Jump to content

Blaine Perkins

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blaine Perkins
Perkins at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
BornBlaine M. Perkins
(2000-02-28) February 28, 2000 (age 24)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
75 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamNo. 29 (RSS Racing)
2023 position29th
Best finish27th (2024)
First race2021 Call 811 Before You Dig 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
22 races run over 1 year
2022 position29th
Best finish29th (2022)
First race2022 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last race2022 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
6 races run over 3 years
Best finish28th (2018)
First race2017 Crosley Brands 150 (Kentucky)
Last race2022 Dawn 150 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
40 races run over 4 years
Best finish2nd (2020)
First race2015 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Roseville)
Last race2020 Arizona Lottery 100 (Phoenix)
First win2020 ENEOS/Sunrise Ford Twin 30 Race #2 (Tooele)
Last win2020 ENEOS/NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Douglas County)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 25 2
Statistics current as of November 9, 2024.

Blaine M. Perkins (born February 28, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 29 Ford Mustang for RSS Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West.

Racing career

[edit]
Perkins (No. 21) competing in the 2017 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway.
Perkins' No. 9 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022
Perkins at Auto Club Speedway in 2023

Perkins started his racing career in Bandolero racing.[1]

Perkins made his debut in the West Series in 2015 at All American Speedway in Roseville, California, driving the No. 54 Toyota for Bill McAnally Racing, where he started 17th and finished 13th. After that, he secured a full-time ride in the series the following season with Steve Portenga Racing in their No. 21 car.

Perkins moved to the ARCA Racing Series for 2018 and drove in five races for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in the team's No. 98 and No. 78 Chevrolet's. He had previously made his debut in the series the prior year at Kentucky for Mitchell's team, where he started and finished ninth in that race.[2]

In 2019, Perkins focused on local racing, winning track championships at Irwindale Speedway and Kern County Raceway Park as well as winning the California title in the Whelen All-American Series.[1]

Perkins returned to the West Series in 2020, joining Sunrise Ford Racing to drive their No. 9 Ford, replacing Jagger Jones as a driver on the team. Perkins' new teammate Trevor Huddleston drove the No. 9 in 2019 and moved to the No. 6, replacing Jones.[3] Perkins earned his first win in the West Series in the second race of the Utah Motorsports Campus doubleheader on June 27. He also won the pole for the first race of the doubleheader, which was his first pole in the West Series.[4] He finished eleventh in that race.

Perkins moved up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, driving part-time for Our Motorsports in their new second car, the No. 03, for at least six races beginning at Martinsville in April.[5] After the No. 03 failed to qualify for the first few races of the season due to it not having enough owner points with entry lists of over 40 cars, Our Motorsports acquired the No. 23 car jointly fielded by RSS Racing and Reaume Brothers Racing before the race at Las Vegas in March, and Perkins is now expected to instead run his races in that car. Perkins got his first career stage win in the Xfinity Series at Talladega, winning stage 2. He finished 13th in the end. On December 23, 2021, it was announced that Perkins would drive the No. 9 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for CR7 Motorsports in 2022.[6] He struggled throughout the 2022 season, with his best result being an 18th-place finish at Nashville.

On January 9, 2023, it was announced that Perkins would run full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2023, driving the No. 07 car for SS-Green Light Racing.[7] He and the team would amicably agree to part ways after only five races. After not competing in the following race at Circuit of the Americas, he would rejoin Our Motorsports in the No. 02 at Richmond Raceway. On April 22, 2023, Perkins was involved in a very violent crash at Talladega Superspeedway where his car went upside down. It all started when Dexter Stacey spun and barely clipped Perkins in the right rear sending Perkins spinning. His car went airborne on the backstretch after contact with Jade Buford, and ended up barrel rolling violently six times before it landed right side up. Perkins walked out under his own power and was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.[8] Perkins would finish the season 29th in the standings with a best finish of 13th at Martinsville in the spring.

Perkins' No. 29 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

On December 18, 2023, it was announced that Perkins would drive the No. 29 full-time for RSS Racing in 2024.[9] Perkins scored no Top ten finishes during the season, his highest being a 13th at the Phoenix Spring race, and failed to qualify at Watkins Glen. He finished the year 27th in the final point standings, slight improvement from 2023 but the worst out of all the full time drivers.

Motorsports career results

[edit]

Stock car career summary

[edit]
Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position
2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Bill McAnally Racing 1 0 0 0 31 51st
2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Steve Portenga Racing 14 0 1 10 475 9th
2017 ARCA Racing Series Mason Mitchell Motorsports 1 0 0 1 185 82nd
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Steve Portenga Racing 14 0 0 6 436 10th
2018 ARCA Racing Series Mason Mitchell Motorsports 4 0 0 1 705 28th
2020 ARCA Menards Series West Sunrise Ford Racing 11 3 8 9 588 2nd
2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Our Motorsports 8 0 0 0 113 40th
2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Our Motorsports 5 0 0 1 0 NC†
NASCAR Truck Series CR7 Motorsports 23 0 0 0 203 29th
ARCA Menards Series Bill McAnally Racing 1 0 0 0 26 101st
2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series SS-Green Light Racing 5 0 0 0 258 29th
Our Motorsports 25 0 0 0
2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series RSS Racing * *

