Mason Mitchell

Mason Mitchell (born June 25, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and boxer. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports. He also competes part-time in Dirt Trucks as an owner/driver, driving the No. 10G Chevrolet Silverado for Mason Mitchell Motorsports. He is the 2014 ARCA Racing Series champion.

Racing career

Mitchell started racing when he was five, riding dirt bikes. Three years later, he switched to cars, competing in the Central States Region Supercups and other series Minicup Series at age ten, winning the Midwest championship; he won 75 career Minicup races, and when he was eleven, won the Jamaica Raceway track championship. When he was thirteen, he started racing late models, and joined the American Speed Association's Challenge Series National Tour two years later.

In 2012, Mitchell made his ARCA Racing Series debut for Eddie Sharp Racing at home track Iowa Speedway; after starting ninth, he finished tenth. The following year, Mitchell attempted the full season; despite missing a race and racing for four different team owners, he recorded thirteen top-tens,

In 2015, Mitchell debuted in the K&N Pro Series East Bowman Gray Stadium, driving the No. 1 Toyota for Hattori Racing Enterprises; after qualifying sixteenth, he finished eighth.

Mason Mitchell Motorsports In late 2013, Mitchell formed Mason Mitchell Motorsports (MMM), hiring NASCAR crew chief Brad Parrott to serve the same role with Mitchell. The team began competing full-time in 2014. During the year, he recorded a win at Chicagoland Speedway, along with twelve top-fives, eighteen top-tens, five poles with a 255-point margin over runner-up Grant Enfinger. Mitchell became the first Iowa native to win an ARCA title in forty years, the third-youngest champion in series history Mitchell also won the Fast Track Award, S&S Volvo Laps Completed, Hoosier Speedway Challenge, R.E. Lightning Challenge and the Menards Pole Award.

After the 2014 ARCA season had ended, Mitchell made his Camping World Truck Series debut with MMM in the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mitchell, who had to qualify for the race based on his time, made the race with a lap time of 32.588 seconds and speed of , and he started the race in eighteenth. Mitchell finished the race in sixteenth.

In 2015, defending ARCA Rookie of the Year Austin Wayne Self joined MMM, and Mitchell scaled back his schedule, driving part-time. During the season, Mitchell drove the No. 78, and scored a hometown victory at Iowa in July. He also competed for Venturini Motorsports' No. 55 Toyota at Berlin Raceway, finishing second. Later in the year, the team also fielded the No. 88 for Truck Series driver John Wes Townley at Kansas Speedway. At the same race, Mitchell recorded his third career win.

In 2016, MMM driver Gus Dean won his first career ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway in the No. 98 GREE Cooling Products Chevrolet after beating Josh Williams to the line. Dean would later compete in select events with MMM before moving to Win-Tron Racing in 2017 with the GREE sponsorship.

The team ceased operations from their Mooresville, North Carolina shop on July 30, 2018 and their assets were purchased by Empire Racing.

ARCA return After a six-year hiatus from racing in ARCA, it was announced on March 22, 2024, that Mitchell would return to the series part-time in 2024, running the West Series race at Irwindale Speedway and the East Series combination race at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 23 car for Sigma Performance Services.

Mitchell would run more races in 2025, this time driving for Venturini Motorsports.

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.)

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 Pts Ref 2014 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 48 Ford DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM16 66th 28

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 Eddie Sharp Racing 6 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW10 CHI IRP5 POC BLN5 ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN7 31st 785 2013 Roulo Brothers Racing 99 Ford DAY13 MOB8 SLM16 TAL25 TOL7 ELK11 POC5 MCH19 WIN5 6th 4660 17 ROA14 Kimmel Racing 68 Ford CHI22 NJE Empire Racing 82 Ford POC8 BLN5 ISF7 MAD7 DSF6 IOW6 SLM5 KEN2 KAN2 2014 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Ford DAY7 MOB3 SLM7 TAL4 TOL2* NJE10 POC2 MCH2 ELK10 WIN2* CHI1 IRP20 POC7 BLN10 ISF2 MAD14 DSF4 SLM2* KEN3 KAN5 1st 5240 2015 78 DAY6 MOB19 NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE KAN1 22nd 1260 Chevy POC3 MCH CHI WIN IOW1* IRP POC Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota BLN2 ISF DSF SLM KEN 2016 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW8 IRP POC BLN ISF 42nd 570 98 DSF6 SLM CHI KEN KAN10 2017 88 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW14 IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 94th 160 2018 98 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW7 ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 77th 195 2024 Sigma Performance Services 23 Chevy DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 77th 40 2025 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 17th 256

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2015 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota NSM GRE BRI IOWBGS8 LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV 45th 36 2024 Sigma Performance Services 23 Chevy FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 40th 40 2025 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI 37th 64

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2024 Sigma Performance Services 23 Chevy PHO KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO 65th 26

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