Scott Wimmer

Scott Allan Wimmer (born January 26, 1976) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has a total of six wins in the Xfinity Series. His brother Chris Wimmer competed in the Busch Series. Wimmer co-owns State Park Speedway in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Youth Wimmer competed in the United States National Junior Olympics in downhill and slalom skiing at the age of fourteen, and finished 13th of the 150 competitors. His father began as the owner of his uncle Larry Detjens' racing team. Detjens was a champion late model racer who competed at Slinger Speedway and Wisconsin International Raceway. 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 the age of fifteen. 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 AT&T Pontiac Grand Prix for Bill Davis Racing in the Busch Series. After failing to qualify for his first race at Rockingham Speedway, he finished 18th in his debut at Memphis, followed by a 19th-place finish at Phoenix. He also made his Winston Cup debut at Atlanta, driving a car he had originally intended to drive at an ARCA RE/MAX Series 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.

Wimmer was named Davis' permanent driver of the No. 23 Jani-King Pontiac in the 2001. He had two top-five finishes, eight top-ten finishes and finished 11th in points, second to Greg Biffle for the Rookie of the Year title. The team only had a sponsorship from Siemens for half of the races in 2002, and many rumors circulated that the team would shut down. The team remained open, and Wimmer won four races in the fall of that season at Dover, Memphis, Phoenix, and Homestead, and finished third in points. Davis was able to get Siemens sponsorship for Wimmer to run seven races in a No. 27 car in the Cup Series, but Wimmer was only able to make two of them. He also substituted in the No. 23 Hills Bros. Coffee car at Talladega earning a season's best finish of seventeenth.

Wimmer got full-time sponsorship from Stacker 2, YJ Stinger, and Stamina Rx in 2003, but after losing crew chief Bootie Barker and switching to Chevrolet, he won only one race at Pikes Peak, with four top-five finishes, twelve top-tens, and a ninth-place finish in points. Wimmer ran two races in the No. 27 YJ Stinger Chevrolet finishing 24th in both races at Bristol and New Hampshire. With four races left in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Wimmer was promoted to drive Bill Davis Racing's No. 22 Caterpillar Inc. Dodge. In his second race in the No. 22, he earned his first Cup Series top-ten finish (a ninth) at Phoenix.

At the end of the season, Wimmer was named the full-time driver for 2004 in the No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge. Before the 2004 season, he was arrested in High Point, North Carolina for driving while intoxicated. He was later convicted and sentenced to probation and 24-hour community service. He began the year with a very strong performance at the Daytona 500, and appeared in contention to win after the final set of pit stops, but without drafting help, Wimmer was easily overtaken by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart, and ended up finishing third. After this, despite leading laps at a number of other races, Wimmer only had one other top-ten at Dover and finished 27th in points, due in part for failing to qualify for one race. The Davis team struggled in 2004; the Cup operation was reduced to only one car and the season was plagued with a lawsuit from Dodge. He ran the full season again in 2005, but did not finish higher than 11th in a race that season. He was dismissed from Bill Davis Racing by mail at the end of the season after only managing to squander up a 32nd in the point standings. The nature of his firing later led to a lawsuit against Bill Davis Racing.

2006–2011 Wimmer joined Morgan–McClure Motorsports in 2006 to drive their No. 4 Aero Exhaust Chevrolet. Due to nonpayment, the team lost sponsorship from Aero during the summer of the 2006 season, and Wimmer subsequently left the team following the race at Kansas. Wimmer then joined with Richard Childress Racing as a test driver for the remainder of the season and was signed to drive for the 2007 Busch Series season. Wimmer drove the final Cup race of the 2006 season at Homestead in the No. 33 Holiday Inn Chevrolet earning a season-best finish of 12th. In all, Wimmer missed twelve Cup races in 2006, and finished 38th in points. That year he also drove in sixteen races, part-time, in the Busch Series for the No. 66 Duraflame / Yard-Man / United States Postal Service Ford Taurus with Brewco Motorsports He also drove three races for FitzBradshaw Racing, two in the No. 14 Family Dollar Dodge and one in the No. 12 Goulds Pumps Dodge. Wimmer had four top-ten finishes, culminating the Busch season 29th in points.

