Chad McCumbee (born 15 October 1984) is an American stock car racing
driver. He currently drives in the Continental Tire Sports Car
Challenge and has run four full seasons in the NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series. He is also known for his portrayal of Dale Earnhardt Jr.
in 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story.McCumbee began his career racing
go-karts at the age of ten. He has more than 100 victories in local,
regional and national World Karting Association Dirt Series events,
all which he accomplished in the five-year span from 1995â€"2000. He
was also Allison Legacy Series National and Regional championship
along with Rookie of the Year in his very first full season in the
series in 2001. He also won the 2002 national title becoming the first
and so far only two-time champion of the series. In 2003, he started
late model racing at Myrtle Beach Speedway, and became the youngest
rookie winner at the track.McCumbee made his ARCA RE/MAX Series in
2004 at Michigan International Speedway for Hillenburg, but flipped
the #10 Fast 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 in 2006,
initially as driver of the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado for MRD
Motorsports. After failing to qualify for the season opening event at
Daytona International Speedway, he had two consecutive top-fifteen
finishes before MRD closed, moving him to the No. 8 Green Light Racing
Chevy owned by Bobby Dotter. He finished 9th in his first race with
the team at Texas Motor Speedway, and split time in the next five
races between Green Light's No. 7 and No. 08 entries with occasional
sponsorship from U.S. Restoration, before moving to the No. 8
permanently with Garmin/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 of
Chevrolet's driver development program, but his contract was not
renewed at the end of the season.
driver. He currently drives in the Continental Tire Sports Car
Challenge and has run four full seasons in the NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series. He is also known for his portrayal of Dale Earnhardt Jr.
in 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story.McCumbee began his career racing
go-karts at the age of ten. He has more than 100 victories in local,
regional and national World Karting Association Dirt Series events,
all which he accomplished in the five-year span from 1995â€"2000. He
was also Allison Legacy Series National and Regional championship
along with Rookie of the Year in his very first full season in the
series in 2001. He also won the 2002 national title becoming the first
and so far only two-time champion of the series. In 2003, he started
late model racing at Myrtle Beach Speedway, and became the youngest
rookie winner at the track.McCumbee made his ARCA RE/MAX Series in
2004 at Michigan International Speedway for Hillenburg, but flipped
the #10 Fast 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 in 2006,
initially as driver of the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado for MRD
Motorsports. After failing to qualify for the season opening event at
Daytona International Speedway, he had two consecutive top-fifteen
finishes before MRD closed, moving him to the No. 8 Green Light Racing
Chevy owned by Bobby Dotter. He finished 9th in his first race with
the team at Texas Motor Speedway, and split time in the next five
races between Green Light's No. 7 and No. 08 entries with occasional
sponsorship from U.S. Restoration, before moving to the No. 8
permanently with Garmin/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 of
Chevrolet's driver development program, but his contract was not
renewed at the end of the season.
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