Russ Lane(born September 21, 1996) is an American professionalstock car racingdriver. He last competed part-time in theARCA Menards Series,driving the No. 69 forKimmel Racing.
Russ Lane | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Overland Park, Kansas | September 21, 1996
ARCA Menards Seriescareer | |
Debut season | 2020 |
Current team | Kimmel Racing |
Car number | 69 |
Former teams | Empire Racing(2020) |
Starts | 5 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Last updated on: February 20, 2022. |
Racing career
editNational Auto Sport Association
editAt the age of 18, he would first race in theNational Auto Sport Association,driving aFord Mustang.He would win the American Iron division in 2019.
ARCA Menards Series
editWith help ofToyota Racing Developmentemployee Jack Irving, Lane was able to buy a car fromVenturini Motorsportsto race in a futureARCA Menards Seriesrace. While looking for a location to store the car,Empire Racingwould offer Lane a mechanic job for the team. He would first make his debut at the2020 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200,retiring in 17th due to a busted oil line.[1]He would then suffer a crash at the2020 Dutch Boy 150,finishing last in 18th.[2]He would then get a new car for the2020 General Tire 100,[3]finishing 16th.
Lane would race two races in 2021 forKimmel Racing,finishing 11th and 21st in the first and second races he raced, respectively.
Motorsports career results
editARCA Menards Series
edit(key) (Bold– Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Seriesresults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | Empire Racing | 8 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC 17 |
IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN 18 |
TOL | TOL | MCH | 40th | 81 | [4] | |||||||||
Ford | DAY 16 |
GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | |||||||||||||||||
2021 | Kimmel Racing | 69 | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH 11 |
POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN 21 |
MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 65th | 56 | [5] |
References
edit- ^Ackley, J. A. (2020-07-20)."Russ Lane: His Unique Path from Road Racing to Ovals".Outside Groove.Retrieved2022-02-21.
- ^Soquet, William."ARCA: Local racer Russ Lane gets first last-place finish in a wreck eerily similar to that of Preece".Retrieved2022-02-21.
- ^Staff Report (2020-08-12)."Russ Lane and Empire Racing Set to Return to ARCA Series at Daytona - The Racing Insiders".Retrieved2022-02-21.
- ^"Russ Lane – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedFebruary 20,2022.
- ^"Russ Lane – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedFebruary 20,2022.