Mike Stefanik

Born

May 20, 1958
Wilbraham, Massachusetts, U.S.

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

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)

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)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	1	0

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)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	10	0

Statistics current as of March 25, 2013.

Michael Stefanik (born May 20, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently races in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. A seven-time champion in the series, 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.

Racing career

From 1989 to 1998, Stefanik won four championships in the 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.

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 championships in the same year.

Stefanik was nominated for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2015 and 2016.^[2]^[3]

"Just Bullshit"

In 2013, Stefanik competed in the inaugural UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway. On the final lap, he was leading until he was turned by Steve Park; he finished 13th in the race. Afterwards, when Speed reporter Ray Dunlap arrived to interview him, Stefanik angrily stated he is "that freaking pissed. This is just bullshit." The interview was subsequently aired on The Jay Leno Show.[2]

Awards

1999 Riverside Park Hall of Fame inductee
1998 Northeast Motorsports Expo Touring Series Driver of the Year
Two-time Trackside Magazine Driver of the Year (1997–98)
1998 NASCAR WMT Bud Pole Award champion
10 NASCAR BES wins (19991-98) (9th all-time)
1997 NEMPA Northeastern Driver of the Year
1997 Motorsports Media of Maine & New Hampshire Touring Series Driver of the Year
1997 TNN Short Track Racer of the Year
1997 AARWBA Auto Racing All American Team, Second Team
1997 NASCAR WMT Gatorade Half-way champion
1997 NASCAR BES Gatorade Half-way champion
1997 NASCAR BES Busch Pole Award champion
1995 Speedway Scene Racer of the Year
13 Riverside Park Modified wins (1980-1995) (tied for 23rd all-time w/ S.J. Evonsion) (9 winning seasons)
1990 Pocono Race of Champions winner
1987 Riverside Park Modified champion
1986 Stafford Modified champion
1982 Riverside Park Pro Stock champion
1980 Stafford Modified Rookie of the Year
1979 Stafford Limited Sportsman Most Popular Driver
1979 Stafford Limited Sportsman champion
1979 Stafford Limited Sportsman champion

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

NASCAR Busch Series results
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	28	29	30	31	32	NBGNC	Pts
1992		74	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA 8	TAL	IRP	ROU	MCH											67th	260
1992		14	Chevy																							NHA 15	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY		67th	260
1993	Ling Racing Enterprises	6	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH 15	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN 29	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA 39	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	ROU	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL					NC²	0
1994	Rexrode Galiano Motorsports	1	Ford	DAY 44	CAR	RCH 33	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU																								73rd	192
		11	Chevy										NHA 41
		14												NZH 16	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR
		1																									RCH 22	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR
1995	Mountain Racing	09	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA 41	NZH 41	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM							NC²	0
1996	H & H Motorsports	51	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NZH 14	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM							NC²	0
1997	H & H Motorsports	51	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA	NZH 33	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAL	CAR	HOM			NC²	0
1998	Andretti-Laird Racing	96	Pontiac	DAY	CAR 35	LVS 32	NSV DNQ	DAR DNQ	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA																							92nd	125
1998	H & H Motorsports	51	Chevy											NZH 39	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM		92nd	125
1999	Prime Performance Motorsports	05	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 22	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	109th	102
2000	GTS Motorsports	90	Chevy	DAY	CAR DNQ	LVS	ATL	DAR 23	BRI 20	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH DNQ	NHA	CLT 39	DOV DNQ	SBO	MYB	GLN 31	MLW	NZH 13	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI 20	DAR DNQ	RCH DNQ	DOV 41	CLT DNQ	CAR DNQ	MEM DNQ	PHO	HOM 18	56th	689

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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	Phelon Motorsports	66	Ford	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

↑
↑ "NASCAR HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2015". NASCAR Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
↑ "NASCAR HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2016". NASCAR Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

External links

Mike Stefanik driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dave Dion	NASCAR Busch North Series champion 1997, 1998	Succeeded by Brad Leighton
Preceded by Tony Hirschman	NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion 2006	Succeeded by Donny Lia
Preceded by Jerry Marquis	NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series champion 2001, 2002	Succeeded by Todd Szegedy
Preceded by Tony Hirschman	NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series champion 1997, 1998	Succeeded by Tony Hirschman
Preceded by Jamie Tomaino	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour champion 1991	Succeeded by Jeff Fuller
Preceded by Mike McLaughlin	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour champion 1989	Succeeded by Jamie Tomaino
Achievements
Preceded by Greg Biffle	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Kurt Busch

NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt 1957: Rush 1958: Rollins 1959: R. Petty 1960: D. Pearson 1961: Wilson 1962: Cox 1963: Wade 1964: Cooper 1965: McQuagg 1966: Hylton 1967: Do. Allison 1968: P. Hamilton 1969: Brooks 1970: Dennis 1971: Ballard 1972: L. Smith 1973: Pond 1974: Ross 1975: B. Hill 1976: Manning 1977: Rudd 1978: Thomas 1979: Earnhardt 1980: Ridley 1981: R. Bouchard 1982: G. Bodine 1983: Marlin 1984: R. Wallace 1985: Schrader 1986: Kulwicki 1987: Da. Allison 1988: K. Bouchard 1989: Trickle 1990: Moroso 1991: B. Hamilton 1992: Hensley 1993: Gordon 1994: J. Burton 1995: Craven 1996: Benson 1997: Skinner 1998: Irwin 1999: Stewart 2000: Kenseth 2001: Harvick 2002: Newman 2003: McMurray 2004: Kahne 2005: Ky. Busch 2006: Hamlin 2007: Montoya 2008: R. Smith 2009: Logano 2010: Conway 2011: Lally 2012: Leicht 2013: Stenhouse Jr. 2014: K. Larson 2015: B. Moffitt 2016: C. Elliott

Xfinity Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn Jr. 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson 2014: C. Elliott 2015: D. Suárez 2016: E. Jones

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney 2014: B. Kennedy 2015: E. Jones 2016: W. Byron

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