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Parker Chase Competing Part Time for Venturini in ARCA

Parker Chase has been added to Venturini Motorsports’ ARCA Menards Series driver lineup for 2021, Venturini announced May 4.

Chase, 20, will begin competing in the series on May 29 in the ARCA General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the No. 25 NXTLVL Marine Toyota Camry.

He’s also set for starts at Winchester Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway and Phoenix Raceway.

“I’m excited for the challenge and ready to take this next step with Toyota Racing and Venturini Motorsports,” Chase said in a release. “Although I’ve been racing since the age of 13, everything I know revolves around road course racing. Joining VMS gives me a great opportunity to gain experience and learn the differences of driving a stock car.”

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Chase is well-known for his sports car ventures, which includes nine starts in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship and the Pirelli World Challenge GT SprintX Pro/Am Championship, for which he won a title.

Chase is also competing in a part-time schedule with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for two road course events in 2021, finishing 23rd at the Daytona International Speedway road course.

He previously ran in ARCA at the Daytona road course in 2020 for Chad Bryant Racing, finishing 10th.

Chase will begin testing with the ARCA team on May 10 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

 

Dalton Hopkins began writing for Frontstretch in April 2021. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loudcolumn, co-host of the Happy Hour podcast, and one of our lead reporters. Beforehand, he wrote for IMSA shortly after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2019. Simultaneously, he also serves as a Captain in the US Army.

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