Scott Wimmer
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| Born: | January 26, 1976 | |
| Birthplace: | Wausau, Wisconsin | |
| Achievements: | — | |
| Awards: | ||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics | ||
| Car #, Team | #33 - Richard Childress Racing | |
| 2003 Sprint Cup Position: | 38th | |
| Best Cup Position: | 27th - 2004 (NEXTEL Cup) | |
| First Race: | 2000 NAPA 500 (Atlanta) | |
| Last Race: | 2007 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 3 | 0 |
| NASCAR Nationwide Series Statistics | ||
| Car #, Team | #21/#29 - Richard Childress Racing and #77 - Kevin Harvick Incorporated |
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| 2003 NNS Position: | 9th | |
| Best NNS Position: | 3rd - 2002 | |
| First Race: | 2000 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis) | |
| First Win: | 2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 200 (Dover) | |
| Last Win: | 2008 Pepsi 300 (Nashville) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 6 | 56 | 1 |
| Statistics current as of March 22nd, 2008. | ||
Scott Wimmer of Wausau, Wisconsin was born January 26, 1976. He is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver who shares the #29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing with Jeff Burton, and has driven a few select races in the #21 AutoZone car for RCR and the #77 Dollar General car for Kevin Harvick Incorporated. His brother Chris Wimmer competed in the Busch Series.
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[edit] Youth
Scott competed in the United States National Junior Olympics in downhill and slalom skiing at age 14, and finished 13th of the 150 competitors. Wimmer's father owned Scott's uncle Larry Detjens' racing team.[1] Detjens was a champion late model racer who competed at Slinger Super Speedway and Wisconsin International Raceway. Detjens had a race named after him after his death in 1981.
[edit] Pre-NASCAR Racing Career
Wimmer started racing at WausauSpeedway in Wisconsin in 1991 at age 15. He moved up through the ranks, and became a well-known driver in the Midwest. He moved down south, and in 1997 he was the Rookie of the Year in the Hooters Cup late model series. He later finished second for the Rookie of the Year in the American Speed Association (ASA) series.
[edit] NASCAR career
[edit] Nextel Cup Series
Wimmer made his Nextel Cup debut in 2000 with Bill Davis Racing at Atlanta. He qualified the #23 AT&T Pontiac in 31st position and would race to a finish of 22nd while leading nine laps during the race. He would return to Nextel Cup racing in 2002 driving in three of the eight races he attempted. He would post a best finish of 17th during the year driving mainly in the #27 Dodge. In 2003, he would race in six of his seven attempted races. His first three attempts came with a third Bill Davis Racing team, again using the #27. However, Ward Burton would leave the #22 Caterpillar Dodge early to get acquainted with his new team and Wimmer would finish the last four races for the #22 team. His rookie year of Nextel Cup racing would begin very well with a finish of third at the Daytona 500. However, he was only able to post one other top ten finish and would finish 27th in the overall point standings. He would again race the #22 Caterpillar Dodge in the 2005 season, but did not finish in the top ten in any of the 36 races. Wimmer would finish the year 32nd in points. Towards the end of the 2005 season it was stated that Wimmer would return again to the #22 team, however Dave Blaney left RCR and was selected as the 2006 driver. Wimmer would then go to the now defunct Morgan-McClure Motorsports to drive the #4 AERO Exhaust Chevrolet for the 2006 season. As of August 28th, Scott's best finish came at Bristol Motor Speedway earlier in the season were he finished 19th. On October 3, Eric McClure announced that Wimmer and Morgan-McClure would part ways a soon as Talladega with Ward Burton as his replacement. Wimmer signed a Busch/Cup contract for Richard Childress Racing which began in 2007; a move that could resurrect his career. In 2007 Wimmer drove the #33 Holiday Inn/Camping World Chevrolet, which is a R&D car for Richard Childress Racing, in select races and qualified 22nd for the 2007 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Wimmer would finish 31st in that race. RCR will be fielding the #33 full-time in 2009 with sponsorship from General Mills, who will be leaving the famous #43 Petty Enterprises Dodge at the end of 2008.
In April 2007, Wimmer filed a lawsuit against Bill Davis Racing for $1.2 million dollars. Wimmer says that BDR failed to give him enough notice that he would be fired as the #22 driver, in fact going as far as saying he would be back at the beginning of October 2005 (only to fire him 21 days later). The lawsuit is for what Wimmer would have been paid had he driven the 2006 season for BDR.[2]
[edit] Busch Series
Wimmer began racing the Busch Series in 2000 with Bill Davis Racing. He would attempt four races in the #20 AT&T Pontiac and make three of them with a top finish of 18th. He would then race the full season in 2001, driving the #23 Jani-King Pontiac to a best finish of third at Nashville. He would finish the season with two Top 5’s, eight Top 10’s and an overall points finish of 11th. He would race the full season again in 2002 with sponsorship from Siemens for only 18 races. New England Financial and AMI were able to sponsor Wimmer’s #23 Pontiac for two races, however Bill Davis would have to race the #23 in 14 races without a sponsor. Despite a lack of sponsor, Wimmer would have a career year and finish third in the point standings with wins at Dover, Memphis, Phoenix, and Homestead-Miami. During this season he would accumulate 11 Top 5’s and 17 Top 10’s. In 2003, Wimmer would again compete in all of the races for Bill Davis Racing with sponsorship this year from Stacker 2. He drove the #23 Stacker 2 Chevrolet to a ninth place points finish and was able to win a race at Pikes Peak. During the 2003 he was able to race to four Top 5 finishes and twelve Top 10 finishes. Wimmer would not return to the series until 2006, where he occasionally drove the #66 Ford for Brewco Motorsports. As of 2007 he drives the #29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing for weeks that Jeff Burton is taking off from the car. Wimmer won his first Busch Series pole in 2007 at Gateway International Raceway in the Busch Silver Celebration 250 with a time of 33.246 and a speed of 135.355.
Burton and Wimmer combined to win the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Owners Championship for Richard Childress Racing.
NATIONWIDE SERIES
March 22, 2008 Scott win's his first race of the season winning at the Pepsi 300 in Nashville Tennessee. Scott will race the better half of the 36 race schedule and still shares the ride with Jeff Burton. Nascar.com
[edit] Personal life
Scott is married to his wife Jody. They had a son named Hayden Phillip Wimmer on July 19, 2005.
[edit] References
- ^ "Wimmer the Latest Racing Prodigy for Mike Mittler, MB Motorsports", Brandon W. Mudd, MB Motorsports, Retrieved September 7, 2007
- ^ ESPN - Wimmer sues for $1.2M in unpaid '06 salary - Nascar
[edit] External links
- Scott Wimmer Official Website
- Official Wimmer Team Website
- Career statistics at racing-reference.info
| Richard Childress Racing | |
| Sprint Cup Drivers | Clint Bowyer (#07) | Kevin Harvick (#29) | Jeff Burton (#31) |
| Nationwide Series Drivers | Scott Wimmer (#29) |
| Driver development program Drivers | Austin Dillon | Ty Dillon | Stephen Leicht | Tim McCreadie |
| Partnerships and Affiliations | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Kevin Harvick Incorporated | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports | Rusty Wallace, Inc. | SKI Motorsports |
| Other | Richard Childress | Dale Earnhardt |
