Rip Michels

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name=Rip Michels

|image=Rip Michels Roseville 2024.jpg

|caption=Michels at All American Speedway in 2024

|nationality={{flagicon|USA}} American

|birth_name=

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1965|5|3}}

|birth_place=Mission Hills, California

| Total_ARCA_West_Races = 4

| Years_In_ARCA_West = 1

| ARCA_West_Car_Team =

| Best_ARCA_West_Pos = 22nd (2024)

| First_ARCA_West_Race = 2024 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 (Madera)

| Last_ARCA_West_Race = 2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)

| First_ARCA_West_Win =

| Last_ARCA_West_Win =

| ARCA_West_Wins = 0

| ARCA_West_Top_Tens = 2

| ARCA_West_Poles = 0

| updated = November 15, 2024

}}

Rip Michels (born May 3, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 71 Ford for Jan's Towing Racing.

Racing career

File:Rip Michels ARCA Roseville 2024.jpg in 2024.]]

Michels previously competed in series such as the NASCAR Southwest Series, where he won the championship in the series' final season in 2006, the SRL Spears Southwest Tour Series, the United States Late Model Association, and the Rocky Mountain Challenge Series.{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Rip_Michels|title=Rip Michels |work=The Third Turn|access-date=September 30, 2024}}

In 2024, it was revealed that Michels would make his debut in the ARCA Menards Series West at Madera Speedway, driving the No. 71 Ford for Jan's Towing Racing.{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/24/west-series-madera-speedway-championship-battle/|title=PIT BOX: West Series season resumes at Madera Speedway as championship battle intensifies |website=ARCA Racing |date=September 30, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/26/entry-list-west-coast-stock-car-motorsports-hall-of-fame-150-at-madera-speedway/|title=Entry list: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway |website=ARCA Racing |date=September 30, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/26/west-series-at-madera-notes-and-stats-for-the-west-coast-stock-car-motorsports-hall-of-fame-150/|title=West Series at Madera: Notes and stats for the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 |website=ARCA Racing |date=September 30, 2024}} He had previously served as the crew chief for the team, and was a replacement for regular driver Nick Joanides, who was recovering from pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/arca-menards-west-series-2024-madera-race-preview/ |title=ARCA Menards West Series: 2024 Madera Race Preview |website=Kickin' the Tires |date=26 September 2024 |access-date=September 30, 2024}} After placing seventh in the lone practice session,{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/28/practice-results-west-coast-stock-car-motorsports-hall-of-fame-150-at-madera-speedway/|title=Practice results: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway |website=ARCA Racing |date=September 30, 2024}} he qualified in tenth and finished on the lead lap in ninth place.{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/28/qualifying-results-west-coast-stock-car-motorsports-hall-of-fame-150-at-madera-speedway/|title=Qualifying results: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway |website=ARCA Racing |date=September 30, 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/28/race-results-west-coast-stock-car-motorsports-hall-of-fame-150-at-madera-speedway/|title=Race results: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway |website=ARCA Racing |date=September 30, 2024}}

Motorsports results

=ARCA Menards Series West=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan=23 \|ARCA Menards Series West results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! {{Tooltip\|AMSWC\|ARCA Menards Series West classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
2024 ! Jan's Towing Racing ! 71 ! Ford \| PHO \| KER \| PIR \| SON \| IRW \| IRW \| SHA \| TRI \| style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| MAD {{small\|9}} \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AAS {{small\|14}} \| style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| KER {{small\|8}} \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| PHO {{small\|20}} ! 22nd ! 125 ! {{cite web\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/micheri01/2024/AW/\|title=Rip Michels – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results\|website=Racing-Reference\|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC\|access-date=September 30, 2024}}

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

! colspan=23 |ARCA Menards Series West results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! {{Tooltip|AMSWC|ARCA Menards Series West classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2024

! Jan's Towing Racing

! 71

! Ford

| PHO

| KER

| PIR

| SON

| IRW

| SHA

| TRI

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAD
{{small|9}}

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

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KER
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
{{small|20}}

! 22nd

! 125

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/micheri01/2024/AW/|title=Rip Michels – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=September 30, 2024}}

References

External links

{{Racing-Reference driver|Rip_Michels}}
{{Racing-Reference crewchief|Rip_Michels}}

Category:Living people

Category:1965 births

Category:Racing drivers from California

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers