James "Jake" Finch Jr.[1] (born June 16, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports.

Racing career

Finch began racing go-karts at a young age. In 2020, he would drive in three late model races for Anthony Campi Racing and would win in his first start after dominating the race and leading the most laps. In his next two starts, he would finish 2nd.[2] Phoenix Racing, the former NASCAR Cup Series team owned by Finch's father James that was sold to Turner Scott Motorsports co-owner Harry Scott Jr. in 2013, would re-open its doors and Finch would drive in several late model races with them in 2021.[3] He entered the SRL Southwest Tour in 2022 for the same team, finishing 22nd and 23rd in his first two starts.[4]

ARCA Menards Series East

On March 15, 2022, Phoenix Racing announced that Finch would be making his ARCA Menards Series East debut for the team in their No. 1 car at Five Flags Speedway. It would be the first time since 2013 that Phoenix Racing would compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned race.[5] On April 26, 2022, Finch would sign with Venturini Motorsports for one race in the ARCA Menards Series East (at Dover driving the No. 25), and one race in the ARCA Menards Series (at Pocono driving the No. 55).[6] Finch would return to his family team and the No. 1 car for the East Series race at Nashville. He would start on the pole, lead 44 laps and finish second in the race. In both of his East Series races for Phoenix Racing, Finch drove an unbadged Toyota.[7][8]

Personal life

Jake's father, James Finch, is the owner of the former NASCAR Cup Series team, Phoenix Racing. He also runs an airport construction company, Phoenix Construction.[3] Before Jake started racing, he was an active baseball player for his local school.[2] He attended A. Crawford Mosley High School, and graduated in the class of 2023.[5]

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. ** – All laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2022 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC
7 		IRP MCH GLN ISF 35th 104 [9]
Phoenix Racing 1 Toyota MLW
8 		DSF KAN BRI
13 		SLM TOL
2023 Venturini Motorsports Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC
10 		23rd 214 [10]
15 MCH
12 		IRP KAN
5
55 GLN
10 		ISF
Phoenix Racing 1 Toyota MLW
9 		DSF BRI
4 		SLM TOL
2024 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota DAY
11* 		PHO TAL
1** 		DOV KAN
5 		CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM
18 		ELK MCH
4 		ISF MLW DSF 18th 253 [11]
55 GLN
15
Phoenix Racing 1 Toyota BRI
8 		KAN TOL
2025 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY
15 		PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL -* -* [12]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2022 Phoenix Racing 1 Toyota NSM FIF
8 		NSV
2 		IOW MLW
8 		BRI
13 		6th 185 [13]
Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DOV
6
2023 20 FIF
3 		DOV
1* 		8th 203 [14]
Phoenix Racing 1 Toyota NSV
5 		FRS IOW IRP MLW
9 		BRI
4
2024 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota FIF
7 		DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW 27th 73 [15]
Phoenix Racing 1 Toyota BRI
8
2025 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota FIF CAR NSH FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI -* -*

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.)

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AMSWC Pts Ref
2022 Phoenix Racing 1 Toyota PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW
6 		EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO
9 		27th 123 [16]
2023 PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO
Wth 		N/A 0 [17]
2024 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota PHO KER PIR
11 		SON 18th 147 [18]
20 IRW
3 		IRW
8 		SHA TRI MAD AAS KER
55 PHO
7

References

  1. ^ a b "@jamessfinch (Twitter account)". Twitter. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Seelman, Jacob (October 8, 2020). "Jake Finch Stepping Up The Ladder With Campi". Speed Sport. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Phoenix Racing Rises From The Ashes". Speed Sport. December 31, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Jake Finch Travels Cross Country". SRL Southwest Tour. January 31, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Jake Finch Making ARCA East Debut at Five Flags". Racing America. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Jake Finch joins Venturini Motorsports for two races on ARCA platform". ARCA. April 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Race Highlights: Pensacola 200 at Five Flags Speedway". ARCARacing.com. March 19, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Race Highlights: Music City 200 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway". ARCARacing.com. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Jake Finch – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Jake Finch – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "Jake Finch – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  12. ^ "Jake Finch – 2025 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  13. ^ "Jake Finch – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  14. ^ "Jake Finch – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  15. ^ "Jake Finch – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  16. ^ "Jake Finch – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  17. ^ "Jake Finch – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  18. ^ "Jake Finch – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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