Scott Hansen (racing driver)

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Scott Hansen
Scott Hansen waves to crowd.jpg
Hansen waves to crowd at Wisconsin International Raceway in 2015
Born (1955-06-17) June 17, 1955 (age 69)
Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 3 years
Best finish95th (1999)
First race 1998 Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway)
Last race 2001 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
28 races run over 2 years
Best finish18th (1999)
First race 1998 DieHard 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race 1999 O'Reilly 300 (Texas)
WinsTop tens Poles
030
Statistics current as of May 12, 2014.

Scott Hansen (born June 17, 1955) is an American stock car driver from Green Bay, Wisconsin. [1] Now retired, Hansen primarily competed in the American Speed Association. He raced for several years in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series.

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Background

Hansen grew up in a racing family as his father Rollie Hansen was a race car driver and the flagman in the 1960s at the Brown County fairgrounds at De Pere, Wisconsin. [2]

Racing career

Local driver

Hansen won five late model track championships at the Wisconsin International Raceway between 1985 and 1989. [2]

American Speed Association and ARTGO

Hansen moved to the American Speed Association (ASA) and ARTGO touring series and was the ASA series Rookie of the Year in 1989. He drove for Ken Schrader's ASA team. One ARTGO win was the 1994 National Short Track championship race at Rockford Speedway. [3]

ARCA

He also made two spot ARCA starts in 1991; he had a seventh-place finish at the first race at Daytona and 24th at Atlanta. [1]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

He failed to qualify for a Phoenix NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in 1995 and Tucson race in 1997. [1] Hansen made his first truck start for Billy Ballew Motorsports at the Milwaukee Mile in 1998; he qualified eighth in finished 24th. [1] Hansen's second start came a month later at Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP) when he qualified 20th and finished 24th. [1] He started the final two races that season (Phoenix and Las Vegas) and both ended with Did Not Finish's (DNF). [1]

Hansen teamed up with Ken Schrader full-time for the 1999 season. He started the season with a seventh-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway. [4] His second top ten finish was a tenth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway in the ninth race. [4] Hansen's best career NASCAR finish came at the fifteenth race; he claimed the third place at Nazareth Speedway. [4] Hansen parted from the team with one race left in the season; [4] he finished eighteenth in the season points. [1]

NASCAR Busch Series

Hansen started in first Busch Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park in 1998. Schrader earlier had Hansen qualify his Busch car at Milwaukee and he had qualified the car third fastest. [5] Schrader and his co-owner Kenny Wallace needed a driver to race for Wallace after wildfires caused the Pepsi 400 Daytona race to be postponed. [5] Schrader tapped his ASA driver; Hansen qualified 42nd and raced his way up to 16th - the first car one lap down. [1] Hansen failed in his attempt to qualify the car for the following race at Rockingham Speedway. [1]

He raced in two Busch races in 1999, a 28th-place finish in his home track at Milwaukee and a 37th-place finish at IRP. [1] Hansen made his final NASCAR start in 2001 at Memphis International Raceway finishing 37th. [1] He failed to qualify at Rockingham later that season. [1]

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.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NBGNCPtsRef
1994 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW
QL†		 SBO TAL HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR N/A0 [6]
1998 12 DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY
16		97th115 [7]
Sasser Motorsports 09 Chevy CAR
DNQ		 ATL HOM
1999 LAR Motorsports 28 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW
28		 MYB PPR GTY 95th131 [8]
Black Diamond Motorsports 62 Chevy IRP
37		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM
2000 Petty Enterprises 45 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW
QL‡		 NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM N/A0 [9]
2001 Henderson Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
37		 PHO CAR
DNQ		 HOM 131st52 [10]
† - Qualified for Ken Schrader. ‡ - Qualified for Kyle Petty.

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627NCTCPtsRef
1995 Hansen Racing 53 Ford PHO TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT IRP FLM RCH MAR NWS SON MMR PHO
DNQ		103rd3 [11]
1997 Ken Schrader Racing 53 Chevy 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 138th52 [12]
1998 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Ford WDW HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW
24		 NZH CAL PPR 53rd298 [13]
CSG Motorsports 57 Ford IRP
24		 NHA FLM NSV HPT LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR
Team Racing 11 Chevy PHO
31		 LVS
39
1999 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy HOM
7		 PHO
16		 EVG
13		 MMR
18		 MAR
14		 MEM
15		 PPR
30		 I70
13		 BRI
10		 TEX
13		 PIR
15		 GLN
17		 MLW
31		 NSV
11		 NZH
3		 MCH
16		 NHA
27		 IRP
11		 GTY
24		 HPT
24		 RCH
14		 LVS
26		 LVL
16		 TEX
19		 CAL 18th2719 [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Driver's statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Verdegan, Joe (May 11, 2014). "Hansen dies". Green Bay Press Gazette . Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "This Week in History". Midwest Racing Archives. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "1999 Craftsman Truck statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "BUSCH: Gateway Scott Hansen to Run Schrader, Wallace Car". Motorsport.com. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series By Craftsman Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Scott Hansen – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
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