Michael Maples (born December 5, 1963) is an American professional

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driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

, driving the No. 99

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Fast Track Racing Notes Fast Track Racing (also known as Fast Track High Performance Racing or Fast Track Racing Enterprises) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes full time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series E ...

, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West driving for the same team.

Racing career

Maples first began racing in 1993, driving asphalt late model races at

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. Maples returned to racing in 2019, driving in an IMCA Southern Sport modified after taking a sabbatical that began in 1998 due to familial reasons. Maples also competed in series such as the Sooner Limited Modified Series, and the Touring Outlaw Modified Series from 2019 to 2023. In 2024, Maples participated in the pre-season test for the ARCA Menards Series at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 99

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, and placed 53rd in the overall results between the two testing days. Several days after the test, it was announced that Maples will run the full main ARCA and

schedule for Fast Track, driving the No. 99. In his debut in the main ARCA series at Daytona, Maples qualified in 35th and finished one lap down in 21st despite being involved in a crash between

Scott Melton Scott Melton (born November 30, 1961) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 69 Ford Mustang for Kimmel Racing. Racing career ARCA Menards Series Melton woul ...

and Willie Mullins with twenty-three laps to go.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards 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. ** – All laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maples, Michael 1963 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Oklahoma People from Choctaw, Oklahoma