Chase Purdy

Chase Purdy
Purdy poses in victory lane after winning in his first ARCA Midwest Tour attempt (2018)
Nationality  American
Born (1999-11-01) November 1, 1999
Meridian, Mississippi
Debut season 2017
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Years active 2017
Car no. 17
Crew chief Cully Barraclough
Starts 16
Championships 0
Wins 0
Poles 4
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season 2017
Current team MDM Motorsports
Years active 2017–present
Car no. 8
Starts 22
Championships 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 39th in 2017
Last updated on: June 22, 2018.

Chase Purdy (born November 1, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 8 Toyota Camry for MDM Motorsports.[1] Purdy was named to the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 NASCAR Next classes.[2]

Racing career

2018 ARCA car

Purdy is a former NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national rookie of the year.[3] He finished fourth in his debut NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season in 2017.[4] Purdy began driving full-time in the ARCA Racing Series in 2018.[1] He also raced ten Super Late model events that year, including traveling across the United States to finish sixth in the Slinger Nationals at Slinger Super Speedway in Wisconsin.[5] Purdy raced in his first ARCA Midwest Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway and won the Dixieland 250 in his first appearance at the D-shaped 1/2 mile track.[5]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2017 David Gilliland Racing 17 Toyota NSM
8
GRE
11
BRI
12
SBO
2
SBO
11
MEM
13
BLN
2
TMP
7
NHA
2
IOW
2
GLN
15
LGY
2
NJE
6
DOV
15
4th 515 [6]

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 ARSC Pts Ref
2017 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN
7
ISF ROA DSF SLM
6
CHI 39th 540 [7]
88 KEN
17
KAN
2018 MDM Motorsports 8 Toyota DAY
21
NSH
7
SLM
5
TAL
25
TOL
5
CLT
24
POC
9
MCH
13
MAD
4
GTW
2
CHI
5
IOW
3
ELK
14
POC
3
ISF
18
BLN
8
DSF
8
SLM
3
IRP
4
KAN -* -* [8]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. 1 2 "Chase Purdy joins MDM for full ARCA season in 2018; Talladega testing next". Arcaracing.com. October 26, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  2. "2018-19 NASCAR Next Class revealed". NBC Sports. May 15, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  3. "Chase Purdy – NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  4. "Chase Purdy driver profile". ARCA Racing. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Kallmann, Dave (August 8, 2018). "Sure it's a long drive, but Kaukauna is an adventure for two young stock-car racers". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  6. "Driver Chase Purdy 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  7. "Driver Chase Purdy 2017 ARCA Racing Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  8. "Driver Chase Purdy 2018 ARCA Racing Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
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