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Steve Portenga | |||||||
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Born | Sparks, Nevada | May 22, 1970||||||
Achievements | 1994, 1998 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 137th (1999) | ||||||
First race | 1999 NAPA Autocare 250 (Pikes Peak) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
48 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 13th (1995) | ||||||
First race | 1995 Racing Champions 200 (Tucson) | ||||||
Last race | 2002 Ford 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of December 24, 2011. |
Steven Portenga is a retired NASCAR driver. He spent more than 2 decades racing in various national and regional support series to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and he won the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour championship for late models in 1994 and 1998. Portenga and his wife, Windi, are now car owners of the #21 & #31 cars in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, where he's also the crew chief for one of those drivers, Alex Schutte.
Portenga won his first racing championship in 1991 at Silver State Raceway in the Winston Racing Series. In 1995, he competed full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series, winning one pole and finishing in the top-ten three times, finishing 13th in points.
He ran six races the following year, his best finish 15th at Phoenix International Raceway. In 1999, he made his Busch Series debut at Pikes Peak International Raceway, finishing 41st. He also attempted to make his Winston Cup debut at Sears Point International Raceway, but failed to qualify.
In 2001, he returned to the trucks, running two races for MacDonald Motorsports and one race in his own truck, finishing fourteenth at Kansas Speedway. He ran two races the next year, posting two top-tens. He attempted Phoenix with Ware Racing Enterprises in the Cup series, but missed the race.
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NNCC | Pts | Ref | ||
1999 | Golden Gate Racing | 96 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | BRI | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON DNQ | DAY | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | HOM | ATL | N/A | 0 | [1] | ||||
2005 | Mach 1 Motorsports | 34 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO DNQ | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | 0 | [2] | ||
2006 | Rick Ware Racing | 52 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO DNQ | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | 0 | [3] |
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 32 | NBSC | Pts | Ref | |||
1999 | Golden Gate Racing | 14 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | PPR 41 | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | MEM | PHO | HOM | 137th | 0 | [4] |
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||
1995 | L&M Racing | 83 | Chevy | PHO | TUS 22 | SGS | MMR 21 | POR 19 | EVG 12 | I70 5 | LVL 6 | BRI 24 | MLW 20 | CNS 9 | HPT 25 | IRP 17 | FLM 16 | RCH 14 | MAR 11 | NWS 13 | SON 16 | MMR 24 | PHO 26 | 13th | 2048 | [5] | |||||||||||||||
1996 | HOM | PHO 15 | POR 28 | EVG 13 | TUS | CNS 17 | HPT | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | I70 | IRP 31 | FLM | GLN | NSV | RCH | NHA | MAR | NWS | SON 25 | MMR | PHO | LVS | 41st | 591 | [6] | ||||||||||||||
2001 | MacDonald Motorsports | 72 | Chevy | DAY | HOM | MMR 32 | MAR | GTY | DAR | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN 14 | KEN | NHA | IRP | NSH | CIC | NZH | RCH | SBO | TEX | LVS | PHO | 67th | 249 | [7] | ||||||||||||
Portenga Motorsports | 39 | Chevy | CAL 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | DAY 32 | DAR 26 | MAR DNQ | GTY 14 | PPR 8 | DOV 13 | TEX 28 | MEM 27 | MLW 17 | KAN 11 | KEN 10 | NHA 16 | MCH 11 | IRP 23 | NSH 22 | RCH 29 | TEX 25 | SBO 13 | LVS 28 | CAL 26 | PHO 22 | HOM 19 | 18th | 2167 | [8] |
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