Frank "Frankie" Kimmel II (born August 26, 1990) is an American professional

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spotter and former driver. He is the son of 10-time ARCA Menards Series champion

Frank Kimmel Francis James Kimmel (born April 30, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver. He competed primarily in the ARCA Racing Series, from 1990 through 2016. Kimmel is the most successful driver in ARCA history. He has won the ARCA champions ...

, and the cousin of current ARCA driver

Will Kimmel Will Kimmel III (born May 11, 1988) is an American stock car racing driver. He is the son of Bill Kimmel, Jr. and nephew of Frank Kimmel. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series for family-owned Kimmel Racing. He formerly co ...

. He is currently the spotter of the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driven by

Daniel Suárez Daniel Alejandro Suárez Garza (born January 7, 1992) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing Team. He previously drove in t ...

for Trackhouse Racing Team.

Racing career

Kimmel first started racing at the age of 8, driving mini cup cars. He also raced frequently at Salem Speedway, winning the rookie of the year titles in the street-stock division in 2007 before winning the championship in the division in 2008. Kimmel would later move up to super-stock division and won the championship in the category in 2009. Kimmel would make his ARCA Racing Series debut in

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driving for Wayne Hixson at Salem Speedway, finishing 29th after running only 10 laps due to a rear end failure. He would return to the series a year later, driving three races, including both Salem events, and achieved his first top-10 finish in the latter Salem race, finishing 7th. He would make infrequent starts in the series for the next few years after that (including separate starts for Venturini Motorsports), earning two more top-10 finishes, with his last start coming in

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Spotting career

Kimmel first began serving as a spotter for various drivers whenever they needed a spotter, but his first major foray would come when he was spotting for his father Frank at the ARCA race at

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where the elder Kimmel would finish third in the race. He would later serve as a spotter for

Christian Eckes Christian D. Eckes (pronounced "eck-iss"; born November 10, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 19 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Raci ...

in the inaugural CARS Tour race at

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. In 2022, Kimmel would join Trackhouse Racing Team and serve as the spotter for

, who would win the

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at Sonoma Raceway that year.

Personal life

Kimmel attended and graduated from University of North Carolina–Charlotte in 2015 with an engineering degree.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Racing Series

(

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimmel, Frankie 1990 births Living people NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Racing drivers from Indiana People from Clark County, Indiana Sportspeople from the Louisville metropolitan area