Scott Wimmer

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Scott Allan Wimmer (born January 26, 1976) is an American former professional

Youth

Wimmer competed in the United States National Junior Olympics in downhill and slalom skiing at age 14, and finished 13th of the 150 competitors. His father began as the owner of his uncle Larry Detjens' racing team.

. Detjens had a race named after him after his death in 1981.

Pre-NASCAR racing career

Wimmer started racing at State Park Speedway in Wausau, 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 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 in 2000. He began the season with no sponsor for his family-owned team, but was able to run the full season after winning the first two races of the year. He also made his Winston Cup debut.

NASCAR career

2000–2005

Wimmer made his NASCAR debut in 2000, when he was signed to drive the No. 20

race that weekend. The qualifying session was rained out for that race, and he was able to take his No. 23 car and enter in the Cup race. He finished 22nd and led nine laps in that race.

He was named Davis' permanent driver of the No. 23

-sponsored car at Talladega earning a season's best finish of 17th.

Wimmer got full-time sponsorships from

.

At the end of the season, Wimmer was named the full-time driver for

2006–2011

Wimmer joined

. Wimmer had four top-ten finishes, culminating the Busch season 29th in points.

In

), finishing 31st after a pit road accident damaged his car.

In 2008, Wimmer increased his second-tier schedule by running 22 races in the No. 29

.

Due to the lack of a sponsorship, he was released from Childress and he spent the 2009 season splitting time between the No. 5 Fastenal-sponsored Chevy for

. Outside of his NASCAR endeavors, Wimmer and his father bought and made major improvements to State Park Speedway in Wausau, WI, in the fall of 2009.

In 2010, Wimmer decided to only drive high quality equipment in the

but crashed out. In 2010, Wimmer had three Top 10 finishes in six races and led laps in five of the races he ran.

Wimmer started the 2011

(2 races) and McDonald Motorsports (1 race). Despite only running 21 of 34 races, Wimmer used six Top 20 finishes to help him to finish 25th in points.

Wimmer was also able to run a few

but he failed to qualify for either race.

After NASCAR

In 2012, Wimmer partnered with Russ Blakeley, Jim Budzinski and Kurt Wise to form

.

In early 2014, Coughlin was signed by

.

On July 26, Wimmer returned to driving when he drove Coughlin's No. 1 JEGS Late Model in the 34th annual Larry Detjens Memorial 125 at his State Park Speedway. He started 16th and finished 13th.

Wimmer continued to help guide Coughlin in 2015. Coughlin drove the No. 55

Michigan

to a 20th-place finish.

Wimmer remained Coughlin's spotter/coach in 2016 when he drove 9 races for

Wimmer and Coughlin's association would end in January 2017 when Coughlin joined ThorSport Racing. ThorSport's former driver Terry Cook assumed the role of spotter/coach for Coughlin when he joined the team.^[6]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

Sprint 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	NSCC	Pts	Ref
2000	Bill Davis Racing	23	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL 22			74th	0	[7]
2002	Bill Davis Racing	27	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI DNQ	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI 40	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV DNQ	KAN		CLT DNQ	MAR	ATL DNQ	CAR	PHO 42	HOM	56th	192	[8]
		23																															TAL 17
2003		27	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI 24	DAR	RCH	NHA 24	DOV DNQ	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR					48th	599	[9]
		22	Dodge																																	ATL 32	PHO 9	CAR 26	HOM 12
2004				DAY 3	CAR 15	LVS 39	ATL 27	DAR 16	BRI 13	TEX 33	MAR 29	TAL 18	CAL 30	RCH 30	CLT 28	DOV 9	POC 35	MCH 14	SON 25	DAY 32	CHI 23	NHA 18	POC 11	IND 32	GLN 19	MCH 18	BRI 36	CAL 21	RCH 38	NHA 36	DOV 23	TAL 31	KAN 36	CLT 26	MAR 20	ATL DNQ	PHO 26	DAR 22	HOM 13	27th	3198	[10]
2005				DAY 33	CAL 16	LVS 27	ATL 20	BRI 27	MAR 31	TEX 42	PHO 32	TAL 38	DAR 25	RCH 20	CLT 23	DOV 31	POC 36	MCH 16	SON 25	DAY 32	CHI 17	NHA 35	POC 25	IND 26	GLN 21	MCH 23	BRI 14	CAL 31	RCH 24	NHA 26	DOV 36	TAL 17	KAN 27	CLT 20	MAR 25	ATL 27	TEX 27	PHO 21	HOM 11	32nd	3122	[11]
2006	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL 39	LVS 32	ATL 30	BRI 19	MAR 28	TEX 28	PHO 30	TAL 21	RCH 36	DAR 33	CLT 27	DOV 34	POC DNQ	MCH 31	SON	DAY DNQ	CHI 34	NHA 20	POC 38	IND 20	GLN 25	MCH DNQ	BRI 42	CAL 30	RCH 29	NHA 31	DOV 36	KAN DNQ	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO		38th	1812	[12]
	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy																																				HOM 12
2007				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL DNQ	BRI	MAR	TEX DNQ	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND 31	POC	GLN						DOV DNQ	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	68th	70	[13]
	Furniture Row Racing	78	Chevy																							MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA
2008	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH DNQ	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	-	[14]
2009	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI 29	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV DNQ	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	62nd	76	[15]
2011	Robby Gordon Motorsports	7	Dodge	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV 37			POC 38	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN 37	NHA 27																		64th	01	[16]
		77													CLT DNQ	KAN							IND DNQ	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2004	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	26	3
2005			16	33
2006	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ

