Scott Wimmer

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Scott Wimmer
Born: January 26, 1976
Birthplace: Wausau, Wisconsin
Awards:
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics
Car #, Team #33 - Richard Childress Racing
2003 NEXTEL Cup Position: 38th
Best Cup Position: 27th - 2004 (NEXTEL Cup)
First Race: 2000 NAPA 500 (Atlanta)
First Win:
Last Win:
Wins Top Tens Poles
0 3 0
NASCAR Busch Series Statistics
Car #, Team 29 - Richard Childress Racing
2003 NBS Position: 9th
Best NBS Position: 3rd - 2002
First Race: 2000 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
First Win: 2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 200 (Dover)
Last Win: 2003 Trim Spa Dream Body 250 (Pikes Peak)
Wins Top Tens Poles
5 41 0
All stats current as of October 14, 2006.

Scott Wimmer of Wausau, Wisconsin was born January 26, 1976. He is a NASCAR Busch Series driver who shares the #29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing with Jeff Burton.

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[edit] Youth

Scott competed in the United States National Junior Olympics in downhill and slalom skiing at age 14, and finished 13th of the 150 competitors.

[edit] Pre-NASCAR Racing Career

Wimmer started racing at State Fair Park at Wausau, Wisconsin in 1991 at age 15. He moved up through the ranks, and became a well-known driver in the Midwest. He moved down south, and in 1997 he was the Rookie of the Year in the Hooters Cup late model series. He later finished second for the Rookie of the Year in the American Speed Association (ASA) series.

[edit] NASCAR career

[edit] Nextel Cup Series

Scott Wimmer (lower left) crashing during a Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2004.
Scott Wimmer (lower left) crashing during a Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2004.

Wimmer made his Nextel Cup debut in 2000 with Bill Davis Racing at Atlanta. He qualified the #23 AT&T Pontiac in 31st position and would race to a finish of 22nd while leading nine laps during the race. He would return to Nextel Cup racing in 2002 driving in three of the eight races he attempted. He would post a best finish of 17th during the year driving mainly in the #27 Dodge. In 2003, he would race in six of his seven attempted races. His first three attempts came with a third Bill Davis Racing team, again using the #27. However, Ward Burton would leave the #22 Caterpillar Dodge early to get acquainted with his new team and Wimmer would finish the last four races for the #22 team. His rookie year of Nextel Cup racing would begin very well with a finish of third at the Daytona 500. However, he was only able to post one other top ten finish and would finish 27th in the overall point standings. He would again race the #22 Caterpillar Dodge in the 2005 season, but did not finish in the top ten in any of the 36 races. Wimmer would finish the year 32nd in points. Towards the end of the 2005 season it was stated that Wimmer would return again to the #22 team, however Dave Blaney became available and was selected as the 2006 driver. Wimmer would then go to Morgan-McClure Motorsports to drive the #4 AERO Exhaust Chevrolet for the 2006 season. As of August 28th, Scott's best finsh came at Bristol Motor Speedway earlier in the season were he finished 19th. On October 3, Eric Mclure announced that Wimmer and Morgan-McClure would part ways a soon as Talladega. Wimmer has signed a Busch/Cup contract for Richard Childress Racing for 2007 in a move that could ressurect his career.

[edit] Busch Series

Wimmer began racing the Busch Series in 2000 with Bill Davis Racing. He would attempt four races in the #20 AT&T Pontiac and make three of them with a top finish of 18th. He would then race the full season in 2001, driving the #23 Jani-King Pontiac to a best finish of third at Nashville. He would finish the season with two Top 5’s, eight Top 10’s and an overall points finish of 11th. He would race the full season again in 2002 with sponsorship from Siemens for only 18 races. New England Financial and AMI were able to sponsor Wimmer’s #23 Pontiac for two races, however Bill Davis would have to race the #23 in 14 races without a sponsor. Despite a lack of sponsor, Wimmer would have a career year and finish third in the point standings with wins at Dover, Memphis, Phoenix, and Homestead-Miami. During this season he would accumulate 11 Top 5’s and 17 Top 10’s. In 2003, Wimmer would again compete in all of the races for Bill Davis Racing with sponsorship this year from Stacker 2. He drove the #23 Stacker 2 Chevrolet to a ninth place points finish and was able to win a race at Pikes Peak. During the 2003 he was able to race to four Top 5 finishes and twelve Top 10 finishes. Wimmer would not return to the series until 2006, where he is currently driving the #66 Ford for Brewco Motorsports.

[edit] Personal life

Scott is married to his wife Jody. They had a son named Hayden Phillip Wimmer on July 19, 2005.

[edit] External links

Richard Childress Racing
NEXTEL Cup Drivers Clint Bowyer (#07) | Kevin Harvick (#29) | Jeff Burton (#31)
Busch Series Drivers Timothy Peters (#21) | Scott Wimmer (#29)
Driver development program Drivers Ryan Foster | Jessica Helberg | Tim McCreadie | Brandon Miller
Partnerships and Affiliations Kevin Harvick Incorporated | JR Motorsports | Marsh Racing | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports
Other Richard Childress | Dale Earnhardt
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