Kevin Paul Lepage was born on June 26,1962 and is a retired American professional stock car racing driver, who last drove in NASCAR in 2014.
83 Facts About Kevin Lepage
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Kevin Lepage drove with occasional success in these series for the better part of 14 years.
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Kevin Lepage made his Busch Series debut in 1986 at Oxford Plains Speedway, starting 41st and finishing 15th in the No 09 Buick owned by Carl Merrill.
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Kevin Lepage had a best finish of 9th at New Hampshire International Speedway, in which he got a flat tire at the very end of the race, and finished 24th in points.
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Kevin Lepage then joined David Ridling and his No 88 Ridling Motorsports team with sponsorship from Ridling's own Farmer's Choice Fertilizer.
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Kevin Lepage won his first career race at the season finale Jiffy Lube Miami 300 with Hype Energy sponsorship.
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Kevin Lepage finished eighth in points with 1 win, three Top 5s and 10 Top 10s.
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Kevin Lepage ran most of the 1997 season driving for Ridling before leaving due to the team losing its sponsor.
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Kevin Lepage finished 12th in points, posting three Top 5s and six Top 10s.
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Kevin Lepage had his Cup debut by qualifying for the Fall Charlotte race in the No 91 LJ Racing car in an impressive 12th.
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Kevin Lepage would run the Fall Talladega and Atlanta races with finishes of 17th at Talladega and 29th at Atlanta.
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Kevin Lepage made the move to Winston Cup in 1998, driving for the LJ Racing team.
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Kevin Lepage announced his decision to depart LJ Racing in late June 1998 and sat out 6 races to work out the details of the new contract with Roush.
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Kevin Lepage would drive the No 16 Primestar-sponsored Ford Taurus in place of Ted Musgrave, who was released after Lepage's hiring.
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Kevin Lepage earned a pair of top-10 finishes in 13 races for Roush, his best finish being a sixth place at Charlotte.
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Kevin Lepage drove in the Busch Series for Doug Taylor's No 40 team with sponsorship from Channellock.
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Kevin Lepage finished 14th in points despite only starting 24 races out of 31.
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Kevin Lepage finished the year with one win, six Top 5s and 10 Top 10s.
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Kevin Lepage returned in 1999 with sponsorship from Primestar which switched to TV Guide in April after Primestar was sold to the General Motors-owned DirectTV.
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Kevin Lepage had one top 5, two top-tens and won the pole at the season-ending NAPA 500, earning him a 25th-place points finish.
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Kevin Lepage finished 35th in points with 14 starts, two Top 5s and six Top 10s.
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Kevin Lepage began 2000 unsponsored, before picking up backing from FamilyClick.
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Kevin Lepage failed to qualify twice and finished 28th in points with one Top 5 and three Top 10s with a best finish of 5th at Texas.
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That season Kevin Lepage restarted his No 71 Busch team as Matrix Motorsports in a partnership with Brewco Motorsports with sponsorship from Red Man, Southern Pride Chewing Tobacco and State Fair Corn Dogs.
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Kevin Lepage finished 42nd in points with 10 starts, one Top 5 and two Top 10s with a best finish of 3rd at Atlanta.
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Kevin Lepage's team won the pole at Watkins Glen with Scott Pruett.
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Kevin Lepage returned to the Cup series, running the No 4 Kodak Chevrolet for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, replacing Robby Gordon after five races.
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Kevin Lepage had a best finish of 11th in 21 races with them.
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Early in 2002, Kevin Lepage's team went inactive due to a lack of sponsorship, even though he had an 8th at Daytona and a 4th at Las Vegas.
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Kevin Lepage soon joined Brewco Motorsports, driving their No 37 Timber Wolf Chevy.
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Kevin Lepage ran three Cup races, two in the No 38 Quest Motor Racing Ford, and another for BAM Racing at Talladega in a car sponsored by Billy Ray Cyrus's show Doc.
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Kevin Lepage's best finish that year was a 40th at Loudon.
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In 2003, Kevin Lepage ran his own team at the Cup level for one race, finishing 32nd at the Coca-Cola 600 along with the Winston Open.
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Kevin Lepage ran two races that year for CLR Racing, where he had a fourth place start at Michigan, before returning to Morgan-McClure to finish the year, his best finish a fourteenth at Atlanta.
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Kevin Lepage teamed with Morgan-McClure again in 2004, but after six races, Lepage departed due to a lack of sponsorship.
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Kevin Lepage then signed with Competitive Edge Motorsports, posting a best finish of 41st twice, before leaving the team.
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Kevin Lepage ran eleven races in the Busch Series for MacDonald Motorsports, where he had two top-fifteen finishes.
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Unfortunately, the closest Kevin Lepage came to another top 10 was a 12th-place finish at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600, and was released from the ride after the Brickyard 400.
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Kevin Lepage signed with Peak Performance Racing for the balance of the year, and had a sixth-place qualifying effort at Kansas.
