Charles Lewandoski | |||||||
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Born | Stafford Springs, Connecticut | May 18, 1985||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
29 races run over 5 years | |||||||
2015 position | 69th | ||||||
Best finish | 30th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2008 Camping World RV Sales 200 (Loudon) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 3M 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
8 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 44th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2009 Heluva Good! 200 (Loudon) | ||||||
Last race | 2014 Rhino Linings 350 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of May 17, 2015. |
Charles Lewandoski (born May 18, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Lewandoski started his career in Quarter Midgets at the age of five, racing at the Little T Speedway and in the Silver City Quarter Midget Club, both in Connecticut. Later, he moved to the Whip City Speedway in Massachusetts, where he competed in various Sprint Car divisions, winning several races in the top-level 600cc Sprint class.
At the age of 16, Lewandoski was able to move into the NASCAR Late Model division at his home track, Stafford Motor Speedway. On August 9, 2002, Lewandoski became the youngest-ever winner in the track's history. [1]
At 18, Lewandoski made several starts in the NASCAR Busch North Series, now known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. He competed in the series in a limited basis that year and again in 2005, with a full campaign in 2006. That year, he earned the series' Most Improved Driver Award. [2]
Lewandoski spent the 2007 season as the driver coach at Dale Earnhardt, Inc., working primarily with driver Jeffrey Earnhardt.
He made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut for Fitz Motorsports in 2008 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. [3] His NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut came at New Hampshire in 2009. [4]
In 2011 he ran a limited schedule for TriStar Motorsports, Go Green Racing, [5] and Key Motorsports. [6] He has not run an Xfinity Series race since 2015.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Corrie Stott Racing | 01 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA 32 | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 116th | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Young's Motorsports | 60 | Chevy | DAY Wth | MAR | 44th | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | KAN 29 | CLT 33 | DOV 32 | TEX | GTW 30 | KEN 31 | IOW 34 | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Win-Tron Racing | 35 | Toyota | LVS 30 | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM |
NASCAR Camping World East Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCWESC | Pts | Ref |
2004 | Lewandoski Racing | 01 | Chevy | LEE | TMP 16 | LRP | SEE | STA 18 | HOL | ERI | WFD 12 | NHA | ADI | GLN | NHA | DOV | 32nd | 151 | |
2005 | STA 22 | HOL 13 | ERI 24 | NHA 31 | WFD 26 | ADI 24 | STA 12 | DUB 20 | OXF | NHA | DOV | LRP | TMP 11 | 21st | 918 | ||||
2006 | GRE 9 | STA 6 | HOL 7 | TMP 3 | ERI 20 | NHA 19 | ADI 25 | WFD 8 | NHA 19 | DOV 30 | LRP 23 | 10th | 1319 | ||||||
2008 | Lewandoski Racing | 01 | Toyota | GRE | IOW | SBO | GLN | NHA 18 | TMP | NSH | ADI | LRP | MFD | NHA | DOV | STA 27 | 48th | 191 |
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