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Steve Portenga
Born (1970-05-22) May 22, 1970 (age 53)
Sparks, Nevada
Achievements1994, 1998 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish137th ( 1999)
First race 1999 NAPA Autocare 250 ( Pikes Peak)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
48 races run over 4 years
Best finish13th ( 1995)
First race 1995 Racing Champions 200 ( Tucson)
Last race 2002 Ford 200 ( Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
Statistics current as of December 24, 2011.

Steven Portenga is a retired NASCAR driver. He spent more than 2 decades racing in various national and regional support series to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and he won the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour championship for late models in 1994 and 1998. Portenga and his wife, Windi, are now car owners of the #21 & #31 cars in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, where he's also the crew chief for one of those drivers, Alex Schutte.

Portenga won his first racing championship in 1991 at Silver State Raceway in the Winston Racing Series. In 1995, he competed full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series, winning one pole and finishing in the top-ten three times, finishing 13th in points.

He ran six races the following year, his best finish 15th at Phoenix International Raceway. In 1999, he made his Busch Series debut at Pikes Peak International Raceway, finishing 41st. He also attempted to make his Winston Cup debut at Sears Point International Raceway, but failed to qualify.

In 2001, he returned to the trucks, running two races for MacDonald Motorsports and one race in his own truck, finishing fourteenth at Kansas Speedway. He ran two races the next year, posting two top-tens. He attempted Phoenix with Ware Racing Enterprises in the Cup series, but missed the race.

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
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
1999 Golden Gate Racing 96 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON
DNQ 		DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL N/A 0 [1]
2005 Mach 1 Motorsports 34 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO
DNQ 		TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [2]
2006 Rick Ware Racing 52 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO
DNQ 		TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [3]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
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 NBSC Pts Ref
1999 Golden Gate Racing 14 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR
41 		GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 137th 0 [4]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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 NCTC Pts Ref
1995 L&M Racing 83 Chevy PHO TUS
22 		SGS MMR
21 		POR
19 		EVG
12 		I70
5 		LVL
6 		BRI
24 		MLW
20 		CNS
9 		HPT
25 		IRP
17 		FLM
16 		RCH
14 		MAR
11 		NWS
13 		SON
16 		MMR
24 		PHO
26 		13th 2048 [5]
1996 HOM PHO
15 		POR
28 		EVG
13 		TUS CNS
17 		HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP
31 		FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON
25 		MMR PHO LVS 41st 591 [6]
2001 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY HOM MMR
32 		MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN
14 		KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO 67th 249 [7]
Portenga Motorsports 39 Chevy CAL
34
2002 DAY
32 		DAR
26 		MAR
DNQ 		GTY
14 		PPR
8 		DOV
13 		TEX
28 		MEM
27 		MLW
17 		KAN
11 		KEN
10 		NHA
16 		MCH
11 		IRP
23 		NSH
22 		RCH
29 		TEX
25 		SBO
13 		LVS
28 		CAL
26 		PHO
22 		HOM
19 		18th 2167 [8]

References

  1. ^ "Steve Portenga – 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Steve Portenga – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "Steve Portenga – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Steve Portenga – 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "Steve Portenga – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Steve Portenga – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Steve Portenga – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  8. ^ "Steve Portenga – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion
1994
1998 		Succeeded by
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