James Swanson (racing driver)

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James Swanson
ARCA 06 James Swanson Road America 2013.jpg
Swanson's No. 06 ARCA car at Road America in 2013
Born (1980-04-26) April 26, 1980 (age 44)
Clarksboro, New Jersey
ARCA Menards Series career
64 races run over 5 years
Best finish9th (2014), (2015)
First race 2012 Berlin ARCA 200 (Berlin)
Last race 2017 Crosley 150 (Kentucky)
WinsTop tens Poles
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James Swanson (born April 26, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series, with a majority of his starts being with Wayne Peterson Racing. He has also competed in the ASA National Tour.

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Racing career

In 2012, Swanson made his ARCA Racing Series in 2012, driving the No. 0 Ford for Wayne Peterson Racing at Berlin Raceway, finishing 26th due to a rear-end failure. [1] He would make three more starts that year, with his best finish out of those starts being 18th at Madison International Speedway.

In 2013, Swanson ran all but one race (that being the season opener at Daytona International Speedway) for Wayne Peterson, primarily driving the team's No. 0 and No. 06 entries. He only finished four of those races and earned a best finish of sixteenth at Winchester Speedway, although he failed to finish that race due to a multi-car crash late in the event. He finished thirteenth in the final standings.

Swanson remained with Peterson for the 2014 season, driving in all but three races on the schedule. He occupied the same rides as he did last year, and earned a best finish of twelfth at Madison and Salem Speedway, [2] [3] and finished ninth in the final points standings. In the final race of the year at Kansas Speedway, Swanson was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 72, where he drove into the side of the car of Austin Wayne Self at near full speed whilst trying to slow down. Both drivers were able to escape without serious injury.

In 2015, Swanson ran the full schedule, starting the season with Wayne Peterson Racing for the first five races before moving to James Hylton Motorsports as a replacement for Brad Smith, who was injured in a crash at Talladega Superspeedway, for all but New Jersey Motorsports Park, where he drove for Kimmel Racing. Through his time with Hylton, Swanson achieved three top-tens with a best finish of eighth at Winchester Speedway, and finished ninth in points again. [4] Swanson and Hylton had originally planned to run again in 2016, driving in the fall race at Salem Speedway and potentially more races pending sponsorship, although nothing would materialize, and Swanson would not run any ARCA races in 2016. He then returned to the series in 2017, driving in three events, with the first being at Berlin Raceway driving for Fast Track Racing in the No. 10 Dodge, and the other two at Chicagoland Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, driving for Wayne Peterson Racing.

After not racing from 2018 to 2022, Swanson entered the ASA National Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway in 2023, driving the No. 7NJ entry, where he started and finished in 27th after running only eighteen laps due to mechanical issues. [5] [6] [7]

Motorsports 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.Make123456789101112131415161718192021ARSCPtsRef
2012 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN
26		58th370 [8]
00 ISF
31
06 MAD
18
5 SLM
35		 DSF KAN
2013 06 DAY MOB
18		 ELK
17		 POC
25		 MCH
20		 ROA
20		 WIN
16		 CHI
20		 NJE
25		 POC
26		 BLN
22		 ISF
20		13th3245 [9]
Chevy SLM
28		 TAL
21		 DSF
20		 IOW
27		 KEN
28		 KAN
30
0 TOL
30		 MAD
20		 SLM
30
2014 Ford DAY MOB
24		 TOL
27		 NJE
18		 POC MCH
22		 ELK
18		 WIN
15		9th2785 [10]
06 Chevy SLM
27		 TAL
0 Dodge CHI
19		 IRP
22		 POC
17		 BLN
16		 ISF
14
06 MAD
12		 DSF
18		 SLM
12		 KEN
22		 KAN
23
2015 0 Chevy DAY
40		9th3745 [11]
06 Dodge MOB
16		 NSH
16		 SLM
10
Chevy TAL
25
James Hylton Motorsports 38 Dodge TOL
22
Kimmel Racing 69 Ford NJE
27
James Hylton Motorsports 48 Dodge POC
25		 CHI
14		 WIN
8		 IOW
17		 IRP
26		 BLN
12		 ISF
9		 DSF
18
Ford MCH
11		 POC
14		 SLM
31		 KEN
15		 KAN
16
2017 Fast Track Racing 10 Dodge DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK
16		 POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM 62nd330 [12]
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford CHI
28
90 Chevy KEN
28		 KAN

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