Chad Finchum

James Chadwick Finchum (born September 22, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Garage 66, and part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 35/55 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen. He has also previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series East.

Racing career Early years Finchum began racing at the age of seven, starting his career racing go-karts at Dumplin Valley Raceway in Tennessee. By the age of thirteen he had logged 200 go-kart wins on dirt and asphalt. and also competed in Bandolero and Legends cars in Charlotte Motor Speedway's Summer Shootout. He would win the Tennessee NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship in 2010.

NASCAR 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. He joined Spraker Racing in 2012, finishing seventh again at Bristol Motor Speedway but not finding success in his other three starts. One start with Spraker in 2013 yielded a DNF at Bristol. Finchum then started 2015 driving for his own team but then associated with Martin-McClure Racing later in the year. In only his third start with the team, and his first in 2016, Finchum won the K&N race at Bristol. Starting from the fourth position, Finchum passed polesitter and leader Harrison Burton thirteen laps into the race and never looked back. In a late restart Finchum held off future NASCAR national series drivers Kyle Benjamin, Justin Haley, Kaz Grala and Todd Gilliland. Focusing on the Xfinity Series in 2017, Finchum ran one K&N race, recording a fifth at Bristol.

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. Despite falling out with engine problems at Dover, Finchum was approved for 1.5-mile tracks, yielding another start at Kentucky Speedway. 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.

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. He led second practice at Daytona International Speedway in July. He finished the year 30th in final point standings.

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. The run came in the No. 66 car for MBM Motorsports, whom he also drives for in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Bristol was a track that Finchum was especially excited to make his debut at, as he considers it a "home track". After starting 38th, he finished 33rd when he retired from the race on lap 335.

In 2019, Finchum surprisingly qualified second for both the Rinnai 250 and the Boyd Gaming 300 after rain canceled qualifying and the field was set by owner points from the 2018 season (due to those races only being the second and third of the new season), which MBM had bought from Chip Ganassi Racing's former Xfinity Series team. They also switched to Ganassi's old number, the No. 42, that year. That season he ran nearly full-time, only missing Daytona, which was run by John Jackson.

Finchum failed to qualify for the 2020 Daytona 500 after finishing twentieth in Duel 1 of the 2020 Bluegreen Vacations Duels. In September, he ran the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, finishing last when overheating ended his day after nineteen laps. He also competed at Kansas and Texas, where he respectively finished 39th and 35th. but was replaced by Garrett Smithley. He made a start with the team at Nashville Superspeedway with the No. 66, where he finished in 33rd.

On August 28, 2023, it was revealed through the entry list for the race at Darlington in September that Finchum would drive the No. 08 car for SS-Green Light Racing in that race, marking the first time he would drive for a team other than MBM Motorsports in the Xfinity Series and in NASCAR's top three series.

Finchum returned to MBM to drive their No. 66 car part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2024. He also made a start for Joey Gase Motorsports in the throwback weekend race at Darlington in May, running the paint scheme from Kevin Harvick's first Cup Series win in 2001 at Atlanta, the same one Harvick himself ran the previous year in the North Wilkesboro All-Star Race with his old No. 29.

On December 21, 2024, it was announced on a Facebook post from MBM that Finchum would drive for the team in 2025, beginning at Texas.

On April 26, 2026, Finchum led laps in the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time in his career at Talladega, leading 8 laps after surging to the front from 38th. He would also score his best career Cup Series finish of twenty-eighth in the race.

Personal life Finchum graduated from Halls High School in Halls Crossroads, Tennessee.

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 Pts Ref 2018 MBM Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI33 RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 68th 01 2020 49 DAYDNQ LVS CAL PHO DAR DAR CLT CLT BRI ATL MAR HOM TAL POC POC IND KEN TEX KAN NHA MCH MCH DRC DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS39 TAL ROV KAN39 TEX35 MAR PHO 52nd 01 2021 66 DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH33 POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN40 MAR PHO 65th 01 2024 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH38 CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM37 MAR PHO36 60th 01 2025 Garage 66 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX37 KAN CLT NSH35 MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI35 NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 40th 5 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI36 KAN TAL28 TEX33 GLN CLT NSH28 MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL33 NWS35 IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2020 MBM Motorsports Toyota DNQ

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2017 MBM Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV34 POC MCH IOW DAY KEN29 NHA BRI28 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV36 49th 41 Dodge IND32 IOW GLN MOH Toyota CLT29 KAN TEX PHO HOM30 2018 DAY28 ATL35 LVS32 PHO36 CAL36 TEX34 BRI36 RCH34 TAL39 DOV25 CLTDNQ POC30 MCH29 IOW26 CHI38 DAY14 KEN31 NHA21 IOW37 GLN29 MOH29 BRI30 ROA22 IND21 LVS25 RCH26 DOV34 KAN16 TEX17 PHO37 30th 253 Chevy DAR32 Dodge ROV28 66 Toyota HOM31 2019 42 DAY ATL26 LVS21 PHO19 CAL32 TEX23 BRI20 RCH34 DOV30 CLT38 POC37 MCH22 IOW21 CHI24 DAY27 KEN28 NHA30 IOW32 26th 250 13 TAL36 GLN32 MOH35 ROA35 IND33 ROV36 PHO32 66 BRIDNQ LVS34 61 DAR30 RCH26 DOV31 KAN26 TEX15 HOM35 2020 13 DAY20 LVS21 CAL20 PHO24 DAR24 CLT22 BRI24 ATL34 HOM30 HOM21 TAL22 POC26 KEN16 KEN33 TEX24 KAN29 DOV29 DOV24 DAY25 DAR20 TAL11 ROV KAN 26th 322 66 IRC27 ROA36 DRC LVS35 TEX34 61 RCH37 RCH28 BRI20 MAR37 PHO 2021 13 Ford DAY30 DRC 48th 57 61 Toyota HOM23 LVS28 PHO BRI33 LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 13 ATL39 MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT15 MOH TEX NHADNQ GLN IRC MCH DAY DARDNQ RCH 42 NSHDNQ POC ROA ATL 2022 13 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATLDNQ COA RCH MARDNQ TAL DOV32 DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY BRIDNQ TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR36 PHO 70th 6 Ford DARDNQ KAN 2023 66 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MARDNQ TAL DOV DARDNQ CLT POR SON NSHDNQ CSC ATL NHA35 POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY 52nd 35 SS-Green Light Racing 08 DAR22 KAN BRI29 TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR27 PHO 2024 MBM Motorsports 66 DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX38 TAL DOVDNQ 57th 27 Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Chevy DAR26 CLT PIR SON IOW NHA SS-Green Light Racing 14 Ford NSH34 CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR33 ATL GLN BRI32 KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2026 Joey Gase Motorsportswith Scott Osteen 55 Chevy DAY ATL17 COA PHO -* -* 35 LVSDNQ DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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 Pts Ref 2011 Lori Williams 12 Dodge GRE18 SBO RCH IOW BGS7 JFC7 LGY NHA COL GRE26 NHA DOV 31st 486 2012 Spraker Racing 37 Toyota BRI7 GRE12 RCH36 IOW BGS JFC25 LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR 32nd 96 2013 Chevy BRI34 GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 76th 10 2015 James Finchum 17 Toyota NSM GRE BRI17 IOW BGS LGY COL NHA 34th 74 Martin-McClure Racing 39 Chevy IOW18 GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV23 2016 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI1* VIR DOM STA COL NHA14 DOV14 24th 135 33 IOW17 GLN GRE NJM 2017 39 NSM GRE BRI5 SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV 44th 39