Paul Pedroncelli (born August 29, 1962) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet for Pedroncelli Motorsports. He is the father of P. J. Pedroncelli.
| Paul Pedroncelli | |||||||
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| Born | August 29, 1962 Sonoma, California | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 31 (Pedroncelli Motorsports) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 31 (Pedroncelli Motorsports) | ||||||
| First race | 2021 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 11, 2022. | |||||||
Racing career
editARCA Menards Series West
editPedroncelli made his ARCA Menards Series West debut in 2021 at Sonoma Raceway finishing on the lead lap in 13th.[1] Pedroncelli ran 8 out the 9 races. At the Portland International Raceway, Pedroncelli got his first top ten finish, coming in 9th. He would go on to finish eleventh in the points.
In 2022, Pedroncelli would run the first six races of the schedule, finishing 38th in the companion event with the main ARCA Menards Series, finishing 15th at Irwindale Speedway in March due to brake issues after two laps,[2] 18th at Kern County Raceway Park after two laps due to a vibration,[3] 16th at Portland due to brake issues,[4] 23rd at Sonoma due to brake issues again, and 21st at Irwindale in July due to transmission issues. He would not return until All-American Speedway, where he would finish 21st due to brake issues after three laps.
ARCA Menards Series
editPedroncelli would make his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2022 at Phoenix Raceway, as it was a companion event with the West Series, finishing 38th.
Motorsports career results
editARCA Menards Series
edit| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 2022 | Pedroncelli Motorsports | 31 | Chevy | DAY | PHO 38 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 123rd | 6 | [5] |
ARCA Menards Series West
edit| ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | Pedroncelli Racing | 31 | Chevy | PHO | SON 13 |
IRW 11 |
CNS 18 |
IRW 19 |
PIR 9 |
LVS 23 |
AAS 23 |
PHO 34 |
11th | 252 | [6] | ||
| 2022 | Pedroncelli Motorsports | PHO 38 |
IRW 15 |
KCR 18 |
PIR 16 |
SON 23 |
IRW 21 |
EVG | PIR | AAS 21 |
LVS | PHO | 16th | 206 | [7] | ||
References
edit- ^ "P.J. Pedroncelli's epic day at Sonoma captures essence of West Series". ARCA Menards Series. June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA WEST: Burgess family nearly makes history as Pedroncelli parks again". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA WEST: Pedroncelli retires first again in relatively clean race". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA WEST: Pedroncelli extends LPF streak at a wet Portland International Raceway". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "Paul Pedroncelli – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Paul Pedroncelli – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Paul Pedroncelli – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.