Blaine Perkins

Blaine Perkins
Perkins at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Born	Blaine M. Perkins (2000-02-28) February 28, 2000 (age 24) Bakersfield, California, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
75 races run over 4 years
Car no., team	No. 31 (Jordan Anderson Racing)
2023 position	29th
Best finish	27th (2024)
First race	2021 Call 811 Before You Dig 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
22 races run over 1 year
2022 position	29th
Best finish	29th (2022)
First race	2022 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2022 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
6 races run over 3 years
Best finish	28th (2018)
First race	2017 Crosley Brands 150 (Kentucky)
Last race	2022 Dawn 150 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
40 races run over 4 years
Best finish	2nd (2020)
First race	2015 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Roseville)
Last race	2020 Arizona Lottery 100 (Phoenix)
First win	2020 ENEOS/Sunrise Ford Twin 30 Race #2 (Tooele)
Last win	2020 ENEOS/NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Douglas County)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 25 2
Statistics current as of November 9, 2024.

Blaine M. Perkins (born February 28, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro for Jordan Anderson Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West.

Perkins started his racing career in Bandolero racing.^[1]

Perkins made his debut in the West Series in 2015 at All American Speedway in Roseville, California, driving the No. 54 Toyota for Bill McAnally Racing, 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 ARCA Racing Series for 2018 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 Kentucky for Mitchell's team, where he started and finished ninth in that race.^[2]

In 2019, Perkins focused on local racing, winning track championships at Irwindale Speedway and Kern County Raceway Park as well as winning the California title in the Whelen All-American Series.^[1]

Perkins returned to the West Series in 2020, joining Sunrise Ford Racing to drive their No. 9 Ford, replacing Jagger Jones as a driver on the team. Perkins' new teammate Trevor Huddleston drove the No. 9 in 2019 and moved to the No. 6, replacing Jones.^[3] Perkins earned his first win in the West Series in the second race of the Utah Motorsports Campus 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.^[4] He finished eleventh in that race.

Perkins moved up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, driving part-time for Our Motorsports in their new second car, the No. 03, for at least six races beginning at Martinsville in April.^[5] 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 RSS Racing and Reaume Brothers Racing 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 CR7 Motorsports in 2022.^[6] He struggled throughout the 2022 season, with his best result being an 18th-place finish at Nashville.

On January 9, 2023, it was announced that Perkins would run full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2023, driving the No. 07 car for SS-Green Light Racing.^[7] He and the team would amicably agree to part ways after only five races. After not competing in the following race at Circuit of the Americas, he would rejoin Our Motorsports in the No. 02 at Richmond Raceway. On April 22, 2023, Perkins was involved in a very violent crash at Talladega Superspeedway where his car went upside down. It all started when Dexter Stacey spun and barely clipped Perkins in the right rear sending Perkins spinning. His car went airborne on the backstretch after contact with Jade Buford, and ended up barrel rolling violently six times before it landed right side up. Perkins walked out under his own power and was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.^[8] Perkins would finish the season 29th in the standings with a best finish of 13th at Martinsville in the spring.

On December 18, 2023, it was announced that Perkins would drive the No. 29 full-time for RSS Racing in 2024.^[9] Perkins scored no Top ten finishes during the season, his highest being a 13th at the Phoenix Spring race, and failed to qualify at Watkins Glen. He finished the year 27th in the final point standings, slight improvement from 2023 but the worst out of all the full time drivers.

On December 6, 2024, it was announced that Perkins would compete in the No. 31 for Jordan Anderson Racing in 2025.^[10]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Points	Position
2015	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Bill McAnally Racing	1	0	0	0	31	51st
2016	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Steve Portenga Racing	14	0	1	10	475	9th
2017	ARCA Racing Series	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	1	0	0	1	185	82nd
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Steve Portenga Racing	14	0	0	6	436	10th
2018	ARCA Racing Series	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	4	0	0	1	705	28th
2020	ARCA Menards Series West	Sunrise Ford Racing	11	3	8	9	588	2nd
2021	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Our Motorsports	8	0	0	0	113	40th
2022	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Our Motorsports	5	0	0	1	0	NC†
	NASCAR Truck Series	CR7 Motorsports	23	0	0	0	203	29th
	ARCA Menards Series	Bill McAnally Racing	1	0	0	0	26	101st
2023	NASCAR Xfinity Series	SS-Green Light Racing	5	0	0	0	258	29th
		Our Motorsports	25	0	0	0
2024	NASCAR Xfinity Series	RSS Racing	32	0	0	0	350	27th

