Ken Schrader
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Kenneth Schrader (born May 29, 1955) is an American professional racing driver.
He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while driving part-time in the ARCA Racing Series, as well as at Eldora Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series.
He raced in the NASCAR Cup Series from 1981 to 2013.
He is a first cousin once removed of fellow NASCAR driver Carl Edwards. He races in many racing divisions, and has been successful in any division he has stepped into.
He owns a dirt late model and dirt open wheel modified car.
Both of these cars, along with his Camping World Truck Series and ARCA series cars, are sponsored by Federated Auto Parts.
He owns Federated Auto Parts Raceway (formerly I-55 Raceway) in Pevely, Missouri, and is co-owner of Macon Speedway, near Macon, Illinois, along with Kenny Wallace, Tony Stewart, and local promoter Bob Sargent.During the 1990s and the early part of the 2000s, Schrader was running as many as 100 races among many types of racing, including NASCAR's national and regional touring series, ARCA, short track, and dirt track.
Personal life
Schrader resides in Concord, North Carolina. He is married, to his wife, Ann. and they have two children.
Racing career
Schrader was born in Fenton, Missouri. He was the sportsman champion at Lake Hill Speedway in Valley Park in 1971. He then moved to sprint cars, racing in various parts of the Midwest in the same year. He started racing in the USAC's Stock Car Division in 1980 and was the year's rookie of the year. He returned to the USAC's Stock Car Division a year later, finishing third in points. He made his way to the USAC series early in the decade, competing in various sprint car championships. Schrader attempted to qualify for the 1983 Indianapolis 500 but his car was destroyed during testing. He won four USAC sprint races, six Silver Crown races, 21 in USAC Midgets, and 24 midget races in other divisions in the USAC series.
Schrader made his NASCAR debut in 1984 in the Cup Series, leasing out the No. 1 in the No. 2. Elmo Langley is the only one who has owned and driven 64 Fords. He ran his first race at Nashville, qualifying 27th and finishing 19th in a 30-car field. He ran four more races out of the 64 running times this season, his best finish at North Wilkesboro Speedway was seventeenth. He joined the No. 1 in 1985 and began driving it. Sincerely sponsored by a Jaguar, Junie Donlavey can fly full time. He had three top-place finishes and ranked 16th in points, winning the annual championships. Red Baron Frozen Pizza became the team's new primary sponsor in 1986, and Schrader earned four top tens, including a best finish second time, and ranked 16th in the standings in points for the second straight season. Schrader won his first pole position in 1989 at the TranSouth 500, where he led 19 laps and finished fifth, his first top-five finisher. He had nine other top tens and finished 10th in the final standings. He made his Busch Series debut at North Carolina Speedway, finishing fifth in his own No. 102. Ford is a red Baron-sponsored Ford.
Schrader rose to the No. 1 in 1988 when he took over the No. Xinjiang. Hendrick Motorsports was sponsored by 25 Folgers. In his first run, he took the pole for the Daytona 500, kicking off a three-year streak in which he took the pole for the first time. After struggling to qualify in the No. 1, we returned to the No. 66. Schrader purchased a race car from Buddy Arrington to drive in the No. 25 for the following races. This time, 67 Ford met with flying colors in the 67th series. Schrader won his first race, at the Talladega DieHard 500, and came fifth in the final standings. He won his second straight Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and finished fifth in the standings for the second time in his career. At the Ames/Peak 200, he also won his first Busch Series victory in his career.
In 1990, Kodiak became Schrader's sponsor. Despite struggling to win, he earned three poles and seven top fives, bringing them to 10th place in points. He won his third match at the Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 and his final Winston Cup victory at Dover International Speedway in 1991. In the final points standings, he had nine top-five finishes and finished ninth. After placing eleven top tens in 1992, he dropped to 17th in the rankings. Schrader made a career-high six poles in the following year as he returned to ninth in the rankings and took a career-high six poles. In 1994, he finished fourth in his career-best points finish. At Talladega, he also won his most recent Busch competition.
Budweiser became Schrader's primary sponsor in 1995. In a NASCAR Supertrucks practice session on May 13th, Schrader missed the top end of his left thumb. At Pocono Raceway, he won his final pole with Hendrick and finished 17th in points. At Talladega Superspeedway, he survived a horrific crash in the DieHard 500. Schrader left Hendrick Motorsports after being ranked 12th in the standings in 1996.
Schrader was hired to drive the No. 1 in 1997. Andy Petree Racing, 33, sponsored by Skoal Bandit, Monte Carlo, a 33-year-old Chevrolet Monte Carlo. He had eight top tens and two poles, finishing 10th in the standings, his best in the top ten points finish. Over the last five races of the season, he finished third in third-place and won two poles. He captured his final Cup pole in 1999 at Talladega, but Schrader dropped out of the top five all year and departed Petree.
He agreed to drive the No. 10 car. MB2 Motorsports sponsors 36 M&M's sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix for MB2 Motorsports. Schrader's first year of participation saw him finish 18th in the standings and placed second in the top tennies. In 2001, he was in fifth place in the top tens, but in the standings, he came in 19th. He was involved in a final-lap crash in which Dale Earnhardt crashed into the wall and died while competing in the Daytona 500. The video of Schrader peering into Earnhardt's vehicle is embedded in the minds of many racing fans; his interview with Jeanne Zelasko during Fox Sports' post-race show was the first indication that something was wrong with the seven-time Winston Cup champion; he seemed to be shaken and said "I don't really know." I'm not a doctor. As soon as they landed, I got the hell out of the way. In a 2011 interview, Schrader will discuss that Earnhardt was dead but didn't want to be the one to announce it. Schrader did not finish in the top ten in a single race in 2002, the first time since 1984. He left MB2 after that season.
