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Chad Boat
Born (1992-01-30) January 30, 1992 (age 32)
Phoenix, Arizona
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
17 races run over 2 years
2015 position105th
Best finish29th (2014)
First race2014 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
Last race2015 Hisense 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 1 year
2015 position38th
Best finish38th (2015)
First race2015 Mudsummer Classic (Eldora)
Last race2015 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 13, 2015.

Chad Boat (born January 30, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver and the son of Billy Boat. He currently competes part-time in Indy Lights for Belardi Auto Racing.

Racing career

Boat racing in a USAC Sprint car, 2007

Sprint cars and midgets

Boat began his racing career in quarter midgets at the age of five. At age seven, he won the Arizona state quarter midget championship, and the following year won the Light Modified and Light 160 midget championships.[1]

NASCAR/Stock cars

After competing in USAC competition, Boat moved to NASCAR in 2010, running in seven K&N Pro Series West events between 2010 and 2012, with a best finish of fourth in 2010 at Iowa Speedway; he also ran 19 K&N Pro Series East events with a best finish of ninth at Bowman Gray Stadium in 2011.[2] Boat also competed in ten ARCA Racing Series events in 2012 and 2013, posting third-place finishes twice at Iowa.[2]

In January 2014, Boat announced that he would be competing for Rookie of the Year in the Nationwide Series in 2014, running 15 events for family-owned Billy Boat Motorsports.[3] Boat finished 29th in points with a best finish of 22nd at Iowa Speedway. In 2015 he raced in both the Xfinity (formerly Nationwide) Series and Camping World Truck Series for Billy Boat Motorsports. He made 3 Xfinity starts and 4 truck series starts. He ran for the Truck Series championship and finished 38th in points with a best finish of ninth at Talladega Superspeedway, his best NASCAR finish to date.

Indy Lights

On June 27, 2017 it was announced that Boat would compete in the Indy Lights series with Belardi Auto Racing competing at the oval events at Iowa Speedway and Gateway Motorsports Park in the latter half of the 2017 season.[4] Chad's father Billy also competed in Indy Lights, then called the American Racing Series, in 1986 and 1987.

Personal life

Boat attended University of North Carolina at Charlotte, majoring in finance.[5]

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.)

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
2014 Billy Boat Motorsports 84 Chevy DAY
24 		PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX
31 		DAR RCH TAL
DNQ 		IOW
29 		CLT
26 		DOV MCH ROA KEN
DNQ 		DAY
26 		NHA CHI
28 		IND
27 		IOW
22 		GLN MOH BRI
37 		ATL RCH
34 		CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT
28 		TEX
28 		PHO
25 		HOM 29th 227 [6]
17 TAL
25
2015 84 DAY
36 		ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL
35 		IOW CLT
25 		DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 105th 01 [7]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2015 Billy Boat Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
31 		POC MCH BRI MSP 38th 99 [8]
16 CHI
DNQ 		NHA LVS
25 		TAL
9 		MAR TEX PHO
12 		HOM

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2010 Billy Boat Motorsports 36 Chevy AAS PHO IOW
4 		DCS SON 34th 303 [9]
30 IRW
17 		PIR MRP CNS MMP AAS PHO
DNQ
2011 Curb Racing 98 PHO
11 		AAS MMP IOW LVS SON IRW EVG PIR CNS
7 		MRP SRP AAS
5 		PHO
7 		22nd 577 [10]
2012 PHO
7 		LHC MMP S99 IOW BIR LVS SON EVG CNS IOW PIR SMP AAS PHO 58th 37 [11]

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
2010 Billy Boat Motorsports 36 Chevy GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE GRE NHA
17 		DOV 55th 112 [12]
2011 Curb Racing 98 Chevy GRE
23 		SBO
20 		RCH
21 		IOW
11 		BGS
9 		GRE
30 		LGY
14 		NHA
15 		COL
12 		GRE
28 		NHA
20 		DOV
27 		16th 1278 [13]
2012 BRI
34 		GRE
26 		RCH
31 		IOW
11 		BGS GRE
29 		LGY CNB COL IOW
15 		NHA DOV GRE CAR 27th 118 [14]

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2012 Curb Racing 98 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW
3 		CHI IRP
8 		POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF 48th 455 [15]
Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy KAN
37
2013 Curb Racing 52 Chevy DAY
10 		MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC 18th 1430 [16]
Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota MCH
15 		ROA WIN
Billy Boat Motorsports 84 Toyota CHI
5 		NJE POC
30 		BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW
3* 		SLM KEN
5 		KAN
23

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2017 Belardi Auto Racing STP STP ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO GMP
14 		WGL 16th 7

References

  1. ^ "Chad Boat". Chili Bowl Nationals official website. Accessed 2014-01-23.
  2. ^ a b Cain, Holly. "Chad Boat added to 2014 Nationwide rookie ranks". January 7, 2014. NASCAR.com. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  3. ^ Estrada, Chris. "Chad Boat to run at least 15 NNS races this season". January 7, 2014. NBC Sports. Accessed 2014-01-23.
  4. ^ Belardi Auto Racing Signs Second Generation Open-Wheel Driver Chad Boat, Indy Lights, June 27, 2017, Retrieved 2017-06-27
  5. ^ Wolkin, Joseph (November 6, 2014). "Nuts for Nationwide: Chad Boat Fishing for Success". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Chad Boat – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Chad Boat – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Chad Boat – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  9. ^ "Chad Boat – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  10. ^ "Chad Boat – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Chad Boat – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  12. ^ "Chad Boat – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  13. ^ "Chad Boat – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  14. ^ "Chad Boat – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "Chad Boat – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  16. ^ "Chad Boat – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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