| Mike Garvey | |||||||
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| Born | September 13, 1962 | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
| 13 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| 2006 position | 60th | ||||||
| Best finish | 48th 2005 | ||||||
| First race | 2005 Golden Corral 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
| Last race | 2006 Pocono 500 (Pocono) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series career | |||||||
| 21 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 42nd - 1994 | ||||||
| First race | 1993 Havoline 250 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
| Last race | 2004 Funai 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 38 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | #38 - RSS Racing | ||||||
| 2011 position | 31st | ||||||
| Best finish | 28th - 2010 | ||||||
| First race | 1998 Yellow Freight 200 (I-70) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 20, 2011. | |||||||
Mike Garvey (born September 13, 1962 in Muskegon, Michigan) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He formerly drove the #51 Marthon Oil Chevy for Competitive Edge Motorsports in the Nextel Cup Series. He was a long-time competitor in the American Speed Association.
Garvey has participated in races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Busch Series, and NEXTEL Cup since 1993. He has participated in three or less races each year except for the 1994 Busch Series and the 2005 NEXTEL Cup Series drving the #66 Peak Fitness Ford. His best career NEXTEL Cup finish is a 25th place finish at the 2005 Pocono Raceway.
During the 2006 season, Mike Garvey made four Nextel Cup starts for Competitive Edge Motorsports owned by Joe Auer. His best finish was 38 twice, at Texas Motor Speedway and California Speedway. The team suddenly shut down in August 2006 due to increased competition and sold its equipment off on eBay and folded. Marathon Oil, their former sponsor, went to Petty Enterprises.
In 2007 Mike Garvey drove the Jani-King sponsored #17 Monte Carlo in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Southern Division series for WJP Motorsports.
Mike has been serving as the Crew Chief for NASCAR Truck Series driver Ryan Sieg in 2010. He has also competed as a teammate to Sieg on several occasions garnering a best finish of 14th at Taladaga Speedway. Mike also has been racing for Tracy Goodson Motorsports on his off weekends from the truck series.
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