Kelly Tanner

Kelly Tanner (born September 5, 1962) is an American stock car racing driver. Now retired, he competed in the NASCAR Winston West Series, Reb-Co Northwest Tour, and Featherlite Southwest Tour, winning the Northwest Tour championship back to back in 1996 and 1997.

Kelly Tanner
Nationality	American
Born	September 5, 1962 Woodinville, Washington, U.S.
NASCAR Raybestos Northwest Series
Years active	1987–1999
Starts	99
Wins	8
Poles	16
Championship titles
1996, 1997	Reb-Co Northwest Tour

Career

Tanner began his racing career in late models at Evergreen Speedway, before moving up to the Winston Northwest Tour (later Reb-Co Northwest Tour and Raybestos Northwest Series) starting with a partial season in 1987. He ran the full series season starting in 1991; in 1996 and 1997 Tanner won back-to-back series championships. In both years, Tanner completed every lap of every race the series ran, also finishing in the top ten in every race.[1] Tanner also won the most poles in the series in 1996, with four,[2] and in 1997, winning six pole positions.[1] After the 1997 season Tanner competed in the Winter Heat Series at Tucson Raceway Park, winning the Featherlite Southwest Tour portion of the event.[3]

In 1998 Tanner moved up to compete full-time in the Winston West Series; he posted seven top ten finishes on the way to seventh in the series standings.[4] Following the year was selected to compete in the Coca-Cola 500 exhibitition race at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan;[5] he finished 29th.[6]

Following the 1999 Winston West season, Tanner retired from his racing career; following his retirement Tanner worked as a crew chief in Northwest Tour competition;[7] his son, Tyler Tanner, has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.[8]

References

Citations

1. Woodbury 1998, p.403.
2. Kelly 1997, p.416.
3. "Tanner Wins NASCAR Featherlite Race". The Associated Press. December 14, 1997. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
4. "Kelly Tanner - 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
5. Miller, Henry (November 21, 1998). "Return of the race cars". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, CA. p. 30. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
6. "1998 NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
7. Kasper, Jon (August 5, 2000). "Kaltschmidt keeps climbing car racing ladder". The Missoulian. Missoula, MT. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
8. "Auburn's Tanner heads to Martinsville for his '12 NASCAR truck series debut March 31". Auburn Reporter. Kent, WA. March 15, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-07.

Bibliography

• Bob Kelly, ed. (1997). The Official NASCAR Preview and Press Guide 1997. Charlotte, NC: UMI Publications. ASIN B002I7L7UU.
• Ward Woodbury, ed. (1998). The Official NASCAR Preview and Press Guide 1998. Charlotte, NC: UMI Publications. ASIN B001EXRFI2.

External links

• Kelly Tanner driver statistics at Racing-Reference