Donnie Neuenberger Explained

Donnie Neuenberger
Birth Date:	10 August 1962
Birth Place:	Brandywine, Maryland
Total Busch Races:	40
Years In Busch:	11
Prev Busch Pos:	64th
Prev Busch Year:	2013
Best Busch Pos:	48th (2011)
First Busch Race:	2002 Little Trees 300 (Charlotte)
Last Busch Race:	2013 5-hour Energy 200 (Dover)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0
Total Truck Races:	25
Years In Truck:	9
Prev Truck Pos:	61st
Prev Truck Year:	2015
Best Truck Pos:	46th (2010)
First Truck Race:	2000 Daytona 250 (Daytona)
Last Truck Race:	2015 WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 (Texas)
Truck Wins:	0
Truck Top Tens:	2
Truck Poles:	0
Updated:	May 5, 2015

Donnie Neuenberger (born August 10, 1962)^[1] is a former American professional stock car racing driver.

Racing career

NASCAR

Nationwide Series

Neuenberger made his Busch Series debut at Lowe's Motor Speedway in fall 2002. With his alma mater, the University of Maryland, College Park on the No. 77 Moy Racing Ford, he started in 41st and finished 26th.

Neuenberger was then able to run more races in 2003, as most of his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule emptied out. Driving Moy Racing and Means Racing (No. 52), he improved on his debut with a 20th place in the season opener at Daytona. He was 21st at Talladega, 42nd at Dover Downs and 30th at Daytona in the July race for Moy. In two races for Means Racing, he finished 41st at Texas and 36th at Dover Downs.

Neuenberger planned to compete in a full season run in 2004. With sponsorship from BG Products, Neuenberger made and ran the first five races of 2004. However, it did not go too well. His best finish in that span was 33rd at Rockingham and that race was the only one he finished. After not qualifying for two races with the team, Neuenberger made his final race of the season at Talladega, where he matched his best finish of the year, 33rd and had his best start, 30th. In 2005, Neuenberger flipped at Dover International Speedway, but was uninjured. Surprisingly, he became more popular among fans.

After Talladega, Neuenberger was diagnosed with cancer, and did not race for the rest of the year.

However, Neuenberger was able to return to the track made in what many consider a feel-good story. MacDonald Motorsports No. 72 team invited him back to Daytona to drive the P4OT.com Chevy. Neuenberger jumped at the chance and enjoyed brief media limelight for his jump back to the track. After qualifying 37th, Neuenberger was running mid-pack before engine problems showed and finished 38th. Means Racing wanted Neuenberger back as well. He would drive both races at Dover Downs for the team. He finished 39th in both races. Notably, in the fall, Neuenberger was involved in a 13-car pileup on lap 2. His No. 52 Plan B Technologies Ford flipped twice before landing on all four wheels, allowing Neuenberger to drive away.

In 2008, Neuenberger finished 14th position at Talladega sponsored by Royal Farms Gas Stations, his highest finishing Nationwide spot ever following a top 25 in Dover last fall with planbtech.net on board.

In 2009, he ran three more races for Means Racing, earning a best finish of 28th.

For 2010, Neuenberger drove part-time in the No. 52 IHOP Chevrolet for Means in one race at Talladega.

Neuenberger has not raced in the series since 2013 at Dover.

Camping World Truck Series

Neuenberger made his NASCAR debut in the inaugural Craftsman Truck Series race at Daytona in 2000. He started the race in 26th position in the No. 84 eBay Ford. However, Neuenberger was able to avoid a large wreck and drove home in 9th position. In addition to the season opener, Nueunberger drove in the 2000 season finale. After starting 34th, Neuenberger took the No. 51 Line-X Chevy to a 30th-place position.

His runs in 2000 earned him a part-time ride in 2001. He returned to Daytona, driving the No. 51 Baltimore Ravens Chevy, finishing 15th. That would be his best finish in 2001. He ran 5 other races with sponsorship from IHOP. He was 28th at Darlington Speedway, 30th at Dover Downs, 19th at Texas, 26th at Richmond and 36th in the fall race at Texas. His best qualifying effort came in the spring race at Texas, where he started 19th.

Neuenberger and IHOP would also return for two races in 2002. He was 25th at Daytona and 29th at Texas, where he had his best qualifying effort of 29th for 2002. He did not finish either race due to crashes.

Neuenberger drove two races in 2003 for Rodney Smith, owner of the No. 66 Dodge. At Charlotte and at Texas, Neuenberger finished in the 25th position. His better qualifying effort came at Texas, where he started 23rd.

Neuenberger finished 14th position at Talladega sponsored by Royal Farms Gas Stations, his highest finishing Nationwide spot ever following a top 25 in Dover last fall with planbtech.net on board. In 2010, he finished 9th in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway in the No. 6 EZ-Slider Chevrolet for Rick Ware Racing. It was his first in 10 years at the same circuit along with the same finish. Neuenberger is scheduled to drive the No. 6 in select races throughout the season.

Other series

Since 2001, Neuenberger has run four races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, all at Dover International Speedway. His best finish was 20th in 2006.

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.)

