Chad Boat

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Chad Boat
Born (1992-01-30) January 30, 1992 (age 31)
Phoenix, Arizona
Achievements2020 USAC National Midget championship team co-owner (Tucker/Boat Motorsports)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
17 races run over 2 years
2015 position105th
Best finish29th (2014)
First race 2014 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
Last race 2015 Hisense 300 (Charlotte)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 1 year
2015 position38th
Best finish38th (2015)
First race 2015 Mudsummer Classic (Eldora)
Last race 2015 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of November 13, 2015.

Chad Boat (born January 30, 1992) is an American professional dirt track racing driver and team owner. The son of former driver Billy Boat, he has raced in Indy Lights and NASCAR.

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Racing career

Boat racing in a USAC Sprint car, 2007 Chad Boat No30 Midget 2007.jpg
Boat racing in a USAC Sprint car, 2007

Sprint cars and midgets

Boat began his racing career in quarter midgets at the age of five. At age seven, he won the Arizona state quarter midget championship, and the following year won the Light Modified and Light 160 midget championships. [1]

Stock cars

After competing in USAC competition, Boat moved to NASCAR in 2010, running in seven K&N Pro Series West events between 2010 and 2012, with a best finish of fourth in 2010 at Iowa Speedway; he also ran 19 K&N Pro Series East events with a best finish of ninth at Bowman Gray Stadium in 2011. [2] Boat also competed in ten ARCA Racing Series events in 2012 and 2013, posting third-place finishes twice at Iowa. [2]

In January 2014, Boat announced that he would be competing for Rookie of the Year in the Nationwide Series in 2014, running 15 events for family-owned Billy Boat Motorsports. [3] Boat finished 29th in points with a best finish of 22nd at Iowa Speedway. In 2015 he raced in both the Xfinity (formerly Nationwide) Series and Camping World Truck Series for Billy Boat Motorsports. He made 3 Xfinity starts and 4 truck series starts. He ran for the Truck Series championship and finished 38th in points with a best finish of ninth at Talladega Superspeedway, his best NASCAR finish to date.

Indy Lights

On June 27, 2017 it was announced that Boat would compete in the Indy Lights series with Belardi Auto Racing competing at the oval events at Iowa Speedway and Gateway Motorsports Park in the latter half of the 2017 season. [4] Chad's father Billy also competed in Indy Lights, then called the American Racing Series, in 1986 and 1987.

Team ownership

Boat co-owned a USAC National Midget car team Tucker/Boat Motorsports [5] and the team won the 2020 championship in their first season with driver Chris Windom. [6] With the championship, Boat became the first person who had won a USAC National Midget race to own the season-championship-winning car with another driver. [6]

Personal life

Boat attended University of North Carolina at Charlotte, majoring in finance. [7]

Boat married Casey Haimes on January 26, 2019. Casey is a co-host of the podcast Door Bumper Clear on Dirty Mo Media. The couple has a daughter, Chloe, who was born in 2020. [8]

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2014 Billy Boat Motorsports 84 Chevy DAY
24		 PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX
31		 DAR RCH TAL
DNQ		 IOW
29		 CLT
26		 DOV MCH ROA KEN
DNQ		 DAY
26		 NHA CHI
28		 IND
27		 IOW
22		 GLN MOH BRI
37		 ATL RCH
34		 CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT
28		 TEX
28		 PHO
25		 HOM 29th227 [9]
17 TAL
25
2015 84 DAY
36		 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL
35		 IOW CLT
25		 DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 105th01 [10]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2015 Billy Boat Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
31		 POC MCH BRI MSP 38th99 [11]
16 CHI
DNQ		 NHA LVS
25		 TAL
9		 MAR TEX PHO
12		 HOM

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSECPtsRef
2010 Billy Boat Motorsports 36 Chevy GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE JFC NHA
17		 DOV 55th112 [12]
2011 Curb Racing 98 Chevy GRE
23		 SBO
20		 RCH
21		 IOW
11		 BGS
9		 JFC
30		 LGY
14		 NHA
15		 COL
12		 GRE
28		 NHA
20		 DOV
27		16th1278 [13]
2012 BRI
34		 GRE
26		 RCH
31		 IOW
11		 BGS JFC
29		 LGY CNB COL IOW
15		 NHA DOV GRE CAR 27th118 [14]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415NKNPSWCPtsRef
2010 Billy Boat Motorsports 36 Chevy AAS PHO IOW
4		 DCS SON 34th303 [15]
30 IRW
17		 PIR MRP CNS MMP AAS PHO
DNQ
2011 Curb Racing 98 PHO
11		 AAS MMP IOW LVS SON IRW EVG PIR CNS
7		 MRP SPO AAS
5		 PHO
7		22nd577 [16]
2012 PHO
7		 LHC MMP S99 IOW BIR LVS SON EVG CNS IOW PIR SMP AAS PHO 58th37 [17]

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021ARSCPtsRef
2012 Curb Racing 98 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW
3		 CHI IRP
8		 POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF 48th455 [18]
Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy KAN
37
2013 Curb Racing 52 Chevy DAY
10		 MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC 18th1430 [19]
Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota MCH
15		 ROA WIN
Billy Boat Motorsports 84 Toyota CHI
5		 NJE POC
30		 BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW
3*		 SLM KEN
5		 KAN
23

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Indy Lights

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2017 Belardi Auto Racing STP STP ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO GMP
14		 WGL 16th7

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  2. 1 2 Cain, Holly. "Chad Boat added to 2014 Nationwide rookie ranks". January 7, 2014. NASCAR.com. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  3. ↑ Estrada, Chris. "Chad Boat to run at least 15 NNS races this season". January 7, 2014. NBC Sports. Accessed 2014-01-23.
  4. ↑ Belardi Auto Racing Signs Second Generation Open-Wheel Driver Chad Boat, Indy Lights, June 27, 2017, Retrieved 2017-06-27
  5. ↑ Seelman, Jacob (18 November 2020). "Windom All But Clinches USAC Midget Crown". Sprint Car & Midget Magazine. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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  8. ↑ Media, Dirty Mo (2020-02-25). "Door 'Baby' Clear". Dirty Mo Media. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
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  12. ↑ "Chad Boat – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Chad Boat – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Chad Boat – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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