Donnie Levister

Donnie Levister
Born (1976-04-19) April 19, 1976 (age 48)
Winnsboro, South Carolina
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2017 position62nd
Best finish62nd (2017)
First race2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2017 Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 17, 2017.

Donnie Levister (born April 19, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Racing career

Early years

Levister began his racing career on dirt tracks[1] near his hometown of Winnsboro, South Carolina.[2]

Camping World Truck Series

Partnering with Faith Motorsports to try and make his first NASCAR race, Levister announced that he wanted to attempt at least 15 races of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule.[3] In his first attempt, he was forced to withdraw at Martinsville Speedway and the team scaled back its schedule, later Faith Motorsports partner with Mike Harmon Racing and his No. 74 truck to be higher in owner points, but Levister failed to qualify in the same way at Iowa Speedway.[4][5][6] The season did not get any better from there on out as two more withdrawals and failing to qualify for a race[7] left Levister in search of his first series start at the end of 2016.

Levister found a ride for the 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville with Copp Motorsports, a team new to the Truck series in 2017. Driving their No. 83 Chevrolet Silverado, Levister qualified 30th[8] before falling out with brake problems after 100 laps,[9] leading to a 30th-place finish.[10] Meanwhile, after the Martinsville race Faith Motorsports purchased the No. 44 entry of Martins Motorsports and the team has hinted that Levister will drive the truck in future races; however Levister was ineligible to race in tracks with a length of more than 1.3 mile until Gateway, so Matt Mills replaced him at Kansas and Charlotte.

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2016 Faith Motorsports 74 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW
DNQ 		GTW KEN 113th - [11]
62 Toyota ELD
Wth 		POC MAR
DNQ 		TEX PHO HOM
74 Ram BRI
Wth 		MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL
2017 Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy DAY ATL MAR
30 		KAN CLT DOV TEX 62nd 19 [12]
Faith Motorsports 44 Chevy GTW
25 		IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ^ "Drivers - Faith Motorsports | NASCAR Camping World Series Race Team". Faith Motorsports | NASCAR Camping World Series Race Team. Retrieved 2017-06-02.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Donnie Levister". Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. ^ "NCWTS: Faith Motorsports To Make Series Debut at Martinsville – Rubbings Racing". rubbingsracing.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. ^ "TRUCKS: Christopher Bell scores first Truck Series last for #4 since 2006". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. ^ "Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Paint Schemes". www.jayski.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  6. ^ "Dirt track veteran, Donnie Levister to drive the No. 62 Property Pro's Tundra at Eldora Speedway". Shawn Magee Design | Graphic Design | Web Design. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  7. ^ "Driver Donnie Levister 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  8. ^ "Donnie Levister". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  9. ^ "Donnie Levister Results & Event Log". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  10. ^ "Donnie Levister Stats - Season & Career Statistics". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  11. ^ "Donnie Levister – 2016 Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  12. ^ "Donnie Levister – 2017 Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2023.