Auggie Vidovich Explained

Auggie Vidovich
Birth Name:	August Louis Vidovich II
Birth Date:	20 February 1981
Birth Place:	Lakeside, California
Achievements:	2003 NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series champion
Total Busch Races:	21
Years In Busch:	1
Prev Busch Pos:	33rd
Prev Busch Year:	2006
Best Busch Pos:	33rd (2006)
First Busch Race:	2006 StonebridgeRacing.com 200 (Dover)
Last Busch Race:	2006 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0
Total Truck Races:	4
Years In Truck:	4
Prev Truck Pos:	75th
Prev Truck Year:	2006
Best Truck Pos:	62nd (1999)
First Truck Race:	1998 Dodge California Truck Stop 300 (Mesa Marin)
Last Truck Race:	2006 City of Mansfield 250 (Mansfield)
Truck Wins:	0
Truck Top Tens:	0
Truck Poles:	0
Updated:	September 4, 2020

August Louis "Auggie" Vidovich II^[1] (born February 20, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Racing career

Vidovich was born in Lakeside, California. Vidovich has competed in the Elite Division Southwest Series for several years. He had a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start in 1998 and two starts in 1999. He won the Southwest Series championship in 2003, and finished second in 2000, 2001, and 2005. In 2005, Vidovich won the Toyota All-Star Challenge. At the end of that season, Vidovich tried out for Roush Racing's Truck Series team in the team's TV show on the Discovery Channel, ,^[2] but was not selected. However, in the spring of 2006, Roush did decide to hire Vidovich to run one Truck race in place of David Ragan. Midway through the 2006 season, he was signed to pilot the No. 4 GEICO Dodge Charger for the Biagi Brothers in the Busch Series, and recorded a best finish of 15th at the Milwaukee Mile. He raced in 21 of 35 events and finished 33rd in the standings. In 2007, Vidovich was to have remained with Biagi running full-time and the team switching from Dodge to Toyota, but the team shut down in January of that year due to lack of sponsorship^[3] after GEICO left for Phoenix Racing's No. 7 car of Mike Wallace. He raced in one NASCAR Camping World West Series race in 2008. In 2009, Vidovich qualified Carl Edwards' No. 60 car for Roush in the now-Nationwide Series in a number of the standalone races when Edwards was at whatever track the Cup Series was racing at that weekend.^[4] In 2010, Vidovich raced in four West races; he won the Irwindale Speedway race and finished fourth at Phoenix International Raceway. These were his last NASCAR starts.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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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		Pts	Ref
2006	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	4	Dodge	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	33rd	1628	^[5]
2007	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[6]
2008				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[7]
2009		60		DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[8]
^† – Qualified for David Ragan · ^‡ – Qualified for Carl Edwards

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	26	27		Pts	Ref
1998	Auggie Vidovich	5	Ford	WDW	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	GLN	TEX	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	NSV	HPT	LVL	RCH	MEM	GTY	MAR	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	95th	88	^[9]
1999				HOM	PHO	EVG	MMR	MAR	MEM	PPR	I70	BRI	TEX	PIR	GLN	MLW	NSV	NZH	MCH	NHA	IRP	GTY	HPT	RCH	LVS	LVL	TEX	CAL			62nd	222	^[10]
2001	Jim Mills	70	Chevy	DAY	HOM	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO	TEX	LVS	PHO	CAL				N/A	0	^[11]
2006	Roush Racing	6	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM			75th	106	^[12]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		Pts	Ref
2001	Info not available	59	Chevy	PHO	LVS	TUS	MMR	CAL	IRW	LAG	KAN	EVG	CNS	IRW	RMR	LVS	IRW	51st	115	^[13]
2006	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	57	Ford	PHO	PHO	S99	IRW	SON	DCS	IRW	EVG	S99	CAL	CTS	AMP			44th	172	^[14]
2008	Viva Motorsports	84	Chevy	AAS	PHO	CTS	IOW	CNS	SON	IRW	DCS	EVG	MMP	IRW	AMP	AAS		69th	94	^[15]
2010	James Cass	50	Chevy	AAS	PHO	IOW	DCS											22nd	620	^[16]
		59							IRW	PIR	MRP	CNS	MMP	AAS
	Steve McGowan Motorsports	19	Chevy					SON							PHO

Notes and References

1. Web site: August Louis Vidovich, Born 02/20/1981 in California . CaliforniaBirthIndex.org . April 30, 2024.
2. Web site: Auggie Vidovich on Roush test list . Motorsport.com . July 30, 2005 . September 4, 2020.
3. Web site: January 2007 Busch Series Archive . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . January 5, 2007 . September 4, 2020.
4. Web site: Jen . Preston . The Lugnut Report: Carl Edwards Battles Frustration in Martinsville . . . October 25, 2009 . September 4, 2020.
5. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
6. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
7. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
8. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
9. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
10. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
11. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
12. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
13. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2001 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
14. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2006 NASCAR AutoZone West Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
15. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.
16. Web site: Auggie Vidovich – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 3, 2020.