Chub Frank Bio

Chub Frank

Residence: Bear Lake, PA
Birth Date: January 22,1962
Wife: Mary
Hobbies: Golf, Hunting
Height: 5'11"
Children: Margaret, Dave
Grandchildren: Alexandria - Delana

Chub started his racing career at the age of sixteen and over the years his commitment to racing and his dynamic racing ability have won him numerous racing titles and awards. Chub Frank is a determined individual and is driven to be absolutely the best at what he does. Chub's present dirt late model program is headquartered in Bear Lake, Pa. A brand new Lester Buildings race shop was constructed in 2004 after a devastating fire destroyed Chub’s former race shop. The race program includes 4 Rocket Chassis Chevrolet Impala SS, powered by Custom Racing Engines, complete pit and shop equipment and a team hauler consisting of a 2008 Freightliner Columbia S&S transporter. The crew consists of three team members totally dedicated to Chub on race days as well as practices, race sessions, and in the shop.

2006 WoO Season Review: For most of the season, Frank was close enough to sniff the top of the point standings, but just not quite in the thick of the championship battle. An early-season DNF at Lernerville Speedway helped put him in a hole that wasn’t easy to dig out of.

But the hard-nosed western Pennsylvania driver had plenty of memorable moments while playing catch-up in the standings. He won in May at Wayne County Speedway – an Ohio track he knows very well – and mastered the slick Cayuga County Fair Speedway in upstate New York to score a holiday weekend victory on July 2. When he captured the first event of the Labor Day Weekend doubleheader at Pennsy’s Tri-City Speedway, he became just the third driver to win more than two races on the 2006 WoO LMS.

Frank closed with a rush. He vaulted up to fourth in the standings after registering a third-place finish in Tri-City’s second feature, then finished second in the Pittsburgher 100 on Oct. 8. Forty points out of the lead entering the season-finale Gator 100 at Volusia Speedway Park, Frank had an outside shot at the title; he fell short of the crown, but a sixth-place finish in the event helped him leap-frog Billy Moyer in the standings to place a career-best third in the WoO LMS points battle.

WoO LMS History: Signed as one of original 12 contract drivers when DIRT MotorSports restarted WoO LMS in 2004… Has entered all 110 events of the WoO LMS’s DIRT-era (2004-06), missing only a single feature (failed to qualify on March 14, 2004, at Atomic Speedway in Oak Ridge, Tenn.)… First career WoO LM victory came on April 23, 2004, at Lernerville Speedway… Finished sixth in ’04 standings with one win to his credit… Improved to fifth in the final ’05 standings, winning three times… Has fared extremely well in WoO LM events held in upstate New York, winning at Fulton (’05), Rolling Wheels (’05) and Cayuga County (’06)… Has returned to his “home” track – Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., which is minutes from his shop and was once owned by his father – for two WoO LM events but experienced rough nights, finishing 14th (’05) and 15th (’06)… Owns seven career WoO LM wins…

Other Racing History: One of the most decorated drivers on the WoO LM tour, Frank started racing locally as a 16-year-old… Became dominant at tracks near his home, winning Stateline/Eriez circuit Limited Late Model titles from 1983-87 and capturing the Stateline Super Late Model championship in 1989 and ’90… Began following STARS (later Renegade DirtCar) series in ‘90s and ultimately became the first driver to win the regional tour’s championship four years in a row (2000-03)… Was 2001 UMP Florida State LM champion… Won prestigious World 100 at Eldora Speedway in 2004… Other major victories include the Winchester (Va.) 200 (1998); Octoberfest 100 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway (1998); Pittsburger 100 (2001); Dixie Shootout (2001); North-South 100 at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. (2002); and Hillbilly 100 at West Virginia’s Tyler County Speedway (2003)… Captured four features away from WoO LM tour in 2006… Was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2004 in Masters II category…

Racing Accomplishments:

Championships:

2007 ‘27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship ’ Champion.

2007 ‘National Interstate Late Model Speedweek’ Champion.

2006 UMP Georgia State Late Model Champion.

2004 34th Annual World 100 Champion.

2004 National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame

Inductee Class of 2004 Masters II Category.

2003 Renegade DirtCar Racing Series Champion.

2002 Renegade DirtCar Racing Series Champion.

2002 13th Annual Hardee's UDTRA Shootout Champion

2001 Renegade (Stars) Racing Series Champion.

2001 UMP Florida State Late Model Champion.

2000 Renegade (Stars) Racing Series Champion.

1988 & 89 Stateline Late Model Point Champion.

1983 Thru 1987 Stateline & Eriez Limited Late Model Circuit Point Champion.

Racing Highlights:

2007

2007 ‘27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship ’ - Alma, OH.

