Steve Park Explained

Steve Park
Birth Date:	23 August 1967
Birth Place:	East Northport, New York, U.S.
Achievements:	1992, 1993 World Series of Asphalt Tour-Type Modified Champion 2013 UNOH Battle at the Beach Winner
Awards:	1997 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Most Popular Driver
Total Cup Races:	183
Years In Cup:	9
Prev Cup Pos:	52nd
Previous Year:	2011
Best Cup Pos:	11th (2000)
First Cup Race:	1997 The Bud At The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last Cup Race:	2011 Aaron's 499 (Talladega)
First Cup Win:	2000 Global Crossing @ The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last Cup Win:	2001 Dura Lube 400 (Rockingham)
Cup Wins:	2
Cup Top Tens:	35
Cup Poles:	4
Total Busch Races:	56
Years In Busch:	8
Best Busch Pos:	3rd (1997)
First Busch Race:	1990 Pontiac 300 (Nazareth)
Last Busch Race:	2006 Kroger 200 (IRP)
First Busch Win:	1997 BellSouth Mobility / Opryland 320 (Nashville Speedway)
Last Busch Win:	1997 Autolite Platinum 250 (Richmond)
Busch Wins:	3
Busch Top Tens:	29
Busch Poles:	1
Total Truck Races:	65
Years In Truck:	7
Best Truck Pos:	9th (2004)
First Truck Race:	1996 Cummins 200 (IRP)
Last Truck Race:	2010 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First Truck Win:	2005 American Racing Wheels 200 (California)
Truck Wins:	1
Truck Top Tens:	16
Truck Poles:	1
Updated:	June 13, 2012
Module:	Child: yes Last Series: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Years Active: 1990, 1996, 2006–2010 Starts: 42 Wins: 3 Poles: 1 Best Finish: 5th Year: 2009 Prev Series: Whelen Modified Tour Prev Series Years: 1986–1996 2004–2005

Stephen Brian Park (born August 23, 1967)^[1] is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He won races in NASCAR's two top Northeast touring series (Modified and K&N East) and all three national divisions (Truck, Busch, Cup Series). Park was born in East Northport, New York as the youngest of four sons.

Park began racing not in an entry-level class, but in NASCAR Modifieds on Long Island of longtime National Modified Championship contender Bob Park. After establishing himself in weekly Modified racing at Riverhead Raceway, he advanced to the Featherlite Modified Series. He won several races and became a championship contender before moving on to the Busch Series. He won twice in NASCAR's highest division.

NASCAR career

1996–1997

Park was initially hired by seven-time Winston Cup Champion Dale Earnhardt in 1996. Initially, Park refused to return Dale's phone messages, who was calling with interest to hire Park, thinking his friends were pranking him. However, after finally being convinced that the real Dale Earnhardt was calling him, Park made one start in the No. 31 Busch Series (now known as the Xfinity Series) car in Charlotte in October that resulted in a 29th-place finish. Park was then given a full-time ride in Earnhardt's No. 3 AC-Delco-sponsored car for the 1997 season. Throughout the season, Park posted three wins at Nashville, Michigan, and Richmond, walking away with Rookie of the Year honors with a third-place finish in the final points standings.

1997–1999

Park came to the Winston Cup Series (now known as NASCAR Cup Series) as the driver for the No. 14 team of Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI) in 1997. He attempted eight races in this car, qualifying for four of them. He also ran a race in the No. 40 car at Martinsville Speedway for Felix Sabates. In the 1998 season, Park switched to the No. 1 Chevrolet for DEI and drove the first two races, but he failed to qualify at the third race of the year at Las Vegas. During practice for the fourth event of the year at Atlanta, Park suffered a tire failure and had three hard hits before his car came to rest. He sustained a broken leg, broken collarbone, broken shoulder blade, and two chipped front teeth.^[2] Park returned later in the year at Indianapolis and ran the rest of the year. He posted a best finish of 11th at Michigan and Dover.

