DeWitt, MI (4-13-10) - The ARCA Racing Series Presented by RE/MAX and Menards is about to embark on its fourth race of the 2010 racing season. There have been three different winners so far and 18-year-old Chad Finley, making his season debut, hopes to be the fourth.
The DeWitt, Michigan driver, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing (BKR), will make his first start of the 2010 season this Friday, April 16th at Texas Motor Speedway in the Rattlesnake 150. The event also marks Finley's superspeedway debut.
"I'm looking forward to heading back to Texas," said Finley. "We had a real good test there last month. "The guys at BKR have worked real hard and are confident we will be better than we were at the test."
Back in March, Finley and the BKR team made the trip down to the Lone Star State for the ARCA open test where they were sixth fastest among the 21 teams that tested. His fastest lap was a 29.422, an average of 183.536 mph. The fastest lap posted was a 29.033.
Texas is also the home state of his race sponsor Auto Value and Auto Parts 20/20.com.
"This is the first time I have raced the same weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, so it will be neat having all those guys there. We just hope to stay out of trouble and be there at the end."
Finley, son of former ARCA winner Jeff Finley, made the most out of a limited ARCA schedule in 2009 earning one Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell at Rockingham Speedway and a career-best finish of third at Berlin Raceway. In all, Finley posted three top-10 finishes in a handful of starts.
For the 2010 racing season, Finley has committed to running in as many as five ARCA speedway races with the possibility of running 10 overall. In addition to the Texas race, both ARCA events at Pocono Raceway are on his calendar as is the Racing For Wildlife 200 at Michigan Int'l Speedway on June 11. The ARCA race at Chicagoland Speedway on August 27 is also on the schedule.
Tentative 2010 plans call for Finley to also compete in the ARCA races at Iowa Speedway (July 10th), Kansas Speedway (September 30th) and the 2010 season finale at Rockingham on October 9th.
In addition to his ARCA schedule, Finley will also race in select events in the ASA Late Model Northern Series as well as several races in his Outlaw Super Late Model across Michigan as well as Indiana and Ohio.
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