Tim Fedewa

Tim Fedewa
Fedewa (right) signing autographs for members of the U.S. military in 2005 with Ashton Lewis Jr. (left) and David Stremme (middle)
Born	(1967-05-09) May 9, 1967 (age 56) Holt, Michigan, U.S.
Awards	1989 ARTGO Rookie of the Year 1991 ASA Rookie of the Year (1991)
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	64th (1994)
First race	1994 SplitFire Spark Plug 500 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
333 races run over 14 years
Best finish	7th (1995, 1998)
First race	1992 Mark III Vans 200 (Darlington)
Last race	2005 (ITT Industries & Goulds Pumps Salute to the Troops 250 (Pikes Peak)
First win	1995 Meridian Advantage 200 (Nazareth)
Last win	2000 Busch 200 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 66 4
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
9 races run over 3 years
Best finish	32nd 2005
First race	2002 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2006 Smith's Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of December 5, 2023.

Timothy Fedewa (pronounced "fee-doo-wuh"; born May 9, 1967) is an American professional racing driver and spotter. He works for Team Penske as the spotter for Ryan Blaney's No. 12 Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series.

As a driver, he previously competed in the NASCAR Busch Series (now Xfinity), NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, American Speed Association and ARTGO. As a spotter, Fedewa previously worked for Stewart-Haas Racing as a spotter in the Cup Series for their No. 4 car driven by Kevin Harvick and in the Xfinity Series for their No. 98 car driven by Riley Herbst.

Racing career

Driving career

After winning Rookie of the Year award in the ARTGO Challenge Series Fedewa went on to join the American Speed Association. Fedewa scored one top five finish. A third place at Winchester (Indiana) Speedway, And five top 10s on his way to the ASA's Pat Schauer rookie of the award in 1991. During Fedewa's time in the ASA his car owners Ray and Diane Dewitt also owned the RaDIUS team that fielded cars for former ASA standout Ted Musgrave in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Fedewa drove the No. 55 D-R Racing Enterprises Ford. Fedewa's NASCAR career began when he started racing full-time in the NASCAR Busch Series for the 1993 season. He would finish second for Rookie of the Year honors, and in the five years that followed, he won three races and finished in the top-ten in points four times; his highest finishes were 7th in both 1995 and 1998. He began piloting the No. 36 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in 1999 and would continue to for two-and-a-half years, until he and the team parted ways during the 2001 season.

Fedewa made one Cup start in 1994 for Ray DeWitt at Dover; he finished 23rd. He made a brief return to the series in 2000 in a relief appearance at the Coca-Cola 600, substituting for injured Petty Enterprises driver John Andretti.

Fedewa's No. 12 (background) on the track at the MBNA 200 Busch Series race at Dover in 2004

After acting as spotter to Bill Elliott and then later to Kerry Earnhardt, he was ironically hired by FitzBradshaw Racing in 2003 to replace Earnhardt in the No. 12 Dodge. In racing for the team, Fedewa reached as high as 9th in the 2004 points standings before dropping to 16th by the end of the season. Fedewa's 2nd-place finish stands as the best finish of any Fitz Bradshaw driver ever.

In 2005, Fedewa failed to finish in the top-ten in twenty-one Busch Series starts, and was subsequently released by FitzBradshaw Racing on July 25, 2005. A week later, he was signed by Glynn Motorsports, a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team, to drive the No. 65 Dodge. He raced in seven events for the team; his highest finish was 10th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Fedewa's last NASCAR start as a driver came in the Truck Series in 2006 when he drove the No. 40 for Key Motorsports at Las Vegas, finishing 29th.

