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Kraig Kinser

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Kraig Kinser
Kinser's truck in 2006
Born (1984-10-08) October 8, 1984 (age 39)
Bloomington, Indiana
Awards2004 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year
2005 Knoxville Nationals Champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
31 races run over 2 years
Best finish29th (2006)
First race2006 GM Flex Fuel 250 (Daytona)
Last race2007 Built Ford Tough 225 Presented by Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of April 2, 2020.

Kraig Kinser (born October 8, 1984) is an American professional racing driver. He was previously a developmental driver for MB2 Motorsports/Ginn Racing, and while with them, competed in both the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the ARCA Re/Max Series between 2005 and 2007.

He is the son of the champion World of Outlaws sprint car racer Steve Kinser, as well as the fourth cousin of WoO competitor Mark Kinser.

Racing career

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In 2005, he won the Knoxville Nationals, the most prestigious sprint car race in the world. The same year, he made his ARCA debut with Fast Track Racing in a partnership with MB2 Motorsports (the team he was a developmental driver for), and in just his second career start (which came at Talladega Superspeedway), he won a race.

In 2006, he started the season running full-time for Rookie of the Year in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports. However, two races into the season, that truck changed numbers for the following two races to the No. 29, where Morgan-Dollar used K Automotive Racing's owner points to make the field. For the rest of the year after that, Kinser's truck used the No. 46. He was pulled from the ride in some races towards the end of the season, and now was sharing it with three Chevy Cup Series drivers: Clint Bowyer, Joe Nemechek, and Denny Hamlin. Also during that year, MB2 became Ginn Racing after a change in ownership. Kinser also returned to ARCA again for one race at Iowa, driving a No. 36 car for Ginn, where he would go on to finish second in that race.

He returned to the Truck Series in 2007, driving the No. 47 for Morgan-Dollar. He was originally slated to share this truck with fellow Ginn developmental driver Jesus Hernandez, but this never happened after Ginn merged with Dale Earnhardt Inc. mid-season, and Kinser was replaced by Regan Smith, meaning he did not complete the season for the second straight year.

In 2008, he was back running Sprint cars for Tony Stewart's prestigious team. He raced with them until the end of the 2009 World of Outlaws season. In 2010, he drove for his dad Steve Kinser's team with Quaker State sponsorship under the number 11K. For 2011, he drove the Casey's General Store Maxim for the Parsons Motorsports team.

As of July 6, 2017, Kraig has 17 World of Outlaw feature wins, placing him 24th all-time.[citation needed]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

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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 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
2006 McGill Motorsports 04 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
DNQ 		N/A 0 [1]

Craftsman Truck Series

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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 25 NTSC Pts Ref
2006 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY
30 		CAL
DNQ 		29th 1541 [2]
29 ATL
28 		MAR
29
46 GTY
17 		CLT
19 		MFD
35 		DOV
31 		TEX
36 		MCH
22 		MLW
28 		KAN
35 		KEN
35 		MEM
27 		IRP
13 		NSH
23 		BRI
24 		NHA LVS
9 		TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO
24 		HOM
2007 47 DAY
30 		CAL
17 		ATL
29 		MAR
30 		KAN
24 		CLT
29 		MFD
33 		DOV
31 		TEX
15 		MCH
14 		MLW
17 		MEM
14 		KEN
28 		IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 31st 1186 [3]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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(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
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
2005 Fast Track Racing
with MB2 Motorsports 		10 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH
8 		ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
1* 		68th 450 [4]
2006 Ginn Racing 36 Chevy DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW
2 		99th 225 [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Kraig Kinser – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Kraig Kinser – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Kraig Kinser – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kraig Kinser – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Kraig Kinser – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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