Grant Quinlan (born December 4, 1998) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2018 and 2019, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing. He has also competed with RJR in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East.

Grant Quinlan
NationalityCanada Canadian
Born (1998-12-04) December 4, 1998 (age 25)
Maidstone, Ontario, Canada
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2018
Current teamRette Jones Racing
Car number30
EngineFord
Crew chiefMark Rette
Starts3
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish57th in 2019
Finished last season57th (2019)
Previous series
20152018ARCA Menards Series East
Last updated on: January 25, 2020.

Racing career

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Quinlan began racing go-karts at age 5,[1] and then raced in the ARCA/CRA Super Series,[2] and his successes racing in that series earned him a part-time ride in the K&N Pro Series East with the new Rette Jones Racing No. 30 team in 2015. His first race was at Columbus Motor Speedway,[3] where he surprisingly finished second in his and the team's debut in the series. Quinlan also started third and led 63 laps in that race. He would run two more races that year, coming at New Hampshire and Richmond. With Dominique Van Wieringen in the No. 30 full-time in 2016, Quinlan drove the team's second car, the No. 29, at Stafford. He made one other start that year, driving the No. 02 for Young's Motorsports at Iowa. He finished 18th in both of his races in 2016. His only start of 2017 came at the road course of New Jersey Motorsports Park, finishing eighth driving the No. 28 for RJR. For 2018, Rette Jones put Quinlan in their ARCA Racing Series car at Daytona.[4] In the race, Quinlan crashed out and finished 37th. On the K&N side, he ran six of the first seven races of the season in the Rette Jones No. 30 with a best finish of fourth at NJMP. For his second ARCA start, Quinlan returned to the same race and team the following year, where he picked up an impressive third place finish.[5] After his strong run at Daytona, Quinlan and RJR returned to run Talladega,[6] where they would finish ninth.

Personal life

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Quinlan is from Maidstone, Ontario and graduated from Essex High School in 2016 where he was an honor roll student.[1]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts
2015 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL
2
NHA
15
IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH
20
DOV 30th 96
2016 29 NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA
18
COL NHA 41st 52
Young's Motorsports 02 Ford IOW
18
GLN GRE NJM DOV
2017 Rette Jones Racing 28 Ford NSM GRE BRI SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJE
8
DOV 48th 36
2018 30 NSM BRI
19
LGY
5
SBO
10
SBO
7*
MEM
11
NJE
4
TMP NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV 14th 211

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most 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
2018 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford DAY
37
NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 103rd 45
2019 DAY
3
FIF SLM TAL
9
NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN 57th 300

References

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  1. ^ a b Steele, Kelly (September 21, 2015). "Lakeshore's Grant Quinlan taking racing scene by storm". Windsor Star. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Luckett, Glenn (August 22, 2015). "16-Year-Old Rookie Grant Quinlan Grabs Pivotal First Career ARCA/CRA Super Series Victory at Baer Field Speedway". Sonoco. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Rette Jones Racing Expands Into K&N East; Grant Quinlan Tapped to Drive at Columbus". Race Chaser Online. June 27, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Radebaugh, Don (February 9, 2018). "Canadian Quinlan to make first attempt at Daytona". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Krall, Charles (February 19, 2019). "Grant Quinlan Gives Rette Jones Racing Second Top-Three Daytona Finish in Three Years". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Grant Quinlan and Rette Jones Racing back again for Talladega rumble". Speedway Digest. April 24, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
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