In 2007, Wimmer joined Richard Childress Racing. He competed in 22 races between the No. 21 AutoZone Chevy (six races) and No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevy (sixteen races). He also drove one race for KHI at Fontana in Harvick's No. 77 Dollar General Chevrolet (twelfth). He won his first career pole at Gateway and had seven top-five finishes and fourteen top-ten finishes. Wimmer finished 14th in points despite his limited schedule. Wimmer shared the No. 29 car with Jeff Burton and with Burton's five wins, twelve top-five finishes, and seventeen top-ten finishes combined with Wimmer's finishes, the No. 29 team won the 2007 Busch Series Owners' Championship. At the time, it was only the second instance in Busch Series history that the Drivers' and Owners' Championships were not won by the same team. In the Nextel Cup Series, Wimmer attempted one race in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing car at Michigan and five races for Childress in his No. 33 Chevrolet with sponsorships from Holiday Inn (four races) and Camping World (one race). He only qualified for one race (Indianapolis), 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 Holiday Inn Chevrolet and one in the No. 21 Prilosec Chevrolet for Childress in newly renamed 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Wimmer picked up a win at Nashville, his first win since 2003. It was also his sixth and final career victory in the Series. Wimmer also had five top-five finishes and thirteen top-ten finishes helping the No. 29 finish fifth in Owner's Points while Wimmer ended up 17th in points, running only a part-time schedule. Wimmer also attempted one race in the 2008 Sprint Cup Series, failing to make the race at Richmond in the No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.

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 Chevy for JR Motorsports in six races and the No. 40 StopRepairBills.com/Westerman Companies Chevy for Key Motorsports in the majority of races in the Nationwide Series. He would end up with three top-tens and finished 16th in Driver Points. Wimmer also returned to Morgan–McClure Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series driving one race at Bristol in the No. 4 Alpha Natural Resources Chevrolet finishing 29th. Wimmer failed to make the race for MMM at Dover. 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 Nationwide Series. Because of this, Wimmer started the season without a ride. He got a two race ride with JR Motorsports in the No. 7 Chevrolet at Bristol and Nashville. He was able to get finishes of tenth and seventh respectively. Wimmer then earned a three race ride with Baker Curb Racing in the No. 27 Red Man Ford. His best finish with them was a seventh at Kentucky. Any hopes to continue with them ended when their Red Man sponsorship expired. Wimmer spent most of the rest of the season without a ride but was able to get a one race deal with Turner Scott Motorsports. He drove the No. 10 AccuDoc Solutions Toyota at Gateway but crashed out. In 2010, Wimmer had three top-ten finishes in six races and led laps in five of the races he ran.

Wimmer started the 2011 Nationwide Series season driving the No. 40 for Key Motorsports earning a best finish of 12th at Talladega before leaving after the eleventh race due to the lack of a sponsorship. After leaving, Wimmer drove three races for the No. 70 of ML Motorsports with twice a best finish of 15th, both at races at Iowa Speedway. He also drove one race each for No. 87 NEMCO Motorsports at Nashville (finished 13th), No. 40 Key Motorsports at Bristol (finished 24th), and No. 81 MacDonald Motorsports at Chicagoland (finished 30th). In addition to these full race rides, Wimmer start and parked a few races for R3 Motorsports (one race), Key Motorsports (two races), and McDonald Motorsports (one 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 Sprint Cup Series races in 2011 for Robby Gordon Motorsports. Wimmer substituted for Gordon in the No. 7 Speed Energy Dodge at Dover, Pocono, Kentucky, and New Hampshire; earning a best finish of 27th at New Hampshire. In addition, Wimmer attempted to qualify a second Speed Energy car (No. 77) at Charlotte and Indianapolis but he failed to qualify for either race.

After NASCAR In 2012, Wimmer partnered with Russ Blakeley, Jim Budzinski and Kurt Wise to form Wild Motorsports. The team ran the ASA Midwest Tour race at the Milwaukee Mile in June and announced plans to run the Nationwide Series starting with the September race at Richmond with the goal of running the full 2013 schedule. The team was never able to obtain sponsorship and never attempted a race. During 2012, Wimmer took the position of driver coach/spotter for up and coming driver Cody Coughlin, who ran a variety of short track series. Wimmer continued in 2013 to be a spotter/coach for Coughlin and helped him to two wins and the championship in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour.

