Dwayne Leik Explained

Dwayne Leik
Birth Date:	9 February 1964
Birth Place:	Skyland, North Carolina
Alma Mater:	University of Michigan
Total Busch Races:	14
Years In Busch:	5
Best Busch Pos:	79th (2002)
First Busch Race:	2001 Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway)
Last Busch Race:	2008 Meijer 300 (Kentucky)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0
Updated:	February 17, 2013

Dwayne Leik (born February 9, 1964) is a former NASCAR driver. He was formerly an owner of Leik Motorsports and a part-time driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He formerly worked as the business manager for Marcis Racing and legendary NASCAR driver Dave Marcis. Leik was able to secure racing sponsorship for Marcis for eleven consecutive seasons and he is widely regarded as the key figure in resurrecting Marcis' faltering career. Since Marcis Racing did not have a test team, Leik's car was often seen as a test car for Marcis Racing. Leik also accompanied Marcis and participated in the IROC (International Race of Champions) test sessions. He once logged over 1100miles in an IROC car at Daytona in a single day test. He has also served as a driving instructor at the Fast Track High Performance Driving School and Richard Petty Driving School.

Early racing career

He began his racing career with SCCA racing in Florida. He is also a veteran of Late Model Stock divisions.

ARCA racing

In 13 career ARCA RE/MAX Series starts, Leik had 1 top 5, 2 top 10, 8 top 20 finishes. He finished 10th at Charlotte in his first ever ARCA race, with a best finish of 4th at Pococno.

NASCAR career

Leik purchased two NASCAR Nationwide series cars from Andy Petree Racing. Under funding and time limitations have always plagued his career. Through his career he qualified and started in 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series races with his best finishes coming at Chicagoland Speedway where he finished 24th twice. His Nationwide career earnings are 247,723.00. One race of note that typifies his career is when he qualified a car for Davis Motorsports in 2008 at the biggest race of the year, Daytona, only to give up his starting spot to the owner’s son Kertus whose car did not make the race. “This is a small father and son operation and they didn’t put in all of those long hours to watch me race one of their cars while Kertus sat out... It doesn’t matter to me if I qualified it; Kertus deserves to be in their own car... it’s the right thing."

In 2006, Leik partnered with Keith Duesenberg to form Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports. The team ran the full 2006 NASCAR Nationwide season with driver Jay Sauter and sponsor Western Union. In the year of the “Bushwhackers” (half the field being Sprint Cup drivers) the team posted 3 top 10, 6 top 15, and 13 top 20 finishes. The team’s best qualifying efforts were 2nd at Martinsville, 6th at California and 7th at Richmond. The team earned $751,219 in purse money. Leik ran one race for the team – Daytona.

Winston Cup Series

Between 2000 and 2002, Leik attempted to qualify for four Winston Cup Series races, driving a No. 72 Chevrolet for Marcis Auto Racing in all attempts; he failed to qualify for any of the four races.^[1]

Business ventures

Leik is the owner of two NASCAR-related companies: Leik Motorsports, Inc., a NASCAR team and Motorsports Marketing, Inc., a NASCAR marketing company. He also owns Mobile Marketing Displays, Inc., a developer of mobile marketing exhibits, Leik Incorporated, a real estate holding company; Mountain Construction Company, Inc., a residential and commercial construction company, and Norman’s Ice Cream Service, Inc., a mobile ice cream business.

Personal life

Leik graduated from the University of Michigan. He rowed on the university crew team for 4 years. Post college, he continued to row and is a 3 time U.S. National Rowing Champion.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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	36		Pts	Ref
2000	Marcis Auto Racing	72	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL DNQ	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC DNQ	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			N/A	-	^[2]
2001				DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM	ATL	NHA	N/A	-	^[3]
2002				DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	N/A	-	^[4]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2001	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ
2002	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ

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
2001	Leik Motorsports	81	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY 35	PPR	IRP	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT DNQ	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			124th	58	^[5]
2002				DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR 40	BRI	TEX DNQ	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN DNQ	MLW	DAY	CHI 24	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH 40	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL 37	CAR	PHO	HOM DNQ		79th	229	^[6]
2003				DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN 26	MLW	DAY	CHI 25	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH 35	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL DNQ	PHO	CAR	HOM		88th	231	^[7]
2006	Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports	26	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY 32	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	128th	67	^[8]
2008	JD Motorsports	01	Chevy	DAY QL															KEN 40	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	90th	214	^[9]
2008	JD Motorsports	0	Chevy		CAL 38	LVS 41	ATL 43	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL 40	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH																					90th	214	^[9]
^† – Replaced by Kertus Davis.

Craftsman Truck Series

Notes and References

Web site: Dwayne Leik - NASCAR Winston Cup / Nextel Cup / Sprint Cup DNQs. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2013-04-12.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.
Web site: Dwayne Leik – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 8, 2023.