Bryan Reffner
Bryan Reffner is a former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He was also a champion in the American Speed Association.
Bryan Reffner | |||||||
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Born | Rudolph, Wisconsin | November 6, 1963||||||
Achievements | 1988 ARTGO Champion 1989, 1990 Track Champion (Madison) 1995 American Speed Association Champion 2005 American Stockcar League Champion | ||||||
Awards | 1988 ARTGO Rookie of the Year 1996 Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 108th (2002) | ||||||
First race | 2002 Cabela's 250 (Michigan) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 Wallace Family Tribute 250 (Gateway) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
126 races run over 8 years | |||||||
Best finish | 9th (1996, 2000) | ||||||
First race | 1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead) | ||||||
Last race | 2003 Ford 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
First win | 2000 O'Reilly 400 (Texas) | ||||||
Last win | 2000 O'Reilly 400 (Texas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of March 8, 2012. |
Career prior to NASCAR
Reffner began racing at age 16. Reffner became a regular competitor in the late model division at Madison International Speedway. He was named the ARTGO Series (now NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series) rookie-of-the-year in 1983. Reffner won three track championships in 1989 and 1990.
Reffner moved to the American Speed Association in 1994, and became the 1995 ASA champion.
NASCAR career
Reffner made his Craftsman Truck Series debut in 1996, winning Rookie of the Year, driving the #44 1-800-COLLECT Ford for Mark Simo. He finished the year with 3 top fives, 9 top tens, and three poles, finishing ninth in the points. He continued to run full-time in 1997, posting two top-tens for Dale Phelon. In 1998, he started the year with Phelon, but was released, and spent the rest of the season running with Liberty Racing and MB Motorsports. He had eight top-tens and finished 22nd in points.
1999 turned out to be a short year for him, as he ran only 13 races. He started the year signed to drive for a new two-truck operation, Ridge Gate Motion Sports, owned by Mike Clark and Dominic Dobson. However, he left the team early in the season as he felt the team had not lived up to its obligations, and spent the year with Conely Racing, running thirteen races. In 2000 however, he had a breakthrough year, driving for Team Menard. He won his first career race at Texas Motor Speedway, (a race that unfortunately marked the death of Tony Roper) and having 16 top tens, finishing 9th in the points. Four races into 2001 however, Team Menard suspended operations, and Reffner ran just a handful of races, for Conely and TKO Motorsports. He had three top-tens during that season. He ran three races in 2002, his best finish a thirteenth at Michigan. He also made his Busch Series debut at Michigan. Driving the #0 for Conely, he started 25th and finished 29th. In 2003, he made his last two CTS starts to date, driving his self-owned #80 at Richmond and Homestead.
In 2003 he returned to the American Speed Association, and finished sixth in points.
In 2005, Reffner made two starts for Smith Bros. Racing, but failed to finish higher than 35th. He also made a failed attempt at qualifying for the NEXTEL Cup Phoenix race with Competitive Edge Motorsports. He also was leading the points in the American Stockcar League series going into the final 3 races of 2005 and was declared the ASL Champion when the final races were canceled.
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.)
