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A. J. Frank

American racing driver

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ131746403 ↗
Source-derived summary

A. J. Frank (born September 22, 1974 [Evermere]) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has competed in the NASCAR Busch Series, the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series, and the ARCA Racing Series.

Frank has also previously competed in the NASCAR Busch North Series, the NASCAR Southeast Series, the NASCAR Southwest Series, and the X-1R Pro Cup Series.

Motorsports results

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

Busch North Series

Goody's Dash Series

ARCA Racing Series

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

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “A. J. Frank” as american racing driver. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974-09-22. The account is most persuasive where Frank, American and racing can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “A. J. Frank” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.