Despite an initial lack of funding, Schrader was announced as the No. 1 in charge of the No. 66. For 2003, the BAM Racing Dodge Intrepid had been a success. 1-800-Call-ATT became the team's primary sponsor shortly. Schrader's qualifying time at the Brickyard 400 was too slow (and the team was out of provisionals) to make the field, the first time since 1984 that Schrader had missed a Cup run. He DNQ'd three times this season and dropped to 36th in points, which was his lowest rank. Schwan Food Company, Schrader's previous sponsor, became BAM's new sponsor, in 2004, while Schrader's sixth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway was his sixth. He had three more top tens the following season, matched his previous year's record of 31st in points.
Schrader, a writer from 2006, was the No. 1 in the world's No. 1 race. Wood Brothers Racing, sponsored by the United States Air Force, is 21 years old in Little Debbie/Motorcraft/United States Air Force, winning his first two top tens of the season. In 2007, he worked part-time with the Wood Brothers, riding the ride with rookie Jon Wood. Bill Elliott became the team's new manager after the team fell out of the top 35 in owner's points until the team returned to the top 35. Schrader returned to BAM Racing in Indianapolis and later regained his position with the Wood Brothers, starting at Loudon, before being replaced by Elliott late in the year. In the No. 99, Schrader competed in seventeen races in the Craftsman Truck Series for Bobby Hamilton Racing. The Dodge Ram, sponsored by 18 Fastenal, has received two top-five finishes.
In 2008, Schrader joined BAM Racing for the first time. However, BAM Racing switched to Toyota after only winning two of the first five races. BAM Racing decided not to complete a fleet of the new Toyota cars after the sixth race of the season, where Schrader qualified the new Microsoft Toyota in seventh place and ended 37th. Following two weeks, it was reported that a main sponsor had backed out of the contract, leaving BAM Racing and Schrader with no other alternative but to temporarily suspend operations. The team would not return to action until the fall, according to NASCAR.com. In the No. 86, Schrader ran the race in a one-off at Talladega on April 27, 2008. The 70 Haas/CNC Chevrolet, sponsored by Hunt Brothers Pizza, qualified third, but ended 42nd due to mechanical difficulties.
On May 25, Schrader qualified for her fourth Richard Childress Racing entry into the Coca-Cola 600. He qualified as No. 1 in the United States. 33 Chevrolet sponsored Chevrolet in the 33rd position and finished 33rd. In August, Schrader agreed to share a seat with Joey Logano for Jeff Moorad (Hall of Fame Racing) in the No. 88. Toyota DLP HDTV Toyota is currently in various championships through the year. He later revealed that he would split the 2009 Cup schedule with Phoenix Racing's No. 3 Dane. Brad Keselowski, Sterling Marlin, and Mike Bliss were among the nine others in the 09 race, but never ran. He made two debuts in the truck series himself and seven others in the ARCA series, with six top-tens in 2009.
Schrader started 14th and finished 14th in the Bud Shootout at Daytona International Speedway on February 6, 2010, driving the No. 1 in the Bud Shootout. Team Red Bull Toyota, the 80s. He qualified for Martinsville in the first Cup points race since the 2009 Phoenix International Raceway's November 2008 appearance. After starting 38th and leading seven laps for Latitude 43 Motorsports, Schrader came in 18th.
Schrader ran a part-time Cup schedule for FAS Lane Racing in 2011. Schrader finished 21st at Martinsville in the fall championship with seven starts. In 2012, he ran thirteen races for the team in the Sprint Cup Series. Schrader also agreed to run at least nine races in 2013 for FAS Lane Racing with Federated Auto Parts as the sponsor. At the inaugural Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, Schrader competed in the truck series. Schrader set a record of 91.329 mph (146.980 km/h), clinched the pole, and became the oldest pole winner in any NASCAR series at age 58. He eventually placed 14th in 14th place.
He became the oldest ARCA race winner on May 21, 2013.
Schrader announced on October 27, 2013 that he would not return from NASCAR after the 2013 season, but that there were "no plans to come back"; he intended to continue competing in ARCA and dirt modified events.
Despite his retirement, Schrader said he would participate in the 2014 Truck race in Eldora. Although he was initially registered in the No. 2 of Haas Racing Development, he was later determined to have his first appearance in the Haas Racing Development team. Instead of a 00 truck, he instead drove his own No. A 52-federated Auto Parts truck. Schrader came in fourth, his highest NASCAR finish in many years. Schrader finished 11th after starting third in the 2015 Mudsummer Classic. He rode the No. in the 2016 race, now known as the Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby. Chevrolet is down to a 12th-place finish in the 71nd season.
Schrader qualified in the Little 500 sprint car race at Anderson Speedway in Anderson, Indiana, where he finished tenth. He returned to the Eldora Truck race in July, driving the No. 77. Bolen Motorsports' 66 Silverado.
Motorsports career results
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