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Tim Mitchell (racing driver)

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Tim Mitchell
NationalityAmerican
Born (1943-04-02) April 2, 1943 (age 81)
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Debut season1997
Starts134
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finish15th in 2001
Last updated on: November 2, 2022.

Tim Mitchell (born April 2, 1943) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He had competed in the ARCA Menards Series from 1997 to 2011, with a majority of his starts being with Wayne Peterson Racing.

Racing career

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After competing in various dirt track events across Tennessee, Mitchell would make his ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series debut in 1997, driving for Wayne Peterson Racing in the No. 06 Pontiac, running in four races with a best finish of 27th at Michigan International Speedway. For 1998, he would run three races; one race with Drew White, and the other two for Peterson. In 1999, he would remain with Peterson for two races with a best finish of 27th at Pocono Raceway, and would run three more races with him the following year.

For 2001, Mitchell would run 16 of the 25 races on the schedule driving various Peterson entries. It was also during this season that he would earn a career best finish of 11th at Toledo Speedway. Eight more top-20's over the course of the season would help propel him to a career best 15th in the overall standings for that season. He would run a near-full schedule in 2002, failing to qualify for five events, and racing in 15 events, including a one race deal with Norm Benning in the No. 8 Chevrolet at Salem Speedway. In 2003, he would start out the year with Peterson, before attempting two races with Benning, failing to qualify at Salem, and finishing 40th at Nashville Superspeedway.

In 2004, Mitchell would run the full schedule for Peterson in the No. 0 Chevrolet, failing to qualify three times, and only finishing three races with a best finish of 22nd at the season finale at Talladega Superspeedway. He would attempt the full schedule again in 2005, running in 20 races whilst failing to qualify for three, with a best finish of 15th at Pocono. In 2006, Mitchell would primarily drive the No. 06 entry for Peterson, once again attempting the full schedule, although he would fail to qualify twelve times that year (including the second Kentucky race and Gateway where he would fill in the No. 06 for that race). He would race thirteen times that year with a best result of 19th at Berlin Raceway.

Mitchell would once again attempt the full schedule in 2007, primarily driving a Ford, failing to qualify five times and earning a best result of 14th at Winchester Speedway. He would run his last full schedule in 2008, solely driving the No. 06 entry for Peterson, failing to qualify three times that year while getting a season best finish of 19th at Talladega, which would be the last ARCA race he would be running at the end.

After spending two years out of the series, Mitchell would return to the now ARCA Racing Series at Talladega, reuniting with Wayne Peterson to drive the No. 0 Ford. He would finish 39th and last after running only three laps due to a clutch issue. He would run two more races later that year with Fast Track Racing in the No. 10 Dodge, finishing 31st at Salem, and 37th at Kansas Speedway. These would be his last two starts in ARCA competition.

Personal life

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In 2003, Mitchell was diagnosed with colon cancer, and underwent treatment and surgery. He was able to make a full recovery, although he would have to wear a colostomy bag due to his rectum being removed during the operation.[1]

According to Mitchell's Facebook page, he is the owner of a skate center named Starwheels Skate Center in his hometown of Fayetteville, Tennessee, and had sponsored him through the latter stages of his racing career.[2]

Motorsports results

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ARCA Racing Series

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(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 22 23 24 25 ARSC Pts Ref
1997 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Pontiac DAY ATL
31
SLM CLT
30
CLT POC MCH
27
SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT
32
TAL ISF ATL N/A - [3]
1998 White Motorsports 12 Chevy DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM MCH POC
38
SBS TOL N/A - [4]
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Pontiac PPR
29
POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM
18 TEX
29
WIN CLT TAL ATL
1999 06 DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC
27
TOL SBS BLN
26
POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF ATL
DNQ
90th 195 [5]
White Motorsports SLM
DNQ
CLT TAL
2000 Wayne Peterson Racing 6 DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF
22
KEN DSF
18
SLM
27
CLT TAL ATL 63rd 355 [6]
2001 Jack Martin 18 Chevy DAY NSH
DNQ
WIN SLM GTY KEN 15th 2665 [7]
Wayne Peterson Racing 6 Pontiac CLT
15
MCH
27
POC
20
MEM
20
GLN ISF
19
CHI
16
SLM
13
TOL
11
BLN
14
61 KAN
16
06 Chevy KEN
33
CLT
DNQ
TAL
24
ATL
DNQ
6 MCH
21
POC
22
DSF
27
5 NSH
21
2002 18 DAY
DNQ
ATL
31
NSH
36
18th 3020 [8]
Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy SLM
33
Brad Smith Motorsports 26 Ford KEN
QL
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Chevy CLT
DNQ
MCH
DNQ
CHI
35
TAL
DNQ
CLT
6 Pontiac KAN
18
TOL
24
POC
19
NSH
25
ISF
24
Chevy POC
20
SBO
18
BLN
22
WIN
16
DSF
22
SLM
28
06 Pontiac KEN
DNQ
2003 6 Chevy DAY
DNQ
ATL
19
NSH
DNQ
107th 240 [9]
Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy SLM
DNQ
TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH
40
ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO
2004 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Chevy DAY
DNQ
NSH
DNQ
SLM
34
KEN
30
TOL
30
CLT
25
KAN
34
POC
31
MCH
29
SBO
27
BLN
26
KEN
35
GTW
29
POC
26
LER
28
NSH
33
ISF
35
TOL
34
DSF
34
CHI
DNQ
SLM
30
TAL
22
16th 2835 [10]
2005 DAY
DNQ
NSH
DNQ
SLM
30
KEN
25
TOL
31
LAN
31
MIL
33
POC
15
MCH
41
KAN
32
KEN
39
BLN
DNQ
GTW
41
LER
33
NSH
25
MCH
27
ISF
22
TOL
32
DSF
25
CHI
31
SLM
22
TAL
25
17th 2950 [11]
6 POC
36
2006 06 DAY
DNQ
WIN
32
TOL
DNQ
ISF
32
TAL
DNQ
20th 2605 [12]
Ford NSH
DNQ
SLM
DNQ
KEN
40
POC
24
MCH
31
KAN
DNQ
KEN
33
BLN
19
POC
28
GTW
22
NSH
DNQ
MCH
DNQ
MIL
29
TOL
23
DSF
30
CHI
DNQ
SLM
34
IOW
DNQ
0 KEN
DNQ
GTW
DNQ
2007 06 Chevy DAY
DNQ
TAL
DNQ
17th 3105 [13]
Ford USA
25
NSH
DNQ
SLM
29
KAN
31
WIN
14
KEN
30
TOL
21
IOW
30
POC
26
MCH
40
BLN
25
KEN
28
POC
21
NSH
27
ISF
41
MIL
21
GTW
24
DSF
27
CHI
DNQ
SLM
23
TOL
DNQ
2008 Chevy DAY
21
DSF
DNQ
CHI
34
SLM
30
NJE
39
TOL
DNQ
21st 2950 [14]
Ford SLM
DNQ
IOW
30
KAN
29
CAR
24
KEN
26
TOL
29
POC
21
MCH
35
CAY
22
KEN
35
BLN
24
POC
27
NSH
24
ISF
34
TAL
19
2011 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford DAY TAL
39
SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF 114th 155 [15]
Fast Track Racing 10 Dodge SLM
31
KAN
37
TOL
- Qualified but replaced by Brad Smith

References

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  1. ^ "ARCA driver glad to be racing, glad to be alive". Daytona Notebook. February 9, 2008. p. 21. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tim Mitchell". Facebook. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  6. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  9. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  13. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  14. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  15. ^ "Tim Mitchell – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
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