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Zachary Tinkle (born July 3, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Fast Track Racing.

Racing career

Early racing career

Tinkle would first start racing go karts and mini cup cars in the mid 2010s. In 2014, he would win the Rookie of the Year award in the Central States Region Super Cups. He would then win the series championship in 2017.[1]

Tinkle won the Rockford Speedway MiniCup division championship in 2016.

In 2018, Tinkle moved to the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman championship, and placed 5th in the championship.

In 2019, he would return to the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman championship, and would score 2 wins en route to the series championship, he would also win the 2019 CRA Late Model Sportsman Triple Crown and the 2019 Anderson Speedway McGunegill Engines Late Model Series championship. He is the first driver to have won all three in the same year.[2]

In 2020, Tinkle would run part-time in the JEG'S / CRA All-Stars Tour and would place 7th in the championship. He would again compete part-time in 2021. He would also partake in Speedweeks at New Smyrna Speedway in the Pro Late Model division, where he would score 1 fastest qualifier and place 7th in points.

In 2021, his racing career would come to a halt when his father, Brad Tinkle, had a stroke.[3] Tinkle would start a GoFundMe in order to restart his racing career.

ARCA Menards Series

Tinkle would announce that he had signed for one race with Wayne Peterson Racing on July 15, 2021, after Peterson needed a driver for the race.[4] Peterson was impressed with Tinkle's performance, and would him sign him for three more races that year.[2]

After Tim Richmond was injured at the 2021 Henry Ford Health System 200, Tinkle was announced to replace Richmond for the last four races of the season.[5]

He would return to Wayne Peterson Racing for a majority of the schedule in 2022.

ARCA Menards Series East

Tinkle was scheduled make his debut in the 2021 Pensacola 200 in the 2021 ARCA Menards Series East season, driving the No. 22 for Brandon Oakley Racing.[6] However, the team would withdraw. He would instead make his debut in the 2021 Bush's Beans 200 for Richmond Clubb Motorsports.

On December 6, 2022, Tinkle announced that he will run full-time in the East Series in 2023, driving the No. 11 car for Fast Track Racing.[7]

In their first race together in a full-time capacity, Tinkle drove to a career best seventh place finish at the season opening race at Five Flags Speedway. He would then finish sixth at the next race at Dover Motor Speedway.

On February 1, 2024, it was announced that Tinkle will return to FTR for a second full-time season in the East Series, driving the No. 11 car.[8]

Motorsports career results

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 AMSC Pts Ref
2021 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN
13 		IOW WIN
11 		GLN MCH
15 		17th 238 [9]
Chevy ISF
12 		MLW
Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Toyota DSF
8 		BRI
20 		SLM
18
Wayne Peterson Racing Ford KAN
17
2022 06 Chevy DAY
24 		TAL
20 		KAN
11 		CLT
17 		IOW
22 		9th 619 [10]
Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota PHO
29 		BLN
13 		ELK
18 		MOH
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Ford POC
26
Toyota IRP
15 		MCH
21 		ISF
12
Fast Track Racing 01 Ford GLN
23 		DSF
18 		KAN
20
12 MLW
20 		SLM
17 		TOL
21
11 BRI
20
2023 01 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN
27 		CLT 19th 235 [11]
11 Toyota BLN
9 		ELK IOW
11 		POC MCH IRP
13 		GLN ISF MLW
13 		DSF KAN BRI
13 		SLM
11 		TOL
12 Ford MOH
20
2024 11 Toyota DAY PHO TAL DOV
10 		KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL -* -* [12]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2021 Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Toyota NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW MLW BRI
20 		52nd 24 [13]
2022 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford NSM
16 		FIF DOV NSV 15th 98 [14]
06 Chevy IOW
22
Fast Track Racing 12 Ford MLW
20
11 BRI
20
2023 Toyota FIF
7 		DOV
6 		NSV
7 		FRS
6 		IOW
11 		IRP
13 		MLW
13 		BRI
13 		4th 336 [15]
2024 FIF
8 		DOV
10 		NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI -* -* [16]

ARCA Menards Series West

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 AMSWC Pts Ref
2022 Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota PHO
29 		IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 66th 15 [17]

References

  1. ^ Dril, Eric Van (30 January 2015). "Park Ridge 12-year-old named Rookie of the Year in racing series". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  2. ^ a b Carpenter, Tierra (2021-08-18). "Meet 'Indiana Original' teen race car driver Zachary Tinkle". WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. ^ "Devastating News Halts Zachary Tinkle's Race Season - Zachary Tinkle". 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. ^ "Zachary Tinkle Making ARCA Menards Series Debut in Zinsser Smartcoat 200 at Berlin Raceway - Zachary Tinkle". 15 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  5. ^ "Zachary Tinkle To Fill In For Tim Richmond At Bristol In ARCA Menards Series - Zachary Tinkle". 14 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  6. ^ Koelle, Christian (2021-02-21). "Zachary Tinkle Set to Make ARCA Menards Series East Debut at 5 Flags Speedway". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  7. ^ Tinkle, Zachary (December 6, 2022). "Zachary Tinkle To Compete For 2023 ARCA East Championship with Andy Hillenburg's Fast Track Racing". zacharytinkle.com. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Branscum, Benjamine (February 1, 2024). "Zachary Tinkle Returns To Fast Track Racing, ARCA Menards Series East Full-Time". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  9. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  11. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  13. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  16. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  17. ^ "Zachary Tinkle – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Tinkle