# Chad McCumbee

Chad McCumbee (born October 15, 1984) is an American stock car racing driver. He is a co-owner and driver for McCumbee-McAleer Racing in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, the team also competes in the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. He also owns and drives for Chad McCumbee Racing, a Late Model Stock Car team that competes in the CARS Tour, Virginia Triple Crown, and other big LMSC events. He is also known for his portrayal of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story.

## Early career

McCumbee began his career racing go-karts at the age of ten. He has more than 100 victories in local, regional and national World Karting Association Dirt Series events, all which he accomplished in the five-year span from 1995 to 2000. He was also Allison Legacy Series National and Regional championship along with Rookie of the Year in his very first full season in the series in 2001. He also won the 2002 national title becoming the first and so far only two-time champion of the series. In 2003, he started late model racing at Myrtle Beach Speedway, and became the youngest rookie winner at the track.
McCumbee made his ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2004 at Michigan International Speedway for Hillenburg, but flipped the #10 Fast Track Driving School Chevy in spectacular fashion after 21 laps and finished 37th. He finished fourth in the point standings in 2005, his first full year of competition, continuing to drive for Hillenburg, winning one pole and gathering ten top-ten finishes.

## NASCAR

McCumbee moved to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2006, initially as driver of the No. 06 Chevrolet Silverado for MRD Motorsports. After failing to qualify for the season opening event at Daytona International Speedway, he had two consecutive top-fifteen finishes before MRD closed, moving him to the No. 08 Green Light Racing Chevy owned by Bobby Dotter. He finished 9th in his first race with the team at Texas Motor Speedway, and split time in the next five races between Green Light's No. 07 and No. 08 entries with occasional sponsorship from U.S. Restoration, before moving to the No. 08 permanently with Garmin/The GPS Store as sponsor. He had two seventh-place finishes through the year and finished seventeenth in season points. During the season, he briefly was a member of Chevrolet's driver development program, but his contract was not renewed at the end of the season.
McCumbee drove first 15 Craftsman Truck Series races in the 2007 season for Green Light Racing. his best finish with Green Light was 13th twice at Daytona and Dover. On 14 August he left Green Light Racing, and on the 20th announced he would drive for MRD Motorsports replacing Blake Bjorklund with The GPS Store and Garmin coming with him to sponsor the No. 8. With The No. 8 team, he scored his first top ten of the year at Las Vegas. McCumbee took the truck to a near upset victory at Texas before spinning his tires on a restart which led to being wrecked while leading with two laps to go and he finished 13th. On 2 May 2007, Petty Enterprises announced McCumbee would make his NEXTEL Cup debut, filling in for Kyle Petty while he was in the TNT broadcast booth, for one race at Pocono on 10 June 2007 in the Pocono 500. Goody's Cool Orange Headache Powders sponsored the car, and McCumbee finished 25th in that race. Petty tabbed him again for Michigan in the 3M Performance 400 because of Petty's broken hand. Clutch problems after a spin and forced the team behind the wall for more than fifty laps resulting in a 41st-place finish. He also won his first two ARCA races, at Nashville Superspeedway and Pocono Raceway respectively, driving for Andy Belmont.
McCumbee started the 2008 season with a 7th at Daytona, and had a then career-best finish of 5th at Atlanta, before picking up his career best finish of 2nd place at Charlotte in the Malcomson Construction truck. He ended the season 11th in the points standings. He also continued to run part-time for Petty's No. 45 entry with Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil sponsoring, making a total of six starts but failing to qualify on three occasions. His best finish was 17th at Pocono. He was the top choice for Kyle Petty's replacement in the 45, and signed a contract to drive for Petty full-time in 2009. A deal was made to merge Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprises which formed Richard Petty Motorsports, and as a result, McCumbee lost his Sprint Cup ride.
For the 2009 Camping World Truck Series season, McCumbee rejoined SS-Green Light Racing to be driver of the No. 7 Chevy with sponsorship from ASI Limited and The GPS Store. He had two top-ten finishes early in the season, and despite funding from Tiwi and Valvoline, he was replaced for four races during the season by other drivers bringing funding, and fell to nineteenth in points. He reunited with Hillenburg to drive the No. 49 Fast Track Racing truck for two races in 2010. In April 2010, McCumbee made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway. Driving the No. 09 Ford for RAB Racing, he finished 31st after starting 20th. Also in April, it was announced that McCumbee had signed with Andy Belmont to run the remainder of the 2010 ARCA Remax Series season in the No.1 Ford.
McCumbee then moved to sports cars, driving in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge for C.J. Wilson. He won the 2015 championship in the ST division with co-driver Stevan McAleer.

