Zachary Tinkle
Tinkle atFairgrounds Speedway in 2024
Born	(2002-07-03)July 3, 2002 (age 22) Speedway, Indiana, U.S.
Achievements	2019CRA Late Model Sportsman Series Champion
ARCA Menards Series career
40 races run over 4 years
ARCA no., team	No. 11 (Fast Track Racing)
Best finish	9th (2022)
First race	2021Zinsser SmartCoat 200 (Berlin)
Last race	2024Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
22 races run over 5 years
ARCA East no., team	No. 11 (Fast Track Racing)
Best finish	4th (2023,2024)
First race	2021Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Last race	2025Pensacola 150 (Pensacola)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 9 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	66th (2022)
First race	2022General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 17, 2024.

Zachary Tinkle (born July 3, 2002) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes full-time in theARCA Menards Series East, and part-time in theARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11Toyota Camry forFast Track Racing.

Tinkle would first start racinggo karts andmini 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

In 2020, Tinkle would run part-time in theJEG'S / CRA All-Stars Tour and would place 7th in the championship. He would again compete part-time in 2021. He would also partake inSpeedweeks atNew Smyrna Speedway 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.^[3] Tinkle would start a GoFundMe in order to restart his racing career.

Tinkle would announce that he had signed for one race withWayne Peterson Racing on July 15, 2021, after Peterson needed a driver for the race.^[4] Peterson was impressed with Tinkle's performance, and would him sign him for three more races that year.^[2]

AfterTim Richmond was injured at the2021 Henry Ford Health System 200, Tinkle was announced to replace Richmond for the last four races of the season.^[5]

He would return toWayne Peterson Racing for a majority of the schedule in 2022.

Tinkle was scheduled make his debut in the2021 Pensacola 200 in the2021 ARCA Menards Series East season, driving the No. 22 forBrandon Oakley Racing.^[6] However, the team would withdraw. He would instead make his debut in the2021 Bush's Beans 200 forRichmond Clubb Motorsports.

On December 6, 2022, Tinkle announced that he will run full-time in the East Series in 2023, driving the No. 11 car forFast Track Racing.^[7]

In their first race together in a full-time capacity, Tinkle drove to a career best seventh place finish at the season opening race atFive Flags Speedway. He would then finish sixth at the next race atDover Motor Speedway.

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.^[8]

(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.)

• Zachary Tinkle's official website
• Zachary Tinkle driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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• Living people
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• NASCAR drivers
• Racing drivers from Indianapolis
• 21st-century American sportsmen

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