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Brian Finney (racing driver)

{{Short description|American racing driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name=Brian Finney

|nationality={{flagicon|USA}} American

|birth_name=

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1977|9|27}}

|birth_place=Merritt Island, Florida, U.S.

| Total_ARCA_Races = 21

| Years_In_ARCA = 8

| ARCA_Car_Team =

| Best_ARCA_Pos = 35th (2014)

| First_ARCA_Race = 2012 Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 (Indianapolis)

| Last_ARCA_Race = 2020 Calypso Lemonade 200 (Indianapolis)

| First_ARCA_Win =

| Last_ARCA_Win =

| ARCA_Wins = 0

| ARCA_Top_Tens = 4

| ARCA_Poles = 0

| Total_ARCA_East_Races = 1

| Years_In_ARCA_East = 1

| ARCA_East_Car_Team =

| Best_ARCA_East_Pos = 41st (2020)

| First_ARCA_East_Race = 2020 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna)

| Last_ARCA_East_Race =

| First_ARCA_East_Win =

| Last_ARCA_East_Win =

| ARCA_East_Wins = 0

| ARCA_East_Top_Tens = 0

| ARCA_East_Poles = 0

| updated = January 22, 2024

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://rubbinsracing.media/father-and-son-debuting-brand-new-team-in-arca-scofield-motorsports/|title=Father And Son Debuting Brand New Team In ARCA; Scofield Motorsports |work=Rubbins' Racing News|date=4 January 2024 |access-date=January 18, 2024}}

Racing career

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.{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Brian_Finney|title=Brian Finney |work=The Third Turn|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.softballmag.com/ss-FINNEY-RACING.htm|title=Finney Racing of Merritt Island, FL |work=Softball Magazine|access-date=January 22, 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://accesswdun.com/article/2015/5/310879/todd-gilliland-makes-arca-history-with-toledo-win|title=Todd Gilliland makes ARCA history with Toledo win |work=AccessWDUN|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/2016/04/13/local-driver-places-third-arca-race/82980500/|title=Local driver Finney places third in ARCA race |work=Florida Today|access-date=January 22, 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://racingnews.co/2017/05/21/toledo-speedway-fire-brian-finney-arca-racing-series-2/|title=Toledo Speedway Fire – Driver Brian Finney extinguished his own fire in ARCA Racing Series |work=Racing News|access-date=January 22, 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://racingnews.co/2017/05/30/arca-president-issues-statement-on-fire-at-toledo-speedway/|title=ARCA Statement on Toledo Speedway – Brian Finney Racecar Fire Update |work=Racing News|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://frontstretch.com/2019/09/14/arca-racing-series-breakdown-2019-kentuckiana-ford-dealers-fall-classic-at-salem/|title=ARCA Racing Series Breakdown: 2019 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers Fall Classic at Salem |work=Frontstretch|date=15 September 2019 |access-date=January 22, 2024}} 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

=ARCA Menards Series=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=48| 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

! {{Tooltip|AMSC|ARCA Menards Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2012

! rowspan=9| Finney Racing Enterprises

! 3

! rowspan=6| Chevy

| DAY

| MOB

| SLM

| TAL

| TOL

| ELK

| POC

| MCH

| WIN

| NJE

| IOW

| CHI

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
{{small|12}}

| POC

| BLN

| ISF

| MAD

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SLM
{{small|29}}

| DSF

| KAN

|

! 76th

! 255

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2012/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

2013

! rowspan=2| 80

| DAY

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOB
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SLM
{{small|18}}

| TAL

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL
{{small|11}}

| ELK

| POC

| MCH

| ROA

| WIN

| style="background:#DFC484;"| CHI
{{small|Wth}}

| NJM

| POC

| BLN

| ISF

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAD
{{small|19}}

| DSF

| IOW

| SLM

| KEN

| KAN

! 43rd

! 630

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2013/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

rowspan=2| 2014

| DAY

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOB
{{small|14}}

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
{{small|23}}

| POC

| BLN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ISF
{{small|21}}

| MAD

| DSF

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SLM
{{small|21}}

| KEN

| KAN

|

! rowspan=2| 35th

! rowspan=2| 690

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2014/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

46

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM
{{small|13}}

| TAL

| TOL

| NJE

| POC

| MCH

| ELK

| WIN

| CHI

| colspan=10|

2015

! 68

| DAY

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOB
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
{{small|13}}

| SLM

| TAL

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TOL
{{small|7}}

| NJE

| POC

| MCH

| CHI

| WIN

| IOW

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
{{small|28}}

| POC

| BLN

| ISF

| DSF

| SLM

| KEN

| KAN

|

! 38th

! 630

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2015/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

rowspan=2| 2016

! rowspan=2| 69

| DAY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSH
{{small|3}}

| SLM

| TAL

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL
{{small|17}}

| NJE

| POC

| MCH

| MAD

| WIN

| IOW

| colspan=10|

! rowspan=2| 45th

! rowspan=2| 520

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2016/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

Ford

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
{{small|14}}

| POC

| BLN

| ISF

| DSF

| SLM

| CHI

| KEN

| KAN

|

rowspan=2| 2017

! rowspan=2| 80

! Chevy

| DAY

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
{{small|11}}

| SLM

| TAL

| colspan=17|

! rowspan=2| 81st

! rowspan=2| 200

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2017/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

Ford

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#DFC484;"| TOL
{{small|Wth}}

| ELK

| POC

| MCH

| MAD

| IOW

| IRP

| POC

| WIN

| ISF

| ROA

| DSF

| SLM

| CHI

| KEN

| KAN

|

rowspan=2| 2019

! rowspan=3| Finney Racing Enterprises

! 69

! rowspan=3| Chevy

| DAY

| FIF

| SLM

| TAL

| style="background:#DFC484;"| NSH
{{small|Wth}}

| TOL

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| MAD

| GTW

| CHI

| ELK

| IOW

| POC

| ISF

| DSF

| colspan=4|

! rowspan=2| 70th

! rowspan=2| 145

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2019/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

80

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SLM
{{small|17}}

| IRP

| KAN

|

2020

! 69

| DAY

| PHO

| TAL

| POC

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
{{small|11}}

| KEN

| IOW

| KAN

| TOL

| TOL

| MCH

| DAY

| GTW

| L44

| TOL

| BRI

| WIN

| MEM

| ISF

| KAN

|

! 63rd

! 33

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2020/A/|title=Brian Finney – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

== ARCA Menards Series East ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan="15" |ARCA Menards Series East results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! {{Tooltip|AMSEC|ARCA Menards Series East classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2020

! Finney Racing Enterprises

! 80

! Chevy

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSM
{{small|14}}

| TOL

| DOV

| TOL

| BRI

| FIF

! 41st

! 30

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/finnebr01/2020/AE/|title=Brian Finney – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Brian_Finney}}

{{Brad Smith Motorsports}}

{{Team Stange Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Finney, Brian}}

Category:Living people

Category:1977 births

Category:Sportspeople from Merritt Island, Florida

Category:Racing drivers from Florida

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers