| Michael Maples | |||||||
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 Maples in 2025 | |||||||
| Born | Michael James Maples (1963-12-05)December 5, 1963 (age 62) Choctaw, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 41 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 99 (Maples Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 7th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2024Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2026General Tire 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 12 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA East no., team | No. 99 (Maples Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 7th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024Pensacola 150 (Pensacola) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 99 (Maples Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 18th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2024General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of February 14, 2026. | |||||||
Michael James Maples Sr. (born December 5, 1963) is an American professionalstock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in theARCA Menards Series and part-time in theARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 99Chevrolet forMaples Motorsports, and part-time in theARCA Menards Series West driving for the same team.
Maples first began racing in 1993, driving asphalt late model races at Madera Speedway.[1]
Maples returned to racing in 2019, driving in an IMCA Southern Sport modified after taking a sabbatical that began in 1998 due to familial reasons.[1] Maples also competed in series such as the Sooner Limited Modified Series, and the Touring Outlaw Modified Series from 2019 to 2023.[2]
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In 2024, Maples participated in the pre-season test for theARCA Menards Series atDaytona International Speedway, driving the No. 99Chevrolet forFast Track Racing,[3] and placed 53rd in the overall results between the two testing days.[4] Several days after the test, it was announced that Maples would run the full main ARCA andARCA Menards Series East schedule for Fast Track, driving the No. 99.[1][5][6]
In his debut in the main ARCA series at Daytona, Maples qualified in 35th and finished one lap down in 21st despite being involved in a crash betweenScott Melton andWillie Mullins with twenty-three laps to go.[7][8][9] He would finish eighth in the final points standings, with a best finish of eleventh atBerlin Raceway andSalem Speedway. In the East Series, he would finish seventh in the points after getting a best finish of twelfth in three of the first four races of the season.
In 2025, it was announced that Maples would form his own team,Maples Motorsports, whilst still running full-time.[10][11] Maples had one top-ten atDuQuoin and finished seventh in the point standings.
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 2024 | Fast Track Racing | 99 | Chevy | DAY 21 | PHO 29 | TAL 22 | DOV 14 | KAN 19 | CLT 20 | IOW 13 | MOH 17 | BLN 11 | IRP 15 | SLM 11 | ELK 15 | MCH 20 | ISF 13 | MLW 18 | DSF 14 | GLN 20 | BRI 24 | KAN 16 | TOL 15 | 8th | 733 | [12] |
| 2025 | Maples Motorsports | DAY 31 | PHO 21 | TAL 31 | KAN 12 | CLT 17 | MCH 15 | BLN 13 | ELK 14 | LRP 13 | DOV 13 | IRP 29 | IOW 16 | GLN 18 | ISF 15 | MAD 15 | DSF 9 | BRI 20 | SLM 15 | KAN 22 | TOL 12 | 7th | 729 | [13] | ||
| 2026 | DAY 12 | PHO | KAN | TAL | GLN | TOL | MCH | POC | BER | ELK | CHI | LRP | IRP | IOW | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | BRI | KAN | -* | -* | [14] | |||
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Fast Track Racing | 99 | Chevy | FIF 12 | DOV 14 | NSV 12 | FRS 12 | IOW 13 | IRP 15 | MLW 18 | BRI 24 | 7th | 332 | [15] |
| 2025 | Maples Motorsports | FIF | CAR | NSV | FRS | DOV 13 | IRP 29 | IOW 16 | BRI 20 | 13th | 148 | [16] | ||
| 2026 | HCY | CAR | NSV | TOL | IRP | FRS | IOW | BRI | -* | -* | ||||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Fast Track Racing | 99 | Chevy | PHO 29 | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | 74th | 15 | [17] | |
| 2025 | Maples Motorsports | KER | PHO 21 | TUC | CNS | KER | SON | TRI | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS 21 | PHO 26 | 18th | 113 | [18] | |||
| 2026 | KER | PHO | TUC | SHA | CNS | TRI | SON | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO | KER | -* | -* | ||||