^† As Perkins was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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

NASCAR Xfinity 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Our Motorsports	23	Chevy	DAY	DRC	HOM	LVS	PHO 24	ATL 30	MAR 35	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC 34	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IRC	MCH	DAY 23	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS 20	TAL 13	ROV	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO 16	40th	113	[11]
2022		02		DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IRC	MCH 32	GLN 29	DAY 17	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL 36	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR 10	PHO	91st	01	[12]
2023	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY 37	CAL 31	LVS 35	PHO 35	ATL 22	COA																												29th	258	[13]
	Our Motorsports	02	Chevy							RCH 26	MAR 13	TAL 34	DOV	DAR 37	CLT 37	PIR 15	SON 30	NSH 26	CSC 17	ATL 32	NHA 25	POC 27	ROA 17	MCH 33	IRC 31	GLN 38	DAY 25	DAR 34	KAN 33	BRI 28	TEX DNQ	ROV 28	LVS 28	HOM 29	MAR 22	PHO 32
2024	RSS Racing	29	Ford	DAY 14	ATL 30	LVS 31	PHO 13	COA 22	RCH 33	MAR 16	TEX 35	TAL 23	DOV 36	DAR 27	CLT 35	PIR 20	SON 18	IOW 35	NHA 27	NSH 35	CSC 24	POC 34	IND 29	MCH 23	DAY 14	DAR 34	ATL 19	GLN DNQ	BRI 22	KAN 28	TAL 18	ROV 33	LVS 31	HOM 34	MAR 19	PHO 22	27th	350	[14]
2025	Jordan Anderson Racing	31	Chevy	DAY	ATL	COA	PHO	LVS	HOM	MAR	DAR	BRI	CAR	TAL	TEX	CLT	NSH	MXC	POC	ATL	CSC	SON	DOV	IND	IOW	GLN	DAY	PIR	GTW	BRI	KAN	ROV	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	21	22	23	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2022	CR7 Motorsports	9	Chevy	DAY 31	LVS 35	ATL 29	COA 35	MAR DNQ	BRD 25	DAR 31	KAN 32	TEX 26	CLT 30	GTW 22	SON 21	KNX 25	NSH 18	MOH 30	POC 29	IRP 26	RCH 34	KAN 30	BRI 28	TAL 27	HOM 22	PHO 25	29th	203	[15]

(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 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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2017	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	78	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN 9	KAN	82nd	185	[16]
2018		98		DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL 13	TOL	CLT	POC 12	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI 11	IOW									28th	705	[17]
		78														ELK 8	POC	ISF	BLN	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN
2022	Bill McAnally Racing	99	Chevy	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	IOW	BLN	ELK	MOH 18	POC	IRP	MCH	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	101st	26	[18]

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	AMSWC	Pts	Ref
2015	Bill McAnally Racing	54	Toyota	KCR	IRW	TUS	IOW	SHA	SON	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER	AAS	PHO 13		51st	31	[19]
2016	Steve Portenga Racing	21	Chevy	IRW 18	KCR 16	TUS 8	OSS 9	CNS 5	SON 21	SLS 11	IOW 7	EVG 7	DCS 8	MMP 6	MMP 6	MER 10	AAS 9	9th	475	[20]
2017				KCR 11	TUS 8	IRW 7	IRW 9	SPO 18	OSS 11	CNS 20	SON 7	IOW 21	EVG 16	DCS 17	MER 8	AAS 8	KCR 19	10th	436	[21]
2020	Sunrise Ford Racing	9	Ford	LVS 3	MMP 11	MMP 1**	IRW 4	EVG 1**	DCS 1*	CNS 2	LVS 10	AAS 5	KCR 3	PHO 25				2nd	588	[22]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

• Official website
• Blaine Perkins driver statistics at Racing-Reference