2007 ULMS preliminary - McKean County Raceway - Bedford, PA.

2007 ‘Bedford 50’ - Bedford, PA. - WoO.

2007 Best appearing car World 100 - Rossburg, OH.

2007 “NASCAR Night of Stars” – Lernerville Speedway - Saver, PA.

2007 ‘Cleveland Brothers MACS 35’- Lernerville Speedway - MACS.

2007 Buckeye Classic 50 - Hartford, OH. - WoO.

2007 ‘Great Northern Tour’ - Weedsport, NY.- WoO.

2007 ‘Gopher 50’ - Spring Valley, Minn.- WoO.

2007 Delaware Int. Speedway - Delmar, DE. - WoO.

2007 I-96 Speedway - Lake Odessa, Mich. - WoO.

2006

2006 Priority Care RaceFAN 50 - McKean County Raceway - ULMS

2006 WoO - Tri-City Speedway - Franklin, PA.

2006 Star Spangled 50 - Weedsport, NY.- WoO.

2006 Buckeye Classic 50 - Orrville, OH. - WoO.

2006 25th Annual Stanley Schetrompf Memorial - Hagerstown, MD.

2006 UMP Volusia Speedway - Florida Season Opener - UMP.

2006 UMP Golden Isle Speedway - Georgia Season Opener - UMP.

2005

2005 25th Annual Sharon Nationals - Sharon Speedway - MACS.

2005 Advance Auto Parts 50 – Rolling Wheels Speedway - WoO.

2005 Advanced Auto Parts 60 – Lernerville Speedway - WoO.

2005 World of Outlaw Late Model – Fulton Speedway - WoO.

2005 “Purvis Brothers 50” – Lernerville Speedway - MACS.

2004

2004 34th Annual World 100 Champion.

2004 National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame

Inductee Class of 2004 Masters II Category.

2004 First World of Outlaw Late Model win - Lernerville Speedway.

2003

2003 First Renegade Champion to win Championship 4 Years in a row.

2003 OUTERWEARS CO.,INC. "Hard Charger" Award

2003 Bill's Dirt Late Models Driver of the Year

2003 Tyler County Speedway - Hillbilly 100

2003 East Bay Speedway - Tampa Fla. - 2003 Winter Nationals

2003 Brushcreek Motorsports Complex - "Battle At Brushcreek 50"

2003 Raceway 7 - "Jay's Auto Wrecking 50"

2003 McKean County Raceway - "Hazen Jordan Memorial 50"

2003 I 79 Speedway - (2) - " WV. State Championship Series Races"

2002

         2002 Florence Speedway – “North South 100” – UDTRA Racing Series
         2002 Florence Speedway – “North South 50” - Renegade DirtCar Series.
         2002 Portsmouth Raceway - " Cornett Clash 100" - Renegade DirtCar Series
         2002 Volusia County Speedway 50 lap 31st Annual Winter Nationals.

2002 Best appearing stock car Motorsports Show Fort Washington, Pa.

2001

         2001 Won 6 Renegade Stars Racing Series events.
         2001 Won 2000 ISKY RACING CAMS Fast Dash Award (STARS)
         2001 Borla Exhaust Dash King Award.
         2001 Pittsburgher 100 Champion.
         2001 Won "54th Anniversary 50" Hagerstown, MD.
         2001 Won 4 United Dirt Track Association (UDTRA) events.
         2001 Won 6th Annual Silver Cup Nationals Hagerstown, Md.

1997 - 2000

        2000 11 Feature wins on the Mid Atlantic Championship Series (MACS)
        2000 Won the Carrera "Challenge the Clock" Award (STARS)
        2000 Borla Performance Heat race point winner (STARS)
        2000 2 wins Hav-A-Tampa Series (UDTRA) events.
        2000 Won “The Mountain Dew 100” Portsmouth, Oh.
        2000 Won "Mason-Dixon Championship 50" Bedford, PA.
        1999 Won "3rd Annual Buckeye Classic 50" Orrville,Oh.
        1999 Won "Glockner Firecracker 100" Portsmouth, Oh.
        1998 “October Fest” Late Model Champion Hagerstown, Md.
        1998 “Winchester 200” winner Mid Atlantic Championship Series (MACS)
        1997 6 Feature wins on the Mid Atlantic Championship Series (MACS)

World of Outlaws Circuit Results:

Finished 2nd in World of Outlaws Circuit in 2007.
Finished 5th in World of Outlaws Circuit in 2005.
Finished 6th in World of Outlaws Circuit in 2004.

STARS Circuit Results:

Finished 2nd in STARS Circuit in 1999.
Finished 3rd in STARS Circuit in 1990 & 1993.
Finished 4th in STARS Circuit in 1991.

Chub Frank Racing

982 Lottsville Niobe Rd.

Bear Lake, PA 16402

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