Bryan Reffner

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Bryan Reffner
Born (1963-11-06) November 6, 1963 (age 58)
Rudolph, Wisconsin
Achievements1988 ARTGO Champion
1989, 1990 Track Champion (Madison)
1995 American Speed Association Champion
2005 Champion
Awards1988 ARTGO Rookie of the Year
1996 Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 2 years
Best finish108th (2002)
First race2002 Cabela's 250 (Michigan)
Last race2005 Wallace Family Tribute 250 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
126 races run over 8 years
Best finish9th (1996, 2000)
First race1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead)
Last race2003 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win2000 O'Reilly 400 (Texas)
Last win2000 O'Reilly 400 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 38 5
Statistics current as of March 8, 2012.

Bryan Reffner is a former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He was also a champion in the American Speed Association.

Career prior to NASCAR[]

Reffner began racing at age 16. Reffner became a regular competitor in the late model division at Madison International Speedway. He was named the ARTGO Series (now NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series) rookie-of-the-year in 1983. Reffner won three track championships in 1989 and 1990.

Reffner moved to the American Speed Association in 1994, and became the 1995 ASA champion.

NASCAR career[]

Reffner made his Craftsman Truck Series debut in 1996, winning Rookie of the Year, driving the #44 1-800-COLLECT Ford for Mark Simo. He finished the year with 3 top fives, 9 top tens, and three poles, finishing ninth in the points. He continued to run full-time in 1997, posting two top-tens for . In 1998, he started the year with Phelon, but was released, and spent the rest of the season running with Liberty Racing and MB Motorsports. He had eight top-tens and finished 22nd in points.

1999 turned out to be a short year for him, as he ran only 13 races. He started the year signed to drive for a new two-truck operation, , owned by Mike Clark and Dominic Dobson. However, he left the team early in the season as he felt the team had not lived up to its obligations, and spent the year with , running thirteen races. In 2000 however, he had a breakthrough year, driving for Team Menard. He won his first career race at Texas Motor Speedway, (a race that unfortunately marked the death of Tony Roper) and having 16 top tens, finishing 9th in the points. Four races into 2001 however, Team Menard suspended operations, and Reffner ran just a handful of races, for Conely and . He had three top-tens during that season. He ran three races in 2002, his best finish a thirteenth at Michigan. He also made his Busch Series debut at Michigan. Driving the #0 for Conely, he started 25th and finished 29th. In 2003, he made his last two CTS starts to date, driving his self-owned #80 at Richmond and Homestead.

In 2003 he returned to the American Speed Association, and finished sixth in points.

In 2005, Reffner made two starts for , but failed to finish higher than 35th. He also made a failed attempt at qualifying for the NEXTEL Cup Phoenix race with Competitive Edge Motorsports. He also was leading the points in the series going into the final 3 races of 2005 and was declared the ASL Champion when the final races were canceled.

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series[]

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NNCC Pts Ref
2005 79 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH
DNQ 		BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX NA - [1]
Competitive Edge Motorsports 51 Chevy PHO
DNQ 		HOM

Busch Series[]

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
2002 0 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH
29 		BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT 108th 76 [2]
70 MEM
DNQ 		ATL CAR PHO
07 HOM
DNQ
2005 Smith Brothers Motorsports 67 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
35 		DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY
43 		IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV
DNQ 		KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 143rd 34 [3]

Craftsman Truck Series[]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NCTC Pts Ref
1996 44 Ford HOM
5 		PHO
4 		POR
7
24 		TUS
11 		CNS
16 		HPT
14 		BRI
23
10 		MLW
24 		LVL
6 		I70
12 		IRP
20 		GLN
13 		NSV
5 		RCH
19 		NHA
7 		MAR
17 		NWS
34
8 		MMR
13 		PHO
18 		LVS
9 		9th 2961 [4]
28 FLM
12
1997 66 Ford WDW
21 		TUS
31 		HOM
31 		PHO
34 		POR
21 		EVG
24 		I70
20 		NHA
8 		TEX
30 		BRI
10 		NZH
11 		MLW
13 		LVL
23 		CNS
15 		HPT
19 		IRP
15 		FLM
21 		NSV
29 		GLN
19 		RCH
15 		MAR
29 		SON
32 		MMR
32 		CAL
32 		PHO
30 		LVS
38 		19th 2433 [5]
1998 WDW
13 		HOM
31 		PHO
8 		POR
7 		EVG
8
4 		GLN
18 		TEX
35 		BRI
10 		MLW
19 		NZH
8 		CAL
13
29 		IRP
12 		NHA
31
3 		NSV
14 		22nd 2770 [6]
Liberty Racing 98 Ford HPT
34
MB Motorsports 26 Ford LVL
15 		RCH
35 		MEM
28
Liberty Racing 84 Ford GTY
10
22 Ford MAR
23
1 Dodge SON
32 		MMR
39 Chevy PHO
24 		LVS
37
1999 7 Chevy HOM PHO EVG MMR
23 		MAR
34 		MEM
14
18 		I70
23 		BRI
24 		TEX
23 		GLN MLW
21 		NSV
31 		NZH
20 		MCH
20 		NHA
16 		IRP
18 		GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 26th 1274 [7]
2000 Team Menard 3 Chevy DAY
35 		HOM
30 		PHO
11 		MMR
6 		MAR
8
7 		GTY
8 		MEM
8
8
10 		TEX
5 		KEN
5 		GLN
13 		MLW
10 		NHA
28 		NZH
9 		MCH
15 		IRP
8 		NSV
8 		CIC
7 		RCH
11 		DOV
29 		TEX
1 		CAL
6 		9th 3153 [8]
2001 DAY
8 		HOM
28 		MMR
18 		MAR
8 		GTY DAR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO 30th 952 [9]
41 Dodge TEX
20 		PHO
5 		CAL
20
7 Chevy LVS
18
2002 DAY DAR MAR GTY DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN
31 		NHA MCH
13 		IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM
27 		63rd 206 [10]
2003 Bryan Reffner 80 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH
13 		NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM
31 		81st 194 [11]

ARCA Re/Max Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARSC Pts Ref
2006 Eddie Sharp Racing 22 Chevy DAY SLM WIN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW
36 		169th 50 [12]
2007 66 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN TOL IOW
12 		POC MCH KEN
15 		POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF
28 		SLM TOL 61st 420 [13]
2008 DAY SLM IOW KAN TOL POC MCH
14 		KEN
14 		BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI
16 		SLM TAL TOL 57th 470 [14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  7. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  8. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  9. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  10. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  11. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  12. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  13. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  14. ^ "Bryan Reffner – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.

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