Chad McCumbee
Born	(1984-10-15)October 15, 1984 (age 41) Supply, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Achievements	2001, 2002Allison Legacy Series National Champion2015 Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge ST Champion
NASCARCup Series career
10 races run over 3 years
Best finish	52nd (2008)
First race	2007Pocono 500 (Pocono)
Last race	2010AMP Energy Juice 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Best finish	85th (2010)
First race	2010O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Last race	2010TECH-NET Auto Service 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
105 races run over 8 years
2013 position	79th
Best finish	11th (2008)
First race	2006racetickets.com 200 (California)
Last race	2013Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 17 0
Statistics up to date as of November 15, 2013.

Chad McCumbee (born October 15, 1984) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He is a co-owner and driver forMcCumbee-McAleer Racing in theMichelin Pilot Challenge, the team also competes in theMazda MX-5 Cup and theIMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. He also owns and drives for Chad McCumbee Racing, aLate Model Stock Car team that competes in theCARS Tour,Virginia Triple Crown, and other big LMSC events. He is also known for his portrayal ofDale Earnhardt Jr. in3: The Dale Earnhardt Story.

McCumbee began his career racinggo-karts at the age of ten. He has more than one-hundred victories in local, regional and nationalWorld Karting Association Dirt Series events, all which he accomplished in the five-year span from 1995 to 2000. He was alsoAllison Legacy Series National and Regional championship along with Rookie of the Year in his very first full season in the series in 2001.^[2] He also won the 2002 national title^[2] becoming the first and so far only two-time champion of the series. In 2003, he started late model racing atMyrtle Beach Speedway, and became the youngest rookie winner at the track.^[3]

McCumbee made hisARCA RE/MAX Series in 2004 atMichigan International Speedway for Hillenburg, but flipped the No. 10Fast Track Driving School Chevy in spectacular fashion after 21 laps and finished 37th. He finished fourth in the point standings in 2005, his first full year of competition, continuing to drive for Hillenburg, winning one pole and gathering ten top-ten finishes.

McCumbee moved to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in2006, initially as driver of the No. 06Chevrolet Silverado forMRD Motorsports. After failing to qualify for the season opening event atDaytona International Speedway, he had two consecutive top-fifteen finishes before MRD closed, moving him to the No. 08Green Light Racing Chevy owned byBobby Dotter. He finished 9th in his first race with the team atTexas Motor Speedway, and split time in the next five races between Green Light's No. 07 and No. 08 entries with occasional sponsorship fromU.S. Restoration, before moving to the No. 08 permanently withGarmin/The GPS Store as sponsor. He had two seventh-place finishes through the year and finished seventeenth in season points. During the season, he briefly was a member ofChevrolet'sdriver development program, but his contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

McCumbee drove first 15Craftsman Truck Series races in the 2007 season for Green Light Racing. his best finish with Green Light was 13th twice atDaytona^[4] andDover.^[5] On 14 August he left Green Light Racing,^[6] and on the 20th announced he would drive forMRD Motorsports replacingBlake Bjorklund withThe GPS Store and Garmin coming with him to sponsor the No. 8. With The No. 8 team, he scored his first top ten of the year at Las Vegas.^[7] McCumbee took the truck to a near upset victory atTexas before spinning his tires on a restart which led to being wrecked while leading with two laps to go and he finished thirteenth.^[8] On 2 May 2007,Petty Enterprises announced McCumbee would make hisNEXTEL Cup debut, filling in forKyle Petty while he was in theTNT broadcast booth, for one race at Pocono on 10 June 2007 in thePocono 500.^[9]Goody's Cool Orange Headache Powders sponsored the car, and McCumbee finished 25th in that race. Petty tabbed him again for Michigan in the3M Performance 400 because of Petty's broken hand. Clutch problems after a spin and forced the team behind the wall for more than fifty laps resulting in a 41st place finish. He also won his first two ARCA races, atNashville Superspeedway andPocono Raceway respectively, driving forAndy Belmont.

McCumbee started the 2008 season with a seventh at Daytona, and had a then career-best finish of fifth at Atlanta, before picking up his career best finish of second place at Charlotte in theMalcomson Construction truck. He ended the season 11th in the points standings. He also continued to run part-time for Petty's No. 45 entry withMarathon American Spirit Motor Oil sponsoring, making a total of six starts but failing to qualify on three occasions. His best finish was seventeenth at Pocono. He was the top choice for Kyle Petty's replacement in the No. 45, and signed a contract to drive for Petty full-time in 2009. A deal was made to merge Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprises which formedRichard Petty Motorsports, and as a result, McCumbee lost his Sprint Cup ride.

For the 2009 Camping World Truck Series season, McCumbee rejoined SS-Green Light Racing to be driver of the No. 7 Chevy^[10] with sponsorship from ASI Limited and The GPS Store. He had two top-ten finishes early in the season, and despite funding fromTiwi andValvoline, he was replaced for four races during the season by other drivers bringing funding, and fell to nineteenth in points. He reunited with Hillenburg to drive the No. 49Fast Track Racing truck for two races in 2010. In April 2010, McCumbee made hisNASCAR Nationwide Series debut atTexas Motor Speedway.^[11] Driving the No. 09Ford forRAB Racing, he finished 31st after starting 20th. Also in April, it was announced that McCumbee had signed withAndy Belmont to run the remainder of the 2010ARCA Remax Series season in the No.1 Ford.^[12]

McCumbee then moved to sports cars, driving in theContinental Tire SportsCar Challenge forC.J. Wilson. He won the2015 championship in the ST division with co-driverStevan McAleer.^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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

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(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

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