Chad Finchum

Finchum began racing at age seven,[2] starting his career racing go-karts at Dumplin Valley Raceway in Tennessee.[3] By age 13 he had logged 200 go-kart wins on dirt and asphalt.[2] He then moved to full-bodied cars, often racing late models at Kingsport Speedway in Tennessee,[4][5] and also competed in Bandolero and Legends cars in Charlotte Motor Speedway's Summer Shootout.[6] He would win the Tennessee NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship in 2010.[7]

Finchum graduated from Halls High School (Knox County, Tennessee)[8]

Finchum drove his first four K&N Pro Series East races in 2011 with Lori Williams, who had given Daniel Suárez and Jesus Hernandez rides previously. Finchum scored two top-ten finishes that first year, finishing seventh at Bowman Gray Stadium and Gresham Motorsports Park.[9] He joined Spraker Racing in 2012, finishing seventh again at Bristol Motor Speedway but not finding success in his other three starts.[10] One start with Spraker in 2013 yielded a DNF at Bristol.[11] Finchum then started 2015 driving for his own team but then associated with Martin-McClure Racing later in the year.[12] In only his third start with the team, and his first in 2016, Finchum won the K&N race at Bristol.[13] Starting from the fourth position, Finchum passed polesitter and leader Harrison Burton thirteen laps into the race and never looked back.[14] In a late restart Finchum held off future NASCAR national series drivers Kyle Benjamin, Justin Haley, Kaz Grala and Todd Gilliland.[15] Focusing on the Xfinity Series in 2017, Finchum ran one K&N race, recording a fifth at Bristol.[16]

Finchum racing the No. 40 in 2018 at Road America

Finchum, in conjunction with his K&N Pro Series East team Team McClure Inc., signed on for two races with MBM Motorsports including a debut race at Dover International Speedway.[17] Despite falling out with engine problems at Dover, Finchum was approved for 1.5-mile tracks, yielding another start at Kentucky Speedway.[18] Finchum made five more starts in 2017 ranging from 1-mile Dover to 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, cracking the top thirty three times.[19]

In late November 2017, Finchum was announced as the full-time driver of MBM's No. 40 entry for the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.[20][21] He led second practice at Daytona International Speedway in July.[22] He finished the year 30th in final point standings.

On March 27, 2018, Finchum announced in a Bristol Motor Speedway promotional video that he would make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at that track in April 2018.[23][24] The run came in the No. 66 car for MBM Motorsports, whom he also drives for in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.[25] Bristol was a track that Finchum was especially excited to make his debut at, as he considers it a "home track".[26] After starting 38th, he finished 33rd when he retired from the race on lap 335.[27]

Finchum failed to qualify for the 2020 Daytona 500 after finishing 20th in Duel 1 of the 2020 Bluegreen Vacations Duels.[28] In September, he ran the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, finishing last when overheating ended his day after 19 laps.[29] He also competed at Kansas and Texas, where he respectively finished 39th and 35th.[30]

He returned to the Daytona 500 the following year in the No. 13 for MBM (previously the No. 49).[31][32]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points