Scott Stenzel

Scott Alan Stenzel is an American race car driver born on 28 July 1980 in Mankato, Minnesota. He lived eight years of his life in Wells, Minnesota then moved to Alexandria, Minnesota after his father was transferred positions in the United States Postal Service. Stenzel's parent's property was next to a home made race track that was owned by Ron Fischer. He became friends with Ron's son Josh and started to turn laps. They raced together in karts, 4wheelers, stock cars and even dirt bikes. Growing up Scott entered into FASCAR racing series at 16 years old. He raced enduro super stocks on the weekends at the 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 all 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. He services clients like Universal Orlando Resort, Disney Adventures Magazine, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, National Retail Federation and many more. Through his many years in production his racing passion never lifted. He met Charlie Patterson, owner of Nex-Gen Motorsports and retired owner of Patterson Drive Shafts, at the 2006 Daytona 500 and since then his career began to take off. Patterson worked with Stenzel to jump start his career at 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 states. [cite news| title =Headed down the fast track|url=http://www.echopress.com/articles/includes/full_photo.cfm?id=2124|publisher= echopress.com|date=2008-01-11|accessdate=2008-01-11]

Stenzel made his ARCA RE/MAX Series debut at the Daytona International Speedway test on 14-16 December 2007. He posted a speed of 50.599 seconds at 179.105 MPH which placed him 13 of 64 drivers on the first day of ARCA RE/MAX single car runs. Posting a total of 40 laps he was granted permission to participate in all of the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX events as well as given his official license. [cite news| title =Scott Stenzel Looks Like Veteran In ARCA Rookie Debut|url=http://www.digicraftproductions.com/clients/YSMTD/12152007_stenzel.pdf|publisher= scottstenzel.com|date=2007-12-15|accessdate=2007-12-15|format=PDF]

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On 11-12 December 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. [cite news| title =Finish Line Racing School 2007 Class Photos|url=http://www.finishlineracing.com/2007classpics.htm|publisher= finishlineracing.com|date=2007-12-17|accessdate=2007-12-17]

On 3 December 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. Stenzel is competing in the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series. [cite news| title =In Day One Darnell Tops Speed Charts in Daytona Testing|url=http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/5999/2/|publisher= arcaracing.com|date=2007-12-17|accessdate=2007-12-17]

On 14-16 December 2007 Stenzel competed in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and obtained his 2008 license at the Daytona test. There was a record number of drivers who showed up to this test. [cite news| title =Record Turnout of ARCA RE/MAX Series Testers at Daytona|url=http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/933|publisher= motorsportnews.net|date=2007-12-17|accessdate=2007-12-17]

Personal Information

Stenzel currently resides in Orlando, Florida. His sister lives in Utah and his parents live in Minnesota.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

External links

* [http://www.scottstenzel.com/ Official Scott Stenzel site]
* [http://www.makingthedriver.com/ Official "Yellow Stripes Making the Driver" - Driver Development site]
* [http://www.digicraftproductions.com/ Official "Digi Craft Productions" company co-owned by Scott Stenzel]