Spotting career

After he was unable to find a ride as a driver in NASCAR in 2007, Fedewa became a spotter, joining the new Red Bull Racing Team as the spotter for their No. 84 Toyota Camry driven by rookie A. J. Allmendinger. Fedewa remained the spotter of the car in 2009 when it was renumbered to the No. 82 driven by rookie Scott Speed. ^[1]

Fedewa would eventually move to Richard Petty Motorsports to serve as the spotter for their No. 9 car driven by Marcos Ambrose. ^[2]

In 2014, Fedewa left RPM and went to Stewart-Haas Racing when Kevin Harvick joined the team from Richard Childress Racing to drive their No. 4 car (previously the No. 39 driven by Ryan Newman). They won the 2014 Cup Series championship in their first year together. ^[2]

In 2016, in addition to Harvick's No. 4 SHR car in the Cup Series, Fedewa spotted for the No. 88 JR Motorsports car in the Xfinity Series in select races, Spencer Gallagher's No. 23 in the Truck Series for GMS Racing, Noah Gragson's No. 7 car for Jefferson Pitts Racing in the K&N Pro Series East and West, and Chad Finley's No. 51 car in the ARCA Racing Series. ^[2]

Fedewa also started spotting for SHR in the Xfinity Series when they started fielding two full-time cars, with the addition of the No. 98 (formerly of Biagi-DenBeste Racing) driven by Chase Briscoe. ^[3] When Briscoe moved up to the Cup Series full-time for SHR in 2021, Fedewa remained the spotter of the No. 98 Xfinity Series car with new driver Riley Herbst. Fedewa would remain Harvick's spotter in the Cup Series all the way through his retirement from driving full-time in NASCAR in 2023 for a total of 10 years together.

In 2024, Fedewa did not continue with SHR and the No. 4 car with new driver Josh Berry and instead moved to Team Penske to spot for defending Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney's No. 12 car, replacing Josh Williams after he left the team. ^[4]

Personal life

Tim's uncle Gary, father Butch, multiple cousins, grandmother Hilda, and grandfather Willie were also racing drivers. The Fedewa family eventually moved from Michigan to North Carolina so Butch and his wife/Tim's mother Sharon could support their son's NASCAR career. ^[5]

Fedewa is married to model Kellee Meadows and they have one child, Willow Josephine Fedewa, born on January 8, 2009.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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	32	33	34	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1994	RaDiUs Motorsports	55	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 23	MAR DNQ	NWS DNQ	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL DNQ				64th	94	[6]
1999	LJ Racing	91	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR DNQ	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL	N/A	0	[7]

