Mandy Chick
Amanda Chick (born October 17, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and West, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet SS for her family-owned team, Team Chick Motorsports.
Mandy Chick | |||||||
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Born | Amanda Chick October 17, 2001 De Soto, Kansas | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
6 races run over 2 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 74 (Team Chick Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 35th (2023) | ||||||
First race | 2022 Reese's 200 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 Kansas Lottery 150 (Kansas) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
ARCA East no., team | No. 74 (Team Chick Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 51st (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2022 Sprecher 150 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of February 22, 2023. |
Racing career
Chick first began her racing career after completing ten laps at a quarter-midget track in Topeka, Kansas when she was six. She then became a champion in the TKQMA Honda Jr. championship in the Honda and Stock divisions in 2010 before finishing in the top five in the standings in the USAC Generation Series in 2012 and 2013.[1]
In 2017, Chick would run six races in the CRA JEGS All Star Tour, where she would finish in the top ten in three races. She would run the majority of the races the following year, and finished fourth in the points with three top tens. In 2019, she would finish second in the points with seven top-10's, including a top five at Bristol Motor Speedway. She would compete in eight of the ten races in 2020, finishing in the top-ten three times before running only five races the following year.[2]
In 2022, Chick would make her ARCA Menards Series debut at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, driving the No. 74 Toyota for Team Chick Motorsports using equipment bought from Visconti Motorsports.[3] After starting 16th, she would finish 18th due to a crash. She would make another start at Milwaukee Mile, where she would finish three laps down in 16th after starting 14th.
Chick opened the 2023 ARCA Menards Series season at Daytona International Speedway with a fifth-place finish.[4]
Personal life
Chick is the daughter of former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series owner Steve Chick Jr., who had fielded entries in the series from 2001 to 2006.
Chick is currently an engineering student at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.[5]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
2022 | Team Chick Motorsports | 74 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP 18 |
MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW 16 |
DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 62nd | 54 | [6] |
2023 | Chevy | DAY 5 |
PHO | TAL 24 |
KAN 12 |
CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN 9 |
BRI | SLM | TOL | 35th | 126 | [7] |
References
- "About". Mandy Chick. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- "Mandy Chick". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- Fenwick, Adam (July 28, 2022). "Notebook: Mandy Chick taking the next step with ARCA debut at IRP". ARCA Racing. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- "Mandy Chick still riding high after impressive run during ARCA Daytona 200". February 24, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- Fenwick, Adam (December 14, 2022). "Mandy Chick to compete in multiple ARCA events with support from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology". ARCA Racing. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- "Mandy Chick – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- "Mandy Chick – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- "Mandy Chick – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
External links
- Mandy Chick driver statistics at Racing-Reference