Mark Stahl

Mark Stahl (born August 12, 1951) is an American former professional off-road and stock car racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the ARCA Re/MAX Series, and is a four-time winner of the Baja 1000 off-road race, twice winning the event overall.

Career Born in San Diego, California, Stahl began his professional racing career in off-road racing; he scored overall wins in the Baja 1000 in his Chenowth VW in 1978 and 1980, and the car won just Class 1 (but not overall) in 1981. Stahl battled Frank "Scoop" Vessels for the win of the 1978 Baja 1000 and Vessels crossed the finish line three minutes ahead of Stahl - but had started nine minutes earlier - giving the victory to Stahl by six minutes.

Stahl moved to stock cars 1981, competing in the NASCAR Winston West Series; he competed in a majority of the races in 1982, finishing twelfth in points. Stahl also made his debut in the Winston Cup Series in 1981, driving in the Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway, finishing 23rd.

Stahl competed in thirty races in the Winston Cup Series between 1981 and 1993; He also failed to qualify for 34 additional events. In 1987, Stahl posted the fastest time in second-round qualifying for the 1987 Winston 500, becoming part of the fastest field in NASCAR history. He moved to South Carolina in 1991 to further his racing career. and later receiving the sponsorship full-time. Stahl left NASCAR with more DNQs (34) than races run (30).

In 1988, Stahl made his debut in the Automobile Racing Club of America's Permatex SuperCar Series; he competed in 48 ARCA events between 1988 and 2001, posting a best finish of fourth at Talladega Superspeedway in 1997.

Following the 2001 racing season, Stahl retired from competition; in 2007, he came out of retirement to compete in the Baja 1000 once more,

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 Pts Ref 1981 Stahl Racing 85 Ford RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD23 84th 94 1982 DAY RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD22 MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT MAR CAR ATL 72nd 143 Langley Racing 64 Ford RSD39 1983 Stahl Racing 82 Ford DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR23 NWS23 CLT CAR ATLDNQ RSD 66th 188 1984 DAYDNQ RCH CAR18 ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DARDNQ RCH DOV MAR CLTDNQ NWS CAR27 ATL38 RSD 52nd 240 1985 DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TALDNQ DOV CLT21 RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 78th 100 1986 DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR16 NWS MAR TAL DOV CLTDNQ RSD POC MCHDNQ DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR32 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLTDNQ CAR30 ATLDNQ RSD 62nd 255 1987 DAY38 CAR33 RCH ATL30 DARDNQ NWS BRI MAR TAL17 CLTDNQ DOV POC RSD MCH DAY37 POC TAL33 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT23 CAR28 RSD ATL21 38th 687 1988 DAYDNQ RCH CAR37 ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLTDNQ DOV RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL 86th 52 1989 DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL27 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CARDNQ PHO ATL 81st 82 1990 DAYDNQ RCH CAR24 ATL28 DARDNQ BRI NWS MAR TALDNQ CLTDNQ DOV SON POC MCH DAYDNQ POC TAL31 GLN MCH BRI DAR33 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT32 CARDNQ PHO ATLDNQ 44th 371 1991 DAYDNQ RCHDNQ CARDNQ ATLDNQ DARDNQ BRI NWS MAR TAL CLTDNQ DOV SON POC MCHDNQ DAY POC TAL GLN MCHDNQ BRI DAR37 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR36 PHO ATL 67th 107 1992 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLTDNQ CAR PHO ATLDNQ NA 0 1993 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAYDNQ NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA 0

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 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 Pts Ref 1988 Stahl Racing 82 Ford DAY ATL TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL40 128th - 1989 DAY ATL KIL TAL33 FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL 129th - 1994 Stahl Racing 32 Ford DAY10 TAL12 FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL11 77th 775 1995 DAY8 ATL32 TAL5 FIF KIL FRS MCH I80 MCS FRS POC POC KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF DSF SLM WIN ATL7 36th 930 1996 DAY7 ATL18 SLM TAL20 FIF LVL CLT33 CLT13 KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT28 ATL7 35th - 1997 DAY5 ATL16 SLM CLT19 CLT14 POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLTDNQ TAL4 ISF ATL21 41st - 1998 DAYDNQ ATL18 SLM CLT MEM MCH28 POC36 SBS TOL PPR POC7 KIL FRS ISF ATL14 DSF SLM TEX11 WIN CLT20 TAL8 ATL14 20th 1590 1999 DAY9 ATL18 SLM AND CLT25 MCH19 POC24 TOL SBS BLN POC17 KIL FRS FLM22 ISF WIN DSF SLM CLTDNQ TAL21 ATL25 29th 1195 2000 DAY30 SLM AND CLTDNQ KIL FRS MCHDNQ POC26 TOL KEN21 BLN POC21 WIN ISF KEN20 DSF SLM CLTDNQ TAL21 ATL18 37th 900 2001 DAY40 NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL 188th 30