36 Facts About Mike Bliss

Michael Duane Bliss was born on April 5,1965 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Mike Bliss captured his first major victory in 1993 with the USAC Silver Crown National Championship.

Mike Bliss began racing in NASCAR in 1995, driving the Nos.

Mike Bliss ran a pair of Winston Cup races that season, finishing 25th at Martinsville Speedway in the No 96 for American Equipment Racing.

Mike Bliss picked up a win at Heartland Park Topeka and finished 9th in points.

In 1999, Mike Bliss ran two Winston Cup races for Bahari Racing with sponsorship from Sara Lee products.

Mike Bliss had a 9th-place run at Talladega Superspeedway and finished 39th in points that year.

Mike Bliss was unable to pick up a full-time ride for the 2001 season.

Mike Bliss finished 40th at Daytona International Speedway in a one-race deal for David Ridling, but that team soon closed its doors.

Mike Bliss picked up five wins and won the Truck series championship.

Mike Bliss ran only one Winston Cup race in 2002, subbing for Jamie McMurray in the No 40 Coors Light Dodge.

In 2004, Mike Bliss picked up his first career Busch win at Lowe's Motor Speedway and finished 5th in points.

Mike Bliss, driving the No 80 Hunt's Ketchup JGR car, got penalized for speeding on pit road on lap 332.

Mike Bliss signed with Haas CNC full-time in 2005, where he posted two Top 10's in the latter half of the season and finished 28th in points.

Mike Bliss came near to a Cup victory, nearly winning a large bonus paycheck and a win in the Nextel Open event but was crashed by Brian Vickers on the final lap in the final turn.

Vickers won the race and the bonus paycheck, while Mike Bliss slid across the finish line in 2nd-place.

Late in the season, Mike Bliss began driving the No 49 BAM Racing Dodge Nextel Cup Car, and finished out the 2006 season driving the car for BAM.

Mike Bliss was signed to drive the car in 2007, but after a long string of DNQs, he resigned from the organization midway through the season.

Mike Bliss drove the first four races of the 2007 Craftsman Truck season for Key Motorsports and drove 13 more Truck races for Bobby Hamilton Racing in the No 4 Dodge Ram.

Mike Bliss drove 22 races in the Busch Series for Fitz Motorsports in the No 22 Dodge Charger with sponsorships from Supercuts and Family Dollar.

Mike Bliss had signed to drive for Fitz full-time in 2008, but joined Phoenix Racing shortly after the season started.

Mike Bliss matched his career-best 5th-place finish in points and ran part-time schedules in Cup and Trucks.

Mike Bliss scored his second career Nationwide win, taking advantage of his fuel mileage and getting a caution at the right time, at Lowes Motor Speedway, and NASCAR declared the race official after 170 of 200 laps due to rain.

Mike Bliss spent the rest of the season splitting time with MSRP Motorsports, NEMCO Motorsports, and CJM Racing before returning to Phoenix for the season finale at Homestead.

Mike Bliss returned to full-time status in 2011 by joining Mark Smith's TriStar Motorsports in the Nationwide Series in the No 19 Chevrolet.

Mike Bliss had scored Finch's last win during a Nationwide race at Charlotte in 2009.

Mike Bliss served as standby driver for David Ragan in the No 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford at the 2014 Pocono 400 with Ragan on paternity watch.

Later in the season, Mike Bliss joined BK Racing in the No 93 Toyota for the Quaker State 400, finishing 41st.

Mike Bliss was hired by Go FAS Racing to drive the No 32 Sprint Cup car sharing it with Bobby Labonte and Boris Said in 2015, while being scheduled to continue driving full-time for TriStar in the Xfinity Series.

At the season opening Xfinity race at Daytona in 2015, Mike Bliss was replaced by Scott Lagasse Jr.

Mike Bliss returned to the car and drove through the spring Talladega race before being permanently removed from the car because former teammate Eric McClure brought full sponsorship.

Mike Bliss' ride was replaced by the new No 24 driven by McClure and the No 19 was relegated to a start and park ride.

Mike Bliss moved to a mentoring role for TriStar drivers McClure, Blake Koch, Cale Conley, and David Starr.

Mike Bliss continued in his part-time Sprint Cup ride with Go FAS Racing, but was released from the team after the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

In 2016, Mike Bliss has made a handful of one-off starts across the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series for various teams including TriStar, Contreras Motorsports, and MB Motorsports.

Since 2016, Mike Bliss has made no further starts in any of NASCAR's Top 3 series.