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	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1992	RaDiUs Motorsports	55	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR 36	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH											MCH 27	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 19	MAR	CAR	HCY					63rd	301	[8]
		24													CLT 35	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL	IRP	ROU
1993		55		DAY 24	CAR 32	RCH 16	DAR 41	BRI 16	HCY	ROU 18	MAR 12	NZH 7	CLT	DOV 20	MYB 25	GLN 11	MLW 7	TAL 12	IRP 5	MCH 38	NHA 6	BRI 13	DAR 15	RCH 17	DOV 15	ROU 12	CLT 25	MAR 12	CAR 17	HCY DNQ	ATL 24								18th	2275	[9]
1994				DAY 31	CAR 16	RCH 9	ATL 30	MAR 7	DAR 9	HCY 25	BRI 23	ROU 18	NHA 11	NZH 7	CLT 13	DOV 6	MYB 13	GLN 24	MLW 28	SBO 30	TAL 20	HCY 10	IRP 21	MCH 7	BRI 19	DAR 20	RCH 21	DOV 17	CLT 13	MAR 4	CAR 38								10th	3125	[10]
1995				DAY 28	CAR 34	RCH 17	ATL 4	NSV 12	DAR 23	BRI 11	HCY 15	NHA 15	NZH 1*	CLT 19	DOV 22	MYB 11	GLN 20	MLW 15	TAL 28	SBO 12	IRP 11	MCH 25	BRI 3	DAR 25	RCH 26	DOV 19	CLT 13	CAR 12	HOM 2										7th	3022	[11]
1996	Taylor Motorsports	40	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR 25	RCH 27	ATL 22	NSV 25	DAR 28	BRI 26	HCY 12	NZH 8	CLT 17	DOV 39	SBO 16	MYB 20	GLN 18	MLW 26	NHA 38	TAL 15	IRP 4	MCH 40	BRI 21	DAR 42	RCH 41	DOV 21	CLT 17	CAR 19	HOM 23										20th	2320	[12]
1997	BACE Motorsports	33	Chevy	DAY 34	CAR 10	RCH 18	ATL 7	LVS 15	DAR 14	HCY 3	TEX 38	BRI 7	NSV 3	TAL 5	NHA 39	NZH 11	CLT 35	DOV 15	SBO 19	GLN 32	MLW 10	MYB 12	GTY 6	IRP 4	MCH 25	BRI 27	DAR 15	RCH 9	DOV 14	CLT 27	CAL 33	CAR 19	HOM 10						9th	3398	[13]
1998				DAY 20	CAR 18	LVS 19	NSV 8	DAR 34	BRI 34	TEX 13	HCY 3	TAL 27	NHA 11	NZH 1*	CLT 18	DOV 17	RCH 15	PPR 35	GLN 7	MLW 8	MYB 6	CAL 17	SBO 1	IRP 38	MCH 32	BRI 5	DAR 26	RCH 21	DOV 15	CLT 30	GTY 18	CAR 9	ATL 27	HOM 10					7th	3515	[14]
1999	Cicci-Welliver Racing	36	Pontiac	DAY 35	CAR 10	LVS 34	ATL DNQ	DAR 8	TEX 21	NSV 37	BRI 9	TAL 28	CAL 6	NHA 23	RCH 33	NZH 3	CLT 38	DOV 21	SBO 5	GLN 27	MLW 31	MYB 27	PPR 2	GTY 43	IRP 7	MCH DNQ	BRI 25	DAR 28	RCH 14	DOV 41	CLT 26	CAR 17	MEM 9	PHO 35	HOM 15				14th	2989	[15]
2000			Chevy	DAY 24	CAR 39	LVS 20	ATL 40	DAR 11	BRI 28	TEX 41	NSV 11	TAL 31	CAL DNQ	RCH 20	NHA 1*	CLT 27	DOV 19	SBO 12	MYB 38	GLN 6	MLW 4	NZH 19	PPR 10	GTY 21	IRP 41	MCH 16	BRI 13	DAR 37	RCH 36	DOV 11	CLT 23	CAR	MEM 5	PHO 29	HOM 10				18th	3009	[16]
2001		66		DAY 24	CAR 30	LVS 28	ATL 31	DAR 18	BRI 2	TEX 26	NSH 18	TAL 18	CAL 11	RCH 21	NHA 25	NZH 5	CLT 27	DOV 31																					25th	2403	[17]
	Buckshot Racing	00	Chevy																KEN 36	MLW 31	GLN	CHI	GTY 40	PPR 10	IRP 7	MCH 9	BRI 41	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN
	WP Motorsports	12	Chevy																													CLT 27				HOM DNQ
	HighLine Performance Group	11	Chevy																														MEM 6
	Team Bristol Motorsports	54	Chevy																															PHO 26	CAR
2002	Biagi Brothers Racing	07	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL 3	CAL	RCH	NHA																									51st	654	[18]
	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy												NZH 39	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH
	Marsh Racing	31	Chevy																								BRI 14	DAR	RCH 31	DOV 36
	Team Bristol Motorsports	54	Chevy																												KAN 25
	Herzog-Jackson Motorsports	92	Chevy																													CLT 12	MEM 20	ATL 26	CAR	PHO	HOM
2003	FitzBradshaw Racing	12	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA 12	PPR 13	IRP 13	MCH 25	BRI 24	DAR 19	RCH 18	DOV 17	KAN 18	CLT 25	MEM 20	ATL 24	PHO 24	CAR 24	HOM 42		36th	1491	[19]
2004				DAY 16	CAR 18	LVS 7	DAR 16	BRI 12	TEX 15	NSH 12	TAL 37	CAL 31	GTY 9	RCH 17	NZH 15	CLT 42	DOV 9	NSH 11	KEN 34	MLW 17	DAY 10	CHI 17	NHA 2	PPR 25	IRP 34	MCH 23	BRI 16	CAL 27	RCH 35	DOV 13	KAN 38	CLT 31	MEM 23	ATL 33	PHO 18	DAR 14	HOM 21		16th	3480	[20]
2005			Dodge	DAY 24	CAL 21	MXC 21	LVS 15	ATL 38	NSH 26	BRI 25	TEX 16	PHO 41	TAL 37	DAR 19	RCH 41	CLT 29	DOV 34	NSH 21	KEN 40	MLW 27	DAY 24	CHI 32	NHA 13	PPR 18	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	32nd	1737	[21]