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Kevin Lepage ran six races with MacDonald in the Busch Series as well, posting a ninth-place finish at Lowe's.
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That year, Kevin Lepage made his debut in the Craftsman Truck Series for Green Light Racing at Dover finishing 19th.
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Kevin Lepage returned to Peak for 2006, but due to a lack of funding, the team was sold to Front Row Motorsports in April.
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Kevin Lepage ran a couple of races for FRM before leaving for BAM Racing.
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Kevin Lepage ran 12 races for BAM with a best finish of 21st at Bristol Motor Speedway before leaving them.
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Kevin Lepage then rejoined Front Row Motorsports making two of the final eight races in their No 34 and No 61 cars.
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Kevin Lepage ended up 40th in points even with missing 14 races.
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Kevin Lepage ran a limited schedule in the Busch Series for Mac Hill Motorsports with a best finish of 19th in seven races.
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Kevin Lepage ran two races for Green Light Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series with a best finish of 21st at Michigan.
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In 2007, Kevin Lepage started the year driving the No 34 Front Row Motorsports car in the races where the team could afford to run two cars.
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In 27 attempts, Kevin Lepage was only able to make two races; at Darlington and New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Kevin Lepage had two starts for Team Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series with a best finish of 35th at Texas.
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Kevin Lepage returned to driving full-time in the Nationwide Series in 2008, driving for Specialty Racing.
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Kevin Lepage blamed it on the spotter for every other team stating "nobody recognized my car was damaged and vastly underpowered," but later apologized for the accident himself.
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Kevin Lepage then attempted to race at Gateway in Mike Harmon's No 84 Chevrolet, but failed to qualify.
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Kevin Lepage ran one Truck Series race at Homestead for Green Light Racing finishing 35th.
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Kevin Lepage began the 2009 season without a full-time ride, but after running Derrike Cope's No 73 at Bristol, Lepage joined Jimmy Means' team at Texas in April until leaving after the June race at New Hampshire.
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Kevin Lepage then joined Derrike Cope's team for the rest of the season at Chicago primarily driving the No 78, but occasionally driving the No 73.
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Kevin Lepage ran one race for Green Light Racing at Dover in the Camping World Truck Series finishing 33rd, his most recent start in that series to date.
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In 2010, Kevin Lepage was in a Sprint Cup car for the first time since 2007.
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On November 20,2010, Mac Hill Motorsports announced that it was discontinuing its Nationwide Series team, allowing Kevin Lepage to seek another ride.
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On January 10,2011, Kevin Lepage announced that he would drive for Team Rensi Motorsports No 24 team in the Nationwide Series, bringing sponsorship from RaceDaySponsor.
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Sponsorship was found to allow Kevin Lepage to run 17 races without having to start and park, with a best finish of 20th at Phoenix.
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Kevin Lepage finished 27th in Points, which was his best finish since 2008.
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That team shut down but Kevin Lepage was able to start and park the next weeks race at Texas with Mike Harmon Racing's No 74.
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The next three weeks Kevin Lepage drove the No 52 Means Racing car at Richmond, Talladega and Darlington with a best finish of 27th at Richmond.
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Kevin Lepage then substituted in Tri-Star Motorsports start and park No 10 for the next 4 races highlighted by qualifying efforts of 25th at Dover and Michigan.
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Kevin Lepage then joined the Deware Racing Group in their No 86.
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Kevin Lepage ended up 35th in points with only running 20 of 33 races.
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The 2013 season started with the Deware Racing Group unable to secure sponsorship, which left them mostly inactive and Kevin Lepage starting the season without a ride.
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Three weeks later, Kevin Lepage start and parked for Means Racing at Darlington.
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Kevin Lepage ended up 39th in points with only running 10 of 33 races.
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Kevin Lepage drove for them through the fifth race of the season at California with a best finish of 30th at California.
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Kevin Lepage joined JD Motorsports in their No 87 for the next three races.
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Kevin Lepage's best finish was a 19th at Darlington, but the ride ended when the 87 team's only car was wrecked at Richmond.
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Kevin Lepage drove the 74 at Charlotte but finished 39th due to a rear gear failure.
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Kevin Lepage later drove start and park efforts for Tri-Star Motorsports at Michigan and JGL Racing at Elkhart Lake.
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Kevin Lepage would make his last career start with TriStar Motorsports at Dover finishing 31st.
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Kevin Lepage did attempt to qualify at Homestead with Mike Harmon Racing but failed to qualify.
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Kevin Lepage was unable to find sponsorship to compete in NASCAR after the 2014 season and instead focused on his business interests.
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On March 21,2017, Kevin Lepage announced he would run in the 55th Milk Bowl on October 1,2017, at Thunder Road International SpeedBowl with Boyce Racing in what is hinted at as his final race.
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Unfortunately for Kevin Lepage, he had to run the Last Chance qualifying race due to a slow qualifying speed.
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Kevin Lepage was born in Shelburne in Vermont on June 26,1962.
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Kevin Lepage was the only stock car driver from Vermont competing in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in the 1990s.