Born and raised in Supply, North Carolina, 24-year-old Chad McCumbee began his racing career at the young age of 10. Chad started out on the dirt tracks behind the wheel of a go-kart. He sat on the pole in only his second time out and became a winner shortly there after. Chad co-starred in the ESPN movie "3" as Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2003 – youngest rookie ever to win at Myrtle Beach Speedway in Late Model Stock Division
2004 – First ARCA series start at Michigan Int’l Speedway