James Swanson

James Swanson (born April 26, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series, with a majority of his starts being with Wayne Peterson Racing. He has also competed in the ASA National Tour.

Racing career In 2012, Swanson made his ARCA Racing Series in 2012, driving the No. 0 Ford for Wayne Peterson Racing at Berlin Raceway, finishing 26th due to a rear-end failure. He would make three more starts that year, with his best finish out of those starts being 18th at Madison International Speedway.

In 2013, Swanson ran all but one race (that being the season opener at Daytona International Speedway) for Wayne Peterson, primarily driving the team's No. 0 and No. 06 entries. He only finished four of those races and earned a best finish of sixteenth at Winchester Speedway, although he failed to finish that race due to a multi-car crash late in the event. He finished thirteenth in the final standings.

Swanson remained with Peterson for the 2014 season, driving in all but three races on the schedule. He occupied the same rides as he did last year, and earned a best finish of twelfth at Madison and Salem Speedway, and finished ninth in the final points standings. In the final race of the year at Kansas Speedway, Swanson was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 72, where he drove into the side of the car of Austin Wayne Self at near full speed whilst trying to slow down. Both drivers were able to escape without serious injury.

In 2015, Swanson ran the full schedule, starting the season with Wayne Peterson Racing for the first five races before moving to James Hylton Motorsports as a replacement for Brad Smith, who was injured in a crash at Talladega Superspeedway, for all but New Jersey Motorsports Park, where he drove for Kimmel Racing. Through his time with Hylton, Swanson achieved three top-tens with a best finish of eighth at Winchester Speedway, and finished ninth in points again. Swanson and Hylton had originally planned to run again in 2016, driving in the fall race at Salem Speedway and potentially more races pending sponsorship, although nothing would materialize, and Swanson would not run any ARCA races in 2016. He then returned to the series in 2017, driving in three events, with the first being at Berlin Raceway driving for Fast Track Racing in the No. 10 Dodge, and the other two at Chicagoland Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, driving for Wayne Peterson Racing.

After not racing from 2018 to 2022, Swanson entered the ASA National Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway in 2023, driving the No. 7NJ entry, where he started and finished in 27th after running only eighteen laps due to mechanical issues.

Motorsports results

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 2012 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN 58th 370 00 ISF 06 MAD 5 SLM DSF KAN 2013 06 DAY MOB ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF 13th 3245 Chevy SLM TAL DSF IOW KEN KAN 0 TOL MAD SLM 2014 Ford DAY MOB TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN 9th 2785 06 Chevy SLM TAL 0 Dodge CHI IRP POC BLN ISF 06 MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 2015 0 Chevy DAY 9th 3745 06 Dodge MOB NSH SLM Chevy TAL James Hylton Motorsports 38 Dodge TOL Kimmel Racing 69 Ford NJE James Hylton Motorsports 48 Dodge POC CHI WIN IOW IRP BLN ISF DSF Ford MCH POC SLM KEN KAN 2017 Fast Track Racing 10 Dodge DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM 62nd 330 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford CHI 90 Chevy KEN KAN

ASA STARS National Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) ASA STARS National Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2023 James Swanson 7JS Chevy FIF MAD NWS HCY MLW AND WIR TOL WIN NSV 99th 25