In 1999, his first of only two full Winston Cup seasons, Park finished 30 of 34 races. He went out with handling problems during the Daytona 500 and Charlotte, an engine failure at the other Daytona race, and a crash at Sears Point. In the Sears Point crash, Park spun in turn two and backed into an embankment, thrusting his car up into the air and over onto the top of a tire barrier. Park posted a best finish of sixth in the Kmart 400 at Michigan and finished 14th in the point standings.

2000–2001

During the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Park would grab his first win at his home track of Watkins Glen, winning the 2000 Global Crossing @ The Glen and finish 11th in the point standings.

Park's 2001 season began with a crash in lap 173 of the Daytona 500, in which he was one of eighteen cars involved. He was unhurt and had led for several laps prior to the crash, which itself was overshadowed by his boss Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash on the last lap. The following week, Park scored an emotional win for DEI by winning the Dura Lube 400 at North Carolina Speedway. He also competed in the Busch Series that season, but on September 1, he was injured in a crash at Darlington Raceway while driving the No. 31 Chevrolet for Marsh Racing.^[3] While under caution, his steering wheel came off, causing him to yank a hard left. At the same time, Larry Foyt was speeding up to join the front for the restart, and he rammed the driver side of Park's car. Park was hospitalized with a brain injury and several broken ribs, and suffered double vision and slurred speech. Foyt said that his car was traveling "well over 100 miles per hour." Park was 10th in the Winston Cup Series standing at the time of the accident. The incident marked the beginning of Park's struggles to get back into NASCAR's upper divisions.

2002–2003

Park missed the first four races in 2002, but he returned to race at the fifth race of the year at Darlington. He had many accidents, however. The largest incident was a flip at Pocono Raceway. During the first lap, Park tried to get to the outside of Rusty Wallace but Wallace tried to block Steve and he put Wallace in the wall. Park turned left to avoid where he spun into and was turned by his teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr's car got under Park and Park hit the infield barrier with tremendous velocity, causing him to flip over.^[4] Fortunately, neither drivers were injured and Park and Jr. walked with each other to the waiting ambulance to the infield care center. The race had a 65-minute red flag to repair the old-fashioned guardrail highway barrier that Park hit. The barriers were replaced afterwards.

During the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. let Park go midway into the season, and he was effectively "traded" to Richard Childress Racing for Jeff Green, who took over the No. 1 car from Park with Park taking over the No. 30 car for Childress. A few days later, he won the pole for the Winston All Star Open, but at the start of the race he jumped the start and had to start from the rear. He never made it to the next round. His best finish at RCR was a 5th-place finish at Michigan that June, as he fought then-teammate Robby Gordon for that position.

2004–2005

At the end of the 2003 season, Park announced he would not return to the No. 30 car and would join the Craftsman Truck Series the following season. He joined Las Vegas-owned team Orleans Racing and piloted the No. 62 truck, vacated by Brendan Gaughan who was offered a ride in the No. 77 Nextel Cup car for Penske Racing. Although Park never won a race in 2004, he finished 9th in CTS driver points, and was voted Most Popular Driver by his peers.

In 2005 Park won the Craftsman Truck Series American Racing Wheels 200, the second race of the season at California Speedway, and became the tenth driver to win a race in all three of NASCAR's top racing series (one of seven drivers to accomplish the feat in the 2005 season alone). However, Park and the team struggled the rest of the season, and in October, right before the truck race in Martinsville, Park and Orleans Racing parted ways due to Dodge pulling support and money to many truck teams.

