Scott Stenzel

Scott Alan Stenzel (born July 28, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He raced in the FASCAR league as a teenager and later raced in the ARCA Re/Max Series, before making his NASCAR debut in 2010. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet Silverado for Copp Motorsports and the No. 34 Silverado for Reaume Brothers Racing.

Scott Stenzel
BornScott Alan Stenzel
(1980-07-28) July 28, 1980
Mankato, Minnesota
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
15 races run over 5 years
2019 position67th
Best finish41st (2014)
First race2012 SFP 250 (Kansas)
Last race2019 SpeedyCash.com 400 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 18, 2019.

Early life

Stenzel was born on July 28, 1980 in Mankato, Minnesota and lived in Wells, Minnesota for the first eight years of his life, before moving to Alexandria, Minnesota when his father transferred positions within the United States Postal Service. Stenzel lived next to a home made race track owned by Ron Fischer and became friends with Ron's son Josh. They raced together in karts, 4wheelers, stock cars and dirt bikes.

Stenzel entered the FASCAR racing series at the age of 16. He raced enduro super stocks at weekends at local speedways. These races were 250 laps long and lasted all Sunday afternoon. He raced at I-94 Speedway in Sauk Center, Minnesota and Fergus Falls Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. These two tracks were 5/8 mile long and allowed Stenzel to gain 'seat time'.

In 1999 Stenzel sold his racing gear to attend college at North Dakota State University and then transferred to Full Sail Real World Education in Orlando, Florida. After graduation Stenzel opened up a production company in 2003 called Digi Craft. His clients included Universal Orlando Resort, Disney Adventures Magazine, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, National Retail Federation and others.

ARCA Racing Series

Stenzel met Charlie Patterson, owner of Nex-Gen Motorsports and retired owner of Patterson Drive Shafts, at the 2006 Daytona 500. Patterson worked with Stenzel to take his career to the professional level. “My main goal is to find as many young, intelligent drivers, who can get the job done. I believe that Scott has what it takes to make it big in Motorsports. When I look at Scott I see the next Jimmie Johnson, he really is a sponsor’s dream. He really impresses me to see him do such a great job behind the wheel,” Patterson stated.[1]

On December 11–12, 2007 Stenzel attended Finish Line Racing School headed up by Mike Loescher. He graduated the class with flying colors and Loesher approved him ready for ARCA RE/MAX contention.[2]

On December 3, 2007 it was announced that Stenzel would test the No. 75 Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the ARCA Re/Max Series at the Daytona International Speedway on December 14–16, 2007.[3] He posted a speed of 50.599 seconds at 179.105 miles per hour (288.242 km/h) which placed him 13 out of 64 drivers on the first day of ARCA RE/MAX single car runs. There was a record number of drivers who showed up to this test.[4] Posting a total of 40 laps he was granted permission to participate in all of the 2008 ARCA events and was given his official license.[5]

Stenzel drove a Schacht-prepared car in the December 18–20, 2009 Daytona test for ARCA drivers and teams, and obtained his 2010 license for the entire season.

Stenzel signed up with the reality documentary television series called Yellow Stripes: Making the Driver. He finished filming for the first episodes July 6, 2009, a co-production between Gen2Media and Digi Craft.[6] When Yellow Stripes: Making the Driver agreed to sponsor his car, Scott approached Spraker Racing to finalize the Daytona arrangements. Jeff and his crew prepared Scott’s speedway car, which was purchased from the Wood Brothers and powered by a Roush/Yates motor. On January 22, 2010, Stenzel entered his No. 42 Ford Fusion into the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona with Jeff Spraker agreeing to sit atop the war wagon as crew chief throughout speed week.

When asked about preparing for the upcoming event, Stenzel commented, “I can’t thank everyone enough for helping out a rookie driver. Jeff Spraker, and his skilled crew, have taken me and this Wood Brothers Ford Fusion on at the last minute. Everything is coming together smoothly with everyone pulling extra duty. Plus, as a team we’ve been able to gel. Spraker’s been to Daytona several times. He knows what it takes to lead and finish up front, but he’s yet to win one. Now, we share the same goal – to win at Daytona.”

On April 23, 2010, Spraker agreed to field the car for Stenzel. Stenzel qualified 28th at Talladega Superspeedway. After 250 miles were completed in the race, he finished in the 7th-place position. He received the CGS Hard Charger award for passing the most cars during the race.

On January 11–12, 2011 Stenzel partnered up with Spraker Racing again to revisit Daytona International Speedway. During the last single car test session Stenzel was the fastest Ford in 6th position with a time of 49.457 and a speed of 181.976 miles per hour (292.862 km/h).

NASCAR

On September 17, 2010 Stenzel made his NASCAR debut by driving the No. 37 Spraker Racing Chevrolet and qualifying into the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East's New Hampshire 125. He started the race in 26th place and finished 21st place.

In 2012, Stenzel made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Kansas Speedway, where he finished 23rd.[7]

In 2019, he returned to the Truck Series for the SpeedyCash.com 400 at Texas, driving the No. 34 for Reaume Brothers Racing.[8]

Personal life

Stenzel currently resides in Orlando, Florida with his wife Bree.

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.)

Gander Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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 NGOTC Pts Ref
2012 MB Motorsports 65 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN
24		 CLT DOV TEX
24		 KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 57th 41 [9]
2013 63 Ford DAY
DNQ		 MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL
25		 MAR TEX PHO HOM 66th 19 [10]
2014 36 Chevy DAY MAR KAN
31		 CLT DOV TEX CHI
29		 NHA LVS
28		 HOM
33		 41st 100 [11]
Ram GTW
28		 KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI
63 Chevy MSP
24		 TAL
22		 MAR TEX PHO
2018 Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy DAY
15		 ATL
32		 60th 32 [12]
63 LVS
32		 MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
2019 DAY ATL LVS
32		 MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT 67th 26 [13]
Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Chevy TEX
16		 IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2010 Spraker Racing 37 Chevy GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE GRE NHA
21		 DOV 59th 100 [14]

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2010 Spraker Racing 42 Ford DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL
7		 TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 82nd 220 [15]
2011 DAY
23		 TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 134th 115 [16]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
  1. "Headed down the fast track". echopress.com. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  2. "Finish Line Racing School 2007 Class Photos". finishlineracing.com. 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  3. "In Day One Darnell Tops Speed Charts in Daytona Testing". arcaracing.com. 2007-12-17. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  4. "Record Turnout of ARCA RE/MAX Series Testers at Daytona". motorsportnews.net. 2007-12-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  5. "Scott Stenzel Looks Like Veteran In ARCA Rookie Debut" (PDF). scottstenzel.com. 2007-12-15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  6. "Scott films on set of "Yellow Stripes Making the Driver"". scottstenzel.com. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
  7. Rutherford, Kevin (May 9, 2019). "NASCAR 101: The Top Debuts Among Active Drivers in NASCAR's National Series". Frontstretch. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  8. Page, Scott (June 3, 2019). "Scott Stenzel to make 2019 Truck debut at Texas with Reaume Brothers". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  9. "Scott Stenzel – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  10. "Scott Stenzel – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  11. "Scott Stenzel – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  12. "Scott Stenzel – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  13. "Scott Stenzel – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  14. "Scott Stenzel – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  15. "Scott Stenzel – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  16. "Scott Stenzel – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
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