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Shawna Robinson (born November 30, 1964) is an American retired professional
Robinson started competing in her childhood and, after graduating from high school in 1983, she began racing in semi-tractors. She achieved early success with 30 victories, and moved into the GATR Truck Series becoming the championship's rookie of the year for 1984. Four years later, Robinson started competing in stock car racing where she became the first woman to win a top-level NASCAR-sanctioned race that same year, finishing a career-high third place in the points standings. The following season, Robinson won two races and battled for the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series championship in which she finished third overall. She was twice voted the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series Most Popular Driver.
She moved to the
Biography
Early life and career
Robinson was born on November 30, 1964, in Des Moines, Iowa. Her legal name is Eileen "Shawna" Jade, but she went by Shawna on the racetrack. She is the youngest of five children of former race car driver Richard "Lefty" Robinson, an amateur diesel truck racer who worked on cars in his home garage and promoted races in the Midwestern United States, and his wife Lois who competed in auto racing before she flipped a car, and was asked by Lefty to stop racing.[1] She grew up in a poor family. Lefty and Lois were also known for innovative ways of entertaining crowds at stock car races which garnered national recognition.[2] Robinson was inspired by race car drivers A. J. Foyt, Sammy Swindell, and Steve Kinser in her teenage years, and found inspiration in woman driver Janet Guthrie by her early twenties, as she had more interest in NASCAR than open-wheel racing. She and her siblings were taught that they were allowed to do anything they wished and drove minibikes, motorcycles, and snowmobiles.[1][3]
After graduating from
In the same year, she became the first woman to win a Great American Truck Racing (GATR) Truck Series points-scoring race on a superspeedway when she won the Milwaukee Mile Bobtail 100 at Milwaukee Mile.[1] Robinson was sponsored by her father for the remainder of the season after achieving her first race victory.[7] She was voted the 1984 GATR Rookie of the Year. Robinson went to France to compete in the Paul Ricard Grand Prix Truck Race the following year, and took second in the 1986 Grand Prix of Trucks held in Mexico City. Robinson was victorious in the GATR Big Rig race at Flemington Speedway in 1987.[1]
NASCAR and ARCA
1980s
Robinson began competing in the
In the following year, she continued her success by clinching the first
1990s
Robinson started competing in the
In the
Robinson went to the No. 35
At the season's second race (at
She went to drive the No. 99 Ford Thunderbird, owned by the poorly-funded Colburn Racing team for the 1995 season, and planned to run five races in the Winston Cup Series along with a full season in the Busch Series.[25][26] Robinson attempted to enter the Daytona 500, but failed to qualify after finishing 26th in the first Gatorade Twin 125s event.[27] Robinson secured two top-20 finishes in the Busch Series in the team's No. 36 car, but retired from racing after four events to start a family with her husband Jeff Clark.[20][28] She declined an offer to test at Daytona International Speedway while in the early stages of pregnancy.[2] She said of her decision to have children: "Racing is part of who I am, If I became a different person because I had kids, then the kids were not going to know who I was my whole life before them."[28] Shortly before the birth of her two children, Robinson started her interior-decorating business from her home, and painted murals for homes and businesses.[28][29]
Robinson returned to racing in 1999 in the
2000s
Following her results in the previous year, Kranefuss-Haas Racing owner Michael Kranefuss was interested in Robinson having seen her compete at Daytona. He consulted with other drivers and received positive feedback about her. Hence, Kranefuss and Mayfield elected to give her a full-time seat for the 2000 season.[31] She became the first woman to compete full-time in an American national stock car racing series.[33] During the season, Robinson took top-ten finishes in half the races she entered, and competed alongside the series' points leaders.[33] She reclaimed the series' highest finishing rookie award.[1] Robinson surpassed the previous track record at Michigan International Speedway where she clinched her first pole position in the series. On the race's 82nd lap, she crashed after leaving the track's second turn, and was hospitalized with two broken ribs and an injured right scapula. Robinson was later released to continue racing.[34] Robinson became the first woman to lead at least one lap in the ARCA Series at Toledo Speedway that same year.[20]
She came close to winning her first ARCA race at the final round of the season, the Georgia Boot 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, having led a race-high 66 laps, but was overtaken by
She later made her debut in the Winston Cup Series in the No. 84 Michael Kranefuss Racing Ford Taurus, and planned to run six races. The events were chosen because they were at tracks where Robinson felt comfortable, located in large markets where they would receive more attention. Her schedule was devised to allow Robinson time to test.[42] She planned to race at Talladega Superspeedway but decided against it because of the rules regarding restrictor plate racing.[38] Robinson failed to qualify for the first race she attempted (at California Speedway) when her car's rear-end gearing detached causing her to collide with the wall.[43] Four races later, she started from 32nd at Michigan International Speedway, and became the first woman to start a NASCAR Cup Series race since Patty Moise in 1989. Robinson finished 34th after spinning her car in the track's second turn but avoided damage.[44] After she failed to qualify for her next two races, she was unable to complete her schedule due to sponsorship issues.[45] Robinson stated that she used the season as motivation; she hoped to be driving consistently in five years, and wanted to be a spokesperson for women.[46]
She moved to
At the season-opening Daytona 500, Robinson qualified in 36th place making her the second woman to start the race; she finished 24th despite spinning into the track's infield, and avoided a pit road collision with Bobby Labonte.[49] After the event, Sharp left BAM Racing, and car chief Teddy Brown became Robinson's new crew chief.[47] She struggled during her rookie season, and was unable to attend most races due to sponsorship issues along with her team hiring new drivers which limited her on track experience.[n 2][1] Her rival competitors said it was due to Robinson driving an noncompetitive car rather than her driving skill.[51] Robinson made no further appearances for BAM Racing after the Pepsi 400,[52] and was later released by the team.[53] She ended the season 52nd in the Drivers' Championship,[33] and was fourth in the Rookie of the Year standings.[54] Outside racing, Robinson spoke for Women in Sports, and attended meetings of several associations and business groups while taking the time to be with her children.[47] She separated from Jeff Clark in early 2002, but both remained on good terms.[29]
Robinson moved to the
Midway through 2004, she entered one race in the Busch Series (the
Post-racing career
