Zachary Tinkle (born July 3, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 19 Chevrolet for Maples Motorsports, and the No. 53 Toyota for Tinkle Family Racing.
Racing career
Early racing career Tinkle started racing go karts and mini cup cars in the mid-2010s. In 2014, he won the Rookie of the Year award in the Central States Region Super Cups. He then won the series championship in 2017.
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 fifth in the championship.
In 2019, Tinkle returned to the Vore's Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman championship and scored two wins en route to the series championship, winning 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.
In 2020, Tinkle ran part-time in the JEG'S / CRA All-Stars Tour and placed seventh in the championship. He again competed part-time in 2021. He also partook in Speedweeks at New Smyrna Speedway in the Pro Late Model division, where he scored one fastest qualifier and place seventh in points.
In 2021, Tinkle's racing career came to a halt when his father, Brad Tinkle, had a stroke. Tinkle started a GoFundMe in order to restart his racing career.
ARCA Menards Series Tinkle announced that he had signed for one race with Wayne Peterson Racing on July 15, 2021, after Peterson needed a driver for the race. Peterson was impressed with Tinkle's performance, and signed him for three more races that year.
After Tim Richmond was injured at the 2021 Henry Ford Health System 200, Tinkle was announced to replace Richmond for the last four races of the season.
Tinkle returned to Wayne Peterson Racing for a majority of the schedule in 2022.
ARCA Menards Series East
Tinkle was scheduled make his debut in the 2021 Pensacola 200 in the 2021 ARCA Menards Series East season, driving the No. 22 for Brandon Oakley Racing. However, the team withdrew. He instead made his debut in the 2021 Bush's Beans 200 for Richmond Clubb Motorsports.
On December 6, 2022, Tinkle announced that he would run full-time in the East Series in 2023, driving the No. 11 car for Fast Track Racing.
In their first race together in a full-time capacity, Tinkle drove to a career-best seventh-place finish at the season opening race at Five Flags Speedway. He then finished sixth at the next race at Dover Motor Speedway.
On February 1, 2024, it was announced that Tinkle would return to FTR for a second full-time season in the East Series, driving the No. 11 car.
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 Pts Ref 2021 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH 17th 238 Chevy ISF MLW Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Toyota DSF BRI SLM Wayne Peterson Racing Ford KAN 2022 06 Chevy DAY TAL KAN CLT IOW 9th 619 Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota PHO BLN ELK MOH Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Ford POC Toyota IRP MCH ISF Fast Track Racing 01 Ford GLN DSF KAN 12 MLW SLM TOL 11 BRI 2023 01 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT 19th 235 11 Toyota BLN ELK IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 12 Ford MOH 2024 11 Toyota DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 28th 156 2025 DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 41st 108 2026 Maples Motorsports 19 Chevy DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN TOL MCH POC 46th 92 Tinkle Family Racing 53 Toyota BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN
ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2021 Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Toyota NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW MLW BRI 52nd 24 2022 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford NSM FIF DOV NSV 14th 148 06 Chevy IOW Fast Track Racing 12 Ford MLW 11 BRI 2023 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 4th 376 2024 FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 4th 371 2025 FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI 3rd 352 2026 Tinkle Family Racing 53 Toyota HCY CAR NSV TOL IRP FRS IOW BRI 44th 48
ARCA Menards Series West (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series West resultsYearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213PtsRef 2022 Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 66th 15 2026 Maples Motorsports 19 Chevy KER PHO TUC SHA CNS TRI SON PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO KER -* -*
References
External links Zachary Tinkle's official website