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Mike Skinner (NASCAR)

Mike Skinner
Mike Skinner 2011.jpg
Skinner at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2011
Born (1957-06-28) June 28, 1957 (age 59)
Susanville, California
Achievements 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Champion
1997 Daytona 500 pole winner
Awards 1997 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
286 races run over 22 years
2012 position 53rd
Best finish 10th (1999)
First race 1986 Sovran Bank 500 (Martinsville)
Last race 2012 Pure Michigan 400 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 39 6
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
52 races run over 8 years
Best finish 27th (2001)
First race 1987 Country Squire 200 (Darlington)
Last race 2006 Ford 300 (Homestead)
First win 1999 Yellow Freight 300 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 16 3
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
231 races run over 14 years
2012 position 101st
Best finish 1st (1995)
First race 1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
First win 1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last win 2009 Copart 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
28 144 50
Statistics current as of April 22, 2013.

Michael "Mike" Skinner (born June 28, 1957) is an American driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Busch Series and Camping World Truck Series. He has most recently driven the #98 Ford Fusion for Phil Parsons Racing in the Cup Series. He is the father of former NASCAR drivers Jamie Skinner and Dustin Skinner. He was born in Susanville, California.

As of 2017, he is the resident racing driver for The Grand Tour, known as "The American" in contrast to the main presenters being British.

Skinner began racing at Susanville Speedway in the 1970s in a Plymouth Road Runner at various California dirt tracks, winning three championships. He soon moved to North Carolina and worked as a crew member for Rusty Wallace and at Petty Enterprises. In 1986, he made his NASCAR debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving the #19 Pontiac for the Zanworth Racing Team, and had a best finish of 22nd in three starts. The following year, he made his Xfinity Series debut at Darlington Raceway, finishing 27th in the #0 Hunt Tire Oldsmobile. He did not compete in NASCAR again until 1990, when he drove the #13 Glidden Paints Buick for Mansion Motorsports at North Carolina Speedway, finishing 35th with rear end failure. He ran four races for Dixon over the next two years, before running one race in 1993 for Jimmy Means.


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