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In 2013, Swanson ran all but one race (that being the season opener at Daytona International Speedway) for Wayne Peterson, primarily driving the teams No. 0 and No. 06 entries. He only finished four of those races, and earned a best finish of sixteenth at Winchester Speedway, although he failed to finish that race due to a multi-car crash late in the event. He finished thirteenth in the dinal standings.
Swanson remained with Peterson for the 2014 season, driving in all but three races on the schedule. He occupied the same rides as he did last year, and earned a best finish of twelfth at Madison and Salem Speedway,[2][3] and finished ninth in the final points standings. In the final race of the year at Kansas Speedway, Swanson was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 72, where he drove into the side of the car of Austin Wayne Self at near full speed whilst trying to slow down. Both drivers were able to escape without serious injury.
After not racing from 2018 to 2022, Swanson entered in the ASA National Tour race at Wisconsin International Raceway, driving the No. 7NJ entry, where he started and finished in 27th after running only eighteen laps due to mechanical issues.[5][6][7]
After competing in various dirk track events across Tennessee, Mitchell would make his ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series debut in 1997, driving for Wayne Peterson Racing in the No. 06 Pontiac, running in four races with a best finish of 27th at Michigan International Speedway. For 1998, he would run three races; one race with Drew White, and the other two for Peterson. In 1999, he would remain with Peterson for two races with a best finish of 27th at Pocono Raceway, and would run three more races with him the following year.
For 2001, Mitchell would run 16 of the 25 races on the schedule driving various Peterson entries. It was also during this season that he would earn a career best finish of 11th at Toledo Speedway. Eight more top-20's over the course of the season would help propel him to a career best 15th in the overall standings for that season. He would run a near-full schedule in 2002, failing to qualify for five events, and racing in 15 events, including a one race deal with Norm Benning in the No. 8 Chevrolet at Salem Speedway. In 2003, he would start out the year with Peterson, before attempting two races with Benning, failing to qualify at Salem, and finishing 40th at Nashville Superspeedway.
In 2004, Mitchell would run the full schedule for Peterson in the No. 0 Chevrolet, failing to qualify three times, and only finishing three races with a best finish of 22nd at the season finale at Talladega Superspeedway. He would attempt the full schedule again in 2005, running in 20 races whilst failing to qualify for three, with a best finish of 15th at Pocono. In 2006, Mitchell would primarily drive the No. 06 entry for Peterson, once again attempting the full schedule, although he would fail to qualify twelve times that year (including the second Kentucky race and Gateway where he would fill in the No. 06 for that race). He would race thirteen times that year with a best result of 19th at Berlin Raceway.
Mitchell would once again attempt the full schedule in 2007, primarily driving a Ford, failing to qualify five times and earning a best result of 14th at Winchester Speedway. He would run his last full schedule in 2008, solely driving the No. 06 entry for Peterson, failing to qualify three times that year while getting a season best finish of 19th at Talladega, which would be the last ARCA race he would be running at the end.
After spending two years out of the series, Mitchell would return to the now ARCA Racing Series at Talladega, reuniting with Wayne Peterson to drive the No. 0 Ford. He would finish 39th and last after running only three laps due to a clutch issue. He would run two more races later that year with Fast Track Racing in the No. 10 Dodge, finishing 31st at Salem, and 37th at Kansas Speedway. These would be his last two starts in ARCA competition.
In 2003, Mitchell was diagnosed with colon cancer, and underwent treatment and surgery. He was able to make a full recovery, although he would have to wear a colostomy bag due to his rectum being removed during the operation.[1]
According to Mitchell's Facebook page, he is the owner of a skate center named Starwheels Skate Center in his hometown of Fayetteville, Tennessee, and had sponsored him through the latter stages of his racing career.[2]
William Todd Bowsher' (born October 24, 1974) is an American former professional racing driver. He is the son of 1963, 1964, and 1965 ARCA Racing Series champion Jack Bowsher, and the brother of 1992 and 1994 ARCA Racing Series champion of Bobby Bowsher.[1] Bowsher competed in ARCA competition for 15 years and earned 28 top-10 finishes.
