James Finch is the owner of Phoenix Construction, a construction company that specializes in airport construction.
13 Facts About James Finch
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James Finch owned Phoenix Racing until late 2013 when he sold the team to Harry Scott.
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James Finch is the father of ARCA Menards Series driver Jake Finch.
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James Finch was arrested on March 18,2021 in Lynn Haven, Florida in correlation to federal indictments of the city's former mayor, Margo Anderson and former city attorney, Adam Albritton on August 18,2020 who were both charged with more than 60 crimes each and former city manager, Michael White who was indicted in 2019 on federal charges of his own.
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James Finch was found not guilty in 2023 after a jury trial on all charges, after the first trial ended in a hung jury.
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James Finch won a $1.7 million contract in the 1990s to build a pipeline across St Andrew Bay that would carry away sewage from a nearby paper mill.
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James Finch received a notice of non-compliance on May 25,2000, but James Finch and Phoenix were eventually cleared of responsibility after the work was corrected in 2005.
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James Finch was fined $1.7 million by the DEP for permit violations in 2010, and the incident led to suits filed between James Finch and the airport authority.
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James Finch began his racing team with driver Jeff Purvis in dirt oval track racing.
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James Finch moved to NASCAR in 1989 in the Busch Series and then Winston Cup Series racing.
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James Finch announced in 2013 that he was leaving the sport after failing to find consistent sponsorship for the past three seasons.
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In 2014, James Finch partnered with the renamed HScott Motorsports to field an entry in the Daytona 500 for Bobby Labonte, with Labonte driving to a 15th-place finish.
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James Finch returned to NASCAR sponsorship in 2015, when Phoenix Construction sponsored the No 98 for the Daytona 500.