In early 2014, Coughlin was signed by Joe Gibbs Racing to a driver development contract. Coughlin ran a limited schedule in his Team JEGS Late Model in the ARCA/CRA Super Series and with Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Racing Series in the No. 55 JEGS High Performance-sponsored Toyota. Coughlin ran eleven races with three top-fives, eight top-tens and a best finish of fourth. Wimmer continued his role as spotter/coach to Coughlin in both series along with running State Park Speedway.

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 sixteenth and finished thirteenth.

Wimmer continued to help guide Coughlin in 2015. Coughlin drove the No. 55 JEGS Toyota in the ARCA Racing Series for Venturini Motorsports in six races winning poles at Talladega and Chicagoland with a best finish of second at Talladega. Coughlin made his Camping World Truck Series debut for Venturini in the No. 25 JEGS Toyota at Kentucky finishing twentieth. Coughlin would join Kyle Busch Motorsports in August, driving their No. 54 at Michigan to a twentieth place finish.

Wimmer remained Coughlin's spotter/coach in 2016 when he drove nine races for Kyle Busch Motorsports in their No. 51 (eight races) and No. 18 (one race) trucks and one race for Athenian Motorsports (No. 05) in the Camping World Truck Series. He had a best finish of twelfth at Texas. Coughlin also was able to win championships in the ARCA/CRA Super Series and JEGS/CRA All-Star Tour.

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.