Robinson focused on her family full-time, and continued to concentrate on her interior design business. Several of her clients came from the NASCAR community. She also started a company called Happy Chairs in the Matthews area of Charlotte where she creates her own furniture and redesigns old chairs.[2][3] It came after Robinson looked for furnishings in a national furniture chain store and discovered a display chair that she liked. She begins the process of renovating old chairs by searching for those that are in poor condition but are structurally intact and are architecturally appealing. Robinson dismantles the chair and starts reconstructing it. Her work has received critical acclaim from online magazines and customers.[63] Robinson names designer Trina Turk and several clothing companies as her influences.[64]
She applied to participate in the CBS reality competition show The Amazing Race 16 with NASCAR Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb as her teammate but both were cut from the program. Robinson was invited to donate memorabilia to the NASCAR Hall of Fame but did not send anything because of her commitment to The Amazing Race 16 audition.[2] She was involved with the planning and decorating for Kelley Earnhardt Miller's marriage in 2011.[65] In March 2014, Robinson was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, which she was told had also spread to her lymph nodes. She underwent treatment with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, causing the removal of 18 lymph nodes and a lump in her breast. Robinson was cared for by her mother-in-law for seven months. Her friends ran her businesses on her behalf. Earnhardt Miller along with Dale Earnhardt Jr., ran fundraising events to help Robinson pay her medical bills.[62] She later entered remission, and completed her final radiation treatment in September 2015.[66][67]
Legacy
Robinson has been described as "a competent racer" by fellow drivers.[68][69] As a woman race car driver, Robinson was a pioneer in NASCAR racing,[2] an industry that is predominantly male,[70] and she established a precedent that allowed others like Danica Patrick to follow.[2] She was honored for her auto racing career with a resolution adopted by the Iowa Senate in March 2002.[71] In an interview for Sports Illustrated for Women in 2002, Robinson stated that she was an athlete who wanted to compete and win: "Whatever car I'm in, whatever series I'm running, whatever track I'm racing—I want people to know Shawna Robinson was there."[72] Robinson felt she carried on the work of Janet Guthrie in "opening doors for a lot of women" in auto racing and other male-dominated sports.[73]
Joe Dan Bailey, who worked alongside seven-time Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt, stated Robinson had similar qualities to Earnhardt including how to improve the feel of her car and how it behaved.[74] In an interview with USA Weekend in 2002, Robinson stated that her success was down to an intensive training regime which allowed her to maintain her focus.[29] She noted in 1993 that individuals searched more for her weaknesses rather than strengths, and that there was more pressure placed upon her because of her gender. Robinson stated that she did not try to overpower her male rivals and her career was not "a crusade for feminism".[69] Although Robinson holds a number of "firsts" for women in American motorsports, she said that they do not hold a large significance for her.[11]
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. Small number denotes finishing position)
Winston Cup Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
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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 | Ref | ||
1995 | Colburn Racing | 99 | Ford | DAY DNQ |
CAR | RCH
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ATL | DAR
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BRI | NWS | MAR
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TAL
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SON
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CLT | DOV
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POC
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MCH
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DAY
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NHA
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POC
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TAL
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IND | GLN
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MCH
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BRI
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DAR | RCH
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DOV
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MAR
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NWS | CLT
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CAR
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PHO
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ATL | N/A | – | [75] | |||||||
2001 | Michael Kranefuss Racing | 84 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS
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ATL | DAR
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BRI | TEX
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MAR
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TAL | CAL DNQ |
RCH
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CLT | DOV | MCH 34 |
POC | SON
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DAY | CHI DNQ |
NHA
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POC
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IND DNQ |
GLN
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MCH
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BRI
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DAR | RCH
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DOV
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KAN | CLT
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MAR
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TAL
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PHO
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CAR | HOM | ATL
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NHA | 66th | 61 | [76] | ||
2002 | BAM Racing | 49 | Dodge | DAY 24 |
CAR | LVS 42 |
ATL 34 |
DAR 42 |
BRI | TEX 36 |
MAR
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TAL DNQ |
CAL 42 |
RCH
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CLT | DOV | POC | MCH
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SON
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DAY 40 |
CHI
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NHA
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POC
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IND | GLN
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MCH
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BRI
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DAR | RCH
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NHA
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DOV | KAN
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TAL | CLT | MAR
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ATL
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CAR | PHO
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HOM | 52nd | 361 | [52] |
Daytona 500 results
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1995 | Colburn Racing | Ford | DNQ | |
2002 | BAM Racing | Dodge | 36 | 24 |
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results
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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 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
1991 | Huffman Racing | 77 | Buick | DAY
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RCH
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CAR
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MAR
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VOL
