Mike Stefanik

Mike 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. 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.

References

↑ "Mike Stefanik". Racing Reference. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

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

v t e 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.

Nationwide 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 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse, Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson

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

Persondata
Name	Stefanik, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American racing driver
Date of birth	May 20, 1958
Place of birth	Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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