Brian Finney (racing driver)

Brian Finney (born September 27, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series. He currently serves as a crew chief for Scofield Motorsports in the No. 07 Chevrolet.[1]

Brian Finney
Born (1977-09-27) September 27, 1977 (age 47)
Merritt Island, Florida
ARCA Menards Series career
21 races run over 8 years
Best finish35th (2014)
First race2012 Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 (Indianapolis)
Last race2020 Calypso Lemonade 200 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish41st (2020)
First race2020 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of January 22, 2024.

Racing career

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Prior to his career in ARCA, Finney previously competed in series like the FASCAR Sunbelt Super Late Model Series, the Florida Pro Series, and the Bright House Challenge Series.[2]

In 2012, Finney made his ARCA Racing Series debut at Lucas Oil Raceway, driving his self owned No. 3 Chevrolet, where he started 22nd and finished one lap down in twelfth.[3] He then made one more start at Salem Speedway, where he finished in 29th due to handling issues. In the following year, Finney ran four races, this time in the No. 80, getting a best finish of tenth at Mobile International Speedway. In 2014, he ran in five races, getting a best finish of thirteenth at Salem, and in 2015, he ran four races, getting two top-tens with a best finish of seventh at Toledo Speedway.[4]

In 2016, Finney ran three races in collaboration with Kimmel Racing in the No. 69. In his first start of the year at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Finney finished a career best third despite starting 22nd.[5] He then finished in the top-twenty in his next two starts at Toledo and Indianapolis. In 2017, Finney ran at Nashville, this time in the No. 80, where he finished in eleventh. He was originally entered at Toledo, this time in a Ford, but suffered a fire during practice, and was forced to extinguish the flames on his own car due to safety workers not putting out the fire, which caused controversy, as well as his team not being allowed to go on the track to extinguish the flames.[6] Because of this, the series made several adjustments to the safety protocols ahead of the race. Finney and his team, along with their second entry for the weekend in No. 04 of Scott Reeves, would withdraw from the event and would not attempt another race for the remainder of the year.[7]

After a year long hiatus from the series, Finney returned at Salem in the No. 80 Chevrolet, where he finished in seventeenth due to suffering a vibration a quarter of the way through the event.[8] In 2020, he made his ARCA Menards Series East debut at New Smyrna Speedway, where he started nineteenth and finished fourteenth. He also ran at Indianapolis in the main ARCA series, driving the No. 69 Chevrolet where he finished ten laps down in eleventh.

Motorsports career results

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ARCA Menards Series

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(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 AMSC Pts Ref
2012 Finney Racing Enterprises 3 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP
12
POC BLN ISF MAD SLM
29
DSF KAN 76th 255 [9]
2013 80 DAY MOB
10
SLM
18
TAL TOL
11
ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI
Wth
NJM POC BLN ISF MAD
19
DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 43rd 630 [10]
2014 DAY MOB
14
IRP
23
POC BLN ISF
21
MAD DSF SLM
21
KEN KAN 35th 690 [11]
46 SLM
13
TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI
2015 68 DAY MOB
10
NSH
13
SLM TAL TOL
7
NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP
28
POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 38th 630 [12]
2016 69 DAY NSH
3
SLM TAL TOL
17
NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW 45th 520 [13]
Ford IRP
14
POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN
2017 80 Chevy DAY NSH
11
SLM TAL 81st 200 [14]
Ford TOL
Wth
ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN
2019 Finney Racing Enterprises 69 Chevy DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH
Wth
TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF 70th 145 [15]
80 SLM
17
IRP KAN
2020 69 DAY PHO TAL POC IRP
11
KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 63rd 33 [16]

ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 AMSEC Pts Ref
2020 Finney Racing Enterprises 80 Chevy NSM
14
TOL DOV TOL BRI FIF 41st 30 [17]

References

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  1. ^ "Father And Son Debuting Brand New Team In ARCA; Scofield Motorsports". Rubbins' Racing News. 4 January 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Brian Finney". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Finney Racing of Merritt Island, FL". Softball Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "Todd Gilliland makes ARCA history with Toledo win". AccessWDUN. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  5. ^ "Local driver Finney places third in ARCA race". Florida Today. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "Toledo Speedway Fire – Driver Brian Finney extinguished his own fire in ARCA Racing Series". Racing News. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "ARCA Statement on Toledo Speedway – Brian Finney Racecar Fire Update". Racing News. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  8. ^ "ARCA Racing Series Breakdown: 2019 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers Fall Classic at Salem". Frontstretch. 15 September 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  9. ^ "Brian Finney – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  10. ^ "Brian Finney – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  11. ^ "Brian Finney – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  12. ^ "Brian Finney – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  13. ^ "Brian Finney – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  14. ^ "Brian Finney – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  15. ^ "Brian Finney – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "Brian Finney – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  17. ^ "Brian Finney – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
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