Grant Quinlan Explained

Grant Quinlan
Nationality:	Canadian
Birth Date:	4 December 1998
Birth Place:	Maidstone, Ontario, Canada
Current Series:	ARCA Menards Series
First Year:	2018
Current Team:	Rette Jones Racing
Car Number:	30
Engine:	Ford
Crew Chief:	Mark Rette
Starts:	3
Wins:	0
Poles:	0
Best Finish:	57th
Year:	2019
Last Finish:	57th (2019)
Prev Series:	ARCA Menards Series East
Prev Series Years:	2015–2018
Updated:	January 25, 2020

Grant Quinlan (born December 4, 1998) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2018 and 2019, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing. He has also competed with RJR in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East.

Racing career

Quinlan began racing go-karts at age 5,^[1] and then raced in the ARCA/CRA Super Series,^[2] and his successes racing in that series earned him a part-time ride in the K&N Pro Series East with the new Rette Jones Racing No. 30 team in 2015. His first race was at Columbus Motor Speedway,^[3] where he surprisingly finished second in his and the team's debut in the series. Quinlan also started third and led 63 laps in that race. He would run two more races that year, coming at New Hampshire and Richmond. With Dominique Van Wieringen in the No. 30 full-time in 2016, Quinlan drove the team's second car, the No. 29, at Stafford. He made one other start that year, driving the No. 02 for Young's Motorsports at Iowa. He finished 18th in both of his races in 2016. His only start of 2017 came at the road course of New Jersey Motorsports Park, finishing eighth driving the No. 28 for RJR. For 2018, Rette Jones put Quinlan in their ARCA Racing Series car at Daytona.^[4] In the race, Quinlan crashed out and finished 37th. On the K&N side, he ran six of the first seven races of the season in the Rette Jones No. 30 with a best finish of fourth at NJMP. For his second ARCA start, Quinlan returned to the same race and team the following year, where he picked up an impressive third place finish.^[5] After his strong run at Daytona, Quinlan and RJR returned to run Talladega,^[6] where they would finish ninth.

Personal life

Quinlan is from Maidstone, Ontario and graduated from Essex High School in 2016 where he was an honor roll student.^[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		Pts
2015	Rette Jones Racing	30	Ford	NSM	GRE	BRI	IOW	BGS	LGY	COL 2	NHA 15	IOW	GLN	MOT	VIR	RCH 20	DOV	30th	96
2016		29		NSM	MOB	GRE	BRI	VIR	DOM	STA 18	COL	NHA						41st	52
	Young's Motorsports	02	Ford										IOW 18	GLN	GRE	NJM	DOV
2017	Rette Jones Racing	28	Ford	NSM	GRE	BRI	SBO	SBO	MEM	BLN	TMP	NHA	IOW	GLN	LGY	NJE 8	DOV	48th	36
2018		30		NSM	BRI 19	LGY 5	SBO 10	SBO 7*	MEM 11	NJE 4	TMP	NHA	IOW	GLN	GTW	NHA	DOV	14th	211

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

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.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20		Pts
2018	Rette Jones Racing	30	Ford	DAY 37	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI	IOW	ELK	POC	ISF	BLN	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN	103rd	45
2019				DAY 3	FIF	SLM	TAL 9	NSH	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI	ELK	IOW	POC	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN	57th	300

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kelly . Steele . Lakeshore's Grant Quinlan taking racing scene by storm . Windsor Star . September 21, 2015 . January 26, 2020.
2. Web site: Glenn . Luckett . 16-Year-Old Rookie Grant Quinlan Grabs Pivotal First Career ARCA/CRA Super Series Victory at Baer Field Speedway . . August 22, 2015 . January 26, 2020.
3. Web site: Rette Jones Racing Expands Into K&N East; Grant Quinlan Tapped to Drive at Columbus . Race Chaser Online . June 27, 2015 . January 26, 2020.
4. Web site: Don . Radebaugh . Canadian Quinlan to make first attempt at Daytona . ARCARacing.com . February 9, 2018 . January 26, 2020.
5. Web site: Charles . Krall . Grant Quinlan Gives Rette Jones Racing Second Top-Three Daytona Finish in Three Years . ARCARacing.com . February 19, 2019 . January 26, 2020.
6. Web site: Grant Quinlan and Rette Jones Racing back again for Talladega rumble . Speedway Digest . April 24, 2019 . January 26, 2020.