Pinnacle Racing Group is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and in various Late Model Stock events. The team currently fields the No. 28 Chevrolet SS for Shane Van Gisbergen, Connor Mosack, and Connor Zilisch and the No. 82 Chevrolet SS for Carson Kvapil in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East.
| Owner(s) | Mark Webb Jerry Webb |
|---|---|
| Principal(s) | Shane Huffman (Management) Lorin Ranier (Driver dev.) Josh Wise (Driver dev.) |
| Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Series | ARCA Menards Series ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series West |
| Race drivers | ARCA Menards Series: 28. Shane van Gisbergen, Connor Mosack, Connor Zilisch (part-time) 82. Carson Kvapil (part-time) ARCA Menards Series East: 28. Connor Zilisch (R) 82. Carson Kvapil (part-time) ARCA Menards Series West: 28. Connor Mosack (part-time) Late Model Stock Cars: 28. Landon S. Huffman, Connor Zilisch |
| Sponsors | ARCA Menards Series: 28. WeatherTech, Chevrolet, Silver Hare Racing 82. Chevrolet ARCA Menards Series East: 28. Silver Hare Racing 82. Chevrolet ARCA Menards Series West: 28. Chevrolet Late Model Stock Cars: 28. knight's Companies, Chevrolet |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2023 |
| Career | |
| Debut | ARCA Menards Series: 2023 Calypso Lemonade 150 (Iowa) ARCA Menards Series East: 2023 Pensacola 200 (New Smyrna) ARCA Menards Series West: 2023 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix) |
| Races competed | Total: 28 ARCA Menards Series: 13 ARCA Menards Series East: 13 ARCA Menards Series West: 2 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series East: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 0 |
| Race victories | Total: 9 ARCA Menards Series: 4 ARCA Menards Series East: 5 ARCA Menards Series West: 0 |
| Pole positions | Total: 2 ARCA Menards Series: 1 ARCA Menards Series East: 1 ARCA Menards Series West: 0 |
History
Pinnacle Racing Group was founded on February 4, 2023, by Mark Webb and Jerry Webb in partnership with Shane Huffman and heads of Chevrolet's driver development program, Lorin Ranier and Josh Wise.[1] On March 1 they announced Shane's son, Landon S. Huffman (no relation to fellow driver Landon Huffman) would compete in their Late Model Stock Car for the season at Hickory Motor Speedway. Two days later on March 3, 2023, the team announced Luke Fenhaus would compete for the team full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East in 2023.[2] On January 2, 2024, the announcement was made that Shane van Gisbergen would compete for the team in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.[3]
ARCA Menards Series
2023
The team made its ARCA Menards Series debut in the 2023 Calypso Lemonade 150 in a combination race with the East Series where they were competing full-time with Luke Fenhaus. They won the race after it went into overtime marking their 1st win in the National Series and 2nd with the East Series.[4]
Car No. 28 results
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| Year | Driver | 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 |
| 2023 | Luke Fenhaus | 28 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW 1 | POC | MCH | IRP 2 | MLW 6 | DSF | BRI 29 | SLM | TOL | -* | -* | [5] | |||
| Connor Zilisch | GLN 2* | ISF | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carson Kvapil | KAN 2 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Shane van Gisbergen | DAY 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connor Mosack | PHO 4 | TAL | KAN 1 | CLT 27 | MOH 13 | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | |||||||||
| Connor Zilisch | DOV 1 | IOW 1* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Car No. 82 results
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| Year | Driver | 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 |
| 2024 | Carson Kvapil | 82 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV 3 | KAN | CLT 2* | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | |
ARCA Menards Series East
2023
The team made its debut in the ARCA Menards Series East in the 2023 Pensacola 200 with Luke Fenhaus behind the wheel, they would finish a strong 2nd to a debuting William Sawalich. The team would pick up another top 5 the next race at Dover with a 3rd and then in only their 3rd career start they won their first ever race at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the Music City 200.[8] Two races later in a combination race with the East Series and the main ARCA Menards Series, marking their first start in that division, they won once again at Iowa Speedway in the Calypso Lemonade 150.[9]
Car No. 28 results
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Luke Fenhaus | 28 | Chevy | FIF 2 | DOV 3 | NSV 1 | FRS 5 | IOW 1 | IRP 2 | MLW 6 | BRI 29 | 2nd | 362 | [10] |
| 2024 | Connor Zilisch | FIF 4 | DOV 1 | NSV 3 | FRS 1** | IOW 1* | IRP | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | |||
Car No. 82 results
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| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Carson Kvapil | 82 | Chevy | FIF | DOV 3 | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | |
ARCA Menards Series West
2023
The team made its debut in the ARCA Menards Series West in the 2023 season finale at Phoenix Raceway with Jack Wood behind the wheel. He finished 4th.
Car No. 28 results
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| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||
| 2023 | Jack Wood | 28 | Chevy | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO 4 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Connor Mosack | PHO 4 | IRW | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | -* | -* | |||||||||||
Late Model Stock Cars
2023
Landon S. Huffman, son of team manager Shane Huffman, would run the teams Late Model Stock Car for the entire season at Hickory Motor Speedway. Huffman and the team would pick up their first victory on March 12 at Hickory in the 1st twin 40 race of the night. The team would later pick up their 2nd win on July 2 also at Hickory.[11]
Connor Mosack and Ross Chastain would also both race a LMSC for them at Hickory and North Wilkesboro respectively later in the season.[12][13]
References
External links
- Pinnacle Racing Group owner statistics at Racing-Reference