2008–2010

In 2008 Park signed with NDS Motorsports and drove the No. 35 Monte Carlo in all 13 of the NASCAR Camping World East Series events. He finished 9th in the standings with his best finish being second place at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

In 2009 Park returned to race in the No. 35 Monte Carlo in the NASCAR Camping World East Series. He finished 5th in the point standings. Park made a single start in the Chevy for Corrie Stott Racing in the series, starting 31st and finishing 25th.^[5] On August 1, 2009, he won the Edge Hotel 150 at Adirondack International Speedway. It was his first East Series win since July 1, 1996 at Nazareth Speedway.^[6]

In 2010 Park returned again to race in the East Series. Park also drove the numbers 46 and 41 Vandyk Baler Corp/ Bollegraaf Toyotas in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Eddie Sharp Racing in 2010 for three races (two in the 41 and one in the 46), with a best finish of 18th at Chicagoland Speedway.

Park returned to the Sprint Cup Series in July 2010, driving the No. 36 Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing. In his first Sprint Cup Series race in several years, Park started the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona from the 39th position, as qualifying was rained out. He went on to finish 13th and led one lap. Park's fan-sponsored car was painted to honor Richie Evans, a nine-time NASCAR Modified champion who was killed in a racing accident shortly after winning his final championship in 1985.

2011

Park ran one race for Tommy Baldwin Racing at Talladega, however he retired from the race after completing only four laps. He also attempted the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway later that year, but he failed to qualify. The fan-sponsored New Hampshire car was intended to honor six-time Modified Series champion owner Len Boehler.^[7] He also ran two races on the NASCAR Southern Modified Tour, finishing fifth at Connecticut's Thompson Speedway and twelfth at Charlotte.

Post-NASCAR

In October 2012, Park spoke to ESPN in support of IMPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) and other neurological testing for drivers in the wake of his former teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. being sidelined after sustaining a concussion at Talladega. Park himself was a victim of crashes that took him out of action.

Return to NASCAR (2013)

Park entered a Whelen Modified Tour race during Speedweeks at Daytona. The race was run as part of the inaugural UNOH Battle at the Beach to open Daytona's new backstretch .4 mile short-oval configuration.

On the final lap Park was pushed from behind by Eric Goodale into race leader Mike Stefanik and inadvertently wound up winning the race. It was Park's first modified racing victory since 1996. Stefanik was visibly upset with the incident, calling it "just bullshit".^[8]

Personal life

In late 2008, Park was married to longtime girlfriend, Jessica Skarpalezos at Sea Island, Georgia. On January 2, 2010, Park announced on his website the birth of his son Jayden Robert Park.

Park became acquainted with Mariah Carey in high school through mutual friends as they both grew up in the same area.^[9]

Park formerly owned and operated by a Batteries Plus Bulbs franchise in Mooresville, North Carolina.^[10] He sold it in September 2022.

Park was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Auto Racing Category with the Class of 2004.

