Auggie Vidovich

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Auggie Vidovich
BornAugust Louis Vidovich II
(1981-02-20) February 20, 1981 (age 43)
Lakeside, California
Achievements2003 NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
21 races run over 1 year
2006 position33rd
Best finish33rd (2006)
First race 2006 StonebridgeRacing.com 200 (Dover)
Last race 2006 Ford 300 (Homestead)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 4 years
2006 position75th
Best finish62nd (1999)
First race 1998 Dodge California Truck Stop 300 (Mesa Marin)
Last race 2006 City of Mansfield 250 (Mansfield)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of September 4, 2020.

August Louis "Auggie" Vidovich II [1] (born February 20, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Racing career

Vidovich was born in Lakeside, California. Vidovich has competed in the Elite Division Southwest Series for several years. He had a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start in 1998 and two starts in 1999. He won the Southwest Series championship in 2003, and finished second in 2000, 2001, and 2005. In 2005, Vidovich won the Toyota All-Star Challenge. At the end of that season, Vidovich tried out for Roush Racing's Truck Series team in the team's TV show on the Discovery Channel, Roush Racing: Driver X , [2] but was not selected. However, in the spring of 2006, Roush did decide to hire Vidovich to run one Truck race in place of David Ragan. Midway through the 2006 season, he was signed to pilot the No. 4 GEICO Dodge Charger for the Biagi Brothers in the Busch Series, and recorded a best finish of 15th at the Milwaukee Mile. He raced in 21 of 35 events and finished 33rd in the standings. In 2007, Vidovich was to have remained with Biagi running full-time and the team switching from Dodge to Toyota, but the team shut down in January of that year due to lack of sponsorship [3] after GEICO left for Phoenix Racing's No. 7 car of Mike Wallace. He raced in one NASCAR Camping World West Series race in 2008. In 2009, Vidovich qualified Carl Edwards' No. 60 car for Roush in the now-Nationwide Series in a number of the standalone races when Edwards was at whatever track the Cup Series was racing at that weekend. [4] In 2010, Vidovich raced in four West races; he won the Irwindale Speedway race and finished fourth at Phoenix International Raceway. These were his last NASCAR starts.

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.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2006 Biagi-DenBeste Racing 4 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV
29		 NSH
33		 KEN
34		 MLW
15		 DAY CHI
32		 NHA
28		 MAR
25		 GTY
21		 IRP
34		 GLN
21		 MCH
38		 BRI
32		 CAL
43		 RCH
27		 DOV
27		 KAN
20		 CLT
33		 MEM
15		 TEX
38		 PHO
33		 HOM
32		33rd1628 [5]
2007 Roush Fenway Racing 6 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
QL†		 TEX PHO HOM N/A0 [6]
2008 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
QL†		 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
QL†		 TEX PHO HOM N/A0 [7]
2009 60 DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW
QL‡		 GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM
QL‡		 TEX PHO HOM N/A0 [8]
† – Qualified for David Ragan · ‡ – Qualified for Carl Edwards

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627NCTCPtsRef
1998 Auggie Vidovich5 Ford WDW HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR
25		 PHO LVS 95th88 [9]
1999 HOM PHO EVG MMR
30		 MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR
22		 GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS
DNQ		 LVL TEX CAL 62nd222 [10]
2001 Jim Mills70 Chevy DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO
DNQ		 CAL N/A0 [11]
2006 Roush Racing 6 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD
19		 DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 75th106 [12]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSWCPtsRef
2001 Info not available59 Chevy PHO LVS TUS MMR CAL IRW LAG KAN EVG CNS IRW RMR LVS
16		 IRW 51st115 [13]
2006 Biagi-DenBeste Racing 57 Ford PHO PHO
24		 S99 IRW SON DCS IRW EVG S99 CAL
29*		 CTS AMP 44th172 [14]
2008 Viva Motorsports 84 Chevy AAS PHO CTS IOW CNS SON IRW DCS EVG MMP IRW AMP
23		 AAS 69th94 [15]
2010 James Cass50 Chevy AAS
21		 PHO
14		 IOW DCS 22nd620 [16]
59 IRW
1*		 PIR MRP CNS MMP AAS
Steve McGowan Motorsports 19 Chevy SON
DNQ		 PHO
4

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References

  1. ↑ "August Louis Vidovich, Born 02/20/1981 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich on Roush test list". Motorsport.com. July 30, 2005. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ "January 2007 Busch Series Archive". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 5, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Preston, Jen (October 25, 2009). "The Lugnut Report: Carl Edwards Battles Frustration in Martinsville". Bleacher Report . Turner Broadcasting System . Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2001 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2006 NASCAR AutoZone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Auggie Vidovich – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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Preceded by NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series Champion
2003		Succeeded by
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