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Zachary Tinkle (born July 3, 2002) is an American professional
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driver. He competes full-time in the
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, and part-time in the
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, driving the No. 11
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for
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.


Racing career


Early racing career

Tinkle would first start racing
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and mini cup cars in the mid 2010s. In 2014, he would win the Rookie of the Year award in the Central States Region Super Cups. He would then win the series championship in 2017. Tinkle won the Rockford Speedway MiniCup division championship in 2016. In 2018, Tinkle moved to the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman championship, and placed 5th in the championship. In 2019, he would return to the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman championship, and would score 2 wins en route to the series championship, he would also win the 2019 CRA Late Model Sportsman Triple Crown and the 2019 Anderson Speedway McGunegill Engines Late Model Series championship. He is the first driver to have won all three in the same year. In 2020, Tinkle would run part-time in the JEG'S / CRA All-Stars Tour and would place 7th in the championship. He would again compete part-time in 2021. He would also partake in
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at
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in the Pro Late Model division, where he would score 1 fastest qualifier and place 7th in points. In 2021, his racing career would come to a halt when his father, Brad Tinkle, had a stroke. Tinkle would start a GoFundMe in order to restart his racing career.


ARCA Menards Series

Tinkle would announce that he had signed for one race with
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on July 15, 2021, after Peterson needed a driver for the race. Peterson was impressed with Tinkle's performance, and would him sign him for three more races that year. After
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was injured at the 2021 Henry Ford Health System 200, Tinkle was announced to replace Richmond for the last four races of the season. He would return to
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for a majority of the schedule in 2022.


ARCA Menards Series East

Tinkle was scheduled make his debut in the 2021 Pensacola 200 in the
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season, driving the No. 22 for Brandon Oakley Racing. However, the team would withdraw. He would instead make his debut in the
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for
Richmond Clubb Motorsports Timothy Richmond (born September 12, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 27 car for his team, Richmond Motorsports. Racing career Prior to driving in the ...
. On December 6, 2022, Tinkle announced that he will run full-time in the East Series in 2023, driving the No. 11 car for
Fast Track Racing Fast Track Racing (also known as Fast Track High-Performance Racing or Fast Track Racing Enterprises) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes full time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, fie ...
. In their first race together in a full-time capacity, Tinkle drove to a career best seventh place finish at the season opening race at
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. He would then finish sixth at the next race at
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. left, Tinkle's car at Fairgrounds Speedway in 2024. On February 1, 2024, it was announced that Tinkle will return to FTR for a second full-time season in the East Series, driving the No. 11 car.


Motorsports career results


ARCA Menards Series

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


ARCA Menards Series East


ARCA Menards Series West

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


References


External links


Zachary Tinkle's official website
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