Scott Allan Wimmer was born on January 26,1976 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver.
44 Facts About Scott Wimmer
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Scott Wimmer has a total of six wins in the Xfinity Series.
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Scott Wimmer's father began as the owner of his uncle Larry Detjens' racing team.
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Scott Wimmer started racing at State Park Speedway in Wausau, Wisconsin in 1991 at age 15.
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Scott Wimmer moved up through the ranks, and became a well-known driver in the Midwest.
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Scott Wimmer moved down south, and in 1997 was the Rookie of the Year in the Hooters Cup late model series.
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Scott Wimmer later finished second for the Rookie of the Year in the American Speed Association series in 2000.
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Scott Wimmer began the season with no sponsor for his family-owned team, but was able to run the full season after winning the first two races of the year.
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Scott Wimmer finished 22nd and led nine laps in that race.
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Scott Wimmer was named Davis' permanent driver of the No 23 Jani-King-sponsored Pontiac in the 2001.
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Scott Wimmer had two Top 5 finishes, eight Top 10 finishes and finished 11th in points, second to Greg Biffle for the Rookie of the Year title.
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Davis was able to get Siemens sponsorship for Scott Wimmer to run seven races in a No 27 car in the Cup Series, but Scott Wimmer was only able to make two of them.
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Scott Wimmer substituted in the No 23 Hills Brothers Coffee-sponsored car at Talladega earning a season's best finish of 17th.
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Scott Wimmer got full-time sponsorships from Stacker 2, YJ Stinger, and Stamina Rx in 2003, but after losing crew chief Bootie Barker and switching to Chevrolet, he won only one race at Pikes Peak with four Top 5 finishes, 12 Top 10s, and finished ninth in points.
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Scott Wimmer ran two races in the No 27 YJ Stinger-sponsored Chevrolet finishing 24th in both races at Bristol and New Hampshire.
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Scott Wimmer was later convicted and sentenced to probation and 24-hour community service.
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Scott Wimmer began the year with a very strong performance at the Daytona 500, and appeared in contention to win after the final set of pit stops, but without drafting help, Wimmer was easily overtaken by Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Scott Wimmer ran the full season again in 2005, but did not finish higher than 11th in a race that season.
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Scott Wimmer was dismissed from Bill Davis Racing by mail at the end of the season after only managing to squander up a 32nd in the point standings.
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Scott Wimmer joined Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2006 to drive their No 4 Aero Exhaust-sponsored Chevrolet.
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Scott Wimmer then joined with Richard Childress Racing as a test driver for the remainder of the season and was signed to drive for the 2007 Busch Series season.
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Scott Wimmer drove the final Cup race of the 2006 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the No 33 Holiday Inn-sponsored Chevrolet earning a season-best finish of 12th.
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Scott Wimmer had four top-ten finishes, culminating the Busch season 29th in points.
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Scott Wimmer competed in 22 races between the No 21 AutoZone-sponsored Chevy and No 29 Holiday Inn-sponsored Chevy.
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Scott Wimmer won his first career pole at Gateway International Raceway and had seven Top 5 finishes and 14 Top 10 finishes.
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Scott Wimmer shared the No 29 car with Jeff Burton and with Burton's five wins, twelve top-five finishes and seventeen top-ten finishes combined with Scott Wimmer's finishes, the No 29 team won the 2007 Busch Series Owner's Championship.
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In 2008, Scott Wimmer increased his second-tier schedule by running 22 races in the No 29 Holiday Inn-sponsored Chevrolet and one in the No 21 Prilosec-sponsored Chevrolet for Childress in newly renamed 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series.
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Scott Wimmer picked up a win at Nashville, his first win since 2003.
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Scott Wimmer had five top-five finishes and thirteen top-ten finishes helping the No 29 finish fifth in Owner's Points while Scott Wimmer ended up 17th in points, running only a part-time schedule.
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Scott Wimmer attempted one race in the 2008 Sprint Cup Series, failing to make the race at Richmond in the No 33 Camping World-sponsored Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.
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Scott Wimmer returned to Morgan-McClure Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series driving one race at Bristol in the No 4 Alpha Natural Resources-sponsored Chevrolet finishing 29th.
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In 2010, Scott Wimmer decided to only drive high quality equipment in the Nationwide Series.
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Scott Wimmer got a two race ride with JR Motorsports in the No 7 Chevrolet at Bristol and Nashville.
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Scott Wimmer was able to get finishes of 10th and seventh respectively.
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Scott Wimmer then earned a three race ride with Baker Curb Racing in the No 27 Red Man-sponsored Ford.
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Scott Wimmer's best finish with them was a seventh at Kentucky Speedway.
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Scott Wimmer spent most of the rest of the season without a ride but was able to get a one race deal with Turner Motorsports.
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Scott Wimmer drove the No 10 AccuDoc Solutions-sponsored Toyota at Gateway International Raceway but crashed out.
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In 2010, Scott Wimmer had three Top 10 finishes in six races and led laps in five of the races he ran.
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Scott Wimmer started the 2011 Nationwide Series season driving the No 40 for Key Motorsports earning a best finish of 12th at Talladega before leaving after the 11th race due to the lack of a sponsorship.
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Scott Wimmer drove one race each for No 87 Nemco Motorsports at Nashville Speedway, No 40 Key Motorsports at Bristol Motor Speedway and No 81 McDonald Motorsports at Chicagoland Speedway.
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Scott Wimmer was able to run a few Sprint Cup Series races in 2011 for Robby Gordon Motorsports.
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Scott Wimmer substituted for Gordon in the No 7 Speed Energy-sponsored Dodge at Dover International Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Kentucky Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway; earning a best finish of 27th at New Hampshire.
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In 2012, Scott Wimmer partnered with Russ Blakeley, Jim Budzinski and Kurt Wise to form Wild Motorsports.