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HCY DNQ |
DAR
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BRI
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LAN | SBO | NZH
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CLT
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DOV
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ROU 15 |
HCY
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MYB
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GLN
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OXF | NHA
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SBO
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DUB 21 |
IRP | ROU 18 |
BRI
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DAR
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RCH
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DOV
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MAR DNQ |
54th | 400 | [16] | |||||||
Ferree Racing | 49 | Buick | CLT 30 |
NHA
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CAR
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1992 | Silver Racing | 21 | Olds | DAY 34 |
CAR 16 |
RCH
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ATL 43 |
MAR
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DAR
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BRI
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HCY
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LAN
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DUB
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NZH
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38th | 1099 | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pharo Racing | 33 | Olds | CLT 30 |
DOV
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ROU 27 |
MYB
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GLN
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Laughlin Racing | 25 | Olds | VOL 11 |
NHA
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TAL
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IRP 27 |
ROU | MCH 11 |
NHA 24 |
BRI
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DAR 27 |
RCH 19 |
DOV
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CLT 30 |
MAR
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CAR 41 |
HCY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993 | 35 | Chevy | DAY 32 |
CAR 27 |
RCH 34 |
DAR 28 |
BRI 14 |
HCY 15 |
ROU 27 |
DOV 23 |
TAL 40 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 17 |
RCH DNQ |
CLT DNQ |
23rd | 1950 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Olds | MAR 30 |
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Pontiac | NZH 22 |
CLT
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MYB 32 |
GLN 22 |
MLW 34 |
IRP 12 |
NHA 34 |
DAR 30 |
DOV 21 |
ROU 23 |
MAR 32 |
CAR 37 |
HCY DNQ |
ATL 42 |
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1994 | Ferree Racing | 46 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
CAR 36 |
RCH 23 |
ATL 36 |
MAR 29 |
DAR DNQ |
HCY DNQ |
BRI 36 |
ROU DNQ |
NHA DNQ |
NZH
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CLT DNQ |
DOV 24 |
MYB 26 |
GLN 10 |
MLW 22 |
SBO
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TAL
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HCY | IRP | MCH
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BRI
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DAR
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RCH
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DOV
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CLT
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MAR
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CAR
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47th | 742 | [77] | |||||||
1995 | Colburn Racing | 36 | Ford | DAY DNQ |
CAR 16 |
RCH DNQ |
ATL 17 |
NSV
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DAR
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BRI
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HCY
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NHA
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NZH
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CLT
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DOV
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MYB
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GLN
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MLW
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TAL
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SBO
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IRP | MCH
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BRI
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DAR
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RCH
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DOV
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CLT
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CAR
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HOM
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69th | 227 | [78] | |||||||||
2001 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 99 | Chevy | DAY
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CAR
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LVS
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ATL
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DAR
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BRI
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TEX 39 |
NSH 43 |
TAL 19 |
CAL
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RCH
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NHA
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NZH
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CLT
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DOV
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KEN
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MLW
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GLN
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CHI
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GTY
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PPR
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IRP | MCH
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BRI
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DAR
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RCH
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DOV
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KAN
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CLT
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MEM
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PHO
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CAR
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HOM
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82nd | 186 | [40] | ||
2004 | Stanton Barrett Motorsports | 91 | Pontiac | DAY
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CAR | LVS
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DAR
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BRI
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TEX
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NSH
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TAL
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CAL
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GTY
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RCH
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NZH | CLT
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DOV
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NSH | KEN DNQ |
MLW
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DAY
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CHI
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NHA
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PPR