Bowsher made his ARCA SuperCar Series debut in 1992 at the age of seventeen, driving the No. 2 Pontiac for his family's team at Delaware Speedway as a teammate to brother Bobby, and finished 25th after seven laps due to suspension issues. It was during this year that Bowsher served as a crew member for his brother who would go on to win the championship that year.[2]
After not running a race in the series for 1993 and 1994, he returned in 1995, now driving a Ford for four events. failing to qualify for two races and earning a best finish of 24th at Winchester Speedway.[3] He would run six more races the following year with a best result of 22nd at Five Flags Speedway. After a three year hiatus, he returned again to run four races in 2000, and earned his first top 10 in his first race of the season at Winchester.
In 2001, Bowsher ran the full schedule driving the No. 21 Ford, and although he would start in the top ten once at Memphis International Raceway, he would finish sixth in points with six top-10's, including two top fives at Salem Speedway, where he finished fifth, and at Kentucky Speedway, where he finished 4th, which would be his best career finish.[4][5] In 2002, he earned four more top-tens, but would drop to twelfth in the overall standings. He would return to the top-10 in points in 2003 with tenth with four top-tens, including a fifth place at Winchester.
In 2004, Bowsher finished ninth in the standings with four top-10's. It was also during this season that he led laps for the first time, leading three laps at Nashville Superspeedway, and three more in the season finale at Talladega Superspeedway. He was also awarded the Most Popular Driver award at the end of the year, as well as the Gladiator of the Year award.[6] He led four laps at Kansas Speedway the following year in 2005, and finished seventh in the standings with four top-tens including two top-fives at both Salem Speedway events. Alongside this, he won the Most Popular Driver award for the second consecutive year, as well as the Hoosier Hard Charger Award.[7] In 2006, Bowsher and team would suffer tragedy during the year, as his father and team-owner Jack Bowsher passed away on April 8, just five days before the series headed to Nashville Superspeedway.[8] Bowsher finished 41st in that race due to a crash 25 laps into the race. At the race at Michigan International Speedway in June, he ran a paint-scheme that mirrored the car that Jack drove to three championships. Bowsher only finished in the top ten twice and led only one lap, but equaled his best points finish with a sixth place in the overall standings.[9] This would be the last season Bowsher would run a full schedule in ARCA competition.
In 2007, Bowsher competed in the first eight races before running select events during the year, only earning one top ten finish, a sixth place in the season finale at Toledo Speedway. In the following year, he made only five starts, but finished in the top ten twice, with his first being at Berlin Raceway and his second at Toledo. The Toledo result would be his final top ten finish.
Bowsher, who had stepped aside from the No. 21 to put Michel Disdier in that ride for ten races that year, ran only one race in 2009 at Salem, where he would finish 27th after ten laps due to handling issues. Bowsher also served as the spotter for Disdier in the latter's races, as well as serving as the team manager for his team.[10] He also stated that he hoped to return to the drivers seat the following year.[11] For the following year, he would race in three events with a best finish at Mansfield Motorsports Park in twelfth despite an engine failure late in the race. It was also during this year that he served as a driver coach for Drew Charlson.[12] Bowsher ran in two more events in 2011, with his first coming with Cunningham Motorsports in the No. 77 Dodge, where he would not start and was classified in 30th, and a Toledo with Fast Track Racing in the No. 11 Ford, a race he was originally scheduled to just practice and qualify the car normally driven by Bryan Silas whilst Silas was competing in the USAR Pro Cup Series race at Rockingham Speedway the same day as the race.[13] Bowsher officially started the Toledo race ninth based on owners points due to qualifying being rained out, but ultimately finished in 25th due to a crash. The Toledo event was his most recent event as a driver, as he has not competed in the series since then.[14]
Bowsher is married to Alfie Bowsher, and is the father of two children.[2] He is also one of three brothers, Jack Jr., Jim, who passed away in 2020, and Gary, and also has a sister, Jodie.[15] Bowsher's niece JD serves as the PR person for the Grand National Super Series.[16]
Bowsher works as a receiving supervisor for GFS Marketplace, which served as his sponsor throughout his racing career.[2]
Chuck Weber (born April 25, 1958) is an American former professional racing driver. He has previously competed in ARCA competition for 9 years and earned 4 top-10 finishes, including a pole at Michigan Speedway in his final season in 2006.[1]
In 1998, Weber would run 19 of the 22 races on the schedule, and achieved a best result of 11th at Winchester Speedway, and finished 12th overall in the series standings. In 1999, he would enter in all but one race that year, failing to qualify in four events, and had a best result of 12th at Flat Rock Speedway on his way to 14th in the standings.
