Lonnie Rush Jr.

Lonnie Rush Jr.
Born	(1966-08-11) August 11, 1966 (age 58) Pickerington, Ohio, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
11 races run over 3 years
Best finish	48th (1992)
First race	1991 Spring 200 (Volusia)
Last race	1996 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
55 races run over 4 years
Best finish	24th (1998, 1999)
First race	1997 Chevy Trucks Challenge (Walt Disney)
Last race	2000 Chevy Trucks NASCAR 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0

Lonnie Rush Jr. (born August 11, 1966) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has raced in the NASCAR Busch Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. ^[1]

Personal life

Rush graduated at Ohio State University in 1989. The university sponsored him in a few NASCAR Truck Series races. ^[2]

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
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	NBGNC	Pts	Ref
1991	Skillman Motorsports	85	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL 11	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN 24	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP 16	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	NHA			55th	400	[3]
		58																															CAR 33	MAR
1992	Trinity Motorsports	90	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB 14	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL	IRP	ROU	MCH 29	NHA	BRI 4	DAR	RCH 13	DOV				HCY 30	48th	554	[4]
	Info not available		Chevy																												CLT DNQ	MAR	CAR
1996	Bill Elliott Racing	94	Ford	DAY 38	CAR	RCH	ATL 40	NSV	DAR DNQ	BRI	HCY	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM						86th	92	[5]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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	27	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1997	Charles Hardy Racing	35	Chevy	WDW 13	TUS 17																										32nd	1087	[6]
	Ken Schrader Racing	53	Chevy			HOM 38
	Doran Racing	77	Chevy				PHO 25	POR 31	EVG DNQ	I70 19	NHA 28	TEX	BRI 24	NZH 32	MLW 18	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL
	Rush Warthon Racing	10	Chevy																									PHO 29	LVS 35
1998				WDW 33	HOM 32	PHO 26	POR 20	EVG 11	I70 27	GLN DNQ	TEX 31	BRI 11	MLW 27	NZH 23	CAL 29	PPR 20	IRP 5	NHA 13	FLM 27		HPT 33	LVL 16	RCH 18	MEM 11	GTY 24	MAR 27	SON	MMR	PHO 36	LVS 18	24th	2333	[7]
	Spears Motorsports	75	Chevy																	NSV 27
1999				HOM 24	PHO 12	EVG 17	MMR 20	MAR 28	MEM 33																						24th	1408	[8]
	CJ Racing	17	Ford							PPR 31				PIR 32
		27									I70 28	BRI 8	TEX 30		GLN 26	MLW 34	NSV 30	NZH	MCH	NHA	IRP	GTY	HPT	RCH 26	LVS	LVL	TEX
	Lonely Racing	7	Chevy																									CAL 27
2000	CJ Racing	27	Ford	DAY 25	HOM 16																										66th	258	[9]
			Chevy			PHO 36	MMR	MAR	PIR	GTY	MEM	PPR	EVG	TEX	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH	MCH	IRP	NSV	CIC	RCH	DOV	TEX	CAL

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
1992	Trinity Motorsports	90	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	NHA	NZH	MND	OXF	DOV	LEE	JEN 3	OXF	NHA	OXF	HOL	EPP	NHA	RPS	OXF	NHA 35	EPP	48th	223	[10]

References

1. Rodman, Dave (March 5, 1999). "Lonnie Rush to Drive Spears Chevrolet Truck". Motorsport.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
2. "OSU Motorsports Program Links Alumni, Business, Academics". News.osu.edu/. Ohio State University. July 27, 1998. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
3. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
4. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
5. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
6. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
7. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
8. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
9. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
10. "Lonnie Rush Jr. – 1992 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.

External links

• Lonnie Rush Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Lonnie Rush, Jr. archive at The Third Turn
• Lonnie Rush Jr. career summary at DriverDB.com