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. ** – All laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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
1997	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	14	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC DNQ	IND	GLN 33	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA DNQ	DOV DNQ		CLT DNQ	TAL	CAR 33	PHO 41	ATL 15					51st	326	^[11]
	Team SABCO	40	Chevy																											MAR 41
1998	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	1	Chevy	DAY 41	CAR 31	LVS DNQ	ATL INQ^‡	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	CLT	DOV	RCH	MCH	POC	SON	NHA	POC	IND 35	GLN 18	MCH 11	BRI 34	NHA 41	DAR 24	RCH 27	DOV 11	MAR 24	CLT 36	TAL 41	DAY 33	PHO 24	CAR 35	ATL 17				41st	1322	^[12]
1999				DAY 34	CAR 26	LVS 16	ATL 32	DAR 12	TEX 32	BRI 23	MAR 25	TAL 37	CAL 24	RCH 34	CLT 42	DOV 16	MCH 6	POC 13	SON 42	DAY 42	NHA 12	POC 8	IND 15	GLN 12	MCH 20	BRI 31	DAR 10	RCH 16	NHA 15	DOV 9	MAR 12	CLT 10	TAL 14	CAR 15	PHO 15	HOM 19	ATL 12			14th	3481	^[13]
2000				DAY 31	CAR 9	LVS 43	ATL 4	DAR 39	BRI 7	TEX 19	MAR 25	TAL 32	CAL 16	RCH 11	CLT 9	DOV 19	MCH 29	POC 15	SON 17	DAY 33	NHA 28	POC 15	IND 16	GLN 1*	MCH 33	BRI 5	DAR 10	RCH 4	NHA 34	DOV 4	MAR 11	CLT 7	TAL 19	CAR 6	PHO 3	HOM 8	ATL 18			11th	3934	^[14]
2001				DAY 31	CAR 1	LVS 7	ATL 43	DAR 2*	BRI 9	TEX 2	MAR 19	TAL 31	CAL 15	RCH 4	CLT 22	DOV 2	MCH 23	POC 32	SON 40	DAY 20	CHI 41	NHA 6	POC 13	IND 7*	GLN 10	MCH 9	BRI 7	DAR INQ^‡	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM	ATL	NHA	32nd	2854	^[15]
2002				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR 39	BRI 24	TEX 20	MAR 24	TAL 34	CAL 22	RCH 34	CLT 38	DOV 39	POC 23	MCH 32	SON 23	DAY 34	CHI 27	NHA 32	POC 43	IND 7	GLN 39	MCH 41	BRI 26	DAR 36	RCH 11	NHA 29	DOV 26	KAN 30	TAL 6	CLT 15	MAR 16	ATL 15	CAR 24	PHO 21	HOM 17	33rd	2694	^[16]
2003				DAY 29	CAR 21	LVS 10	ATL 16	DAR 20	BRI 30	TEX 39	TAL 20	MAR 24	CAL 40	RCH 43																										32nd	2923	^[17]
	Richard Childress Racing	30	Chevy												CLT 27	DOV 32	POC 35	MCH 27	SON 41	DAY 39	CHI 26	NHA 8	POC 25	IND 15	GLN 26	MCH 5	BRI 29	DAR 20	RCH 31	NHA 34	DOV 26	TAL DNQ	KAN 22	CLT 36	MAR 12	ATL 36	PHO 39	CAR 34	HOM 19
2004	Ultra Motorsports	7	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT DNQ	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	NA	-	^[18]
2010	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY 13	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	62nd	129	^[19]
2011		35		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL 42	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA DNQ	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	52nd	2	^[20]
^† - Was replaced by Phil Parsons after being injured in practice · ^‡ - Qualified but replaced by Kenny Wallace

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1998	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	33	align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"	41
1999			23	align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"	34
2000			36	align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	31
2001			25	align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	31
2003	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	32	align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	29

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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
1990	Bill Weeb	84	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH 28	HCY	CLT	DOV	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR					98th	79	^[21]
1991				DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR					NA	-	^[22]
1995	Steve Park	84	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 27	CLT	CAR	HOM										94th	82	^[23]
1996		31	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 29	CAR	HOM										91st	76	^[24]
1997		3		DAY 7	CAR 32	RCH 3	ATL 42	LVS 8	DAR 34	HCY 13	TEX 35	BRI 6	NSV 1*	TAL 2	NHA 2	NZH 29	CLT 16	DOV 5	SBO 13	GLN 6	MLW 5*	MYB 9	GTY 15	IRP 8	MCH 1	BRI 2	DAR 5	RCH 1	DOV 5	CLT 6	CAL 2	CAR 6	HOM 12						3rd	4080	^[25]
1999	Grubb Motorsports	83		DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX DNQ	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO					NA	-	^[26]
		84																																	HOM DNQ
2000		31		DAY	CAR	LVS DNQ	ATL	DAR 17	BRI	TEX 13	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH 6	NHA 10	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY 25	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH DNQ	DOV 9	CLT DNQ	CAR 12	MEM	PHO 41	HOM 29				43rd	999	^[27]
2001				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR 7	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH 9	NHA 6	NZH	CLT	DOV 5	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI 42	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI 4	DAR 38	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			46th	840	^[28]
2003		8	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS 4	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM		102nd	160	^[29]
2006		31		DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS 30	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH 41	DAR 39	CLT	DOV 37	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY 30	IRP 32	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	77th	351	^[30]

