Blaine Perkins
| Blaine Perkins | |||||||
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 Perkins before the ARCA Menards Series West race at All American Speedway in 2020 | |||||||
| Born | February 28, 2000 Bakersfield, California | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 8 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2021 position | 40th | ||||||
| Best finish | 40th (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2021 Call 811 Before You Dig 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 9 (CR7 Motorsports) | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2018 | ||||||
| Former teams | Sunrise Ford Racing, Bill McAnally Racing, Steve Portenga Racing | ||||||
| Starts | 40 | ||||||
| Wins | 3 | ||||||
| Poles | 2 | ||||||
| Best finish | 9th in 2016 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 10th (2017) | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2017–2018 | ARCA Racing Series | ||||||
| Last updated on: December 26, 2021. | |||||||
Blaine Perkins (born February 28, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro for CR7 Motorsports.
Racing career[]
Perkins started his racing career in Bandolero racing.[1]
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.[2]
In 2019, Perkins focused on local racing, winning track championships at Irwindale Speedway and Kern County Raceway Park as well as winning the California title in the Whelen All-American Series.[1]
Perkins returned to the West Series in 2020, joining Sunrise Ford Racing 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.[3] Perkins earned 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.[4] He finished eleventh in that race.
Perkins moved up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, driving part-time for Our Motorsports in their new second car, the No. 03, for at least six races beginning at Martinsville in April.[5] After the No. 03 failed to qualify for the first few races of the season due to it not having enough owner points with entry lists of over 40 cars, Our Motorsports acquired the No. 23 car jointly fielded by RSS Racing and Reaume Brothers Racing before the race at Las Vegas in March, and Perkins is now expected to instead run his races in that car. Perkins got his first career stage win in the Xfinity Series at Talladega, winning stage 2. He finished 13th in the end. On December 23 it was announced that Perkins would drive the number 9 Chevrolet Silverado for CR7 Motorsports in 2022.
Motorsports career results[]
NASCAR[]
Xfinity Series[]
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2021 | Our Motorsports | 23 | Chevy | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO 24 |
ATL 30 |
MAR 35 |
TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH | POC 34 |
ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IND | MCH | DAY 23 |
DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS 20 |
TAL 13 |
CLT | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO 16 |
40th | 113 | [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. ** – All laps led.)
| ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | WIN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN 9 |
KAN | 82nd | 185 | [7] | ||
| 2018 | 98 | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL 13 |
TOL | CLT | POC 12 |
MCH | MAD | CHI 11 |
IOW | 28th | 705 | [8] | |||||||||||
| 78 | ELK 8 |
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 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | Bill McAnally Racing | 54 | Toyota | KCR | IRW | TUS | IOW | SON | SLS | IOW | EVG | CNS | MER | AAS | PHO 13 |
51st | 31 | [9] | ||
| 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 | [10] |
| 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 | [11] | |||
| 2020 | Sunrise Ford Racing | 9 | Ford | LVS 3 |
UMC 11 |
UMC 1** |
IRW 4 |
EVG 1** |
DCS 1* |
CNS 2 |
LVS 10 |
AAS 5 |
KCR 3 |
PHO 25 |
2nd | 588 | [12] | |||
* Season still in progress
References[]
- ^ a b Seelman, Jacob (January 30, 2020). "Huddleston & Perkins Confirmed At Sunrise Ford". Speed Sport. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Christley, Jason (January 29, 2020). "New Faces Readying For West Coast Title Run". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ Christley, Jason (June 27, 2020). "QUALIFYING: Blaine Perkins Captures His First General Tire Pole Award". ARCARacing.com.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins to Run Partial Xfinity Schedule with Our Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 18, 2021.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
External links[]
- Official website
- Blaine Perkins driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Racing drivers from Bakersfield, California
- NASCAR drivers
- ARCA Menards Series drivers