Russ Lane
Russ Lane | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Overland Park, Kansas | September 21, 1996
ARCA Menards Series career | |
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. |
Russ Lane (born September 21, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 69 for Kimmel Racing.
Racing career
[edit]National Auto Sport Association
[edit]At the age of 18, he would first race in the National Auto Sport Association, driving a Ford Mustang. He would win the American Iron division in 2019.
ARCA Menards Series
[edit]With help of Toyota Racing Development employee Jack Irving, Lane was able to buy a car from Venturini Motorsports to race in a future ARCA Menards Series race. While looking for a location to store the car, Empire Racing would offer Lane a mechanic job for the team. He would first make his debut at the 2020 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200, retiring in 17th due to a busted oil line.[1] He would then suffer a crash at the 2020 Dutch Boy 150, finishing last in 18th.[2] He would then get a new car for the 2020 General Tire 100,[3] finishing 16th.
Lane would race two races in 2021 for Kimmel Racing, finishing 11th and 21st in the first and second races he raced, respectively.
Motorsports career results
[edit]ARCA 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 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 | 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. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Soquet, William. "ARCA: Local racer Russ Lane gets first last-place finish in a wreck eerily similar to that of Preece". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Staff Report (2020-08-12). "Russ Lane and Empire Racing Set to Return to ARCA Series at Daytona - The Racing Insiders". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Russ Lane – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- ^ "Russ Lane – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2022.