Mike Stefanik

Michael Stefanik
Born	May 20, 1958 (1958-05-20) (age 53) Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Awards	7-time Whelen Modified Tour Champion (1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006) 2-time Busch East Series Champion (1997, 1998) 1999 Truck Series Rookie of the Year 4-time NASCAR BES Most Popular Driver (1995, 1997, 1998, 2004) 3-time NASCAR WMT Most Popular Driver (1997, 1998, 2001) Named one of the "NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 Drivers" (2003)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
25 races run over 2 years
First race	1998 Sam's Town 250 (Las Vegas)
Last race	1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (California)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 10 0

Mike Stefanik (born May 20, 1958, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts) is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. [1] His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing only Richie Evans. In 2006, Stefanik tied the late Evans with nine overall championships in NASCAR-sanctioned competitions including the unique situation where in 1997 and 1998 where he won both the Modified and Busch North Series(now known as the Camping World East series) championships in the same year. He is also the career wins leader of the series with 69.

From 1989 to 1998, Stefanik won four championships in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, and was also an accomplished Busch North driver, winning the 1997 and 1998 titles. In doing so, he became the first driver to win two NASCAR championships in consecutive years; Lee Petty is the only other person to have won two championships in one year. Following these seasons, Stefanik moved up to the Craftsman Truck Series, racing for Dale Phelon and finishing in the top-ten nine times during 1999, achieving Rookie of the Year honors. After that, though, Phelon's team left the series, and Stefanik moved back to the Modified and Busch North tours in 2001. He won three more Modified titles in 2001, 2002 and 2006.

External links

• Mike Stefanik at Racing Reference

Achievements
Preceded by Greg Biffle	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Kurt Busch
Preceded by Dave Dion	NASCAR Busch North Series champion 1997-1998	Succeeded by Brad Leighton
Preceded by Tony Hirschman	NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion 2006	Succeeded by Donny Lia
Preceded by Jerry Marquis	NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series champion 2001-2002	Succeeded by Todd Szegedy
Preceded by Tony Hirschman	NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series champion 1997-1998	Succeeded by Tony Hirschman
Preceded by Jamie Tomaino	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour champion 1991	Succeeded by Jeff Fuller
Preceded by Mike McLaughlin	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour champion 1989	Succeeded by Jamie Tomaino

He actually has two daughters, and only one is deaf.

Persondata
Name	Stefanik, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American race car driver
Date of birth	May 20, 1958
Place of birth	Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA
Date of death
Place of death