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Tim Schendel

American racing driver (born 1979)

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Timothy K. Schendel (born May 10, 1979) is an American professional stock car racing driver. A past winner of the Toyota All-Star Showdown and champion of the NASCAR Midwest Tour, he has also competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the ASA Midwest Tour.

01Career

Born in Sparta, Wisconsin on May 10, 1979, Schendel began competing in NASCAR-sanctioned competition in 2000, racing locally at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. After several years competing in the regional Elite Series, he won the 2006 NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series championship, the final year the tour ran under NASCAR sanctioning.

The championship won Schendel a sport in the AutoZone Elite Division portion of the 2006 Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway, where he won the all-star event, leading 112 of 130 laps in the event, which was extended in a green-white-checker finish from a scheduled 125 laps.

Following the closure of the NASCAR Midwest Series, Schendel has competed in the ASA Midwest Tour, which replaced it; his best finish in the series standings has been third in 2008. He also competed in selected races in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Busch East Series in 2006 and 2007, as well as in three Craftsman Truck Series races in the mid-2000s. Schendel debuted in NASCAR in 2004 with two Craftsman Truck Series starts. He made his first start at the Milwaukee Mile in his home state track, starting 28th and finishing 22nd. After failing to qualify at Indianapolis Raceway Park, he made his second start at Homestead-Miami Speedway and finished 28th after crashing. Schendel made his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start in a 2006 start at Memphis. He completed 51 laps before an accident took him out of the race; he finished last.

In addition to competing in the ASA Midwest Tour, Schendel competed on a limited schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, primarily driving the No. 52 Chevrolet for Jimmy Means Racing. He has a best finish of 24th, scored at O'Reilly Raceway Park in August 2011. He was known for blowing a tire right in front of the leaders Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, whom Busch crashed in a NASCAR Nationwide race at Texas Motor Speedway. Schendel won the 2015 Super Late Model track championship at Dells Raceway Park in 2015.

02Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2006	Mac Hill Motorsports	56	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 43	TEX	PHO	HOM	150th	34
2010	Means Racing	52	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH DNQ	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW 40	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY DNQ	TEX	PHO	HOM	143rd	43
2011	Means Motorsports	52	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI 36	CAL	TEX 35	TAL	NSH 35	RCH	DAR	DOV					ROA 25	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP 24	IOW 27	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		45th	84
2011	JD Motorsports	0	Chevy												IOW 42	CLT	CHI	MCH																					45th	84
2012	Hamilton Means Racing	52	Chevy	DAY	PHO 30	LVS 29	BRI 37	CAL 29	TEX 27	RCH	TAL	DAR				MCH 35					CHI 33	IND 28																	42nd	113
	The Motorsports Group	47	Chevy										IOW 42	CLT	DOV
	The Motorsports Group	42	Chevy														ROA 42	KEN	DAY	NHA			IOW 39	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2013	Hamilton Means Racing	52	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW 33	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA																			83rd	11
2013	The Motorsports Group	46	Chevy																		CHI DNQ	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			83rd	11
2014	JD Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW 34	CLT	DOV																								73rd	14
	Rick Ware Racing	87	Chevy													MCH 40
	Jimmy Means Racing	79	Chevy														ROA 37	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM

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	25	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2004	Brevak Racing	31	Dodge	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW 22	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP DNQ	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR		70th	164
2004	Curb-Agajanian Motorsports	43	Chevy																									HOM 32	70th	164
2007	Brevak Racing	31	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP 35	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX			111th	58
2007	Brevak Racing	31	Dodge																								PHO DNQ	HOM DNQ	111th	58

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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