Chub Frank

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

   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 race shop was constructed in 2004 after a devastating fire destroyed Chub’s former race shop. The race program includes Rocket Chassis Chevrolet Monte Carlos, powered by Custom Racing Engines, complete pit and shop equipment and a team hauler consisting of a Kenworth Wild-Side 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…

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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.

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