Chad Frewaldt

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Chad Frewaldt (born July 8, 1970) is an American former professional racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series between 2010 and 2013.

Racing career

Frewaldt's first known appearance in racing came in 2000, where he attempted to qualify for a modified race at I-35 Speedway.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – Driver Statistics |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Chad_Frewaldt |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2000 NKF Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified Division results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Chad_Frewaldt/Results/NKF_Heartland_Tour_for_a_Cure_Modified_Division/2000 |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} Frewaldt attempted to qualify for multiple dirt racing events in 2006, but failed to qualify. Fewaldt competed in late model racing in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2007 O'Reilly Midwest LateModel Racing Association results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Chad_Frewaldt/Results/O'Reilly_Midwest_LateModel_Racing_Association/2007 |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} He continued competing in dirt and late model racing over the next few years. He would make his ARCA Racing Series debut in 2010, driving for Jennifer Jo Cobb at Kansas Speedway.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2010 ARCA Racing Series results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/frewach01/2010/A |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}} Frewaldt would return for a race in 2011, driving for his own team at Kansas.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2011 ARCA Racing Series results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/frewach01/2011/A |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}} He would make his third and final start in the series during the 2012 season, driving for Hixson Motorsports at Elko Speedway.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2012 ARCA Racing Series results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/frewach01/2012/A |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}} Frewaldt would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Phoenix Raceway in 2013, driving for RSS Racing.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/frewach01/2013/C |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}} He would be involved in an altercation with Bubba Wallace during practice after the two drivers made contact and crashed.{{Cite web |last= |date=November 7, 2013 |title=Wallace confronts Frewaldt following practice wreck |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2013/11/07/wallace-confronts-frewaldt-following-practice-wreck/ |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=NASCAR.com |language=en-US}} Frewaldt was a post entry and was ineligible to score driver and owner points, and finished the race 29th after having electrical issues. In addition to his racing, Frewaldt was the crew chief for Mike Harmon Racing's truck team in 2014.{{Cite web |title=2014 Truck Series Team Chart |url=https://www.jayski.com/truck-series/2014-truck-series-team-chart/ |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site |language=en-US}} Frewaldt won two midget races in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2017 POWRi Allstar Midget Series results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Chad_Frewaldt/Results/POWRi_Allstar_Midget_Series/2017 |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} He would win three more races in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Chad Frewaldt – 2021 POWRi Lucas Oil Central States Midget Series results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Chad_Frewaldt/Results/POWRi_Lucas_Oil_Central_States_Midget_Series/2021 |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} Frewaldt has remained active in various racing series, continuing to compete as recently as 2024.

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.)

== Camping World Truck Series ==

class="wikitable"style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan="29" \|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 !{{Tooltip\|NCWTC\|NASCAR Camping World Trucks classification}} !Pts !Ref
2013 !RSS Racing !38 !Chevrolet \|DAY \|MAR \|CAR \|KAN \|CLT \|DOV \|TEX \|KEN \|IOW \|ELD \|POC \|MCH \|BRI \|MSP \|IOW \|CHI \|LVS \|TAL \|MAR \|TEX \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|PHO 29 \|HOM !NA !0 !

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

! colspan="29" |NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results

Year

!Team

!No.

!Make

!10

!11

!12

!13

!14

!15

!16

!17

!18

!19

!20

!21

!22

!{{Tooltip|NCWTC|NASCAR Camping World Trucks classification}}

!Pts

!Ref

2013

!RSS Racing

!38

!Chevrolet

|DAY

|MAR

|CAR

|KAN

|CLT

|DOV

|TEX

|KEN

|IOW

|ELD

|POC

|MCH

|BRI

|MSP

|IOW

|CHI

|LVS

|TAL

|MAR

|TEX

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PHO
29

|HOM

!NA

= ARCA Racing Series =