Jake Finch
| Jake Finch | |||||||
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| Born | James Finch [1] June 16, 2005 Lynn Haven, Florida | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 11 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 20 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 23rd (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 General Tire Delivers 200 (Pensacola) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 General Tire 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
| First win | 2024 General Tire 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 11 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| ARCA East no., team | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 6th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 Pensacola 200 (Pensacola) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Pensacola 150 (Pensacola) | ||||||
| First win | 2023 General Tire 125 (Dover) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | TBA (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 27th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Irwindale) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of April 21, 2024. | |||||||
James "Jake" Finch Jr.[1] (born June 16, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Camry for his family-owned team, Phoenix Racing, and the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports.
Racing career
Finch began racing go-karts at a young age. In 2020, he would drive in three late model races for Anthony Campi Racing and would win in his first start after dominating the race and leading the most laps. In his next two starts, he would finish 2nd.[2] Phoenix Racing, the former NASCAR Cup Series team owned by Finch's father James that was sold to Turner Scott Motorsports co-owner Harry Scott Jr. in 2013, would re-open its doors and Finch would drive in several late model races with them in 2021.[3] He entered the SRL Southwest Tour in 2022 for the same team, finishing 22nd and 23rd in his first two starts.[4]
ARCA Menards Series East
On March 15, 2022, Phoenix Racing announced that Finch would be making his ARCA Menards Series East debut for the team in their No. 1 car at Five Flags Speedway. It would be the first time since 2013 that Phoenix Racing would compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned race.[5] On April 26, 2022, Finch would sign with Venturini Motorsports for one race in the ARCA Menards Series East (at Dover driving the No. 25), and one race in the ARCA Menards Series (at Pocono driving the No. 55).[6] Finch would return to his family team and the No. 1 car for the East Series race at Nashville. He would start on the pole, lead 44 laps and finish second in the race. In both of his East Series races for Phoenix Racing, Finch drove an unbadged Toyota.[7][8]
Personal life
Jake's father, James Finch, is the owner of the former NASCAR Cup Series team, Phoenix Racing. He also runs an airport construction company, Phoenix Construction.[3] Before Jake started racing, he was an active baseball player for his local school.[2] He attended A. Crawford Mosley High School, and graduated in the class of 2023.[5]
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC 7 |
IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | 35th | 104 | [9] | ||||||
| Phoenix Racing | 1 | Toyota | MLW 8 |
DSF | KAN | BRI 13 |
SLM | TOL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC 10 |
23rd | 214 | [10] | |||||||||||
| 15 | MCH 12 |
IRP | KAN 5 |
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| 55 | GLN 10 |
ISF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phoenix Racing | 1 | Toyota | MLW 9 |
DSF | BRI 4 |
SLM | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 20 | Toyota | DAY 11* |
PHO | TAL 1** |
DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [11] |
ARCA Menards Series East
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Phoenix Racing | 1 | Toyota | NSM | FIF 8 |
NSV 2 |
IOW | MLW 8 |
BRI 13 |
6th | 185 | [12] | ||
| Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DOV 6 |
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| 2023 | 20 | FIF 3 |
DOV 1* |
8th | 203 | [13] | ||||||||
| Phoenix Racing | 1 | Toyota | NSV 5 |
FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW 9 |
BRI 4 | ||||||
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | FIF 7 |
DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | [14] |
ARCA Menards Series West
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref | |
| 2022 | Phoenix Racing | 1 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW 6 |
EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO 9 |
27th | 123 | [15] | ||
| 2023 | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO Wth |
N/A | 0 | [16] | ||||
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 20 | Toyota | PHO | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | -* | -* | ||
References
- ^ a b "@jamessfinch (Twitter account)". Twitter. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Seelman, Jacob (October 8, 2020). "Jake Finch Stepping Up The Ladder With Campi". Speed Sport. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Phoenix Racing Rises From The Ashes". Speed Sport. December 31, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ "Jake Finch Travels Cross Country". SRL Southwest Tour. January 31, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Jake Finch Making ARCA East Debut at Five Flags". Racing America. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ "Jake Finch joins Venturini Motorsports for two races on ARCA platform". ARCA. April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Race Highlights: Pensacola 200 at Five Flags Speedway". ARCARacing.com. March 19, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ "Race Highlights: Music City 200 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway". ARCARacing.com. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Jake Finch – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
External links
- Jake Finch driver statistics at Racing-Reference