Amanda Chick (born October 17, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the

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and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series

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and

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, driving the No. 74

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for her family-owned team, Team Chick Motorsports.

Racing career

Chick first began her racing career after completing ten laps at a quarter-midget track in

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when she was six. She then became a champion in the TKQMA Honda Jr. championship in the Honda and Stock divisions in 2010 before finishing in the top five in the standings in the USAC Generation Series in 2012 and 2013. In 2017, Chick would run six races in the CRA JEGS All Star Tour, where she would finish in the top ten in three races. She would run the majority of the races the following year, and finished fourth in the points with three top tens. In 2019, she would finish second in the points with seven top-10's, including a top five at

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. She would compete in eight of the ten races in 2020, finishing in the top-ten three times before running only five races the following year. In 2022, Chick would make her

debut at

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, driving the No. 74

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for Team Chick Motorsports using equipment bought from

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. After starting 16th, she would finish 18th due to a crash. She would make another start at

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, where she would finish three laps down in 16th after starting 14th. Chick opened the

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season at

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with a fifth-place finish.

Personal life

Chick is the daughter of former

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owner Steve Chick Jr., who had fielded entries in the series from 2001 to 2006. Chick is currently an engineering student at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

(

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

ARCA Menards Series East

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