Stevie Reeves

Stevie Reeves (born May 16, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver and spotter.

Driving career After several seasons racing on the bullrings (short tracks) of Indiana, Reeves traveled nationally with the United States Automobile Club and wound up winning back-to-back USAC National Midget titles in 1992 for the Wilke Racers and in 1993 for midget car owner Steve Lewis.

After collecting those two titles, Reeves ventured into the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series in 1994 joining Mark Thomas Racing with Clabber Girl sponsorship on the No. 96 Chevrolet. In 1995, Reeves collected his first pole at Bristol Motor Speedway and got his first top-ten with a sixth-place finish at Richmond International Raceway. His career best finish in the final points standings for the Busch Series was in 1997 when he took twentieth place.

Ultimately, Reeves' career in the Busch Series was for the most part underwhelming. He never could hold a steady ride in his NASCAR career, which lasted from 1994 to 1998. Reeves was employed by five different car owners in his five seasons (Mark Thomas, Ed Whitaker, Mike Curb, Donald Laird, and David Ridling).

After his stint in Busch, Reeves returned to his roots in open-wheel racing in 1998. Reeves made his first start in the Indy Racing League at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina on July 25 of that year, finishing an impressive tenth for Pagan Racing. He drove three more IRL races in 2000 for Logan Racing, suffering mechanical failures in each event.

Reeves returned to the USAC Silver Crown Series in 1998, wheeling the Johnny Vance/Raybestos No. 28 Beast.

Reeves was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2023.

Spotting In 2005, he was employed with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in NASCAR spotting for Paul Menard in the Busch series. He also drove in the USAC Silver Crown Series. Reeves was the spotter for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the 2004 Daytona 500, Earnhardt's first win in the event.

Reeves moved Hendrick Motorsports in 2007 as the spotter of Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 team, replacing Earl Barban. With Reeves, Johnson won sixteen races and the 2007 and 2008 championships, but Reeves was laid off after the 2008 season.

After working as a spotter for JTG Daugherty Racing's No. 47 car of Ryan Preece, Reeves joined Christopher Bell's No. 95 Leavine Family Racing team in 2020. In the midst of the 2025 Season, just a week after spotting Bell to victory in the All-Star Race, it was announced that Reeves would no longer serve as Bell's spotter, with Matt Philpott named as his replacement.

Racing record

American Open Wheel (key)

IndyCar results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref 1998 Pagan RacingWDWPHXINDYTXSNHMDOVCLTPPIRATLTX2LVS 35th 20 2000 Logan RacingWDWPHXLVSINDYTXSPPIATLKTYTX2 33rd 25

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

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 1993 DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CARDNQ HCY ATL NA - 1994 Thomas Racing 96 Chevy DAY CAR20 DAR34 HCY17 BRIDNQ ROU22 NHADNQ NZH27 CLTDNQ DOV16 MYB18 GLN30 MLW35 SBODNQ TALDNQ HCYDNQ IRP31 MCH16 BRI17 DAR28 RCH28 DOV30 CLT41 MAR20 CAR13 26th 1817 Olds RCH25 ATLDNQ MAR13 1995 Whitaker Racing 7 Chevy DAY43 CAR20 RCH6 ATL33 NSV34 DAR35 BRI33 HCY NHA NZH CLTDNQ DOV21 MYB GLN MLW26 TAL41 SBO IRP12 MCH31 BRI14 DAR38 RCH34 DOV35 CLTDNQ CAR19 HOM20 29th 1454 1996 Andretti-Laird Racing 96 Ford DAYDNQ CAR15 RCHDNQ ATLDNQ NSV32 DAR33 BRIDNQ HCY NZH CLT23 DOV19 SBO MYB GLN23 MLW20 NHA TAL33 IRP34 MCH34 BRI33 DAR18 RCH35 DOV17 CLT16 CARDNQ HOMDNQ 36th 1290 1997 DAY13 CAR21 RCH36 DAR30 HCY17 TEX33 BRI13 NSV14 TAL20 NHA26 NZH32 CLT27 DOV21 SBODNQ GLN16 MLW27 MYB24 GTY42 IRP21 MCH29 BRI7 DAR17 DOV20 CLT24 CAL37 CAR26 HOMDNQ 20th 2528 Chevy ATL28 LVS16 RCH43 1998 Curb Racing 43 Ford DAY39 CAR39 LVS NSV41 DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL 84th 159 Chevy NHA30 NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO Team IGA 54 Chevy IRPDNQ MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 1999 Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TALDNQ CALDNQ NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM NA -

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 Pts Ref 2000 Brevak Racing 31 Ford DAY HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY MEM PPR EVG TEX KEN27 GLN MLW30 NHA NZH MCH24 IRP NSV CIC RCH DOV TEX CAL 69th 246