Mike Skinner | |||||||
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Born | Susanville, California, U.S. | June 28, 1957||||||
Achievements | 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Champion 1997 Daytona 500 pole winner | ||||||
Awards | 1997 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2014) | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
286 races run over 22 years | |||||||
Best finish | 10th (1999) | ||||||
First race | 1986 Sovran Bank 500 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Pure Michigan 400 (Michigan) | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
231 races run over 14 years | |||||||
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) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of April 22, 2013. |
Michael Curtis Skinner (born June 28, 1957) is an American former stock car racing driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and he was the first ever champion of the latter in 1995. He has most recently driven the No. 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.
Skinner appeared as the test driver for the first series of The Grand Tour. He was known as "The American," in humorous contrast to the main presenters, who are British.[1]