Steve Arpin | ||||||||||||
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Born | Fort Frances, Ontario | December 16, 1983|||||||||||
Awards | 2009, 2010 ARCA Racing Series Most Popular Driver 2008 USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year | |||||||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | ||||||||||||
9 races run over 2 years | ||||||||||||
2012 position | 54th | |||||||||||
Best finish | 54th (2012) | |||||||||||
First race | 2010 Aaron's 312 (Talladega) | |||||||||||
Last race | 2012 Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Iowa) | |||||||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | ||||||||||||
5 races run over 1 year | ||||||||||||
Best finish | 32nd (2011) | |||||||||||
First race | 2009 WinStar World Casino 400K (Texas) | |||||||||||
Last race | 2011 Fast Five 225 (Joliet) | |||||||||||
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Global Rallycross career | ||||||||||||
Debut season | 2013 | |||||||||||
Current team | Loenbro Motorsports | |||||||||||
Car number | 00 | |||||||||||
Former teams | Chip Ganassi Racing OMSE2 | |||||||||||
Starts | 54 | |||||||||||
Wins | 3 | |||||||||||
Podiums | 13 | |||||||||||
Best finish | 3rd in 2017 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: March 22, 2023. |
Stephen Arpin (born December 16, 1983) is a Canadian race car driver and entrepreneur. He currently competes part-time UMP Dirt Modifieds in the No. 00EH Longhorn Chassis for Longhorn Chassis. He has also previously raced in the ARCA Menards Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. He currently owns Longhorn Chassis a Dirt Late Model and Dirt Modified chassis manufacturer.
Arpin was born in Fort Frances, Ontario. He made his racing debut in Go-Karts at Riverside Speedway in Rainy River, Ontario at the age of 10. He won several races as a rookie and was at the top of the standings most of his karting career. By the age of 14, Arpin started racing Mini-Sprints at the Emo Speedway in 1997. The following year, he moved straight to WISSOTA Modifieds and, in 1999, took the track championship in the class. After finishing second in track standings in 2000, Arpin returned to the top in 2001 by winning every feature event at the track, claiming his second track championship in three years. He won the majority of races in 2002, just missing his third championship.
It was announced in the summer of 2010 that Arpin would drive the No. 7 Chevy for JR Motorsports in a limited schedule, as a fill-in for Danica Patrick. Talks with JRM's owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. started in 2009. This was made public during the Rattlesnake 150 ARCA event, which Arpin won. Arpin made his first start in that summer at the Aaron's 312, where he was competitive until being caught in a wreck late in the event. His first top-10 finish came in the 2010 Subway Jalapeño 250 powered by Coca-Cola with a 10th-place finish.
In 2011, Arpin made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway, driving the No. 32 Mike's Hard Lemonade Chevrolet Silverado for Turner Motorsports.
In 2012, Arpin competed in two Nationwide races for Turner, at Texas and Iowa Speedway. Aprin finished 10th and 16th respectively. Arpin also returned to the ARCA Racing Series with Venturini Motorsports at both Elko Speedway and Springfield.
For 2013, Arpin received the opportunity to compete for the Global Rallycross Championship alongside teammate, fellow NASCAR competitor Scott Speed.
In 2015, Arpin was signed by Chip Ganassi Racing to compete full-time in the GRC. [1]
In 2002, Arpin began to increase his travels throughout the United States, especially in Minnesota. At the age of 18, he took the feature win at the Silver 1000 in Proctor, Minnesota and the WISSOTA 100 at Cedar Lake Speedway which garnered him large attention in the WISSOTA region. Steve also won the largest modified race east of the Mississippi at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex, the American Heritage classic. For winning the Heritage Classic, he won a Harley-Davidson Soft Tail motorcycle.
In his early teens, Arpin also raced snowmobiles during the winter. He won several events at the local scene and was picked up shortly thereafter by Polaris Industries, becoming the youngest driver to ever compete for the company. Throughout his time of snowmobiles, he captured three world championships, four Polaris championships, and many feature wins.
In 2018, Arpin and Loenbro Motorsports competed in the 2018 ARX season. He finished 6th in total points at the end of the season.
In 2019, Arpin Arpin and Loenbro Motorsports along his new teammate Travis Pecoy. Arpin finished 4th in total points at the end of the season.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | NNSC | Pts | Ref | |
2010 | JR Motorsports | 7 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL 26 | RCH 25 | DAR 29 | DOV | CLT 34 | NSH | KEN | NHA | DAY 10 | CHI | 59th | 677 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
88 | GTY 13 | IRP | IOW 18 | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Turner Scott Motorsports | 32 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX 10 | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW 16 | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 54th | 62 | [3] |
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2011 | Turner Motorsports | 32 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX 23 | KEN 12 | IOW 13 | NSH | IRP 13 | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI 16 | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM | 32nd | 144 | [4] |
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||
2009 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 20 | Toyota | DAY 26 | SLM 17 | CAR 10 | TAL 11 | KEN 29 | TOL 21 | POC 11 | MCH 8 | MFD 5 | IOW 8 | KEN 6 | BLN 11 | 7th | 4575 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | POC 4 | CHI 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | ISF 5 | TOL 10 | DSF 9 | NJE 32 | SLM 5 | CAR 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Toyota | KAN 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 55 | DAY 10 | TAL 14 | TOL 23 | IOW 28 | MFD | POC | BLN 3 | NJE 9 | CHI 2 | TOL 16 | KAN 2 | 12th | 3735 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | PBE 5 | SLM 1* | TEX 1 | POC 11 | MCH 33 | ISF 7 | DSF 1* | SLM 20 | CAR 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 25 | Toyota | DAY 32 | TAL | SLM | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | IOW | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KAN | TOL | 152nd | 75 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | 66 | Chevy | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK 12 | POC | MCH | WIN | NJE | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | 77th | 250 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | ISF 30 | MAD | SLM | DSF | KAN |
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Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | GRC | Points |
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2013 | OMSE2 | Ford Fiesta ST | BRA 4 | MUN1 11 | MUN2 5 | LOU 12 | BRI 6 | IRW 14 | ATL 9 | CHA 5 | LV 8 | 8th | 79 | |||
2014 | OMSE2 | Ford Fiesta ST | BAR 2 | AUS 10 | DC 4 | NY 5 | CHA 7 | DAY 12 | LA1 7 | LA2 12 | SEA 11 | LV 8 | 7th | 224 | ||
2015 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | FTA 7 | DAY1 5 | DAY2 3 | MCAS 5 | DET1 7 | DET2 11 | DC 4 | LA1 5 | LA2 5 | BAR1 8 | BAR2 4 | LV 4 | 6th | 357 |
2016 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | PHO1 4 | PHO2 5 | DAL 2 | DAY1 1 | DAY2 6 | MCAS1 3 | MCAS2 C | DC 6 | AC 5 | SEA 5 | LA1 3 | LA2 10 | 4th | 461 |
2017 | Loenbro Motorsports | Ford Fiesta ST | MEM 3 | LOU 2 | THO1 4 | THO2 1 | OTT1 1 | OTT2 10 | INDY 3 | AC1 3 | AC2 3 | SEA1 4 | SEA2 7 | LA 5 | 3rd | 743 |
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Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Points |
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2018 | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS RX | SIL | COA 7 | TRO 6 | COA 3 | 6th | 54 | ||
2019 | Loenbro Motorsports | Ford Fiesta ST | MOH 3 | GTW 2 | GTW 5 | TRO 6 | COA 3 | MOH 2 | 4th | 124 |
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