Mike Olsen

Mike Olsen (born February 8, 1968) is an American stock car racing driver. He is a two-time champion of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. He has also competed in all three NASCAR national touring series.

Personal life Olsen was born February 8, 1968, and is a native of North Haverhill, New Hampshire. He is the grandson of famed New England racer Stub Fadden.

Career Olsen is a two-time champion of the NASCAR Busch North Series, winning the championship in 2001 and 2006. His sponsor for the majority of his time in the series was Little Trees air fresheners. After the season, he was flagged as the winner of the 2005 Toyota All-Star Showdown over David Gilliland, but in post-race inspection it was discovered that illegal right-side wheels were installed on his car. Olsen was disqualified as a result, with Gilliland being declared the winner.

Olsen has competed in eleven NASCAR Busch Series events, between 1996 and 2000, with the majority being combination races between the Busch and Busch North series; his best finish in Busch Series competition was eighteenth, at Watkins Glen International in 1997. Olsen also made three starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, with two coming in 2001 and one in 2008; his best finish in the series is 29th.

After several years off from NASCAR competition, Olsen returned to the track in 2012, competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at Portland International Raceway; he started thirtieth in the thirty-car field and finished 24th. In September of that year, Olsen made his debut in NASCAR's top series, the Sprint Cup Series, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the Sylvania 300, driving the No. 32 Ford for FAS Lane Racing; This is the last time Olsen ran in a NASCAR-sanctioned event.

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 NASCAR 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 Pts Ref 2012 FAS Lane Racing 32 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA33 DOV TAL CLT KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 51st 11

Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 1990 Olsen Racing 61 Buick DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT DOV ROU VOL MYB OXFDNQ NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR N/A 0 1996 61 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH21 CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM NC 0 1997 Chevy DAY CARDNQ RCH39 ATL LVS DAR HCY31 TEXDNQ BRI NSV TAL NHA29 NZH26 CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR DOV CLT CAL CARDNQ HOM 72nd 268 16 RCH29 1998 61 DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHADNQ NZH25 CLT DOV RCHDNQ PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM NC 0 1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZHDNQ CLT DOV SBO NC 0 81 GLN18 MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 2000 Innovative Motorsports 30 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA26 CLT DOV SBO MYB 99th 85 Olsen Racing 61 Chevy GLN42 MLW NZH27 PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM Olsen had a best finish in the series of 18th and mostly ran for his self-owned team. He DNQ’d often.

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 26 27 Pts Ref 1998 62 Chevy WDW HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT LVL RCH MEM GTY MARDNQ SON MMR PHO LVS 116th 43 2001 Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA29 IRP NSH CIC NZH30 RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 82nd 149 2008 SS-Green Light Racing 0 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA32 LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 117th 0

