Blaine Perkins

Blaine Perkins (born February 8, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 9 Ford for Sunrise Ford Racing. He has also competed part-time in the ARCA Racing Series in the past.

Blaine Perkins
Perkins (No. 21) competing in the 2017 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway.
Nationality American
Born (2000-02-08) February 8, 2000
Bakersfield, California
ARCA Menards Series West career
Debut season2018
Current teamSunrise Ford Racing
Car number9
EngineFord
Crew chiefJeff Schrader
Former teamsBill McAnally Racing, Steve Portenga Racing
Starts32
Wins1
Poles1
Best finish9th in 2016
Finished last season10th (2017)
Previous series
2017–2018ARCA Racing Series
Last updated on: June 27, 2020.

Racing career

Perkins made his debut in the West Series in 2015 at All American Speedway in Roseville, California, driving the No. 54 Toyota for Bill McAnally Racing, where he started 17th and finished 13th. After that, he secured a full-time ride in the series the following season with Steve Portenga Racing in their No. 21 car.

Perkins moved to the ARCA Racing Series for 2018, and drove in five races for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in the team's No. 98 and No. 78 Chevrolet's. He had previously made his debut in the series the prior year at Kentucky for Mitchell's team, where he started and finished ninth in that race.[1]

After being without a ride for all of the 2019 season in any NASCAR series or ARCA, Perkins returned in 2020, joining Sunrise Ford Racing in the West Series (now the ARCA Menards Series West) to drive their No. 9 Ford, replacing Jagger Jones as a driver on the team. Perkins' new teammate Trevor Huddleston drove the No. 9 in 2019 and moved to the No. 6, replacing Jones, the 2019 series rookie of the year and 2nd-place points finisher, who was knocked out of a ride.[2] Perkins would earn his first win in the West Series in the second race of the Utah Motorsports Campus doubleheader on June 27. He also won the pole for the first race of the doubleheader, which was his first pole in the West Series.[3] He would finish eleventh in that race.

Motorsports career 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. ** – All 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 ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN
9		 KAN 82nd 185 [4]
2018 98 DAY NSH SLM TAL
13		 TOL CLT POC
12		 MCH MAD GTW CHI
11		 IOW 28th 705 [5]
78 ELK
8		 POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN

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 13 14 AMSW Pts Ref
2015 Bill McAnally Racing 54 Toyota KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO
13		 51st 31 [6]
2016 Steve Portenga Racing 21 Chevy IRW
18		 KCR
16		 TUS
8		 OSS
9		 CNS
5		 SON
21		 SLS
11		 IOW
7		 EVG
7		 DCS
8		 UMC
6		 UMC
6		 MER
10		 AAS
9		 9th 475 [7]
2017 KCR
11		 TUS
8		 IRW
7		 IRW
9		 SPO
18		 OSS
11		 CNS
20		 SON
7		 IOW
21		 EVG
16		 DCS
17		 MER
8		 AAS
8		 KCR
19		 10th 436 [8]
2020 Sunrise Ford Racing 9 Ford LVS
3		 UMC
11		 UMC
1**		 IRW
 CNS DCS EVG MER AAS KCR PHO 2nd* 124* [9]

* Season still in progress

References
  1. "Blaine Perkins Set for Five Race ARCA Schedule with Mason Mitchell Motorsports in 2018". Speedway Digest. STS Motorsports Inc. November 1, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. Christley, Jason (January 29, 2020). "New Faces Readying For West Coast Title Run". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. Christley, Jason (June 27, 2020). "QUALIFYING: Blaine Perkins Captures His First General Tire Pole Award". ARCARacing.com.
  4. "Blaine Perkins – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  5. "Blaine Perkins – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  6. "Blaine Perkins – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  7. "Blaine Perkins – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  8. "Blaine Perkins – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  9. "Blaine Perkins – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
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