Donnie Levister

Donnie Levister
Born (1976-04-10) April 10, 1976
Winnsboro, South Carolina
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Truck no., team No. 83 (Copp Motorsports)
No. 44 (Faith Motorsports)
First race 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2017 Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 17, 2017.

Donnie Levister (born April 19, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 83 Chevrolet Silverado for Copp Motorsports.

Racing career

Early years

Levister began his racing career on dirt tracks[1] near his hometown of Winnsboro, South Carolina.[2]

Camping World Truck Series

Partnering with Faith Motorsports to try and make his first NASCAR race, Levister announced that he wanted to attempt at least 15 races of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule.[3] In his first attempt, he was forced to withdraw at Martinsville Speedway and the team scaled back its schedule, later Faith Motorsports partner with Mike Harmon Racing and his No. 74 truck to be higher in owner points, but Levister failed to qualify in the same way at Iowa Speedway.[4][5][6] The season did not get any better from there on out as two more withdrawals and failing to qualify for a race[7] left Levister in search of his first series start at the end of 2016.

Levister found a ride for the 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville with Copp Motorsports, a team new to the Truck series in 2017. Driving their No. 83 Chevrolet Silverado, Levister qualified 30th[8] before falling out with brake problems after 100 laps,[9] leading to a 30th-place finish.[10] Meanwhile, after the Martinsville race Faith Motorsports purchased the No. 44 entry of Martins Motorsports and the team has hinted that Levister will drive the truck in future races; however Levister was ineligible to race in tracks with a length ofmore than 1.3 mile until Gateway, so Matt Mills replaced him at Kansas, Charlotte and Dover.

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Drivers - Faith Motorsports | NASCAR Camping World Series Race Team". Faith Motorsports | NASCAR Camping World Series Race Team. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  2. ↑ "Donnie Levister". Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. ↑ "NCWTS: Faith Motorsports To Make Series Debut at Martinsville – Rubbings Racing". rubbingsracing.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. ↑ "TRUCKS: Christopher Bell scores first Truck Series last for #4 since 2006". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Paint Schemes". www.jayski.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  6. ↑ "Dirt track veteran, Donnie Levister to drive the No. 62 Property Pro’s Tundra at Eldora Speedway". Shawn Magee Design | Graphic Design | Web Design. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  7. ↑ "Driver Donnie Levister 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  8. ↑ "Donnie Levister". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  9. ↑ "Donnie Levister Results & Event Log". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  10. ↑ "Donnie Levister Stats - Season & Career Statistics". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
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