SCOTT ALLAN WIMMER - 01/26/1976
was a NASCAR driver who competed in the Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series. He droves for Wild Motorsports in the Xfinity Series, and had a total of 6 wins in the series. Wimmer made his NASCAR debut in 2000, when he was signed to drive the #20 AT&T Pontiac Grand Prix for Bill Davis Racing in the Xfinity Series. He also made his Cup debut at Atlanta, driving a car he had originally intended to drive at an ARCA RE/MAX Series race that weekend. The qualifying session was rained out for that race, and he was able to take his #23 car and enter in the Cup race. He finished 22nd and led 9 laps in that race. He was named Davis' permanent driver of the #23 Jani-King Pontiac in the Xfinity series in 2001. He had two top-five finishes, eight top-ten finishes and finished 11th in points, second to Greg Biffle for the Rookie of the Year title. Wimmer won four races in the fall of that season at Dover, Memphis, Phoenix and Homestead, and finished 3rd in points. Davis was able to get Siemens sponsorship for Wimmer to run seven races in a #27 car in the Cup Series, but Wimmer was only able to make two of them. He got a full-time sponsor in Stacker 2/YJ Stinger/Stamina Rx in 2003, but after losing crew chief Bootie Barker and switching to Chevrolet, he won only one race at Pikes Peak with four top-five finishes. Wimmer ran two races in the #27 YJ Stinger Chevrolet finishing 24th in both races at Bristol and New Hampshire. With four
races left in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Wimmer was promoted to drive Bill Davis Racing's #22 Caterpillar Inc. Dodge. In his second race in the #22, he earned his first Cup Series top-ten finish (a 9th) at Phoenix. At the end of the season, Wimmer was named the full time driver for 2004 in the #22 Caterpillar Dodge. Before the 2004 season, he was arrested in High Point, North Carolina for driving while intoxicated. He was later convicted and sentenced to probation and 24-hour community service. He began the year with a very strong performance at the Daytona 500, and appeared in contention to win after the final set of pit stops, but without drafting help, Wimmer was easily overtaken by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Tony Stewart, and ended up finishing third. He ran the full season again in 2005, but did not finish higher than 11th in
2002 Xfinity Series
2007 Xfinity Series
a race that season. He was dismissed from Davis by mail at the end of the season after ending up 32nd in points. Wimmer joined Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2006 to drive their #4 Aero Exhaust Chevy. The team lost the Aero sponsorship during the summer of the season, and he left the team following the race at Kansas Speedway. In 2007, he joined Richard Childress Racing as a test driver. He competed 23 races between the #21 AutoZone and #29 Holiday Inn Chevys in the Xfinity series. Due to a lack of sponsorship, he was released from Childress and he spent the 2009 season splitting time between the #5 Fastenal
Chevy for JR Motorsports. In 2010, Wimmer decided to only drive high quality equipment in the Xfinity Series. Because of this, Wimmer started the season without a ride. He got a two race ride with JR Motorsports in the #7 Chevrolet at Bristol and Nashville. He was able to get finishes of 10th and 7th respectively. Wimmer then earned a three race ride with Baker Curb Racing in the #27 Red Man Ford. His best finish with them was a seventh at Kentucky Speedway. Any hopes to continue with them ended when their Red Man sponsorship expired. Wimmer started the 2011 Xfinity Series season driving the #40 for Key Motorsports earning a best finish of 12th at Talladega before leaving after the 11th race due to a lack of sponsorship. Wimmer was also able to run a few Cup Series races in 2011 for Robby Gordon Motorsports. For his career Wimmer ran in 111 Cup races over nine seasons. He best finish was the third at Daytona. He also ran ten seasons in the Xfinity series, compiling six wins in 226 starts. Some info from Wikipedia.
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