Mike Stefanik
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| Mike Stefanik | |||||||
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| Born | May 20, 1958 Wilbraham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Achievements | 1989 Winston Modified Tour Champion 1991 Winston Modified Tour Champion 1997 Featherlite Modified Series Champion 1998 Featherlite Modified Series Champion 2001 Featherlite Modified Series Champion 2002 Featherlite Modified Series Champion 2006 Whelen Modified Tour Champion 1997 Busch North Series Champion 1998 Busch North Series Champion |
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| Awards | 1999 Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 1997, 1998, 2001 Featherlite Modified Series Most Popular Driver 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004 Busch North Series Most Popular Driver Named one of the "NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 Drivers" (2003) |
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 26 races run over 9 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 56th (2000) | ||||||
| First race | 1992 Budweiser 300 (Loudon) | ||||||
| Last race | 2000 Miami 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 26 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 13th (1999) | ||||||
| First race | 1998 Sam's Town 250 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last race | 1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Fontana) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 25, 2013. | |||||||
Michael Stefanik (born May 20, 1958, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts) is a NASCAR driver.[1] He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #22 Chevrolet. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. [1] His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing only Richie Evans. In 2006, Stefanik tied the late Evans with nine overall championships in NASCAR-sanctioned competitions including the unique situation in 1997 and 1998 when he won both the Modified and Busch North Series (now known as the Camping World East series) championships in the same year. He is also the career wins leader of the series with 69.
From 1989 to 1998, Stefanik won four championships in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, and was also an accomplished Busch North driver, winning the 1997 and 1998 titles. In doing so, he became the first driver to win two NASCAR championships in consecutive years; Lee Petty is the only other person to have won two championships in one year. Following those seasons, Stefanik moved up to the Craftsman Truck Series, racing for Dale Phelon and finishing in the top ten nine times during 1999, achieving Rookie of the Year honors. After that, though, Phelon's team left the series, and Stefanik moved back to the Modified and Busch North tours in 2001. He won three more Modified titles in 2001, 2002 and 2006.
Motorsports career 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
Craftsman Truck Series
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | NCTC | Pts | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | Phelon Motorsports | 66 | Ford | WDW | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | GLN | TEX | BRI | MLW | NZH | CAL | PPR | IRP | NHA | FLM | NSV | HPT | LVL | RCH | MEM | GTY | MAR | SON | MMR | PHO | LVS 8 |
49th | 142 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | HOM 2 |
PHO 13 |
EVG 24 |
MMR 14 |
MAR 12 |
MEM 11 |
PPR 11 |
I70 7 |
BRI 22 |
TEX 28 |
PIR 13 |
GLN 11 |
MLW 13 |
NSV 8 |
NZH 8 |
MCH 7 |
NHA 13 |
IRP 16 |
GTY 6 |
HPT 10 |
RCH 16 |
LVS 32 |
LVL 9 |
TEX 31 |
CAL 9 |
13th | 3074 | |||||||||||||||||
2 Competed only in companion events with Busch North Series as BNS driver and ineligible for Busch Series points
References
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External links
- Mike Stefanik driver statistics at Racing-Reference
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | NASCAR Busch North Series champion 1997, 1998 |
Succeeded by Brad Leighton |
| Preceded by | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Donny Lia |
| Preceded by | NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series champion 2001, 2002 |
Succeeded by Todd Szegedy |
| Preceded by | NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series champion 1997, 1998 |
Succeeded by Tony Hirschman |
| Preceded by | NASCAR Winston Modified Tour champion 1991 |
Succeeded by Jeff Fuller |
| Preceded by | NASCAR Winston Modified Tour champion 1989 |
Succeeded by Jamie Tomaino |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 1999 |
Succeeded by Kurt Busch |