Nationwide Series

Nationwide 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	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2000	Bill Davis Racing	20	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR DNQ	MEM 18	PHO 19	HOM 43				78th	254	[17]
2001		23		DAY 15	CAR 31	LVS 11	ATL 14	DAR 12	BRI 29	TEX 15	NSH 3	TAL 42	CAL 19	RCH 7	NHA 17	NZH 30	CLT 35	DOV 7	KEN 17	MLW 30	GLN 23	CHI 13	GTY 10	PPR 20		MCH 23	BRI 6	DAR 12	RCH 15	DOV 12	KAN 17	CLT 11	MEM 8	PHO 7	CAR 13	HOM 4			11th	3773	[18]
			Chevy																						IRP 31
2002			Pontiac	DAY 13	CAR 19	LVS 13	DAR 34	BRI 3	TEX 21	NSH 4	TAL 28	CAL 12	RCH 8	NHA 11	NZH 16	CLT 18	DOV 4	NSH 7	KEN 5	MLW 3		CHI 13	GTY 21	PPR 6	IRP 3	MCH 7	BRI 2	DAR 7	RCH 9	DOV 1	KAN 24	CLT 43	MEM 1	ATL 13	CAR 17	PHO 1	HOM 1		3rd	4488	[19]
			Dodge																		DAY 26
2003			Chevy	DAY 12	CAR 11	LVS 10	DAR 28	BRI 25	TEX 8	TAL 38	NSH 36	CAL 14	RCH 5	GTY 8	NZH 13	CLT 19	DOV 15	NSH 8	KEN 5	MLW 14	DAY 16	CHI 15	NHA 5	PPR 1	IRP 12	MCH 26	BRI 32	DAR 18	RCH 16	DOV 14	KAN 7	CLT 20	MEM 6	ATL 14	PHO 7	CAR 8	HOM 39		9th	4059	[20]
2006	Brewco Motorsports	66	Ford	DAY	CAL 14	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX 9	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH 16	DAR 26	CLT 25	DOV 15	NSH	KEN	MLW 29	DAY 33	CHI	NHA 9	MAR	GTY 6	IRP	GLN			CAL 25	RCH 8			CLT 21	MEM	TEX 11	PHO 42	HOM 15	29th	2002	[21]
	FitzBradshaw Racing	14	Dodge																									MCH 42	BRI 17
		12																														DOV 11	KAN
2007	Richard Childress Racing	29	Chevy	DAY 13	CAL	MXC 30	LVS	ATL	BRI 9	NSH 7	TEX	PHO	TAL 34					NSH 4	KEN 3	MLW 2	NHA 11	DAY 31	CHI	GTY 2	IRP 7	CGV QL†	GLN	MCH			RCH 8	DOV 29			MEM 6	TEX	PHO 4	HOM	14th	3072	[22]
		21												RCH 10	DAR	CLT 9	DOV 3												BRI 5				KAN 15	CLT 13
	Kevin Harvick, Inc.	77	Chevy																											CAL 12
2008	Richard Childress Racing	29	Chevy	DAY 18	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI 12	NSH 1	TEX	PHO	MXC 7	TAL 9	RCH 10	DAR	CLT	DOV 12	NSH 7	KEN 2	MLW 6	NHA 12	DAY 7	CHI	GTY 30	IRP 4	CGV 11	GLN	MCH 22	BRI 6	CAL	RCH 2	DOV 4	KAN	CLT	MEM 22	TEX 13	PHO 19		17th	3002	[23]
		21																																				HOM 6
2009	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY 32	CAL DNQ	LVS 11	BRI 22	TEX DNQ	NSH 28	PHO 19	TAL DNQ	RCH 16		CLT 28	DOV 18	NSH 33	KEN 16		NHA 17	DAY 21	CHI 15	GTY 15				MCH 35	BRI 21	CGV	ATL 18		DOV 14		CAL 21	CLT 25	MEM 7	TEX 14	PHO 15	HOM 19	16th	3177	[24]
	JR Motorsports	5	Chevy										DAR 9					MLW 18					IRP 9	IOW 31	GLN					RCH 18		KAN 12
2010		7		DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI 10	NSH 7	PHO	TEX																													53rd	745	[25]
	Baker Curb Racing	27	Ford								TAL 12	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH 21	KEN 7	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT
	Turner Motorsports	10	Toyota																																GTY 32	TEX	PHO	HOM
2011	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY 35	PHO 16	LVS 33	BRI 22	CAL 34	TEX 33	TAL 12	NSH 21	RCH 24	DAR 38	DOV 35														BRI 24	ATL	RCH									25th	340	[26]
	ML Motorsports	70	Chevy												IOW 15	CLT	CHI 19	MCH							IOW 15	GLN	CGV
	R3 Motorsports	03	Dodge																ROA 39	DAY	KEN
	Key Motorsports	47	Chevy																			NHA 42
	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Toyota																				NSH 13
	Key Motorsports	42	Chevy																					IRP 39
	MacDonald Motorsports	81	Dodge																												CHI 30
		82																														DOV 41	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
† - Qualified for Jeff Burton

Camping World Truck Series

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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2007	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	46	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM 23	116th	0	[27]
2009	Win-Tron Racing	31	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV 21	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL				62nd	224	[28]
	Turner Motorsports																									TEX 13	PHO	HOM

¹ Ineligible for series championship points.

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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	ABMSC	Pts	Ref
2000	Bill Davis Racing	20	Pontiac	DAY	SLM	AND	CLT	KIL	FRS	MCH	POC	TOL	KEN	BLN	POC	WIN	ISF	KEN	DSF	SLM	CLT	TAL	ATL DNQ	N/A	0	[29]

References

External links

• Official website
• Scott Wimmer driver statistics at Racing-Reference