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Lance Hooper
Hooper at Auto Club Speedway in 2009
BornLance Allen Hooper
(1967-06-01) June 1, 1967 (age 56)
Palmdale, California, U.S.
Achievements1996 Winston West Series Champion

1995 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion

1991, 1992 Winston Racing Series Champion
Awards1996 Winston West Series Rookie of the Year

1993 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Rookie of the Year

1995 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
9 races run over 4 years
Best finish48th (1997)
First race1996 Dura Lube 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2002 Sharpie 500 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
22 races run over 6 years
Best finish44th (1998)
First race1998 Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington)
Last race2004 O'Reilly 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
80 races run over 6 years
Best finish19th (2001)
First race2000 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K (Homestead)
Last race2009 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of February 17, 2013.

Lance Allen Hooper (born June 1, 1967) is a race car driver and crew chief in NASCAR as well as several touring divisions. Hooper attended his first race when he was just two weeks old, and also came from a long line of racing champions, including his uncle, father, and brother. Hooper last served as the driver and crew chief of the No. 44 Key Motorsports Chevy in the Truck Series in 2009.

Racing career

Hooper first began racing in 1990 in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, and was named Rookie of the Year at Saugus Speedway. He went on to win the track championship there the next two years. Following that stint, Hooper moved up to the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series, and won seven races in his first year on the circuit, then won the championship in 1995. In addition to his success on Raceday, he won the pole award sixteen times, the Most Popular Driver award as well as breaking many track records.

After that, he moved to the NASCAR Winston West Series. In 1996, he won five races, as well as both the championship and the Rookie of the Year points title. That year, he made his Winston Cup debut as well, running the Dura Lube 500 and finishing 33rd in his own Pontiac. He soon caught the eye of owner Richard Jackson, owner of Precision Products Racing, and the two ran six races together in 1997 in the Winston Cup Series. In 1998, the two made an abbreviated bid at the Busch Series championship, running 16 races and finishing in the top-20 three times.

Hooper did not run much in 1999. He ran one Busch Series race for Jackson, and made an unsuccessful attempt at the Brickyard 400 with Fenley-Moore Motorsports after replacing Jeff Davis during qualifying.[1] He returned to the sport regularly in 2000, running 13 races in the Craftsman Truck Series for Marty Walsh (his best finish was 15th) and four races for Alumni Motorsports in the Busch Series, including an outside pole qualifying run. Hooper made 18 Truck Series races in 2001, and had a tenth-place finish at Nazareth Speedway. Hooper also reunited with Jackson competed in a Cup race at Dover for Dark Horse Motorsports.

He ran every truck race in 2002, despite switching from Ware Racing Enterprises to Team Racing mid-season. Hooper ran his most recent Cup race to date that year, finishing 31st at Bristol Motor Speedway for Junie Donlavey. In 2003, Hooper began running his own entry in the Truck Series with fan-based sponsorships. He finished 24th in points that year. Hooper ran five races with ThorSport Racing, and had two top-twenty finishes in the No. 13 Silverado. He did not race again for five years, choosing to become a crew chief at the Truck level, working with ThorSport and Key Motorsports. He returned to the driver's seat in 2009 in the Trucks to drive the No. 44 entry for his then-employer, Key Motorsports, before finishing the year at Tagsby Racing.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NWCC Pts Ref
1996 Golden West Motorsports 07 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
DNQ 		CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO
33 		ATL 61st 64 [2]
1997 Ranier-Walsh Racing 20 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR
DNQ 		SON
42 		TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND 48th 402 [3]
Precision Products Racing 1 Pontiac GLN
24 		MCH
34 		BRI
24 		DAR
35 		RCH
33 		NHA
DNQ 		DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL
1998 14 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SON NHA POC IND
DNQ 		GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATL NA - [4]
1999 Fenley-Moore Motorsports 62 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND
DNQ 		GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL NA - [5]
2001 Dark Horse Motorsports 47 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV
DNQ 		MCH POC SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
DNQ 		KAN CLT MAR TAL PHO CAR HOM 69th 37 [6]
Chevy ATL
42 		NHA
2002 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI
31 		DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR 74th 70 [7]
Dark Horse Motorsports 47 Ford PHO
Wth 		HOM

