She received help from former McBrien Racing driver Ben Atkins, who started his career in the lower tiers of BTCC support races, and she quickly settled in to the series, taking home her first win on her first weekend at Brands Hatch.

While racing were the least of her worries, she was becoming homesick being in Britain while the rest of her family, with exception of her older sisters Dia Macintosh and Sapphire who lived with her at the time, and she made it clear that she wanted to race in America again. Her father made another bid to get her racing in Late Models again, and this time approval was granted for her entry. Mayberry gave up her points lead in Ginetta Juniors after 8 rounds to leave Britain, and return to America to race.

Mayberry did not win during her first year of Late Model racing, in which she did 12 races with a best finish of 5th, but in 2015, her pace drastically picked up, and she ended up picking up the win at the Martinsville Shootout 200; one of the most prestigious races in Late Model racing. She beat out STARS LIS drivers Breyton Green and Kevin Miller in the closing stages to take home the win. After earning several wins, Mayberry, now aged 16, drove full-time in Late Models with occasional USRC races thrown in. Mayberry ended up continuing her winning ways by taking home two USRC wins at Lucas Oil Raceway Park and Kentucky Speedway. With her speed being apparent, and her father's team left without a driver just weeks before the 2017 season, her father took a chance, naming her the full-time driver of the #29 STARS LIS car in 2017.

McBrien Racing (2017-2020)

Mayberry did not have approval to run the Empire State 450 before the season started, so entries to the USRC and STARS Kobalt Tools Truck Series races were organised for her. Mayberry ended up finishing a solid 4th in the USRC race, but she suffered a hard crash during the KTTS race. Despite the crash, Mayberry was approved for the event, but luck was not on her side, as mechanical woes hampered her in both her Duel race and the main event. Mayberry's slow start to the season continued with DNFs at Watkins Glen and New Hampshire, but she quickly turned it around by winning in only her fourth start at Charlotte Motor Speedway, taking advantage of mistakes by Casey Lester in the closing laps.

Mayberry took top 10's at Pikes Peak and Sonoma, before suffering a massive barrel roll accident during the KTTS race at Texas World Speedway. Mayberry was uninjured in the accident, and was able to race in the LIS event, where she finished last due to an early mechanical issue. Mayberry won her first road course race at the series' only outing at the Yas Marina Circuit. With two wins, Mayberry earned a spot in the chase in her rookie year.

During the second race of the chase, Mayberry finished second to her father at Chicagoland Speedway, despite there being contact between the two causing damage to Mayberry's car. Mayberry took her first major event victory when she won the Delta Force 200 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With the win, she earned her way into the third round. Mayberry qualified for the final four by winning the penultimate race of the season at Rockingham Speedway. Despite only finishing in fourth place at Las Vegas with an alternative pit strategy, Mayberry bettered her fellow championship contenders, Bradley Carlisle, Ross Carter and Kevin Miller to earn the championship in her rookie season.

Mayberry's title defence started much last the previous year, with an issue in the Empire State 450, but it only took her 5 races to break through, taking her first win of the season at Bristol Motor Speedway. For the first time in her career, she made it back-to-back wins, taking victory at Pikes Peak the very next week. A win in a three-wide finish with Daniel Leckliter and Evie Vance at Kansas Speedway saw her make it three wins in six races. Mayberry held the points lead for much of the season, despite an early rollover accident at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mayberry ended up taking her fourth win of the season at Grand Detour Raceway, denying Bailey Bliss both her first win and a chase spot. With the most wins of anyone before the chase, Mayberry had a huge advantage entering the chase, and was an early favourite to repeat her championship.

Mayberry continued her winning ways in the chase, with a win in the first round at New Jersey Motor Speedway. Despite not earning a win in the second round, she advanced to the third round of the chase on consistency, but she earned a victory in the first race of the round at Iowa Speedway, securing a final four spot for the second year in a row. Mayberry led the joint-most laps in the championship race at Las Vegas, but faded to a third place finish at the end, as she finished behind eventual champion Ben Atkins and fellow championship competitor Grant Macintosh.

