Russ Dugger

Born

January 12, 1975 (age 42)
Mountain Grove, Missouri, United States

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career

4 races run over 2 years

2012 position

53rd

Best finish

53rd – 2012

First race

2008 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)

Last race

2012 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

Statistics current as of November 16, 2012.

Russ Dugger (born January 12, 1975, in Mountain Grove, Missouri) is an American professional racing driver.

Dugger was a prodigal musician during his teenage years, with his interest in motorsports at that time one of many interests competing for time. Already an accomplished, classically trained trumpeter, he enrolled at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville after high school where he majored in music with designs on performing and teaching music professionally. During the course of his studies, he was invited to perform and awarded a chair with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra.

Upon graduating college, he felt a calling to serve his country and promptly decided to join the United States Air Force - a decision which ultimately led to an opportunity to play trumpet in the United States Air Force Band, which he did for five years before deciding to pursue motorsports. He currently lives in Owasso, Oklahoma.

Dugger was a world-class R/C driver before he began competing in full size vehicles. He was sponsored by numerous nitro R/C manufacturers to compete in national and international events, specializing in both 1/8 scale on-road nitro pan car and 1/8 scale nitro off-road buggy classes.

Through an acquaintance with Mark Eldridge of Mobile Soundstage Engineering, he has piloted a one-of-a-kind street legal 2006 Dodge Charger show car converted from a retired NASCAR chassis for private and charity ride-along events around Hallett Motor Racing Circuit.

He is involved with the Aaron Gillming Foundation, an Oklahoma-based group providing services to families who have lost loved ones to drunk drivers. He has also represented Tulsa-based charity The Little Light House in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Dugger has driven a wide variety of race vehicles, demonstrating an aptitude for car control and developing a reputation as a natural. He has competed or driven in dirt micro sprint cars, in TaG karts, on road courses in GT1 and GTO cars, in SCCA auto-x events, on short-track paved ovals in NASCAR-style trucks, and of course in both the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Truck Series.

Dugger attended the December 2007 ARCA open test at Daytona where he gained valuable superspeedway seat time, but he did not make the start in the 2008 February race there.

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