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NBGNC Pts Ref
1998 Precision Products Racing 23 Pontiac DAY
DNQ 		CAR
DNQ 		LVS NSV DAR
27 		BRI
16 		TEX
25 		HCY TAL NHA
41 		NZH CLT
24 		DOV
39 		RCH
39 		PPR GLN
21 		MLW
17 		MYB CAL
25 		SBO IRP
17 		MCH
30 		BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT
DNQ 		GTY CAR ATL
34 		HOM 44th 1059 [8]
1999 DAY
DNQ 		CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
DNQ 		CLT CAR
DNQ 		MEM PHO
32 		HOM 119th 67 [9]
2000 Alumni Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL
DNQ 		RCH
DNQ 		NHA CLT
43 		DOV
38 		SBO
18 		MYB
DNQ 		GLN MLW
39 		NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 79th 238 [10]
2001 Whitaker Racing 07 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW
41 		GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH 134th 46 [11]
Big Fan Racing 89 Pontiac BRI
39 		DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
MacDonald Motorsports 75 Chevy PHO
DNQ 		CAR HOM
2002 Big Fan Racing 89 Chevy DAY CAR
DNQ 		LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV
23 		NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 100th 94 [12]
2004 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX
35 		NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 134th 58 [13]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NCWTC Pts Ref
1997 Gloy Racing 55 Ford WDW TUS
DNQ 		HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO LVS NA - [14]
2000 Raptor Performance
Motorsports 		9 Ford DAY
DNQ 		HOM
18 		PHO
16 		MMR
31 		MAR
28 		PIR
30 		GTY
20 		MEM
16 		PPR
27 		EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA
29 		NZH MCH
28 		IRP
32 		NSV CIC
33 		RCH 28th 1199 [15]
19 DOV
15 		TEX CAL
2001 9 DAY
DNQ 		HOM
15 		MMR
12 		MAR
24 		GTY 19th 1720 [16]
Sonntag Racing 73 Chevy DAR
30 		PPR
16 		DOV
16 		TEX
15 		MEM
22 		KEN
36 		NHA IRP CIC
14 		NZH
10 		RCH
17 		SBO TEX
26 		LVS
31
SealMaster Racing 22 Chevy MLW
35 		KAN
MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy NSH
12
Team 23 Racing 23 Chevy PHO
36
Impact Motorsports 25 Chevy CAL
33
2002 Ware Racing Enterprises 5 Dodge DAY
22 		DAR
16 		MAR
16 		GTY
13 		PPR
18 		DOV
16 		TEX
15 		MEM
16 		MLW
30 		KAN
34 		KEN
19 		NHA
29 		20th 2121 [17]
Team 23 Racing 23 Chevy MCH
20 		IRP
17
Team Racing 86 Chevy NSH
19 		RCH
18 		TEX
29 		SBO
16 		LVS
26 		CAL
34 		PHO
36 		HOM
31
2003 DAY
20 		DAR MMR MAR 24th 1191 [18]
Fans Motorsports 01 Ford CLT
27 		DOV MEM
32 		MLW KAN
32 		KEN
31 		GTW
33 		MCH
27 		IRP NSH BRI
26 		RCH
31 		NHA
30 		CAL
32 		LVS
33 		SBO
31 		TEX
33 		MAR
32 		PHO
24 		HOM
DNQ
Fasscore Motorsports 9 Ford TEX
35
2004 ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV
33 		TEX
19 		MEM
25 		MLW KAN
22 		KEN GTW MCH
20 		IRP NSH BRI RCH
DNQ 		NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 43rd 458 [19]
2009 Key Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY
35 		CAL
36 		ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW 48th 329 [20]
Tagsby Racing 65 Chevy GTW
35 		NHA TEX
DNQ 		PHO
73 LVS
23 		MAR TAL HOM
33

Busch North Series

NASCAR Busch North Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NBNSC Pts Ref
1999 28 LEE RPS NHA TMP NZH HOL BEE JEN GLN STA NHA NZH STA NHA GLN EPP THU BEE NHA
DNQ 		LRP N/A - [21]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Pts Ref
1993 Oliver Racing 00 Olds TWS MMR SGS
5 		SON TUS SHA EVG POR CBS SSS CAJ TCR MMR PHO 40th 155 [22]
1996 Golden West Motorsports 07 Chevy TUS
2 		1st 2185 [23]
Pontiac AMP
1* 		MMR
7 		SON
DNQ 		MAD
10 		POR
1* 		TUS
4 		EVG
4 		CNS
5 		MAD
1* 		MMR
16* 		SON
3 		MMR
1* 		PHO
33 		LVS
10
1998 Precision Products Racing 14 Pontiac TUS LVS PHO CAL HPT MMR AMP POR CAL
4 		PPR EVG SON MMR LVS 60th 160 [24]
1999 39 Chevy TUS
8 		LVS PHO CAL PPR MMR IRW EVG POR IRW RMR LVS MMR MOT 59th 142 [25]
2000 95 Pontiac PHO MMR
7 		LVS CAL LAG IRW POR EVG IRW RMR MMR IRW 47th 151 [26]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ABSC Pts Ref
1998 Terry Motorsports 7 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM CLT
11 		MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT TAL ATL NA 0 [27]
1999 Precision Products Racing 47 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM AND CLT
8 		MCH POC
30 		TOL SBS BLN POC
6 		KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL 50th 585 [28]
07 Chevy ATL
24
2000 Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Pontiac DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT
16 		TAL ATL
10 		65th 330 [29]

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