Frank Kimmel

Francis James Kimmel (born April 30, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver.

Kimmel is involved in his community, participating in school events and coaching youth sports.

He is the only ten-time champion in the ARCA Racing Series and the only driver to win eight championships in a row (2000–2007).

The team initially ran a Dodge with the support of Cunningham Motorsport and sponsorship from Riverside Auto at Daytona before joining forces with Ford Racing for the remainder of 2008.

On August 2, 2008, Kimmel was injured in a 3 car crash on lap 68 at Pocono Raceway, suffering a concussion.

[7] Though lacking a title sponsor for the entire year of 2008, Frank and team were able to pull out a 2nd-place finish in points by a margin of 50.

As a result of his performance, Ansell and Menards joined forces with him the following season, a partnership that continues to this day.

[9] On October 4, 2013, he clinched his tenth ARCA Racing Series championship at Kansas Speedway.

Kimmel holds ARCA records in a number of categories, including starts, wins, and poles.

[12] Kimmel made seven starts in the NASCAR Cup Series,[13] five of those coming with Travis Carter Motorsports in 2002.

[13] and ran the 2011 and 2013 Camping World Truck Series season finales at Homestead-Miami Speedway for ThorSport Racing.

[8] Kimmel was invited to participate in the 2006 edition of the International Race of Champions, IROC XXX.