In 2019, Mayberry struggled to get going, and as a result of her poor start to the season, and the high amount of entries for 2019, she fell outside of the top 25 in points early in the season. While Mayberry did not fail to make any races, a lack of consistency meant that she shockingly failed to make the chase. During the chase, Mayberry found her speed again, and managed to finish best of the rest, earning a 17th place finish in points, despite having no wins.

2020 saw Mayberry finally have a good start to the year, despite being caught up in an early accident in the Empire State 225. Mayberry earned another family 1-2 finish as she finished second to her sister Dia Macintosh at Watkins Glen International. Mayberry broke her 42 race winless streak at the Oklahoma City Motorsports Complex Road Course, taking victory from the pole of the event. Mayberry was consistent throughout the year, trading the points lead throughout the season with Sadie McDowell, Evie Vance and Grant Macintosh, earning her a spot in the chase.

However, her chase would come to an early end as she struggled to get going in the first round, seeing her miss the next round on points. Mayberry would not earn anymore wins during the season, and despite 10 top 5s during the season, Mayberry only earned a disappointing 13th place points finish.

Macintosh Motorsports, Inc. (2021-2025)

Inspired by her sister, Dia Macintosh's championship at Grant Macintosh's team, Mayberry elected not to renew her contract at her father's team. The aforementioned Macintosh offered Mayberry a spot at his team, and Mayberry chose to take over her sister's championship winning ride for 2021. Her tenure at MMI had a tough start as Mayberry, despite scoring 7 top 5's and 11 top 10's throughout the year, missed the chase after she come short of victory at Chicagoland Speedway. With form hard to find in 2021 for the entire team, Mayberry had to settle for a career-low 18th in points.

Mayberry's winless streak went well into 2022, but her form drastically improved as she traded the points lead with Ben Atkins, who was also going through a winless streak. Mayberry finally broke the two-year streak with a redemption victory at Chicagoland Speedway, holding off a charge from championship rival Atkins. Mayberry went on to also win the following two races, with victories at Springfield Raceway, where she again held off Ben Atkins, and Saitama Circuit following. Mayberry took a fourth win on the season at Iowa Speedway, making the playoffs as the first seed and the regular season champion. The playoffs started with Mayberry finishing in the top 5 at Rockingham and in the top 10 at Charlotte while her main title rival Ben Atkins won both races. Mayberry responded by taking home a dominant victory at Martinsville.

Mayberry had a poor race at Talladega but a top 10 run at Kansas was enough to see her through to the third round of the chase, despite a poor showing at Milwaukee. Mayberry advanced to the final four for the first time since 2018 with a win at Indianapolis, the second of her career at that track. With Mayberry being in incredible form throughout the season, she was the clear favourite to win the title with Ben Atkins, Maki Nishikino and Honoka Kousaka competing against her in the final four. At Las Vegas, however, Mayberry ran in the mid-20s for the first half of the race, as the team had missed the setup initially. They had made gains and Mayberry was showing signs of speed before a crash caused by Kazuki Kazami saw Mayberry hit the turn 3 wall hard, ending her day and her championship hopes. Despite this, Mayberry contributed to the owners championship.

With her back in fantastic form, Mayberry entered the year as a title favourite. Despite her historically having bad form to begin the season, Mayberry started her season in the best way possible, by taking her first ever Empire State 300 win with a last lap pass on Lucia Ohara and Autumn Collins. Mayberry backed up her win with another win the next week at Watkins Glen. Again, Mayberry ended up trading the points lead with Ben Atkins throughout the year, taking wins at Sawmill Speedway, where she held off a hard charging Lillie Corden, and Homestead-Miami, entering the chase as the #1 seed and regular season champion for the second year in a row.

