Chandler Smith

Chandler Smith (born June 26, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in both the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports, and the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 51 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

Chandler Smith
Smith in 2019
Nationality American
Born (2002-06-26) June 26, 2002
Talking Rock, Georgia
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2018
Current teamVenturini Motorsports
Years active2018–present
Car number20
EngineToyota
Crew chiefBilly Venturini
Starts22
Championships0
Wins8
Poles8
Best finish11th in 2019
Finished last season11th
Previous series
2016–2018CARS Super Late Model Tour
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Truck no., teamNo. 51 (Kyle Busch Motorsports)
2019 position24th
Best finish24th (2019)
First race2019 M&M's 200 (Iowa)
Last race2019 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2019 position46th
Best finish46th (2019)
First race2019 Total Quartz 200 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 26, 2020.

Racing career
Smith on pit road next to his ARCA car before the race at Madison in 2018, which would be his first win in the series
Smith in victory lane at Madison in 2018 after winning for the first time in ARCA
Smith beside his car before the Madison race in 2019, which he would also win
Smith (in the Toyota firesuit) and the other drivers who competed in the 2019 Slinger Nationals

In his ARCA Racing Series debut, Smith won the pole after qualifying was rained out at Nashville. He led 51 laps and finished 5th in his ARCA debut. In his fourth ARCA Series start, Smith dominated at Madison International Speedway and won his first race after leading the most laps.

On September 15, 2018, Smith dominated at Salem Speedway, leading nearly every lap to win his second race.

On November 2, 2018, it was announced that Smith would return to Venturini Motorsports for the 2019 season for 11 races. Smith will run mostly short track events due to age restrictions.[1]

On February 21, 2019, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Smith would run a four-race NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series schedule in the team's Nos. 46 and 51 Toyota Tundras.[2] In just his first truck series start at Iowa, he would capture the pole after qualifying would be rained out with the starting order based on owner's points. Smith would lead the initial 55 laps and finished 8th in the race.

Smith would return to Venturini part-time in the No. 20 for the third year in a row in 2020, with him in the car for 13 races while Ryan Repko would join the team that year to drive it in most of the races at the larger tracks such as Daytona where Smith was not able to compete at due to being under 18.[3] Ten of Smith's races that year were part of the brand new Sioux Chief Showdown, which put him in contention to win that separate championship within the ARCA Series.

On March 3, 2020, Smith was announced to return to KBM part-time in the Truck Series for the 2020 season. He will run eight races, all in the No. 51, which will be at Richmond, Dover, Michigan, Gateway, Bristol, Las Vegas, Talladega (he will have turned 18 by then and able to run there), and the season finale at Phoenix.[4]

Personal life

Smith currently attends Pickens High School. Smith has one brother and three sisters.[5]

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.)

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 23 NGTC Pts Ref
2019 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW
8		 BRI
2		 MSP LVS TAL MAR 24th 171 [6]
46 GTW
4		 CHI KEN POC ELD MCH PHO
3		 HOM
2020 51 DAY LVS ATL HOM TEX RCH DOV CLT KAN TEX IOW CHI POC KEN ELD MCH GTW MSP BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO

Pinty's Series
NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NPSC Pts Ref
2019 22 Racing 26 Chevy MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS MSP
23		 ASE NHA JUK 46th 21 [7]

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
2018 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota DAY NSH
5		 SLM
10*		 TAL TOL
4*		 CLT POC MCH IOW
2		 ELK
6*		 POC ISF BLN
7		 DSF SLM
1*		 IRP
3		 KAN 14th 1995 [8]
15 MAD
1*		 GTW CHI
2019 20 DAY FIF
4		 SLM
4		 TAL NSH
3		 TOL
1*		 CLT POC MCH MAD
1*		 GTW
16		 CHI ELK
1*		 IOW
1*		 POC
8		 ISF DSF SLM
8		 IRP
1		 KAN 11th 2420 [9]
2020 DAY PHO
1		 TAL POC
2		 IRP KEN IOW KAN GTW MAD GLN ISF DSF BRI MEM KAN SLM MOH MCH ELK 7th* 47* [10]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
  1. Krall, Charles. "Chandler Smith Re-Signs for 11 Races with Venturini Motorsports in 2019". arcaracing.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. "TRD driver Chandler Smith to compete in four NGOTS races for KBM in 2019". Kyle Busch Motorsports. February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. Kristl, Mark (December 20, 2019). "Chandler Smith to run 13 ARCA races, Ryan Repko to run 5". Frontstretch. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. "Chandler Smith to compete in eight races in the No. 51 JBL Tundra". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 3, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. https://chandlersmithracing.com/
  6. "Chandler Smith – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  7. "Chandler Smith – 2019 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  8. "Chandler Smith – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  9. "Driver Chandler Smith 2019 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  10. "Chandler Smith - 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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