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Debut
2001
Based In
Youngstown, OH

WP Motorsports is a professional racing team competing in Nascar Cup Series from United States.

Career Stats

2
Wins

Series

Nascar Cup SeriesNascar Xfinity SeriesNascar Craftsman Truck

Key Personnel

Owner Stephen Palac, Darin Pinkham, Charles Woodruff

Drivers

M
Mike Swaim Jr. (#22)-ARCA (#12)-Busch
D
Damon Lusk (#22)-ARCA
T
Tim Fedewa (#12)-Busch

Team History

History

Damon Lusk in the No. 22 for the team at Atlanta in 2002
The team owners were Steve Palac (Youngstown, OH), Darin Pinkham (Phoenix, AZ), Charles Woodruff and Scott Pinkham (Cornwall, NY).

The team was formed in 2000 in preparation for the 2001 ARCA Racing Series and the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series. In 2001 WP Motorsports entered in their first NASCAR Busch Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park at the CarQuest Auto Parts 250 in Illinois and finished in 20th place in their #12 car driven by Mike Swaim Jr. That same year they raced at Michigan Speedway during the NASCAR Busch NAPAonline.com 250 and finished in 25th place. Also in 2001, WP Motorsports and Mike Swaim Jr. competed in eight ARCA races resulting in 5 top 5 finishes and 6 top ten finishes in their #22 car. In October 2001 Tim Fedewa drove their #12 Busch Series car in the Little Trees 300 at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte and the GNC Live Well 300 at Homestead–Miami Speedway in November, finishing in 27th place at Lowes and a DNQ at Miami. Keith Strunk who was 1999 Cromwell Tools Crew Chief of the Year served as Crew Chief for the ARCA races and Tim Weiss, from Dale Earnhardt Inc. served as crew Chief for the Busch races. Strunk would move to Car Chief for Busch races.

^ "DYNATEK-WP MOTORSPORTS Youngstown in the picture". Vindy.com. 2001-03-22. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

^ "BUSCH: WP Motorsports, Mike Swaim, Jr. Gateway report". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

^ "Career Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

^ "Tim Fedewa Career Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 1967-05-09. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

^ "Dynatek to debut in Busch series". Vindy.com. 2001-03-22. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

History adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

About WP Motorsports

WP Motorsports is a United States professional-level racing team based in Youngstown, OH. The team competes in Nascar Cup Series, Nascar Xfinity Series, Nascar Craftsman Truck.WP Motorsports is listed on Race Team Wiki, the world's first comprehensive racing team index.

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