Chad Finchum

Chad Finchum (born September 22, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 13 and 66 Toyota Supras for MBM Motorsports. Finchum has also driven several races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, capturing a victory at Bristol Motor Speedway in that series.

Chad Finchum
Finchum at Richmond Raceway in 2018
Born (1994-09-22) September 22, 1994
Knoxville, Tennessee
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 49 (MBM Motorsports)
2018 position68th
Best finish68th (2018)
First race2018 Food City 500 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
88 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamNos. 13/66 (MBM Motorsports)
2019 position26th
Best finish26th (2019)
First race2017 OneMain Financial 200 (Dover)
Last race2020 Henry 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 8, 2020.

Racing career

Early years

Finchum began racing at age seven,[1] starting his career racing go-karts at Dumplin Valley Raceway in Tennessee.[2] By age 13 he had logged 200 go-kart wins on dirt and asphalt.[1] He then moved to full-bodied cars, often racing late models at Kingsport Speedway in Tennessee,[3][4] and also competed in Bandolero and Legends cars in Charlotte Motor Speedway's Summer Shootout.[5] He would win the Tennessee NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship in 2010.[6]

K&N Pro Series East

Finchum drove his first four K&N Pro Series East races in 2011 with Lori Williams, who had given Daniel Suárez and Jesus Hernandez rides previously. Finchum scored two top-ten finishes that first year, finishing seventh at Bowman Gray Stadium and Gresham Motorsports Park.[7] He joined Spraker Racing in 2012, finishing seventh again at Bristol Motor Speedway but not finding success in his other three starts.[8] One start with Spraker in 2013 yielded a DNF at Bristol.[9] Finchum then started 2015 driving for his own team but then associated with Martin-McClure Racing later in the year.[10] In only his third start with the team, and his first in 2016, Finchum won the K&N race at Bristol.[11] Starting from the fourth position, Finchum passed polesitter and leader Harrison Burton thirteen laps into the race and never looked back.[12] In a late restart Finchum held off future NASCAR national series drivers Kyle Benjamin, Justin Haley, Kaz Grala and Todd Gilliland.[13] Focusing on the Xfinity Series in 2017, Finchum ran one K&N race, recording a fifth at Bristol.[14]

Xfinity Series
Finchum racing the No. 40 in 2018 at Road America

Finchum, in conjunction with his K&N Pro Series East team Team McClure Inc., signed on for two races with MBM Motorsports including a debut race at Dover International Speedway.[15] Despite falling out with engine problems at Dover, Finchum was approved for 1.5-mile tracks, yielding another start at Kentucky Speedway.[16] Finchum made five more starts in 2017 ranging from 1-mile Dover to 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, cracking the top thirty three times.[17]

In late November 2017, Finchum was announced as the full-time driver of MBM's No. 40 entry for the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.[18][19] He led second practice at Daytona International Speedway in July.[20] He finished the year 30th in final point standings.

Cup Series

On March 27, 2018, Finchum announced in a Bristol Motor Speedway promotional video that he would make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at that track in April 2018.[21][22] The run came in the No. 66 car for MBM Motorsports, whom he also drives for in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.[23] Bristol was a track that Finchum was especially excited to make his debut at, as he considers it a "home track".[24] After starting 38th, he finished 33rd when he retired from the race on lap 335.[25]

Finchum failed to qualify for the 2020 Daytona 500 after finishing 20th in Duel 1 of the 2020 Bluegreen Vacations Duels.[26]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2018 MBM Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI
33		 RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 68th 01 [27]
2020 49 DAY
DNQ		 LVS CAL PHO ATL HOM TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV MAR CLT KAN MCH SON CHI POC POC IND KEN NHA MCH GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* 01* [28]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2020 MBM Motorsports Toyota DNQ

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2017 MBM Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV
34		 POC MCH IOW DAY KEN
29		 NHA BRI
28		 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV
36		 49th 41 [29]
Dodge IND
32		 IOW GLN MOH
Toyota CLT
29		 KAN TEX PHO HOM
30
2018 DAY
28		 ATL
35		 LVS
32		 PHO
36		 CAL
36		 TEX
34		 BRI
36		 RCH
34		 TAL
39		 DOV
25		 CLT
DNQ		 POC
30		 MCH
29		 IOW
26		 CHI
38		 DAY
14		 KEN
31		 NHA
21		 IOW
37		 GLN
29		 MOH
29		 BRI
30		 ROA
22		 IND
21		 LVS
25		 RCH
26		 DOV
34		 KAN
16		 TEX
17		 PHO
37		 30th 253 [30]
Chevy DAR
32
Dodge CLT
28
66 Toyota HOM
31
2019 42 DAY ATL
26		 LVS
21		 PHO
19		 CAL
32		 TEX
23		 BRI
20		 RCH
34		 DOV
30		 CLT
38		 POC
37		 MCH
22		 IOW
21		 CHI
24		 DAY
27		 KEN
28		 NHA
30		 IOW
32		 26th 250 [31]
13 TAL
36		 GLN
32		 MOH
35		 ROA
35		 IND
33		 CLT
36		 PHO
32
66 BRI
DNQ		 LVS
34
61 DAR
30		 RCH
26		 DOV
31		 KAN
26		 TEX
15		 HOM
35
2020 13 DAY
20		 LVS
21		 CAL
20		 PHO
24		 DAR
24		 CLT
22		 BRI
24		 ATL
34		 HOM
30		 HOM
21		 TAL
22		 POC
26		 KEN
16		 KEN
33		 TEX
24		 KAN
29		 DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* -* [32]
66 IND
27		 ROA
36		 DAY

K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2011 Lori Williams 12 Dodge GRE
18		 SBO RCH IOW BGS
7		 GRE
7		 LGY NHA COL GRE
26		 NHA DOV 31st 486 [33]
2012 Spraker Racing 37 Toyota BRI
7		 GRE
12		 RCH
36		 IOW BGS GRE
25		 LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR 32nd 96 [34]
2013 Chevy BRI
34		 GRE PEN RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 76th 10 [35]
2015 James Finchum 17 Toyota NSM GRE BRI
17		 IOW BGS LGY COL NHA 34th 74 [36]
Martin-McClure Racing 39 Chevy IOW
18		 GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV
23
2016 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI
1*		 VIR DOM STA COL NHA
14		 DOV
14		 24th 135 [37]
33 IOW
17		 GLN GRE NJM
2017 39 NSM GRE BRI
5		 SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV 44th 39 [38]

* Season still in progress
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