Mike Bliss

Mike Bliss
Bliss at Road America in 2012
Born	(1965-04-05) April 5, 1965 (age 51) Milwaukie, Oregon
Achievements	1993 USAC Silver Crown Champion 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
179 races run over 17 years
2015 position	66th
Best finish	28th (2005)
First race	1998 (Martinsville)
Last race	2015 Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 7 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
359 races run over 18 years
Car no., team	No. 10/14 (TriStar Motorsports)
2016 position	119th
Best finish	5th (2004, 2008, 2009)
First race	1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 (California)
Last race	2016 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)
First win	2004 Lowe's Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300 (Charlotte)
Last win	2009 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 76 3
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
206 races run over 13 years
Truck no., team	No. 71 (Contreras Motorsports) No. 63 (MB Motorsports)
2016 position	46th
Best finish	1st (2002)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2016 Rattlesnake 400 (Texas)
First win	1995 Lowe's 150 (North Wilkesboro)
Last win	2006 EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 13 109 18
Statistics current as of September 24, 2016.

Michael "Mike" Bliss (born April 5, 1965) is an American professional driver. A journeyman NASCAR competitor and the 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, he has run in all three national series.

Bliss began racing at age 10. He captured his first major victory in 1993 with the USAC Silver Crown National Championship.

Bliss began racing in NASCAR in 1995, driving the Nos. 08 and 2 Ford F-150 for Ultra Motorsports in the new Craftsman Truck Series. Competing in 19 out of 20 races, Bliss picked up a win at North Wilkesboro Speedway and finished eighth in points. The next year, with sponsorship from Team ASE Racing, he won at Evergreen and I-70 and finished fifth in points. In 1998, he made his debut in the upper-NASCAR ranks. First, he finished 26th at the Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 driving a car owned by Kevin Schwantz, then two weeks later, finished seventh at Indianapolis Raceway Park for Michael Waltrip Racing. He also ran a pair of Winston Cup races that season, finishing 25th at Martinsville Speedway in the No. 96 for American Equipment Racing.

After winning six poles and finishing fourth in points in 1998, Bliss announced he would not return to the team after 1998, and signed with Roush Racing to drive the No. 99 Exide Batteries Ford. He picked up a win at Heartland Park Topeka and finished fifth in points. During the season, he began to pick up offers to run in the Cup Series, and left Roush. In 1999, Bliss ran two Winston Cup races for Bahari Racing with sponsorship from Sara Lee products.