Weber would run the full schedule in 2000, failing to qualify at both Lowe's Motor Speedway events, but matched his best standings result of 12th. In 2001, he would run the full schedule, this time running in all events that year with a best result of 12th at Charlotte and the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, on his way to seventh in the standings, his best points result. He would drop to 14th in the standing the following year in 2002, and would drop further to 15th in 2003, which turned out to be his final full time season in ARCA competition.
After not running in the series in 2005, Weber would return in 2006, an what would be his best year in terms of results. After finishing outside the top-20 in three of the first four races before achieving his first top-10 at Kentucky Speedway with a sixth place finish. He would acheive another top-10 finish of ninth at Pocono Raceway. At the next race at Michigan International Speedway a week later, Weber would start the weekend placing fifth in the practice session on Thursday.[2] He would go on the qualify his No. 24 Ford on pole position with a time of 39.185 seconds and a speed of 183.744 mph. This would be his only pole in ARCA competition.[3] During the race, he would go on to finish 24th, four laps down to race winner David Stremme. In the next two races, he would score two stright top-10's, including a fourth place at Kentucky Speedway. In his last race of the year, coincidentally at the track where he made his debut on, at Gateway, he would finish 35th due to an engine failure. This would be his last start in ARCA competition.
Weber is the current owner of Cardinal Tool Company, a custom manufacturing company based in Forney, Texas that served as his sponsor during his racing career.[4]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
Joe Cooksey (born June 11, 1966) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the ARCA Menards Series from 1996 to 2022, and has 57 top-10 finishes and one pole position. He also has run three races in the NASCAR Busch Series and one race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Cooksey first made his ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series debut in 1996 driving the No. 41 Chevrolet that he owned at Salem Speedway, where he would finish 22th due to a rear end issue. He would made eight more starts that year and would earn four to-10's, including a best result of sixth at Indianapolis Raceway Park. In the following year, he would run twelve races, mainly in the No. 51 Chevrolet, and would earn four more top-10's with a best result of seventh at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, and finished 12th in the overall standings. In 1998, he would run 18 of the 22 races on the schedule, and finished in the top-10 nine times, including a best finish of third at Winchester Speedway.
In 1999, Cooksey would run the full schedule in his self owned No. 51 entry. In the first race of the year at Daytona International Speedway, during a caution period midway through the race, Cooksey collided with the back of the pace car. He, along with pace car driver Jack Wallace and ARCA official Buster Auton, escaped serious injury.[1] Afterwards, he would earn eleven top-10's and four top-5's, including a best finish of second at Flat Rock Speedway, to finish fourth in the standings. In the following year, he would partner with Don Fauerbach for the full season in 2000, and would finish on the top-10 five times with a best finish of third at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, and would get his first pole position at DuQuoin, to finish ninth in the standings. This would be the last time he would run the full ARCA schedule.
In 2001, he would downsize his schedule, only racing in nine races, and finishing in the top-10 five times. It was also during this year that he made his NASCAR Busch Series driving the No. 73 Chevrolet at Gateway International Raceway, finishing 29th due to a brake issue. He would make two more Busch races that year at Indianapolis and Memphis Motorsports Park. For next year, he would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the No. 59 Chevrolet driving for Fauerbach at Gateway, and would finish 23rd. He would also attempt to make the race at Memphis, but failed to qualify for the event. On the ARCA side, he would make only three starts, finishing in the top-5 twice at both dirt events at Springfield and DuQuoin. In the following year, he would solely focus on ARCA, running nine races with a best finish of third at DuQuoin.
In 2004, Cooksey would run a majority of the races driving for Hixson Motorsports in the No. 23, and would earn five top-10's with a best finish of fifth at South Boston Speedway. In 2005, he would run thirteen races for Hixson, with one top-5, a third place finish at Springfield. In the following year, he would only run the two dirt events, and finished in the top-5 in both events. He would enter in both races the following year in 2007, driving for Darrell Basham in the No. 94 Chevrolet, finishing 29th due to a crash at Springfield, and failing to qualify at DuQuoin.
