Frank Kreyer

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Frank Kreyer
FrankKreyerOktoberfest2019Winner.jpg
Kreyer in victory lane at La Crosse in 2019
Born (1970-05-08) May 8, 1970 (age 52)
Lyndon Station, Wisconsin
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Best finish100th (2007)
First race 2007 AT&T 250 (Milwaukee)
Last race 2007 Arizona Travel 200 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish79th (2007)
First race 2007 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2007 Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
WinsTop tens Poles
000

Frank Kreyer (born May 8, 1970) is an American racing driver from Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. He has started in NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series.

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Racing career

Kreyer began racing in half scale NASCAR cars in the Junior Cup series in 1995. He won four straight championships in 1995 to 1998. He competed in the series part-time in the 1999 season while working on the pit crew for NASCAR Midwest Series driver Jason Schuler.

Kreyer started racing Super Late Models at Madison International Speedway (MIS) and Wisconsin Dells Speedway (now Dells Raceway Park). Kreyer won his first Super Late Model feature at Wisconsin Dells, and was the track's Rookie of the Year.

Kreyer competed full-time at Wisconsin Dells in 2001, finishing third in the final points. He also competed part-time in the Wisconsin Challenge Series that season. Kreyer competed at several tracks in Wisconsin in 2002.

In 2003, Kreyer competed at full-time in the Wisconsin Challenge Series, and at Wisconsin Dells. He finished fourth at both the track and the roaming series. Kreyer competed in the Wisconsin Challenge Series and CRA Super Series in 2004.

Kreyer competed in the Wisconsin Challenge Series for the entire 2005 season, and finished tenth in the final points standings. [1]

He competed in half of the American Speed Association late model races in 2006, but he was able to score enough points to finish in the Top 20 in points. [1] Kreyer purchased Wisconsin Dells Speedway with two other co-owners, closing on the purchase of the track in February 2007, and renamed the track Dells Raceway Park. [2] The new owners have brought the American Speed Association sanction to the track. [3]

NASCAR career

Kreyer made his first NASCAR start in the Craftsman Truck Series at the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 31, 2007. He started 27th and finished 28th seven laps behind the leader. He also started 22nd at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, and finished 34th with motor problems. [4]

He started two Busch series races in 2007. He started 32nd and crashed out finishing 34th in his home race at the Milwaukee Mile. He started 38th at Gateway International Raceway, and finished 38th with brake problems.

Early in 2007 Kreyer announced that he would be attempting to qualify the Mac Hill Motorsports car for four NASCAR Busch Series races in 2007. [5] He made all four races and had a best finish of 28th at O'Reilly Raceway Park.

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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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2007 Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
34		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
38		 IRP
28		 CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO
42		 HOM 100th226 [6]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCTCPtsRef
2007 Key Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR
28		 KAN CLT MFD
34		 DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 79th140 [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Driver profile Archived 2007-06-16 at the Wayback Machine at American Speed Association, Retrieved May 17, 2007
  2. ↑ "Former Wisconsin Dells Speedway finally sold". Wisconsin Racing News. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  3. ↑ Frandsen, Nate. "LOCAL AUTO RACING: 'New' DRP set to go". Portage Daily Register . Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  4. ↑ NASCAR statistics at racing-reference, Retrieved May 17, 2007
  5. ↑ Culvers press release "Culver’s Supports Frank Kreyer As Wisconsin Racer Debuts In NASCAR", Retrieved May 17, 2007 Archived May 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Frank Kreyer – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Frank Kreyer – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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