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IRP | MCH
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BRI
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CAL
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RCH
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DOV
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KAN
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CLT
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MEM
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ATL
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PHO
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DAR
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HOM
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N/A | – | [61] | |
2005 | Keith Coleman Racing | 23 | Chevy | DAY 27 |
CAL 35 |
MXC 30 |
LVS 31 |
ATL 36 |
NSH DNQ |
BRI 39 |
TEX DNQ |
PHO
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TAL
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DAR
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RCH
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CLT
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DOV
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NSH | KEN
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MLW
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DAY
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CHI
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NHA
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PPR | GTY
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IRP | GLN
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MCH
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BRI
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CAL
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RCH
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DOV
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KAN
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CLT
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MEM
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TEX
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PHO
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HOM
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79th | 384 | [79] |
Craftsman Truck Series
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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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2003 | Mike Starr Racing
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49 | Chevy | DAY
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DAR
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MMR | MAR
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CLT
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DOV
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TEX 18 |
MEM
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MLW
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KAN
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KEN
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GTW
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MCH
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IRP
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NSH
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BRI
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RCH
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NHA
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CAL
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LVS 29 |
SBO | TEX 29 |
MAR
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PHO
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HOM
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72nd | 261 | [80] |
Busch North Series
NASCAR Busch North Series results
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1993 | Mike Laughlin | 35 | Chevy | LEE | NHA | MND | NZH | HOL | GLN | JEN
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STA | GLN | NHA 34 |
WIS | NHA | NHA | RPS | TMP | WMM | LEE | EPP | LRP | 75th | 61 | [81] |
Winston West Series
NASCAR Winston West Series results
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NWWSC | Pts | Ref |
2001 | BAM Racing | 48 | Pontiac | PHO
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LVS
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TUS
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MMR | CAL | IRW | LAG
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KAN | EVG | CNS | IRW | RMR | LVS 17 |
IRW | 53rd | 112 | [82] |
ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results
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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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
1999 | Phoenix Racing | 1 | Chevy | DAY 2 |
ATL | SLM
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AND | TAL 30 |
ATL | 55th | 510 | [83] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Kranefuss Racing | 8 | Ford | CLT 4 |
MCH
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POC
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TOL | SBS | BLN
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POC
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KIL | FRS | FLM | ISF | WIN
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DSF | SLM
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CLT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | DAY 13 |
SLM 9 |
AND 6 |
CLT 23 |
KIL 9 |
FRS 25 |
MCH 33 |
POC 4 |
TOL 7 |
KEN 24 |
BLN 10 |
POC 36 |
WIN 7 |
ISF 12 |
KEN 10 |
DSF 19 |
SLM 15 |
CLT 13 |
TAL 6 |
ATL 5* |
6th | 4265 | [36] | |||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | DAY 7 |
NSH 3 |
WIN
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SLM
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GTY
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KEN
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CLT | KAN
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MCH
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POC | MEM | GLN | KEN
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MCH | POC
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NSH
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ISF | CHI | DSF | SLM
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TOL
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BLN | CLT | TAL
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ATL | 79th | 410 | [84] | ||||||||||||||||
2003 | PBM Racing | 65 | Dodge | DAY 33 |
105th | 240 | [58] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | ATL 11 |
NSH
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SLM
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TOL
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KEN | CLT | BLN | KAN
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MCH
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LER
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POC | POC
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NSH
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ISF
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WIN
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DSF | CHI
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SLM
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TAL
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CLT | SBO |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ As of 2020[update], the record is jointly held by Erin Crocker and Hailie Deegan.[30]
- ^ Kevin Lepage, Stuart Kirby, Ron Hornaday Jr., Stacy Compton, and Derrike Cope drove Robinson's car throughout 2002.[50]
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External links
- Official website
- Shawna Robinson driver statistics at Racing-Reference