Indiana Originals is simplifying your search for local and thrilled to introduce you to their member Zachary Tinkle Racing!
Zachary Tinkle is the 2019 Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Champion and 2019 Anderson Speedway McGunegill Engines Late Model Series Champion and Rookie of the Year. He also won the 2019 Vore’s Welding CRA late model sportsman Triple Crown Championship. In his 2018 rookie season in the same series, Tinkle was named PGG Sportsman of the Year and voted Most Popular Driver; finishing 5th in the championship. Prior to that, he won multiple minicup stock car and go-karting championships and races.
He continued his racing career in 2020 and 2021 in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour, which came to a devastating halt in July due to the patriarch of Tinkle Family Racing and Zachary’s dad, Brad Tinkle, suffering a stroke. Zachary had to stop pursuing the championship even though he was 4th in points. Not knowing when he would ever get in a race car again, started turning around when word of this new spread. Fans asked for a GoFundMe to be set up. And, Zachary was asked to fill the seat for Wayne Peterson Motorsports in the NASCAR® ARCA series at Berlin Raceway, catapulting Zachary to the series he dreamed of racing in for the 2022 season. Wayne was impressed with Zachary so much that he asked him to race for him again at Winchester Speedway. In just two starts, he has opened eyes in the 06 Ford by finishing and placing well on used tires bought by fans and donated by other teams that heard of Zachary’s situation. Because of Wayne’s generosity, Zachary will also be racing Friday August 20th at Michigan International Speedway and Sunday August 22nd at the dirt track at Springfield, IL. He is currently seeking marketing partners for the 2022 ARCA Menards season.
Learn more about Zachary here: zacharytinkle.com
Watch Zachary’s Racing Journey here: youtube.com/channel/UCTtJ4JZ7LzQP8c0VCk4a2Zg
Donate to Zachary’s Team Here: gofundme.com/f/keep-zachary-tinkles-race-season-hopes-alive
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We fell in love with him as Paul Blart Mall Cop and on the hit show King of Queens. Now Kevin James plays a NASCAR chief in the new show The Crew. WISH-TV’s Entertainment Insider caught up with him to talk about the show making its Netflix premiere on February 15th.
About the Crew:
The Crew stars Kevin James as a NASCAR crew chief for the fictional Bobby Spencer Racing team. When the owner steps down and passes the team off to his daughter Catherine (Jillian Mueller), James has to protect himself and his crew from her attempts to modernize the team. Freddie Stroma portrays Jake Martin, the charismatic driver of the team’s No. 74 Fake Steak-sponsored car. Paris Berelc plays Jessie, a young race car driver who Catherine wants to replace Jake on the Bobby Spencer racing team. Sponsors love the idea of getting a young woman behind the wheel, and unlike Jake, she knows as much about the cars as the mechanics. Sarah Stiles, Gary Anthony Williams and Dan Ahdoot also star.
Jeff Lowell (The Ranch, Two and a Half Men, Spin City) will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer. Andy Fickman (Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Playing With Fire) directed all episodes and serves as an executive producer. James, Jeff Sussman (The King of Queens, Paul Blart) and Todd Garner (Tag, Isn’t It Romantic, Mortal Kombat) will also serve as executive producers. Matt Summers and Tim Clark will executive produce for NASCAR.
He has many roles — Indy car driver, business owner, husband and now dad!
Graham Rahal just had a birthday and has many reasons to celebrate. Mckinzie caught up with him in California. Check it out in the video above.