Camping World East Series NASCAR Camping World East 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 Pts Ref 1989 Olsen Racing 61 Buick DAY CAR MAR OXF 30 NZH MND 17 OXF 16 DOV OXF 41 JEN 14 EPP 16 HOL 9 OXF 17 JEN 12 OXF 27 IRP TMP 26 OXF 22 RPS 11 OXF 30 RCH DOV EPP 14th 1662 1990 DAY RCH CAR MAR OXF 31 NZH OXF 20 DOV JEN 25 EPP 11 MND DNQ OXF NHA HOL 14 OXF 16 IRP OXF 17 TMP 16 RPS 14 NHA 33 TMP 16 DOV EPP 12 NHA 17th 1375 1991 DAY RCH CAR NHA 18 OXF 28 NZH MND 13 OXF 10 TMP 15 HOL 19 JEN 22 EPP 24 STA 15 OXF NHA FLE 11 OXF 14 TMP 29 NHA 25 RPS 15 TMP 31 DOV EPP 16 NHA 18th 1691 1992 DAY CAR RCH NHA NZH MND OXF DOV LEE JEN OXF 18 NHA OXF 21 HOL EPP 11 NHA RPS 15 OXF 22 NHA 26 EPP 17 28th 767 1993 LEE 16 NHA 38 MND 25 NZH HOL 17 GLN 9 JEN 25 STA 7 GLN NHA 15 WIS 5 NHA 25 NHA RPS 3 TMP 22 WMM 10 LEE 9 EPP 27 LRP 16 15th 1828 1994 NHA 18 NHA MND 8 NZH SPE HOL 10 GLN 34 JEN EPP GLN NHA 27 WIS 3 STA TMP MND 13 WMM 9 LEE 17 NHA 29 LRP 22nd 1381 Mitchell Racing 33 Pontiac RPS 9 1995 Olsen Racing 61 Buick DAY NHA LEE 5 JEN NHA NZH HOL BEE 26 TMP GLN NHA TIO MND GLN EPP RPS LEE STA BEE NHA 19 TMP LRP 23 43rd 504 1996 Pontiac DAY LEE 12 JEN 16 NZH 21 HOL 20 NHA 12 TIO 9 BEE 9 TMP 14 NZH 11 NHA 29 STA 26 GLN 30 EPP 25 RPS 16 LEE 18 NHA 14 NHA 21 BEE 8 TMP 18 LRP 27 15th 2126 1997 DAY LEE 15 JEN 8 NHA 9 HOL 10 NHA 10 STA 9 BEE 8 TMP 31 NZH 31 TIO 8 NHA 9 STA 12 THU 20 GLN 6 EPP 8 RPS 24 BEE 7 TMP 6 NHA 15 LRP 6 9th 2558 Chevy NZH 26 1998 Pontiac LEE 6 RPS 25 NHA 26 HOL 13 GLN STA 5 NHA 5 DOV 20 STA 11 NHA 39 GLN 9 EPP 9 JEN 4 NHA 9 THU 14 TMP 30 BEE 16 LRP 21 9th 2061 Chevy NZH 25 1999 Pontiac LEE 2 NHA 7 GLN 13 4th 2424 Chevy RPS 26 TMP 5 NZH DNQ HOL 2 BEE 2* JEN 24 STA 11 NHA 16 NZH 5 STA 21 NHA 33 EPP 24 THU 7 BEE 8 NHA 5 LRP 2 81 GLN 18 2000 61 LEE 4 NHA 12 SEE 4 HOL 4 BEE 2 JEN 6 GLN 42 STA 17 NHA 28 NZH 27 STA 19 WFD 7 GLN 5 EPP 11 TMP 12 THU 7 BEE 10 NHA 7 LRP 3 5th 2376 2001 LEE 3 NHA 10 SEE 4 HOL 2* BEE 1 EPP 1* STA 7 WFD 13 BEE 5 TMP 2 NHA 12 STA 2 SEE 5 GLN 14 NZH 6 THU 4* BEE 2 DOV 18 STA 11 LRP 5 1st 3031 2002 LEE 2* NHA 9 NZH 9 SEE 11 BEE 25 STA 29 HOL 15 WFD 8* TMP 22 NHA 15 STA 11 GLN 10 ADI 7 THU 1* BEE 9* NHA 5 DOV 15 STA 25 LRP 8 10th 2446 2003 LEE 10 STA 27 ERI 9 BEE 23 STA 6 HOL 4 TMP 7 NHA 6 WFD 11 SEE 8 GLN 9 ADI 4 BEE 1* THU 14* NHA 19 STA 23 LRP 14 9th 2271 2004 LEE 8 TMP 8 LRP 3 SEE 2 STA 4 HOL 2 ERI 3* WFD 4 NHA 8 ADI 3 GLN 19 NHA 30 DOV 9 2nd 1933 2005 STA 7 HOL 12 ERI 7 NHA 7 WFD 4 ADI 5 STA 5 DUB 4 OXF 6 NHA 13 DOV 13 LRP 2 TMP 3 4th 1933 2006 GRE 3 STA 3 HOL 3 TMP 6 ERI 1 NHA 1 ADI 3 WFD 4 NHA 9 DOV 5 LRP 3 1st 1823 2007 GRE 7 ELK 4 IOW 12 SBO 7 STA 2 NHA 11 TMP 3 NSH 30 ADI 22 LRP 9 MFD 12 NHA 18 DOV 15 6th 1721 2008 GRE IOW SBO GLN NHA 7 TMP NSH ADI LRP 5 MFD NHA 7 DOV 26th 574 16 STA 12 2009 61 GRE TRI IOW SBO GLN NHA 13 TMP ADI LRP 5 NHA DOV 37th 279

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 2012 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge PHO LHC MMP S99 IOW BIR LVS SON EVG CNS IOW PIR24 SMP AAS PHO 80th 20

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points Competed only in companion events with Busch North Series as BNS driver and ineligible for Busch Series points