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 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 ATL22 74th 0 2002 Bill Davis Racing 27 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHIDNQ NHA POC INDDNQ GLN MCH BRI40 DAR RCH NHA DOVDNQ KAN CLTDNQ MAR ATLDNQ CAR PHO42 HOM 56th 192 23 TAL17 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 BRI24 DAR RCH NHA24 DOVDNQ TAL KAN CLT MAR 48th 599 22 Dodge ATL32 PHO9 CAR26 HOM12 2004 DAY3 CAR15 LVS39 ATL27 DAR16 BRI13 TEX33 MAR29 TAL18 CAL30 RCH30 CLT28 DOV9 POC35 MCH14 SON25 DAY32 CHI23 NHA18 POC11 IND32 GLN19 MCH18 BRI36 CAL21 RCH38 NHA36 DOV23 TAL31 KAN36 CLT26 MAR20 ATLDNQ PHO26 DAR22 HOM13 27th 3198 2005 DAY33 CAL16 LVS27 ATL20 BRI27 MAR31 TEX42 PHO32 TAL38 DAR25 RCH20 CLT23 DOV31 POC36 MCH16 SON25 DAY32 CHI17 NHA35 POC25 IND26 GLN21 MCH23 BRI14 CAL31 RCH24 NHA26 DOV36 TAL17 KAN27 CLT20 MAR25 ATL27 TEX27 PHO21 HOM11 32nd 3122 2006 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAYDNQ CAL39 LVS32 ATL30 BRI19 MAR28 TEX28 PHO30 TAL21 RCH36 DAR33 CLT27 DOV34 POCDNQ MCH31 SON DAYDNQ CHI34 NHA20 POC38 IND20 GLN25 MCHDNQ BRI42 CAL30 RCH29 NHA31 DOV36 KANDNQ TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO 38th 1812 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy HOM12 2007 DAY CAL LVS ATLDNQ BRI MAR TEXDNQ PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND31 POC GLN DOVDNQ KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 68th 70 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy MCHDNQ BRI CAL RCH NHA 2008 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCHDNQ 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 - 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 BRI29 ATL RCH NHA DOVDNQ KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 62nd 76 2011 Robby Gordon Motorsports 7 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV37 POC38 MCH SON DAY KEN37 NHA27 64th 01 77 CLTDNQ KAN INDDNQ 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 NASCAR 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 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 CARDNQ MEM18 PHO19 HOM43 78th 254 2001 23 DAY15 CAR31 LVS11 ATL14 DAR12 BRI29 TEX15 NSH3 TAL42 CAL19 RCH7 NHA17 NZH30 CLT35 DOV7 KEN17 MLW30 GLN23 CHI13 GTY10 PPR20 MCH23 BRI6 DAR12 RCH15 DOV12 KAN17 CLT11 MEM8 PHO7 CAR13 HOM4 11th 3773 Chevy IRP31 2002 Pontiac DAY13 CAR19 LVS13 DAR34 BRI3 TEX21 NSH4 TAL28 CAL12 RCH8 NHA11 NZH16 CLT18 DOV4 NSH7 KEN5 MLW3 CHI13 GTY21 PPR6 IRP3 MCH7 BRI2 DAR7 RCH9 DOV1 KAN24 CLT43 MEM1* ATL13 CAR17 PHO1 HOM1 3rd 4488 Dodge DAY26 2003 Chevy DAY12 CAR11 LVS10 DAR28 BRI25 TEX8 TAL38 NSH36 CAL14 RCH5 GTY8 NZH13 CLT19 DOV15 NSH8 KEN5 MLW14 DAY16 CHI15 NHA5 PPR1 IRP12 MCH26 BRI32 DAR18 RCH16 DOV14 KAN7 CLT20 MEM6 ATL14 PHO7 CAR8 HOM39 9th 4059 2006 Brewco Motorsports 66 Ford DAY CAL14 MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX9 NSH PHO TAL RCH16 DAR26 CLT25 DOV15 NSH KEN MLW29 DAY33 CHI NHA9 MAR GTY6 IRP GLN CAL25 RCH8 CLT21 MEM TEX11 PHO42 HOM15 29th 2002 FitzBradshaw Racing 14 Dodge MCH42 BRI17 12 DOV11 KAN 2007 Richard Childress Racing 29 Chevy DAY13 CAL MXC30 LVS ATL BRI9 NSH7 TEX PHO TAL34 NSH4 KEN3 MLW2 NHA11 DAY31 CHI GTY2 IRP7 CGVQL† GLN MCH RCH8 DOV29 MEM6 TEX PHO4 HOM 14th 3072 21 RCH10 DAR CLT9 DOV3 BRI5 KAN15 CLT13 Kevin Harvick, Inc. 77 Chevy CAL12 2008 Richard Childress Racing 29 Chevy DAY18 CAL LVS ATL BRI12 NSH1 TEX PHO MXC7 TAL9 RCH10 DAR CLT DOV12 NSH7 KEN2 MLW6 NHA12 DAY7 CHI GTY30 IRP4 CGV11 GLN MCH22 BRI6 CAL RCH2 DOV4 KAN CLT MEM22 TEX13 PHO19 17th 3002 21 HOM6 2009 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY32 CALDNQ LVS11 BRI22 TEXDNQ NSH28 PHO19 TALDNQ RCH16 CLT28 DOV18 NSH33 KEN16 NHA17 DAY21 CHI15 GTY15 MCH35 BRI21 CGV ATL18 DOV14 CAL21 CLT25 MEM7 TEX14 PHO15 HOM19 16th 3177 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAR9 MLW18 IRP9 IOW31 GLN RCH18 KAN12 2010 7 DAY CAL LVS BRI10 NSH7 PHO TEX 53rd 745 Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford TAL12 RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH21 KEN7 ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT Turner Motorsports 10 Toyota GTY32 TEX PHO HOM 2011 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY35 PHO16 LVS33 BRI22 CAL34 TEX33 TAL12 NSH21 RCH24 DAR38 DOV35 BRI24 ATL RCH 25th 340 ML Motorsports 70 Chevy IOW15 CLT CHI19 MCH IOW15 GLN CGV R3 Motorsports 03 Dodge ROA39 DAY KEN Key Motorsports 47 Chevy NHA42 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Toyota NSH13 Key Motorsports 42 Chevy IRP39 MacDonald Motorsports 81 Dodge CHI30 82 DOV41 KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM† - Qualified for Jeff Burton

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR 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 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 HOM23 116th 0 2009 Win-Tron Racing 31 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV21 TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL 62nd 224 Turner Motorsports TEX13 PHO HOM

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 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 ATLDNQ N/A 0