Chris Wimmer

Chris Wimmer
Born	June 23, 1979 (1979-06-23) (age 32) Wausau, Wisconsin
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
2006 position	106th
Best finish	106th - 2006
First race	2005 Arizona 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2006 Dover 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
Truck no., team	76 - Jeff Milburn Racing
2007 position	100th
Best finish	31st - 2004
First race	2004 UAW/GM Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
Last race	2007 Sam's Town 400 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 4, 2007.

Chris Wimmer (born June 23, 1979, in Wausau, Wisconsin) is an American driver. He has raced mostly in short track competition and as high as the NASCAR Busch Series (now Nationwide Series). Wimmer is currently competing in the ASA Midwest Tour where he finished fourth in 2008.^[1]

Early career

Wimmer's career began in his youth, when he began working on his uncle, Larry Detjens's, racecar.^[2] Detjens was a champion late model racer who competed at Slinger Super Speedway and Wisconsin International Raceway. Detjens had the Slinger Nationals race trophy named after him after his death in 1981. Wimmer would work on his brother Scott Wimmer's cars after Scott started racing at age 14.^[2]

He began his racing career at age 17 while still in high school, racing pure stocks. He won the pure stocks track championship at State Park Speedway near Wausau in 1997.^[3] Later, he moved over to late models, and he won State Park Speedway's Larry Detjens Memorial Race in 2001.^[3] Participating in 149 races, Chris won 17 times and had 53 top five finishes. In 2001, he moved up to the American Speed Association (ASA), competing in more than 50 events over the next three years.

NASCAR career

On January 9, 2004, Wimmer signed to drive for MB Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series. Piloting the #63 Dave Porter Truck Sales Ford, Wimmer debuted at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway in early April. In the season he competed in twelve races; his best finish was 18th at Kansas Speedway. The following season, he was left without a ride before coming to an agreement with Green Light Racing in June 2005. He raced the #07 Chevrolet at the Milwaukee Mile. He would go on to race five more events for the team, occasionally switching to the #08 Chevy (which was unsponsored) and back to the #07, which had different sponsors in all four races Wimmer drove it. His best finish was 17th.

Despite having only run in 17 Craftsman Truck races, he came to a three-year agreement with Keith Coleman Racing in early November 2005 to drive the #23 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series. He raced once in the 2005 season at Phoenix International Raceway and finished 37th after crashing. In 2006, Wimmer tried to compete for Busch Series Rookie of the Year, but after missing many races, he was released. He returned to the Truck Series to drive the #08 truck for Green Light at Milwaukee, but finished last after an electrical failure. Later in the season, he made one race at Dover Speedway, finishing 43rd in the #79 Speedco Chevy. His final race of the year came at Texas Motor Speedway, when he drove the #76 Automotive Fabrication Chevy for Jeff Milburn to a 34th place finish.

In 2007, he drove one more race for Milburn at Texas, where he finished 30th after an engine failure.

Wimmer's 2008 ASA car

In 2008, he competed on the ASA Midwest Tour, finishing fourth in the season points.^[1] He had nine Top 10 finishes and was the fastest qualfier in two of 14 events. He was the only driver in the Top 5 in points to have no wins.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "ASA Midwest Tour 2008 points". ASA Midwest Tour. http://www.asamidwesttour.com/node/313. Retrieved 2008-10-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Wimmer the Latest Racing Prodigy for Mike Mittler, MB Motorsports", Brandon W. Mudd, MB Motorsports, Retrieved September 7, 2007
3. ^ ^{a b} "Past State Park Speedway Champions". State Park Speedway. http://www.stateparkspeedway.com/about.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-28. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Chris Wimmer Official Website
• Official Wimmer family Website
• Career statistics at racing-reference.info

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Name	Wimmer, Chris
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Date of birth	June 23, 1979
Place of birth	Wausau, Wisconsin
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