Lance Hooper

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Lance Allen Hooper
File:Lance hooper.jpg
Born (1967-06-01) June 1, 1967 (age 57)
Palmdale, California, U.S.
Achievements 1996 Winston West Series Champion

1995 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion

1991, 1992 Winston Racing Series Champion
Awards 1996 Winston West Series Rookie of the Year

1993 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Rookie of the Year

1995 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
9 races run over 4 years
Best finish 48th (1997)
First race 1996 Dura Lube 500 (Phoenix)
Last race 2002 Sharpie 500 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
22 races run over 6 years
Best finish 44th (1998)
First race 1998 Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington)
Last race 2004 O'Reilly 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
80 races run over 6 years
Best finish 19th (2001)
First race 2000 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K (Homestead)
Last race 2009 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of February 17, 2013.

Lance Allen Hooper (born June 1, 1967 in Palmdale, California) is a race car driver in NASCAR as well as several touring divisions. Hooper attended his first race when he was just two weeks old, and also came from a long line of racing champions, including his uncle, father, and brother. Hooper currently serves as the driver and crew chief of the #44 Key Motorsports Chevy in the Craftsman Truck Series.

Hooper first began racing in 1990 in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, and was named Rookie of the Year at Saugus Speedway. He went on to win the track championship there the next two years. Following that stint, Hooper moved up to the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series, and won seven races in his first year on the circuit, then won the championship in 1995. In addition to his success on Raceday, he won the pole award sixteen times, the Most Popular Driver award as well as breaking many track records.

After that, he moved to the NASCAR Winston West Series. In 1996, he won five races, as well as both the championship and the Rookie of the Year points title. That year, he made his Winston Cup debut as well, running the Dura Lube 500 and finishing 33rd in his own Pontiac. He soon caught the eye of owner Richard Jackson, owner of Precision Products Racing, and the two ran six races together in 1997 in an undeclared Rookie of the Year bid in the Winston Cup Series. In 1998, the two made an abbreviated bid at the Busch Series championship, running 16 races and finishing in the top-20 three times.

Hooper did not run much in 1999. He ran one Busch Series race for Jackson, and made an unsuccessful qualifying attempt for the Brickyard 400 with Fenley-Moore Motorsports. returned to the sport regularly in 2000, running 13 races in the Craftsman Truck Series for Marty Walsh (his best finish was 15th) and four races for Alumni Motorsports in the Busch Series, including an outside pole qualifying run. Hooper made 18 Truck Series races in 2001, and had a tenth-place finish at Nazareth Speedway. Hooper also re-united with Jackson competed in a Cup race at Dover for Dark Horse Motorsports.

He ran every truck race in 2002, despite switching from Ware Racing Enterprises to Team Racing mid-season. Hooper ran his most recent Cup race to date that year, finishing 31st at Bristol Motor Speedway for Junie Donlavey. In 2003, Hooper began running his own entry in the Truck Series with fan-based sponsorships. He finished 24th in points that year. Hooper ran five races with ThorSport Racing, and had two top-twenty finishes in the #13 Microtel/Vassarette Silverado. He did not race again for five years, choosing to become a crew chief at the Truck level, working with ThorSport and Key Motorsports. He returned to the driver's seat in 2009 in the Trucks to drive the #44 entry for his then-employer, Key Motorsports, before finishing the year at Tagsby Racing.

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

Busch Series

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results

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

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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Winston West Series champion
1996
Succeeded by
Butch Gilliland
Preceded by NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour champion
1995
Succeeded by
Chris Raudman