Lance Hooper

Lance Allen Hooper (born June 1, 1967 in Palmdale, California) is a race car driver in NASCAR as well as several touring divisions. Hooper attended his first race when he was just two weeks old, and also came from a long line of racing champions, including his uncle, father, and brother. Hooper currently serves as the driver and crew chief of the #44 Key Motorsports Chevy in the Craftsman Truck Series.

Hooper first began racing in 1990 in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, and was named Rookie of the Year at Saugus Speedway. He went on to win the track championship there the next two years. Following that stint, Hooper moved up to the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series, and won seven races in his first year on the circuit, then won the championship in 1995. In addition to his success on Raceday, he won the pole award sixteen times, the Most Popular Driver award as well as breaking many track records.

After that, he moved to the NASCAR Winston West Series. In 1996, he won five races, as well as both the championship and the Rookie of the Year points title. That year, he made his Winston Cup debut as well, running the Dura Lube 500 and finishing 33rd in his own Pontiac. He soon caught the eye of owner Richard Jackson, owner of Precision Products Racing, and the two ran six races together in 1997 in an undeclared Rookie of the Year bid in the Winston Cup Series. In 1998, the two made an abbreviated bid at the Busch Series championship, running 16 races and finishing in the top-20 three times.

Hooper did not run much in 1999. He ran one Busch Series race for Jackson, and made an unsuccessful qualifying attempt for the Brickyard 400 with Fenley-Moore Motorsports. returned to the sport regularly in 2000, running 13 races in the Craftsman Truck Series for Marty Walsh (his best finish was 15th) and four races for Alumni Motorsports in the Busch Series, including an outside pole qualifying run. Hooper made 18 Truck Series races in 2001, and had a tenth-place finish at Nazareth Speedway. Hooper also re-united with Jackson competed in a Cup race at Dover for Dark Horse Motorsports. He ran every truck race in 2002, despite switching from Ware Racing Enterprises to Team Racing mid-season. Hooper ran his most recent Cup race to date that year, finishing 31st at Bristol Motor Speedway for Junie Donlavey. In 2003, Hooper began running his own entry in the Truck Series with fan-based sponsorships. He finished 24th in points that year. Hooper ran five races with ThorSport Racing, and had two top-twenty finishes in the #13 Microtel/Vassarette Silverado. He did not race again for five years, choosing to become a crew chief at the Truck level, working with ThorSport and Key Motorsports. He returned to the driver's seat in 2009 in the Trucks to drive the #44 entry for his then-employer, Key Motorsports, before finishing the year at Tagsby Racing.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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	33	34	35	36	NWCC	Pts
1996	Golden West Motorsports	07	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON DNQ	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO 33	ATL						61st	64
1997	Ranier-Walsh Racing	20	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR DNQ	SON 42	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND																		48th	402
1997	Precision Products Racing	1	Pontiac																				GLN 24	MCH 34	BRI 24	DAR 35	RCH 33	NHA DNQ	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL					48th	402
1998	Precision Products Racing	14	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	CLT	DOV	RCH	MCH	POC	SON	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	DAY	PHO	CAR	ATL				NA	-
1999	Fenley-Moore Motorsports	62	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			NA	-
2001	Dark Horse Motorsports	47	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV DNQ	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV DNQ	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM			69th	37
2001	Dark Horse Motorsports	47	Chevy																																			ATL 42	NHA	69th	37
2002	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI 31	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	74th	70

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	33	34	NBGNC	Pts
1998	Precision Products Racing	23	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR DNQ	LVS	NSV	DAR 27	BRI 16	TEX 25	HCY	TAL	NHA 41	NZH	CLT 24	DOV 39	RCH 39	PPR	GLN 21	MLW 17	MYB	CAL 25	SBO	IRP 17	MCH 30	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT DNQ	GTY	CAR	ATL 34	HOM				44th	1059
1999	Precision Products Racing	23	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR	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 DNQ	CLT	CAR DNQ	MEM	PHO 32	HOM			119th	67
2000	Alumni Motorsports	0	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL DNQ	RCH DNQ	NHA	CLT 43	DOV 38	SBO 18	MYB DNQ	GLN	MLW 39	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM			79th	238
2001	Whitaker Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW 41	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH												134th	46
	Big Fan Racing	89	Pontiac																								BRI 39	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM
	MacDonald Motorsports	75	Chevy																															PHO DNQ	CAR	HOM
2002	Big Fan Racing	89	Chevy	DAY	CAR DNQ	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV 23	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	100th	94
2004	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX 35	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	134th	58

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts
1997	Gloy Racing	55	Ford	WDW	TUS DNQ	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS	NA	-
2000	Raptor Performance Motorsports	9	Ford	DAY DNQ	HOM 18	PHO 16	MMR 31	MAR 28	PIR 30	GTY 20	MEM 16	PPR 27	EVG	TEX	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA 29	NZH	MCH 28	IRP 32	NSV	CIC 33	RCH						28th	1199
2000		19																							DOV 15	TEX	CAL			28th	1199
2001		9		DAY DNQ	HOM 15	MMR 12	MAR 24	GTY																						19th	1720
	Sonntag Racing	73	Chevy						DAR 30	PPR 16	DOV 16	TEX 15	MEM 22			KEN 36	NHA	IRP		CIC 14	NZH 10	RCH 17	SBO	TEX 26	LVS 31
	ThorSport Racing	22	Chevy											MLW 35	KAN
	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy																NSH 12
	Team 23 Racing	23	Chevy																							PHO 36
	Impact Motorsports	25	Chevy																								CAL 33
2002	Ware Racing Enterprises	5	Dodge	DAY 22	DAR 16	MAR 16	GTY 13	PPR 18	DOV 16	TEX 15	MEM 16	MLW 30	KAN 34	KEN 19	NHA 29															20th	2121
	Team 23 Racing	23	Chevy													MCH 20	IRP 17
	Team Racing	86	Chevy															NSH 19	RCH 18	TEX 29	SBO 16	LVS 26	CAL 34	PHO 36	HOM 31
2003	Team Racing	86	Chevy	DAY 20	DAR	MMR	MAR																							24th	1191
	Fans Motorsports	01	Ford					CLT 27	DOV		MEM 32	MLW	KAN 32	KEN 31	GTW 33	MCH 27	IRP	NSH	BRI 26	RCH 31	NHA 30	CAL 32	LVS 33	SBO 31	TEX 33	MAR 32	PHO 24	HOM DNQ
	Fasscore Motorsports	9	Ford							TEX 35
2004	ThorSport Racing	13	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV 33	TEX 19	MEM 25	MLW	KAN 22	KEN	GTW	MCH 20	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH DNQ	NHA	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM		43rd	458
2009	Key Motorsports	44	Chevy	DAY 35	CAL 36	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW										48th	329
	Tagsby Racing	65	Chevy																		GTW 35	NHA				TEX DNQ	PHO
	Tagsby Racing	73	Chevy																				LVS 23	MAR	TAL			HOM 33

References

External links

Official website
Lance Hooper driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Doug George	NASCAR Winston West Series champion 1996	Succeeded by Butch Gilliland
Preceded by Steve Portenga	NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour champion 1995	Succeeded by Chris Raudman