After not running in ARCA competition in 2008, he would return to the ARCA circuit in 2009, driving three races in his self owned No. 51 Chevrolet, and finished 7th at DuQuoin. After a one year absence, he would run only one race at DuQuoin, finishing 19th. In the following year, he would run at Springfield, finishing 33rd due to a engine problem.
After not running in the series in the next three years, Cooksey would run at DuQuoin driving for Hixson in their No. 2 entry, finishing eighth.[2] He would run both dirt events the following year, finishing ninth at DuQuoin. In 2018, he would both dirt races as well as the race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, finished ninth at DuQuoin again. After another three year absence fron the season, he would return to DuQuoin in 2022, driving the No. 11 Toyota for Fast Track Racing, and finished eighth in the race.
Cox would make his first attempt in the ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series in 1984 at the age of seventeen, failing to qualifying for the event at the Springfield dirt track. He would not return to the series until 1987, where he attempted three races and failed to qualify for two. In 1988, Cox only attempted Springfield again, but would fail to qualify. After three more years without making a start in the series, he would return in 1991 for the Talladega race in a No. 46 Chevrolet, where he would finish 26th. After another four years without making a start, he would make five starts through 1996 to 1998.
In 1999, Cox would run the full schedule in the now ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series for Hixson Motorsports in the No. 23 Chevrolet, where he would get four top-ten finishes with a best finish of seventh at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt track. He would finish eighth in the point despite failing to qualify for the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway on route to winning rookie of the year honors.[1] In 2000, he would drop to eleventh in the standings, although he would get his first top-five finish at Kentucky Speedway with a fifth place finish. In 2001, Cox would run the full schedule again, this time finishing fourth in the points with six top-ten finishes with a best finish of seventh at Winchester Speedway, Salem Speedway, and Berlin Raceway. For the following year, he would spend a majority in the year in the No. 23 for Hixson, while running four races in the No. 50 on his way to finishing ninth in the points that year. At the season ending event at Lowe's Motor Speedway, he would be withdrawn from the event after the death of teammate Eric Martin from a crash involving Deborah Renshaw during a practice session.[2][3]
Cox would finish ninth in the points again in 2003, with seven top-tens and two top-fives with a best result of third at Berlin. His season was also notable due to being involved in a crash with Kyle Busch at the second Pocono Raceway event, where he would turn Busch into the inside wall heading into the first corner shortly after a restart late in the race.[4] Cox would go on the finish 21st in the race, while Busch would be classified in 25th position. Cox would only run the first five races of 2004, earning a best result of sixth at Salem.[5] He would run only six races in 2005, and would only run nine total races from 2006 to 2008, with a best result of ninth at Springfield in 2007 whilst driving for Bobby Gerhart Racing in the No. 5 Pontiac.
In 2009, Cox would run six race for Hixson, first driving the No. 57 Chevrolet for two races, although he was originally scheduled to drive the No. 23 at Salem, and then driving the No. 28 for his remaining races.[6][7] At the event at Springfield, he would lead eleven laps on his way to finish second behind race winner Parker Kligerman.[8] He would run five more races in 2010, getting a best result of tenth at Salem. In 2011, he would run fourteen of the nineteen races on the schedule, mainly driving the No. 28 for Hixson, although he would run one race in the No. 29 at Iowa Speedway. He would finish 17th in the final standings.
After making two starts in the series from 2012 and 2014, Cox would return in 2017 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Hixson.[9] He would finish 25th after running only six laps due to vibrations in the car. He has not competed in ARCA ever since.
Cox currently serves as an industrial technology teacher as well as a weightlifting teacher at Sale Creek Middle/High School in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. [10][11] He has also served as a high school football head coach at the school, and prior to that, coaching the Soddy Daisy Middle School football team. He had founded the Sale Creek High School football program in 2012 and was the team's first coach.[12] In the later years of his racing career, he would adorn the top of his drivers side window where his name would be with "Teachers Office".
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
Jason Basham (born January 5, 1979) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series. He is the son of longtime ARCA competitor Darrell Basham, whose team he drove for over the course of his career.
In 2003, Basham would make his debut in the ARCA Re/Max Series at Pocono Raceway driving the No. 94 Chevrolet for Darrell Basham Racing, where he would start 28th and finish one place higher in 27th due to an engine issue. He would then fail to qualify for the next two events following the race. For the following year, he would race for Mark Gibson Racing at Salem Speedway driving the No. 56 Chevrolet, where he would finish 32nd after three laps due to a rear end issue. He would then run select starts for his fathers team, earning a best finish of 19th at Gateway Motorsports Park.
