Ken Schrader

Schrader in 2007

Nationality

American

Born

May 29, 1955 (age 61)
Fenton, Missouri, U.S.

ARCA Racing Series career

Debut season

1981

Current team

Ken Schrader Racing

Car no.

Starts

Wins

Poles

Best finish

22nd in 2009

Previous series

1984–2008, 2010–2013

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Championship titles

1982
1983

USAC Silver Crown Series
USAC Sprint Car Series

Awards

1980
1985

2009

USAC Stock Car Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Sportsman Award

Achievements

1989, 1990 Busch Clash Winner
1988, 1989, 1990 Daytona 500 pole winner

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career

763 races run over 29 years

2013 position

39th

Best finish

4th (1994)

First race

1984 Pepsi 420 (Nashville)

Last race

2013 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)

First win

1988 Talladega DieHard 500 (Talladega)

Last win

1991 Budweiser 500 (Dover)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
4	184	23

NASCAR Xfinity Series career

116 races run over 17 years

Best finish

29th (1992)

First race

1987 AC-Delco 200 (Rockingham)

Last race

2010 Subway Jalapeño 250 (Daytona)

First win

1989 Ames/Peak 200 (Dover)

Last win

1994 Fram Filter 500K (Talladega)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
2	39	5

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career

104 races run over 18 years

Truck no., team

No. 71 (Contreras Motorsports)

2016 position

52nd

Best finish

19th (2007)

First race

1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)

Last race

2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)

First win

1995 Scott Irvin Chevrolet/Craftsman 200 (Saugus)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
1	37	2

NASCAR Pinty's Series career

1 race run over 1 year

Best finish

67th (2002)

First race

2002 Canada Day Shootout (Hamilton)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	1	0

Statistics current as of July 20, 2016.

Kenneth "Ken" Schrader (born May 29, 1955) is an American racing driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while driving part-time in the ARCA Racing Series, as well as at Eldora Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series. He raced in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from 1981 to 2013. He is a first cousin once removed of fellow NASCAR driver Carl Edwards.

He races in many racing divisions, and has been successful in any division he has stepped into. He owns a dirt late model and dirt open wheel modified car. Both of these cars, along with his Camping World Truck Series and ARCA series cars, are sponsored by Federated Auto Parts. He owns I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Missouri, and is co-owner of Macon Speedway, near Macon, Illinois, along with Kenny Wallace, Tony Stewart, and local promoter Bob Sargent.

During the 1990s and the early part of the 2000s, Schrader was running as many as 100 races among many types of racing, including NASCAR's national and regional touring series, ARCA, short track, and dirt track.

Schrader was born in Fenton, Missouri. In 1971, he was the sportsmens champ at Lake Hill Speedway in Valley Park. That same year, he moved up to sprint cars, racing in various locations across the Midwest. In 1980, he started racing in USAC's Stock Car Division, and was the series' rookie of the year. He returned to USAC's Stock Car Division one year later, finishing third in points. Early in the decade, he moved to the USAC series, competing in its various sprint car competitions. Schrader attempted to qualify for the 1983 Indianapolis 500 but wrecked his car during practice. In the USAC series, he won four USAC sprint car races, six Silver Crown races, 21 in USAC midgets, and 24 midget races in other divisions.

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