Blaine M. Perkins (born February 28, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Silverado for

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and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 02

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Racing career

Perkins started his racing career in

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. Perkins made his debut in the West Series in 2015 at

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, driving the No. 54

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, where he started 17th and finished 13th. After that, he secured a full-time ride in the series the following season with Steve Portenga Racing in their No. 21 car. Perkins moved to the

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and drove in five races for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in the team's No. 98 and No. 78 Chevrolet's. He had previously made his debut in the series the prior year at

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's team, where he started and finished ninth in that race. In 2019, Perkins focused on local racing, winning track championships at

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and

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as well as winning the California title in the

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. Perkins returned to the West Series in

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, joining

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to drive their No. 9 Ford, replacing

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as a driver on the team. Perkins' new teammate

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drove the No. 9 in

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and moved to the No. 6, replacing Jones. Perkins earned his first win in the West Series in the second race of the

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doubleheader on June 27. He also won the pole for the first race of the doubleheader, which was his first pole in the West Series. He finished eleventh in that race. Perkins moved up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, driving part-time for

in their new second car, the No. 03, for at least six races beginning at Martinsville in April. After the No. 03 failed to qualify for the first few races of the season due to it not having enough owner points with entry lists of over 40 cars, Our Motorsports acquired the No. 23 car jointly fielded by

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and

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before the race at Las Vegas in March, and Perkins is now expected to instead run his races in that car. Perkins got his first career stage win in the Xfinity Series at Talladega, winning stage 2. He finished 13th in the end. On December 23, 2021, it was announced that Perkins would drive the No. 9 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for

in 2022.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series West

Season still in progress

References

External links

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