In 2005, Basham would enter in all but one race (with the one race being at the second Toledo Speedway event that September), primarily driving the No. 94. He would finish 22nd in the final points standings with a best finish of 21st at Kansas Speedway, despite failing to qualify for fourteen events and only racing in eight events. He would only enter in two races for the team the following year, failing to qualify for both events, including the event at Talladega Superspeedway where he would be placed in the No. 10 Chevrolet for Fast Track Racing after qualifying; he would finish 40th after six laps due to vibrations in the car. It was also during this year that he would make two starts in the CRA Street Stock Series, getting a best finish of 29th at the first Winchester Speedway event.[1] He would then enter two more races in ARCA in 2007, successfully qualifying for both events at Kansas and Michigan International Speedway, although he would finish 38th in both events due to overheating issues. He would run eight more races in 2008, where he would get a best finish of 18th at Toledo.
In 2009, after skipping the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway, Basham would run the remaining races on the schedule in the No. 94, getting four top-twenty finishes with a best result of 15th at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt track. He would finish 17th in the final points standings, and with father Darrell Basham finish 12th in the standings, that made them the first father and son duo to finish in the top twenty in the standings in the same year.[2] He would run only eleven races the following year, finish 25th in the points. It was also during this year that he earned his first top-ten finish at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track, where he would finish 10th and on the lead lap.[3]
After not racing in ARCA for two years, Basham would make his return to the series in 2013 at Salem Speedway for Darrell Basham Racing, this time driving the flagship No. 34 Chevrolet for the team. He would go on to finish nine laps down in 14th after starting 25th. He would make three more starts during the year, including Madison International Speedway and both dirt track events, finishing 14th at DuQuoin. This would be his most recent start in the series, as he has made limited starts in the East Bay Winternationals and the Indiana Late Model Series since 2015.[1]
Dugan Basham (born July 3, 1952) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series. He is the younger brother of longtime ARCA competitor Darrell Basham.
In 2006, Basham entered in the majority of the races of the ARCA Re/Max Series, primarily in the No. 94 for brother Darrell's Darrell Basham Racing. After failing to qualify in his first seven attempts, he made his official series debut at the second Pocono Raceway event, where he started 39th and finish 31st due to engine issues halfway during the race. He then failed to qualify for the next two races he was entered in, before making his second start of the year at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track, this time driving a Pontiac, where he would start 35th and finish 34th after running only three laps due to rear end issues.[5] Just like before, he failed to qualify for the following two events before qualifying for the race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt track, starting and finishing 34th after running only three laps due to handling issues. Afterwards, he failed to qualify for the races at Chicagoland Speedway, Salem Speedway, and the inaugural race at Iowa Speedway.
In 2007, Basham's first two attempts of the year came with Darrell Basham Racing, both of which he failed to qualify for. At the next race at Kansas Speedway, Basham would drive the No. 0 Chevrolet for Wayne Peterson Racing, but failed to qualify. Afterwards, he went back to driving for Darrell Basham Racing for the following race at Winchester Speedway, where he would qualify in 34th and finish in 33rd after running only eight laps due to handling issues.[6] He then failed to qualify for the next two races at Kentucky Speedway and Toledo Speedway, before qualifying for the race at Iowa Speedway, where he started and finished in 34th due to handling issues after five laps.[7] He then qualified for his next race at Berlin Raceway, where he started and finish 32nd after running two laps due to rear end issues.[8] He made only three more attempts later in the year, failing to qualify for all three events. The Berlin event would be his most recent event as a driver.[9]
Over the course of his ARCA career, Thompson mostly competed at his home track of Pocono Raceway, primarily driving for Wayne Peterson Racing, getting a best track finish of eighteenth in 2020. His best finish was a sixteenth-place finish at Kentucky Speedway. He also made one ARCA Menards Series East start at Bristol Motor Speedway, which was a combination event with the main ARCA series, where he finished 30th due to brake issues.[1]
In 2023, it was revealed that Thompson would drive the No. 45 Chevrolet for Tamayo Cosentino Racing at Pocono, where he posted no time in the lone practice session, qualified in 23rd, and finished 22nd due to mechanical issues.[2][3][4][5]
