Jake Finch
James David "Jake" Finch Jr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 15 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, and the ARCA Menards Series West.
Racing career
Finch began racing go-karts at a young age. In 2020, he would drive in three late model races for Anthony Campi Racing and would win in his first start after dominating the race and leading the most laps. In his next two starts, he would finish second. Phoenix Racing, the former NASCAR Cup Series team owned by Finch's father James that was sold to Turner Scott Motorsports co-owner Harry Scott Jr. in 2013, would re-open its doors and Finch would drive in several late model races with them in 2021. He entered the SRL Southwest Tour in 2022 for the same team, finishing 22nd and 23rd in his first two starts.ARCA Menards Series
On March 15, 2022, Phoenix Racing announced that Finch would be making his ARCA Menards Series East debut for the team in their No. 1 car at Five Flags Speedway. It would be the first time since 2013 that Phoenix Racing would compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned race. On April 26, 2022, Finch would sign with Venturini Motorsports for one race in the ARCA Menards Series East, and one race in the ARCA Menards Series. Finch would return to his family team and the No. 1 car for the East Series race at Nashville. He would start on the pole, lead 44 laps, and finish second in the race. In both of his East Series races for Phoenix Racing, Finch drove an unbadged Toyota. He finished sixth in the East Series standings despite running a partial schedule. He also raced in two ARCA Menards Series West races for Phoenix Racing, finished in the top-ten in both races.In 2023, Finch once again ran a partial schedule between the main ARCA series and the East Series, splitting between Venturini Motorsports and Phoenix Racing. At the East Series race at Dover, Finch, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would hold off Landen Lewis in a side-by-side battle on the final restart to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series East win. Finch would also dominate the race, leading a race-high 89 laps.
In 2024, Finch returned to Venturini on a partial schedule, with his first start coming at Daytona International Speedway. At Daytona, he led the most laps and was involved in a multi-car crash while leading on the final lap. In his next race at Talladega Superspeedway, he led every lap of the race to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series win. It was the first Talladega race in series history where a driver led every lap to win the race.
Finch remained with Venturini in 2025. He was originally schedule to compete at Michigan International Speedway, but withdrew due to illness and was replaced by Corey Heim.
On January 13, 2026, it was announced that Finch will drive for Nitro Motorsports at Daytona and Talladega.