Steve Portenga

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Steven Portenga

Born

May 22, 1970
Sparks, Nevada, United States

Achievements

1994 and 1998 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion

NASCAR Nationwide Series career

1 race(s) run over 1 year(s)

Best finish

137th – 1999

First race

1999 NAPA Autocare 250 (Pikes Peak)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career

48 race(s) run over 4 year(s)

Best finish

13th – 1995

First race

1995 Racing Champions 200 (Tucson)

Last race

2002 Ford 200 (Homestead)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	5	0

Statistics current as of December 24, 2011.

Steve Portenga(pronounced Port-en-GAY) is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series. He won the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour championship in 1994 and 1998.

Portenga won his first racing championship in 1991 at Silver State Raceway in the Winston Racing Series. In 1995, he competed full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series, winning one pole and finishing in the top-ten three times, finishing 13th in points. He ran six races the following year, his best finish 15th at Phoenix International Raceway. In 1999, he made his Busch Series debut at Pikes Peak International Raceway, finishing 41st in a Sterling Marlin-owned car. He also attempted to make his Winston Cup debut at Sears Point International Raceway, but failed to qualify.

In 2001, he returned to the trucks, running two races for MacDonald Motorsports and one race in his own truck, finishing fourteenth at Kansas Speedway. He ran two races the next year, posting two top-tens. He attempted Phoenix with Ware Racing Enterprises in the Cup series, but missed the race.

External links

Steve Portenga driver statistics at Racing Reference
Steve Portenga Driver Card

Sporting positions
Preceded by Brian Germone	NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion 1998	Succeeded by Kurt Busch
Preceded by Ron Hornaday, Jr	NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion 1994	Succeeded by Lance Hooper

Persondata
Name	Portenga, Steve
Alternative names
Short description	American stock car driver
Date of birth	May 22, 1970
Place of birth	Sparks, Nevada, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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