Mayberry's chase started off poorly, as she could only manage a 13th place finish at Chicagoland. Mayberry rebounded the next week by finishing second at Charlotte, but a suspension failure on lap 6 at Martinsville set her back again. Mayberry was further hindered as she finished 27th, 1 lap down at Talladega. Her chase got back on track as she finished third at Kansas, before taking her fifth win of the season at Indianapolis, the second year in a row she won the Quadruple Crown event. Mayberry finished 14th at Old Spice and third at Auto Club as she tried to build up on her defecit to Honoka Kousaka, but Kousaka's victory at ISM meant that she built up an insurmountable lead in the championship. The season was not lost for Mayberry, though, as the #51 car entered Las Vegas slightly ahead of the #27 car of Ben Atkins in the owners championship. Atkins looked poised to win the event or finish second to teammate Aya Maruyama, but was taken out in a huge lap 80 accident. Mayberry also sustained damage in the accident, but went on to finish the race in 14th place, taking both the owners title and the Quadruple Crown.

Mayberry entered 2024 again as the championship favourite after winning two consecutive owners titles as the chase was abolished for this season. Mayberry started the season by winning the All-Star and finishing 6th at Albany. Mayberry started the season well again but ended up becoming inconsistent. Mayberry's first, and only, win of the year came at the Charlotte Roval, where she saved enough fuel to run the entire race without making a pit stop. Mayberry had a big accident at Texas Motor Speedway where she ended up on her roof in the tri-oval, but she was unhurt in the accident. Mayberry was the best qualifier of the season, scoring 5 poles over the course of the year, but with only 1 win, 10 top 5's and 15 top 10's, Mayberry finished 7th in points.

Mayberry stayed with Macintosh Motorsports, Inc for 2025, starting the season out strong, leading the most laps and scoring a podium finish at Watkins Glen, with another top 5 at New Jersey following. Mayberry took her first win of the season at Knoxville, passing Umi Sonoda on the last lap in a photo finish. Mayberry's second win of the year came at the Charlotte Roval, as she won the race from the pole, leading all but 2 laps.

ATK Motorsports (2026-)

Ahead of the 2025 Firestone Subs 100 at Kentucky, it was announced that Ruby Mayberry would be replacing the retiring Aya Maruyama in the #27 car at ATK Motorsports from 2026 onward. The deal sees her crew chief Tanner Clason follow her to the team as well.

Personal Life

Mayberry was born into a racing family, with her father Frank McBrien being a multi-time STARS champion. Mayberry has two older sisters and a younger brother, with Dia Macintosh also being a champion, and her younger brother Joey McBrien. Mayberry, as well as her sisters Dia and Sapphire, distanced themselves from their fathers side of the family when Frank McBrien and their mother divorced him. Both Frank McBrien and Joey McBrien are currently serving jail time for drug possession and fraud charges.

Mayberry is currently engaged with LIS spotter Tanner Clason. She is also one of the shortest drivers in the paddock, measuring in at only 5'4".

Mayberry is known for her naturally timid nature, but is also known for being one of the kindest drivers in the STARS garage despite her shyness. Mayberry is also known for her unique tweeting etiquette, where she uses commas rather than periods. She has blamed a lack of attention for this trait.

Mayberry is good friends with former McBrien Racing driver Ben Atkins as well as Evie Vance and Chiyo Minami. Despite her naturally nice nature, Mayberry has stated in an interview that "Jon Beaufort scares her" after Beaufort tried to confront her after her first Empire State 450 attempt. After events over the 2022 season, Mayberry has a very strained relationship with her father, going as far as telling him "not to talk to her" after she crashed out of the final four race at Las Vegas.

Mayberry co-owns her own fashion brand Ganbaruby! which she runs alongside her older sister Sapphire. Mayberry has designed clothes from the age at 15 for the company, and has recently collaborated with Riko Vance for a clothing line for her brand.

Trivia

  • In another canon, she's a 1 time Waifuverse 24/7 champion, which is a part of a personal project run by Leckliter and Tanner.