# James Swanson (racing driver)

James Swanson (born April 26, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series, with a majority of his starts being with Wayne Peterson Racing. He has also competed in the ASA National Tour.

## Racing career

In 2012, Swanson made his ARCA Racing Series in 2012, driving the No. 0 Ford for Wayne Peterson Racing at Berlin Raceway, finishing 26th due to a rear-end failure. He would make three more starts that year, with his best finish out of those starts being 18th at Madison International Speedway.
In 2013, Swanson ran all but one race (that being the season opener at Daytona International Speedway) for Wayne Peterson, primarily driving the team's No. 0 and No. 06 entries. He only finished four of those races and earned a best finish of sixteenth at Winchester Speedway, although he failed to finish that race due to a multi-car crash late in the event. He finished thirteenth in the final standings.
Swanson remained with Peterson for the 2014 season, driving in all but three races on the schedule. He occupied the same rides as he did last year, and earned a best finish of twelfth at Madison and Salem Speedway, and finished ninth in the final points standings. In the final race of the year at Kansas Speedway, Swanson was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 72, where he drove into the side of the car of Austin Wayne Self at near full speed whilst trying to slow down. Both drivers were able to escape without serious injury.
In 2015, Swanson ran the full schedule, starting the season with Wayne Peterson Racing for the first five races before moving to James Hylton Motorsports as a replacement for Brad Smith, who was injured in a crash at Talladega Superspeedway, for all but New Jersey Motorsports Park, where he drove for Kimmel Racing. Through his time with Hylton, Swanson achieved three top-tens with a best finish of eighth at Winchester Speedway, and finished ninth in points again. Swanson and Hylton had originally planned to run again in 2016, driving in the fall race at Salem Speedway and potentially more races pending sponsorship, although nothing would materialize, and Swanson would not run any ARCA races in 2016. He then returned to the series in 2017, driving in three events, with the first being at Berlin Raceway driving for Fast Track Racing in the No. 10 Dodge, and the other two at Chicagoland Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, driving for Wayne Peterson Racing.
After not racing from 2018 to 2022, Swanson entered the ASA National Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway in 2023, driving the No. 7NJ entry, where he started and finished in 27th after running only eighteen laps due to mechanical issues.

## Motorsports 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.)
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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2012 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Ford | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | WIN | NJE | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN 26 | | | | | | | 58th | 370 | |
| 2012 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 00 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ISF 31 | | | | | | | | | | 58th | 370 | |
| 2012 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAD 18 | | | | | | | | 58th | 370 | |
| 2012 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 5 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SLM 35 | DSF | KAN | | 58th | 370 | |
| 2013 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Ford | DAY | MOB 18 | | | | ELK 17 | POC 25 | MCH 20 | ROA 20 | WIN 16 | CHI 20 | NJE 25 | POC 26 | BLN 22 | ISF 20 | | | | | | | 13th | 3245 | |
| 2013 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Chevy | | | SLM 28 | TAL 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | DSF 20 | IOW 27 | | KEN 28 | KAN 30 | 13th | 3245 | |
| 2013 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Chevy | | | | | TOL 30 | | | | | | | | | | | MAD 20 | | | SLM 30 | | | | 13th | 3245 | |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Ford | DAY | MOB 24 | | | TOL 27 | NJE 18 | POC | MCH 22 | ELK 18 | WIN 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 2785 | |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Chevy | | | SLM 27 | TAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 2785 |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 19 | IRP 22 | POC 17 | BLN 16 | ISF 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 2785 |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAD 12 | DSF 18 | SLM 12 | KEN 22 | KAN 23 | | 9th | 2785 | |
| 2015 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Chevy | DAY 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 3745 | |
| 2015 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Dodge | | MOB 16 | NSH 16 | SLM 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 3745 |
| 2015 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Chevy | | | | | TAL 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 3745 | |
| 2015 | James Hylton Motorsports | 38 | Dodge | | | | | | TOL 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 3745 | |
| 2015 | Kimmel Racing | 69 | Ford | | | | | | | NJE 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 3745 | |
| 2015 | James Hylton Motorsports | 48 | Dodge | | | | | | | | POC 25 | | CHI 14 | WIN 8 | IOW 17 | IRP 26 | | BLN 12 | ISF 9 | DSF 18 | | | | | | | | 9th | 3745 | |
| 2015 | James Hylton Motorsports | 48 | Ford | | | | | | | | | MCH 11 | | | | | POC 14 | | | | SLM 31 | KEN 15 | KAN 16 | | 9th | 3745 | |
| 2017 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK 16 | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA | DSF | SLM | | | | | 62nd | 330 | |
| 2017 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 28 | | | | | | 62nd | 330 | |
| 2017 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 90 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 28 | KAN | | 62nd | 330 | |