Dwayne Leik
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Dwayne Leik | |||||||
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Born | Skyland, North Carolina | February 9, 1964||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Best finish | 79th (2002) | ||||||
First race | 2001 Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway) | ||||||
Last race | 2008 Meijer 300 (Kentucky) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of February 17, 2013. |
Dwayne Leik (born February 9, 1964) is a former NASCAR driver. He was formerly an owner of Leik Motorsports and a part-time driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He formerly worked as the business manager for Marcis Racing and legendary NASCAR driver Dave Marcis. Leik was able to secure racing sponsorship for Marcis for eleven consecutive seasons and he is widely regarded as the key figure in resurrecting Marcis' faltering career. Since Marcis Racing did not have a test team, Leik's car was often seen as a test car for Marcis Racing. Leik also accompanied Marcis and participated in the IROC (International Race of Champions) test sessions. He once logged over 1,100 miles (1,800 km) in an IROC car at Daytona in a single day test. He has also served as a driving instructor at the Fast Track High Performance Driving School and Richard Petty Driving School.
Early racing career[]
He began his racing career with SCCA racing in Florida. He is also a veteran of Late Model Stock divisions.
ARCA racing[]
In 13 career ARCA RE/MAX Series starts, Leik had 1 top 5, 2 top 10, 8 top 20 finishes. He finished 10th at Charlotte in his first ever ARCA race, with a best finish of 4th at Pococno.
NASCAR career[]
Leik purchased two NASCAR Nationwide series cars from Andy Petree Racing. Under funding and time limitations have always plagued his career. Through his career he qualified and started in 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series races with his best finishes coming at Chicagoland Speedway where he finished 24th twice. His Nationwide career earnings are 247,723.00. One race of note that typifies his career is when he qualified a car for Davis Motorsports in 2008 at the biggest race of the year, Daytona, only to give up his starting spot to the owner’s son Kertus whose car did not make the race. “This is a small father and son operation and they didn’t put in all of those long hours to watch me race one of their cars while Kertus sat out... It doesn’t matter to me if I qualified it; Kertus deserves to be in their own car... it’s the right thing."
In 2006, Leik partnered with Keith Duesenberg to form Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports. The team ran the full 2006 NASCAR Nationwide season with driver Jay Sauter and sponsor Western Union. In the year of the “Bushwhackers” (half the field being Sprint Cup drivers) the team posted 3 top 10, 6 top 15, and 13 top 20 finishes. The team’s best qualifying efforts were 2nd at Martinsville, 6th at California and 7th at Richmond. The team earned $751,219 in purse money. Leik ran one race for the team – Daytona.
Winston Cup Series[]
Between 2000 and 2002, Leik attempted to qualify for four Winston Cup Series races, driving a No. 72 Chevrolet for Marcis Auto Racing in all attempts; he failed to qualify for any of the four races.[1]
Business ventures[]
Leik is the owner of two NASCAR-related companies: Leik Motorsports, Inc., a NASCAR team and Motorsports Marketing, Inc., a NASCAR marketing company. He also owns Mobile Marketing Displays, Inc., a developer of mobile marketing exhibits, Leik Incorporated, a real estate holding company; Mountain Construction Company, Inc., a residential and commercial construction company, and Norman’s Ice Cream Service, Inc., a mobile ice cream business.
Personal life[]
Leik graduated from the University of Michigan. He rowed on the university crew team for 4 years. Post college, he continued to row and is a 3 time U.S. National Rowing Champion.
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.)
Winston Cup Series[]
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NWCC | Pts | |||
2000 | Marcis Auto Racing | 72 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL DNQ |
RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC DNQ |
SON | DAY | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | HOM | ATL | N/A | - | |||||
2001 | DAY DNQ |
CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MAR | TAL | PHO | CAR | HOM | ATL | NHA | N/A | - | ||||||
2002 | DAY DNQ |
CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | N/A | - |
Daytona 500[]
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2001 | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | DNQ | |
2002 | DNQ |
Nationwide Series[]
NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NNSC | Pts | |
2001 | 81 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT DNQ |
DOV | KEN | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY 35 |
PPR | IRP | MCH DNQ |
BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT DNQ |
MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM | 124th | 58 | ||||
2002 | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR 40 |
BRI | TEX DNQ |
NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN DNQ |
MLW | DAY | CHI 24 |
GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH 40 |
BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL 37 |
CAR | PHO | HOM DNQ |
79th | 229 | |||||
2003 | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN 26 |
MLW | DAY | CHI 25 |
NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH 35 |
BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL DNQ |
PHO | CAR | HOM | 88th | 231 | |||||
2006 | Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports | 26 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 32 |
CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 128th | 67 | |
2008 | JD Motorsports | 01 | Chevy | DAY QL† |
KEN 40 |
MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 90th | 214 | |||||||||||||||
0 | CAL 38 |
LVS 41 |
ATL 43 |
BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC | TAL 40 |
RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Replaced by Kertus Davis. |
Craftsman Truck Series[]
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
1999 | 81 | Ford | HOM | PHO | EVG | MMR | MAR | MEM | I70 | BRI | TEX | GLN | MLW | NSV | NZH | MCH | NHA | IRP | GTY | HPT | RCH | LVS DNQ |
LVL | TEX | CAL | 123rd | 40 |
References[]
- ^ "Dwayne Leik - NASCAR Winston Cup / Nextel Cup / Sprint Cup DNQs". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
External links[]
- Dwayne Leik driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Dwayne Leik owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Living people
- 1964 births
- People from Buncombe County, North Carolina
- Racing drivers from North Carolina
- NASCAR drivers
- ARCA Menards Series drivers
- NASCAR team owners
- University of Michigan alumni