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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2002	Roush Racing	99	Ford	DAY 27	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH	RCH	TEX	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO	HOM				86th	82	[22]
2005	Glynn Motorsports	65	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP 20	NSH 19	BRI 26	RCH	NHA	LVS 10	MAR 23	ATL 20	TEX DNQ	PHO 13	HOM DNQ	32nd	749	[23]
2006	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS 29	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	81st	76	[24]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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	ABSC	Pts	Ref
1990	Rich Thiel Racing		Pontiac	DAY	ATL	KIL	TAL	FRS	POC	KIL	TOL	HAG	POC	TAL	MCH	ISF	TOL 13	DSF	WIN	DEL	ATL					94th	-	[25]
1991	RaDiUs Motorsports	55	Ford	DAY	ATL	KIL	TAL	TOL	FRS	POC	MCH	KIL	FRS	DEL	POC	TAL	HPT	MCH	ISF	TOL	DSF	TWS	ATL 8			118th	-	[26]
1992				DAY	FIF	TWS	TAL	TOL	KIL	POC 3	MCH 8	FRS	KIL	NSH	DEL	POC 4	HPT	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	TWS	SLM	ATL 2		47th	-	[27]
1993				DAY 34	FIF	TWS	TAL	KIL	CMS	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	FRS	POC	KIL	ISF	DSF	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL 18				75th	-	[28]
1994				DAY 3	TAL	FIF	LVL	KIL	TOL	FRS	MCH	DMS	POC	POC	KIL	FRS	INF	I70	ISF	DSF	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL 31		85th	550	[29]
1998	Team Rensi Motorsports	83	Chevy	DAY	ATL	SLM	CLT	MEM	MCH	POC	SBS	TOL	PPR	POC	KIL	FRS	ISF	ATL	DSF	SLM	TEX	WIN	CLT	TAL 25	ATL	N/A	0	[30]

References

1. Spence, Rebecca (October 15, 2009). "Spectator Vs. Spotter: Charlotte Edition With Tim Fedewa & Team Red Bull". Bleacher Report . Retrieved December 5, 2023.
2. "Meet Tim Fedewa, Kevin Harvick's spotter". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
3. "Ep. 139 | Tim Fedewa". Apple Podcast. Racing Writer's Podcast. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
4. Srigley, Joseph (December 4, 2023). "Tim Fedewa to Spot for Ryan Blaney, Team Penske No. 12 in 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
5. "BUSCH: Racing Brings Tim Fedewa and Father Together". Motorsport.com . June 5, 2000. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
6. "Tim Fedewa − 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
7. "Tim Fedewa − 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
8. "Tim Fedewa − 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
9. "Tim Fedewa − 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
10. "Tim Fedewa − 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
11. "Tim Fedewa − 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
12. "Tim Fedewa − 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
13. "Tim Fedewa − 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
14. "Tim Fedewa − 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
15. "Tim Fedewa − 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
16. "Tim Fedewa − 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
17. "Tim Fedewa − 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
18. "Tim Fedewa − 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
19. "Tim Fedewa − 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
20. "Tim Fedewa − 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
21. "Tim Fedewa − 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
22. "Tim Fedewa − 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
23. "Tim Fedewa − 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
24. "Tim Fedewa − 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
25. "Tim Fedewa − 1990 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
26. "Tim Fedewa − 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
27. "Tim Fedewa − 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
28. "Tim Fedewa − 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
29. "Tim Fedewa − 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
30. "Tim Fedewa − 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

External links

• Tim Fedewa driver statistics at Racing-Reference