## 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.)

#### Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts |
| 2007 | Petty Enterprises | 45 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC 25 | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH 41 | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 61st | 128 |
| 2008 | Petty Enterprises | 45 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX DNQ | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV DNQ | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC 17 | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA 42 | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT 35 | MAR 25 | ATL 35 | TEX DNQ | PHO | HOM 36 | 52nd | 396 |
| 2010 | Gunselman Motorsports | 64 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | POC 42 | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | CAR | CLT | MAR | | | | | 61st | 134 |
| 2010 | TRG Motorsports | 71 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 22 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 61st | 134 |

#### Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2010 | RAB Racing | 09 | Ford | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX 31 | TAL | RCH | DAR 28 | DOV 32 | CLT 27 | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | 85th | 298 | |

#### Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2006 | MRD Motorsports | 06 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAL 25 | ATL 27 | MAR 21 | GTY 11 | CLT 15 | MFD 31 | DOV 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 2515 | |
| 2006 | Green Light Racing | 08 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | TEX 9 | MCH 18 | | KAN 13 | KEN 18 | | IRP 17 | NSH 7 | BRI 25 | NHA 20 | LVS 34 | TAL 30 | MAR 27 | ATL 7 | TEX 13 | PHO 29 | HOM 13 | 17th | 2515 | |
| 2006 | Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | MLW 14 | | | MEM 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 2515 | |
| 2007 | Green Light Racing | 08 | Chevy | DAY 13 | CAL 27 | ATL 18 | MAR 24 | KAN 27 | CLT 18 | MFD 14 | DOV 13 | TEX | MCH 19 | MLW 23 | MEM 26 | KEN 20 | IRP 34 | NSH 32 | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 2172 | |
| 2007 | MRD Motorsports | 8 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRI 35 | GTW 15 | NHA 26 | LVS 10 | TAL 24 | MAR | ATL 27 | TEX 13 | PHO | HOM 22 | 18th | 2172 | |
| 2008 | MRD Motorsports | 8 | Chevy | DAY 7 | CAL 18 | ATL 5 | MAR 32 | KAN 7 | CLT 2 | MFD 24 | DOV 12 | TEX 6 | MCH 9 | MLW 27 | MEM 15 | KEN 30 | IRP 31 | NSH 10 | BRI 11 | GTW 11 | NHA 11 | LVS 11 | TAL 10 | MAR 24 | ATL 15 | TEX 23 | PHO 12 | HOM 13 | 11th | 2999 | |
| 2009 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 19 | CAL 3 | ATL 6 | MAR 28 | KAN 8 | CLT 15 | DOV 7 | TEX 13 | MCH 24 | MLW 25 | MEM | KEN 11 | IRP 32 | NSH | BRI 27 | CHI 7 | IOW 15 | GTW | NHA 29 | LVS 16 | MAR | TAL 24 | TEX 20 | PHO 15 | HOM 11 | 19th | 2410 | |
| 2010 | Fast Track Racing | 49 | Chevy | DAY 33 | ATL 35 | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60th | 340 | |
| 2010 | SS-Green Light Racing | 21 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | MCH 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60th | 340 |
| 2010 | Fast Track Racing | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | IOW 31 | GTY | IRP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60th | 340 |
| 2010 | FDNY Racing | 28 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 31 | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 60th | 340 | |
| 2011 | Chase Mattioli Racing | 99 | Ford | DAY 35 | PHO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 62nd | 27 | |
| 2011 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 45 | Toyota | | | DAR DNQ | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 62nd | 27 | |
| 2011 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 26 | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM | 62nd | 27 | |
| 2012 | Turn One Racing | 60 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN 30 | CLT 31 | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 42nd | 92 | |
| 2012 | RBR Enterprises | 92 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | CHI 20 | POC | MCH | BRI 23 | ATL 25 | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | | | | 42nd | 92 |
| 2013 | T3R2 | 99 | Ford | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM 33 | | | | 79th | 11 | |

### 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2004 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Pontiac | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH 37 | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | | 185th | 45 | |
| 2005 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY 22 | NSH 22 | SLM 20 | KEN 18 | | | MIL 31 | POC 4 | MCH 9 | KAN 10 | KEN 12 | BLN 32 | POC 2 | GTW 4 | LER 4 | NSH 5 | MCH 5 | ISF 19 | TOL 35 | DSF 5 | CHI 29 | SLM 9 | TAL 41 | 4th | 4720 | |
| 2005 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Pontiac | | | | | TOL 14 | LAN 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 4720 |
| 2006 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY 28 | NSH 40 | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC 3 | GTW | NSH | MCH | ISF | MIL | | | | | | | 66th | 515 | |
| 2006 | Fast Track Racing | 1 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOL 14 | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | IOW | 66th | 515 | |
| 2007 | Andy Belmont Racing | 62 | Chevy | DAY 31 | USA 38 | NSH 1 | SLM 26 | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49th | 650 | |
| 2007 | Petty Enterprises | 62 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | POC 1 | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | TOL | 49th | 650 | |
| 2008 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Chevy | DAY | SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR 6 | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJE | TAL | TOL | | | 95th | 200 | |
| 2010 | Mark Gibson Racing | 59 | Chevy | DAY | PBE | SLM | TEX 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 3280 | |
| 2010 | Andy Belmont Racing | 1 | Ford | | | | | TAL 33 | TOL 22 | POC 15 | MCH 17 | IOW 16 | MFD 6 | POC 17 | BLN 10 | NJE 17 | ISF 13 | CHI 33 | DSF 8 | TOL 8 | SLM 8 | KAN 9 | CAR 8 | | | | | | 15th | 3280 |
| 2011 | Andy Belmont Racing | 1 | Ford | DAY 8 | TAL 20 | SLM 9 | TOL 7 | NJE 3 | CHI 4 | POC 6 | MCH 8 | WIN 7 | BLN 15 | IOW 21 | IRP 7 | POC 26 | ISF 1* | MAD 10 | DSF 7 | SLM 9 | KAN 8 | TOL 3 | | | | | 5th | 4465 | |

### Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | Multimatic Motorsports | Ford Mustang GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 15 | OUL 2 20 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SIL 27 | DON | SPA | BRH | DON | 18th | 16 |