Frankie Kimmel

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Frankie Kimmel
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1990-08-26) August 26, 1990 (age 34)
Borden, Indiana
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season 2011
Starts11
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finish45th in 2017
Last updated on: October 18, 2022.

Frank "Frankie" Kimmel II [1] (born August 26, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing spotter and former driver. He is the son of 10-time ARCA Menards Series champion Frank Kimmel, and the cousin of current ARCA driver Will Kimmel. [2] He is currently the spotter of the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driven by Daniel Suárez for Trackhouse Racing.

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Racing career

Kimmel first started racing at the age of 8, driving mini cup cars. He also raced frequently at Salem Speedway, winning the rookie of the year titles in the street-stock division in 2007 before winning the championship in the division in 2008. Kimmel would later move up to super-stock division and won the championship in the category in 2009. [3]

Kimmel would make his ARCA Racing Series debut in 2010 driving for Wayne Hixson at Salem Speedway, finishing 29th after running only 10 laps due to a rear end failure. He would return to the series a year later, driving three races, including both Salem events, and achieved his first top-10 finish in the latter Salem race, finishing 7th. He would make infrequent starts in the series for the next few years after that (including separate starts for Venturini Motorsports), earning two more top-10 finishes, with his last start coming in 2017.

Spotting career

Kimmel first began serving as a spotter for various drivers whenever they needed a spotter, but his first major foray would come when he was spotting for his father Frank at the ARCA race at Berlin Raceway where the elder Kimmel would finish third in the race. He would later serve as a spotter for Christian Eckes in the inaugural CARS Tour race at Southern National Motorsports Park. [4]

In 2022, Kimmel would join Trackhouse Racing Team and serve as the spotter for Daniel Suárez, who would win the 2022 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway that year.

Personal life

Kimmel attended and graduated from University of North Carolina–Charlotte in 2015 with an engineering degree. [5]

Motorsports career 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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2010 Hixson Motorsports 28 Chevy DAY PBE SLM
29		 TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 122nd85 [6]
2011 Kimmel Racing 4 Ford DAY TAL SLM
27		 TOL 59th380 [7]
Cunningham Motorsports 77 Dodge NJE
29		 CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM
7		 KAN TOL
2012 Team BCR Racing 09 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM
7		 DSF KAN 91st200 [8]
2014 Venturini Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY MOB SLM
25		 TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 125th105 [9]
2015 15 DAY MOB NSH SLM
24		 TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF 77th295 [10]
55 SLM
10		 KEN KAN
2017 Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC
13		 MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN 45th440 [11]
Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota ISF
24		 ROA DSF
13		 SLM CHI KEN KAN

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References

  1. ↑ "Frank Kimmel II – Venturini Motorsports". Venturini Motorsports. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel Completes "All-Kimmel" Lineup for Venturini at Salem Speedway". The Pit Lane. 16 September 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Third-generation Kimmel making a name for himself at Salem". The Pit Lane. 31 July 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel's Improbable Path to the Cup Spotter Stand". Racing America. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel's Improbable Path to the Cup Spotter Stand". Racing America. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Frankie Kimmel – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
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