Nextel Cup Series
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NNCC | Pts | Ref | ||
2005 | Conely Racing | 79 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH DNQ |
BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | NA | - | [1] | ||||
Competitive Edge Motorsports | 51 | Chevy | PHO DNQ |
HOM |
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
2002 | Conely Racing | 0 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH 29 |
BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | 108th | 76 | [2] | ||||||
70 | MEM DNQ |
ATL | CAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07 | HOM DNQ |
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2005 | Smith Brothers Motorsports | 67 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW 35 |
DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY 43 |
IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV DNQ |
KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 143rd | 34 | [3] |
Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||
1996 | Irvan-Simo Racing | 44 | Ford | HOM 5 |
PHO 4 |
POR 7 |
EVG 24 |
TUS 11 |
CNS 16 |
HPT 14 |
BRI 23 |
NZH 10 |
MLW 24 |
LVL 6 |
I70 12 |
IRP 20 |
GLN 13 |
NSV 5 |
RCH 19 |
NHA 7 |
MAR 17 |
NWS 34 |
SON 8 |
MMR 13 |
PHO 18 |
LVS 9 |
9th | 2961 | [4] | |||||||||||||||
28 | FLM 12 |
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1997 | Phelon Motorsports | 66 | Ford | WDW 21 |
TUS 31 |
HOM 31 |
PHO 34 |
POR 21 |
EVG 24 |
I70 20 |
NHA 8 |
TEX 30 |
BRI 10 |
NZH 11 |
MLW 13 |
LVL 23 |
CNS 15 |
HPT 19 |
IRP 15 |
FLM 21 |
NSV 29 |
GLN 19 |
RCH 15 |
MAR 29 |
SON 32 |
MMR 32 |
CAL 32 |
PHO 30 |
LVS 38 |
19th | 2433 | [5] | ||||||||||||
1998 | WDW 13 |
HOM 31 |
PHO 8 |
POR 7 |
EVG 8 |
I70 4 |
GLN 18 |
TEX 35 |
BRI 10 |
MLW 19 |
NZH 8 |
CAL 13 |
PPR 29 |
IRP 12 |
NHA 31 |
FLM 3 |
NSV 14 |
22nd | 2770 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty Racing | 98 | Ford | HPT 34 |
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MB Motorsports | 26 | Ford | LVL 15 |
RCH 35 |
MEM 28 |
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Liberty Racing | 84 | Ford | GTY 10 |
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M & J Racing | 22 | Ford | MAR 23 |
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L&R Racing | 1 | Dodge | SON 32 |
MMR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ridge Gate Motorsports | 39 | Chevy | PHO 24 |
LVS 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Conely Racing | 7 | Chevy | HOM | PHO | EVG | MMR 23 |
MAR 34 |
MEM 14 |
PPR 18 |
I70 23 |
BRI 24 |
TEX 23 |
PIR | GLN | MLW 21 |
NSV 31 |
NZH 20 |
MCH 20 |
NHA 16 |
IRP 18 |
GTY | HPT | RCH | LVS | LVL | TEX | CAL | 26th | 1274 | [7] | |||||||||||||
2000 | Team Menard | 3 | Chevy | DAY 35 |
HOM 30 |
PHO 11 |
MMR 6 |
MAR 8 |
PIR 7 |
GTY 8 |
MEM 8 |
PPR 8 |
EVG 10 |
TEX 5 |
KEN 5 |
GLN 13 |
MLW 10 |
NHA 28 |
NZH 9 |
MCH 15 |
IRP 8 |
NSV 8 |
CIC 7 |
RCH 11 |
DOV 29 |
TEX 1 |
CAL 6 |
9th | 3153 | [8] | ||||||||||||||
2001 | DAY 8 |
HOM 28 |
MMR 18 |
MAR 8 |
GTY | DAR | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | IRP | NSH | CIC | NZH | RCH | SBO | 30th | 952 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||
TKO Motorsports | 41 | Dodge | TEX 20 |
PHO 5 |
CAL 20 |
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Conely Racing | 7 | Chevy | LVS 18 |
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2002 | DAY | DAR | MAR | GTY | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN 31 |
NHA | MCH 13 |
IRP | NSH | RCH | TEX | SBO | LVS | CAL | PHO | HOM 27 |
63rd | 206 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Bryan Reffner | 80 | Chevy | DAY | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH 13 |
NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO | TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM 31 |
81st | 194 | [11] |
ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
2006 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 22 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | NSH | MCH | ISF | MIL | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | IOW 36 |
169th | 50 | [12] | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Hendren Motorsports | 66 | Chevy | DAY | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW 12 |
POC | MCH | BLN | KEN 15 |
POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI 28 |
SLM | TAL | TOL | 61st | 420 | [13] | |||||||||||||||
2008 | DAY | SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH 14 |
CAY | KEN 14 |
BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI 16 |
SLM | NJE | TAL | TOL | 57th | 470 | [14] |
References
- "Bryan Reffner – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "Bryan Reffner – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
External links
- Official website (from Internet Archive)
- Bryan Reffner driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Rocky road for Reffner
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Butch Miller |
ASA National Tour Champion 1995 |
Succeeded by Tony Raines |
Preceded by Kevin Cywinski |
American Stockcar League Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Final season |
Achievements | ||
Preceded by Inaugural season |
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 1996 |
Succeeded by Kenny Irwin, Jr. |