Chad Finley

Chad J. Finley (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Chad Finley Racing. He is the son of former racing driver Jeff Finley, who competed in the Truck Series, the NASCAR Busch Series, and the ARCA Re/Max Series in the past.

Racing career Finley began his racing career at the age of ten. He finished third in the East Lansing Kart Track Championship points his first season and won the championship the following. He won the Great Lakes Sprint Series Championship and finished sixth in the World Karting Association (WKA) in 2005.

In 2006, Finley made his full-sized stock car debut with the ASA Late Model Series. His first full season in the full-sized stock car came in 2007 when at the age of 15 he won the Outlaw Super Late Model Rookie-of-the-Year award at Spartan Speedway (Mich.).

2008 saw many firsts for Finley. He scored his first career Outlaw Super Late Model feature win at Spartan Speedway (Mich.) and then visited victory lane again just a couple months later, this time driving a Template Pro Late Model in the Super Pro Late Model Series.

In 2009, saw Finley make the jump to the ARCA Racing Series driving for future NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski. He won a pole award at Rockingham Speedway (N.C.), scored one top-five finish, and three top-tens in just four starts that season. Finley made seven starts in the ARCA Racing Series in 2010 where he tied his career best finish of third, twice. Those two top-three finishes came at Rockingham Speedway (N.C.) and Pocono Raceway (Pa.). Chad also raced events at major NASCAR venues such as Texas Motor Speedway (Tex.), and Michigan International Speedway (Mich.).

In 2011, Finley competed for JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Championship, finishing third in the overall points standings with five top-five finishes and eight top-ten finishes. He scored two season-high second-place finishes at Lucas Oil Raceway (Ind.) and Dixie Motor Speedway (Mich.) respectively.

In 2012, Finley scored his first career win in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour at Columbus Motor Speedway (Ohio). He also won the Fast Qualifier Award in both the ARCA/CRA Super Series and JEGS/CRA All-Stars and finished the year with four top-five finishes and seven top-ten finishes.

In 2013, Finley ran events in both the ARCA/CRA Super Series and the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour, winning two races in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He collected five-top five finishes as well as eight top-ten finishes that season as well. At South Alabama Speedway, Finley broke the track record during the 37th Running of the Rattler 250.

In 2014, Finley posted many solid finishes in both Pro and Super Late Model races around the country. He also ran select races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series. At the end of the season, he moved to Mooresville, N.C., where he expanded Chad Finley Development.

In 2015, Finley made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut, driving the No. 30 Ford F-150 for Rette Jones Racing at Michigan and Chicagoland where he finished 21st in both events.

In 2017, Finley and his race team attempted six ARCA Racing Series races over the course of the year, scoring a win at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the early spring.

In 2018, Finley attempted two Truck Series races with his team at Gateway Motorsports Park and at Bristol Motor Speedway respectively. He finished an impressive sixth place with their first attempt at Gateway after avoiding some of the late race chaos in the end. While they qualified well at Bristol, the team fell out of the race early. He later ran the Martinsville fall race with Reaume Brothers Racing, but a wreck towards the end of stage 1 derailed their chances of a good run, finishing 32nd.

For the 2019 season, Chad Finley Racing increased their Truck Series schedule to a full-time slate, hiring Robby Lyons to share the No. 42 with Finley starting with the NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona International Speedway. After the Ultimate Tailgating 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the team's hauler and trucks inside were damaged in an accident while leaving the track, forcing them to miss the following week's Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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.)

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 Pts Ref 2011 Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCHWth ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM N/A –

Gander Outdoors Truck Series NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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 Pts Ref 2015 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH21 BRI MSP CHI21 NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 54th 46 2018 Chad Finley Racing 42 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW6 CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI30 MSP LVS TAL 48th 43 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Chevy MAR32 TEX PHO HOM 2019 Chad Finley Racing 42 Chevy DAY ATL28 LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT18 TEX IOW28 GTW CHI KEN26 POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 52nd 48

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 15 16 Pts Ref 2014 Chad Finley Racing 29 Ford NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH12 IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA5 COL IOWDNQ GLN VIR GRE DOV30 29th 101 2016 Michael Calabrese 43 Ford NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJE DOV10 51st 34

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 Pts Ref 2014 Chad Finley Racing 29 Ford PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON SLS CNS IOWDNQ EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO N/A –

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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 Pts Ref 2009 K Automotive Racing 29 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL6 POC MCH MFD IOW9 KEN BLN3 POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR15 32nd 1035 2010 DAY PBE SLM TEX11 TAL TOL POC3 MCH7 IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI23 DSF TOL SLM KAN30 CAR3 27th 1010 2016 Chad Finley Racing 51 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH13 MAD WIN IOW IRP5 POC BLN ISF DSF SLM 50th 485 Chevy CHI23 KEN KAN 2017 DAY NSH1 SLM TAL TOL3 ELK POC MCH12 MAD IOW IRP3* POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI5 KEN KAN11 21st 1240 2018 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH23 MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 100th 115

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2015 Bob Finley 42 Chevy SNM ROU HCY SNM TCM MMS19 ROU CON MYB HCY 55th 15