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
2002	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV DNQ	KAN								104th	85	^[3]
	Moy Racing	77	Ford																													CLT 26	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM
2003				DAY 20	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI		TAL 21	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV 42	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY 30	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH										74th	408	^[4]
	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford						TEX 41																					DOV 36	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM
2004	Moy Racing	77	Ford	DAY 38	CAR 33	LVS 41	DAR 38	BRI 43	TEX DNQ	NSH	TAL 33	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM		75th	300	^[5]
2005		72		DAY 38	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO																											101st	129	^[6]
	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford										TAL DNQ	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV 39	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY DNQ	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV 43	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2006	Glynn Motorsports	58		DAY 23	CAL 39	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO																											96th	180	^[7]
		72											TAL 41	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH
	Donnie Neuenberger	52																														DOV 34	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2007	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL 38	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV 39	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY 41	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV 25	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	99th	228	^[8]
2008				DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH				TAL 14	RCH	DAR	CLT						DAY 34	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH 31	BRI	CAL	RCH					TEX 38	PHO	HOM	70th	396	^[9]
	JD Motorsports	0	Chevy							TEX DNQ	PHO	MXC
	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford														DOV 34	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA
			Dodge																													DOV 43	KAN	CLT	MEM
2009				DAY 36	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL 28	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY 42	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	103rd	171	^[10]
2010				DAY Wth	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL 38	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV DNQ	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	139th	49	^[11]
2011		81	Dodge	DAY 23	PHO	LVS 26	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL 20	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV 33	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		48th	74	^[12]
2012	Ray Hackett Racing	76		DAY DNQ	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			NA	-	^[13]
2013	Jimmy Means Racing	52		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL 19	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN									64th	35	^[14]
	Rick Ware Racing	23																													DOV 34	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM

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	24	25		Pts	Ref
2000	Long Brothers Racing	84	Ford	DAY 9	HOM	PHO	MMR	MAR	PIR	GTY	MEM	PPR	EVG	TEX	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH	MCH	IRP	NSV							60th	291	^[15]
	DGN Racing	21	Ford																				CIC DNQ	RCH	DOV DNQ	TEX
	Ware Racing Enterprises	51	Chevy																								CAL 30
2001				DAY 15	HOM	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR 28	PPR	DOV 30	TEX 19	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH								50th	516	^[16]
		81																				RCH 26	SBO	TEX 36	LVS	PHO	CAL
2002			Dodge	DAY 25	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR		TEX 29	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH	RCH	TEX	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO	HOM				71st	164	^[17]
	Team Racing	86	Chevy						DOV DNQ
2003	MLB Motorsports	66	Dodge	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT 25	DOV	TEX 25	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO	HOM	86th	176	^[18]
2009	GunBroker Racing	21	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT 35	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	108th	58	^[19]
2010	Rick Ware Racing	6	Chevy	DAY 9	ATL 24	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV 35	CLT		MCH 25	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN								46th	609	^[20]
		16									TEX 33
		6	Dodge																			NHA 35	LVS	MAR
		47	Chevy																						TAL 17	TEX	PHO	HOM
2011		07	Chevy	DAY 33	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS					104th	0^1	^[21]
		16	Chevy																						TAL 32	MAR	TEX	HOM
2012		1		DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL 30	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				99th	0^1	^[22]
2015	MAKE Motorsports	1	Chevy	DAY 31	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV																				61st	29	^[23]
		50								TEX 28	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (

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

ARCA Racing 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		Pts	Ref
1999		14	Ford	DAY DNQ	ATL	SLM	AND	CLT	MCH	POC	TOL	SBS	BLN	POC	KIL	FRS	FLM	ISF	WIN	DSF	SLM	CLT	TAL	ATL			NA	-	^[24]
2005		67	Ford	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	LAN	MIL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	LER	NSH	MCH	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL DNQ	201st	25	^[25]
2012	Carter 2 Motorsports	40	Dodge	DAY DNQ	MOB	SLM																					103rd	165	^[26]
		97	Chevy				TAL 18	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	WIN	NJE	IOW	CHI	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	SLM	DSF	KAN
2013	Donnie Neuenberger	19	Chevy	DAY 18	MOB	SLM	TAL 32	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI	NJE	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN			98th	210	^[27]
2014	Carter 2 Motorsports	40	Dodge	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL 30	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	ELK	WIN	CHI	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KEN	KAN				141st	80	^[28]
2015				DAY QL^†	MOB	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	CHI	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	KEN	KAN				NA	-	^[29]
^† - Qualified for Roger Carter

Health

After his 2004 race at Talladega, Neuenberger was diagnosed with cancer after nerves were pinched by a tumor during a race. He was treated with chemotherapy. Neuenberger did not race for the rest of the year while recovering.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger Career Statistics . Racing Reference Info. 16 February 2023 .
2. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
3. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
4. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
5. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
6. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
7. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
8. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
9. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
10. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
11. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
12. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
13. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
14. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2015.
15. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
16. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
17. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
18. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
19. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
20. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
21. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
22. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
23. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
24. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
25. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
26. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
27. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
28. Web site: Donnie Neuenberger – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.
29. Web site: 2015 Lucas Oil 200 Presented by Autozone qualifying results. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2015.