† As Perkins was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR

[edit]

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

Xfinity Series

[edit]
NASCAR Xfinity 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2021 Our Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO
24 		ATL
30 		MAR
35 		TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC
34 		ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY
23 		DAR RCH BRI LVS
20 		TAL
13 		ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO
16 		40th 113 [10]
2022 02 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH
32 		GLN
29 		DAY
17 		DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL
36 		ROV LVS HOM MAR
10 		PHO 91st 01 [11]
2023 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY
37 		CAL
31 		LVS
35 		PHO
35 		ATL
22 		COA 29th 258 [12]
Our Motorsports 02 Chevy RCH
26 		MAR
13 		TAL
34 		DOV DAR
37 		CLT
37 		PIR
15 		SON
30 		NSH
26 		CSC
17 		ATL
32 		NHA
25 		POC
27 		ROA
17 		MCH
33 		IRC
31 		GLN
38 		DAY
25 		DAR
34 		KAN
33 		BRI
28 		TEX
DNQ 		ROV
28 		LVS
28 		HOM
29 		MAR
22 		PHO
32
2024 RSS Racing 29 Ford DAY
14 		ATL
30 		LVS
31 		PHO
13 		COA
22 		RCH
33 		MAR
16 		TEX
35 		TAL
23 		DOV
36 		DAR
27 		CLT
35 		PIR
20 		SON
18 		IOW
35 		NHA
27 		NSH
35 		CSC
24 		POC
34 		IND
29 		MCH
23 		DAY
14 		DAR
34 		ATL
19 		GLN
DNQ 		BRI
22 		KAN
28 		TAL
18 		ROV
33 		LVS
31 		HOM
34 		MAR
19 		PHO
22 		27th 350 [13]

Camping World Truck Series

[edit]
NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 21 22 23 NCWTC Pts Ref
2022 CR7 Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY
31 		LVS
35 		ATL
29 		COA
35 		MAR
DNQ 		BRD
25 		DAR
31 		KAN
32 		TEX
26 		CLT
30 		GTW
22 		SON
21 		KNX
25 		NSH
18 		MOH
30 		POC
29 		IRP
26 		RCH
34 		KAN
30 		BRI
28 		TAL
27 		HOM
22 		PHO
25 		29th 203 [14]

ARCA Menards Series

[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All 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 AMSC Pts Ref
2017 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN
9 		KAN 82nd 185 [15]
2018 98 DAY NSH SLM TAL
13 		TOL CLT POC
12 		MCH MAD GTW CHI
11 		IOW 28th 705 [16]
78 ELK
8 		POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN
2022 Bill McAnally Racing 99 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH
18 		POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 101st 26 [17]

ARCA Menards Series West

[edit]
ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSWC Pts Ref
2015 Bill McAnally Racing 54 Toyota KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO
13 		51st 31 [18]
2016 Steve Portenga Racing 21 Chevy IRW
18 		KCR
16 		TUS
8 		OSS
9 		CNS
5 		SON
21 		SLS
11 		IOW
7 		EVG
7 		DCS
8 		MMP
6 		MMP
6 		MER
10 		AAS
9 		9th 475 [19]
2017 KCR
11 		TUS
8 		IRW
7 		IRW
9 		SPO
18 		OSS
11 		CNS
20 		SON
7 		IOW
21 		EVG
16 		DCS
17 		MER
8 		AAS
8 		KCR
19 		10th 436 [20]
2020 Sunrise Ford Racing 9 Ford LVS
3 		MMP
11 		MMP
1** 		IRW
4 		EVG
1** 		DCS
1* 		CNS
2 		LVS
10 		AAS
5 		KCR
3 		PHO
25 		2nd 588 [21]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Seelman, Jacob (January 30, 2020). "Huddleston & Perkins Confirmed At Sunrise Ford". Speed Sport. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Blaine Perkins Set for Five Race ARCA Schedule with Mason Mitchell Motorsports in 2018". Speedway Digest. STS Motorsports Inc. November 1, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Christley, Jason (January 29, 2020). "New Faces Readying For West Coast Title Run". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Christley, Jason (June 27, 2020). "QUALIFYING: Blaine Perkins Captures His First General Tire Pole Award". ARCARacing.com.
  5. ^ "Blaine Perkins to Run Partial Xfinity Schedule with Our Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Blaine Perkins Joining CR7 Motorsports for Full 2022 Truck Series Schedule". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. December 23, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  7. ^ Crandall, Kelly (January 9, 2023). "Perkins joins SS GreenLight for Xfinity". RACER Magazine.
  8. ^ "NASCAR: Blaine Perkins hospitalized after car flips six times in wild Xfinity Series wreck at Talladega". 23 April 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  9. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (December 18, 2023). "Blaine Perkins Moving to RSS for 2024". Frontstretch. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  13. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  15. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  16. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  17. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  18. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  19. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  20. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  21. ^ "Blaine Perkins – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blaine_Perkins&oldid=1257898792"