Dwayne Leik

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Dwayne Leik
Born (1964-02-09) February 9, 1964 (age 59)
Skyland, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
14 races run over 5 years
Best finish79th (2002)
First race 2001 Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway)
Last race 2008 Meijer 300 (Kentucky)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of February 17, 2013.

Dwayne Leik (born February 9, 1964) is a former NASCAR driver. He was formerly an owner of Leik Motorsports and a part-time driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He formerly worked as the business manager for Marcis Racing and legendary NASCAR driver Dave Marcis. Leik was able to secure racing sponsorship for Marcis for eleven consecutive seasons and he is widely regarded as the key figure in resurrecting Marcis' faltering career. Since Marcis Racing did not have a test team, Leik's car was often seen as a test car for Marcis Racing. Leik also accompanied Marcis and participated in the IROC (International Race of Champions) test sessions. He once logged over 1,100 miles (1,800 km) in an IROC car at Daytona in a single day test. He has also served as a driving instructor at the Fast Track High Performance Driving School and Richard Petty Driving School.

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Early racing career

He began his racing career with SCCA racing in Florida. He is also a veteran of Late Model Stock divisions.

ARCA racing

In 13 career ARCA RE/MAX Series starts, Leik had 1 top 5, 2 top 10, 8 top 20 finishes. He finished 10th at Charlotte in his first ever ARCA race, with a best finish of 4th at Pococno.

NASCAR career

Leik purchased two NASCAR Nationwide series cars from Andy Petree Racing. Under funding and time limitations have always plagued his career. Through his career he qualified and started in 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series races with his best finishes coming at Chicagoland Speedway where he finished 24th twice. His Nationwide career earnings are 247,723.00. One race of note that typifies his career is when he qualified a car for Davis Motorsports in 2008 at the biggest race of the year, Daytona, only to give up his starting spot to the owner’s son Kertus whose car did not make the race. “This is a small father and son operation and they didn’t put in all of those long hours to watch me race one of their cars while Kertus sat out... It doesn’t matter to me if I qualified it; Kertus deserves to be in their own car... it’s the right thing."

In 2006, Leik partnered with Keith Duesenberg to form Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports. The team ran the full 2006 NASCAR Nationwide season with driver Jay Sauter and sponsor Western Union. In the year of the “Bushwhackers” (half the field being Sprint Cup drivers) the team posted 3 top 10, 6 top 15, and 13 top 20 finishes. The team’s best qualifying efforts were 2nd at Martinsville, 6th at California and 7th at Richmond. The team earned $751,219 in purse money. Leik ran one race for the team – Daytona.

Winston Cup Series

Between 2000 and 2002, Leik attempted to qualify for four Winston Cup Series races, driving a No. 72 Chevrolet for Marcis Auto Racing in all attempts; he failed to qualify for any of the four races. [1]

Business ventures

Leik is the owner of two NASCAR-related companies: Leik Motorsports, Inc., a NASCAR team and Motorsports Marketing, Inc., a NASCAR marketing company. He also owns Mobile Marketing Displays, Inc., a developer of mobile marketing exhibits, Leik Incorporated, a real estate holding company; Mountain Construction Company, Inc., a residential and commercial construction company, and Norman’s Ice Cream Service, Inc., a mobile ice cream business.

Personal life

Leik graduated from the University of Michigan. He rowed on the university crew team for 4 years. Post college, he continued to row and is a 3 time U.S. National Rowing Champion.

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NWCCPtsRef
2000 Marcis Auto Racing 72 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL
DNQ		 RCH CLT DOV MCH POC
DNQ		 SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL N/A- [2]
2001 DAY
DNQ		 CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MAR TAL PHO CAR HOM ATL NHA N/A- [3]
2002 DAY
DNQ		 CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM N/A- [4]
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
2001 Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet DNQ
2002 DNQ

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
2001 Leik Motorsports 81 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT
DNQ		 DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY
35		 PPR IRP MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT
DNQ		 MEM PHO CAR HOM 124th58 [5]
2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR
40		 BRI TEX
DNQ		 NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN
DNQ		 MLW DAY CHI
24		 GTY PPR IRP MCH
40		 BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL
37		 CAR PHO HOM
DNQ		79th229 [6]
2003 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN
26		 MLW DAY CHI
25		 NHA PPR IRP MCH
35		 BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL
DNQ		 PHO CAR HOM 88th231 [7]
2006 Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports 26 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY
32		 CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 128th67 [8]
2008 JD Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY
QL†		 KEN
40		 MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 90th214 [9]
0 CAL
38		 LVS
41		 ATL
43		 BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL
40		 RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
† – Replaced by Kertus Davis.

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCTCPtsRef
1999 Raptor Performance Motorsports 81 Ford HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS
DNQ		 LVL TEX CAL 123rd40 [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dwayne Leik - NASCAR Winston Cup / Nextel Cup / Sprint Cup DNQs". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Dwayne Leik – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
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