James Swanson (racing driver)

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James Swanson
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 race2012 Berlin ARCA 200 (Berlin)
Last race2017 Crosley 150 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0

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.

Racing career[edit]

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, 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[edit]

ARCA Racing Series[edit]

(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
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
2012 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN
26 		58th 370 [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 		13th 3245 [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 		9th 2785 [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 		9th 3745 [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 62nd 330 [12]
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford CHI
28
90 Chevy KEN
28 		KAN

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Racer happy with clean celebration after ARCA 200 win at Berlin Raceway". MLive. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Justin Boston takes control for ARCA victory at Madison". AccessWDun. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tom Hessert scores victory in wild ARCA finish at Salem". AccessWDun. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "James Swanson - D - No longer an active driver". NBC Sports Edge. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "James Swanson". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Qualifying Results: Gandrud Auto Group 250". Racing America. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Unofficial Race Results: Gandrud Auto Group 250 at Wisconsin Int'l". Racing America. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "James Swanson – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "James Swanson – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "James Swanson – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "James Swanson – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "James Swanson – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

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