Steve Paine | |
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Born | Stephen Paine January 7, 1961 [1] Waterloo, New York |
Modified racing career | |
Debut season | 1983 |
Car number | 7x |
Championships | 32 |
Wins | 331 |
Previous series | |
1980-1982 1979 (Wins) | Late model Street Stock (13) |
Championship titles | |
2000 Mr. Dirt Champion 1999, 2002 Mr. Dirt 358 Modified Champion | |
Last updated on: January 22, 2025. |
Stephen "Steve" Paine (born January 7, 1961) is an American Dirt Modified racing driver who has earned over 330 feature events at 26 tracks. He captured 32 track championships, including 9 straight at the Canandaigua Speedway NY, from 2000 to 2008. [2] [3] [4]
Steve Paine began his racing career in 1979 in a Street Stock class with 13 wins at the Canandaigua Speedway. [2] He has competed and been victorious at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including Autodrome Granby QC, Black Rock Speedway NY, Bridgeport Speedway NJ, Fonda Speedway NY, Fulton Speedway NY, Ransomville Speedway NY, and Weedsport Speedway NY. [1] [2] [5] [6] [7]
Paine was crowned the overall Mr. DIRT champion in 2000, and he was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2017. [2]
Paine comes from a racing family. As he was growing up, his parents, Don and Nancy, owned a race car, and through the 1980s brother Bobby also drove. In 2018, Steve's son Billy began the third generation in racing, and two years later son Tommy got into the driver's seat. [3]
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