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	26		Pts	Ref
1996	Walker Evans Racing	02	Dodge	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP 11	FLM													50th	408	^[31]
	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy															GLN QL^†	NSV	RCH
	Roehrig Motorsports	18	Chevy																		NHA 4	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO
		76	Chevy																								LVS 15
1997				WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO 25	LVS	111th	88	^[32]
2004	Orleans Racing	62	Dodge	DAY 27	ATL 12	MAR 26	MFD 27	CLT 12	DOV 13	TEX 10	MEM 11	MLW 4	KAN 4	KEN 6	GTW 31	MCH 17	IRP 22	NSH 5	BRI 9	RCH 12	NHA 14	LVS 3*	CAL 8	TEX 12	MAR 23	PHO 6	DAR 5	HOM 23		9th	3138	^[33]
2005				DAY 23	CAL 1	ATL 35	MAR 24	GTY 13	MFD 20	CLT 5	DOV 36	TEX 16	MCH 31	MLW 7	KAN 32	KEN 8	MEM 12	IRP 30	NSH 15	BRI 15	RCH 18	NHA 12	LVS 30	MAR						22nd	2275	^[34]
	Bill Davis Racing	67	Toyota																						ATL 34	TEX 16	PHO	HOM
2006	HT Motorsports	59	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL 25			CLT 28		DOV 21	TEX 21	MCH 31	MLW 16	KAN 14	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM		35th	971	^[35]
			Dodge				MAR 36	GTY 18		MFD 10
2009	Corrie Stott Racing	02	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL 25	TEX	PHO	HOM		90th	88	^[36]
2010	Sharp Hartman Racing	41	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI 18	KEN 25	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX				66th	303	^[37]
	Eddie Sharp Racing	46																									PHO 19	HOM
^† - Qualified for Joe Nemechek

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 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		Pts	Ref
1990	Bill Weeb	84	Pontiac	DAY	RCH DNQ	CAR	MAR	OXF	NZH 28	OXF	DOV	JEN	EPP	MND	OXF	NHA DNQ	HOL	OXF	IRP	OXF	TMP	RPS	NHA 13	TMP	DOV	EPP	NHA	43rd	271	^[38]
1996	Allen Avery	31	Olds	DAY	LEE	JEN 8	NZH	HOL																				25th	1478	^[39]
		09							NHA 1*	TIO	BEE	TMP 29	NZH 1	NHA 13	STA 14	GLN 2	EPP	RPS	LEE	NHA 2	NHA 36	BEE	TMP 21	LRP 4
2006	NDS Motorsports	35	Ford	GRE	STA	HOL	TMP	ERI	NHA	ADI	WFD	NHA	DOV 2	LRP														48th	175	^[40]
2007		53		GRE	ELK	IOW	SBO	STA	NHA	TMP	NSH	ADI	LRP	MFD	NHA	DOV 8												57th	142	^[41]
2008		35	Chevy	GRE 8	IOW 7	SBO 8		NHA 28	TMP 22	NSH 6	ADI 14				DOV 4	STA 26												9th	1727	^[42]
			Dodge				GLN 5					LRP 7	MFD 18	NHA 2
2009			Chevy	GRE 7	TRI 15	IOW 17	SBO 13	GLN 6	NHA 10	TMP 2*	ADI 1	LRP 11	NHA 8	DOV 6														5th	1571	^[43]
2010	Spraker Racing	08	Chevy	GRE	SBO	IOW	MAR 30	NHA 25	LRP	LEE	JFC	NHA																35th	261	^[44]
	Olsen Racing	54	Chevy										DOV 21

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	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		Pts	Ref
1986	Info not available			ROU	MAR	STA	TMP	MAR	NEG	MND	EPP	NEG	WFD	SPE	RIV	NEG	TMP	RIV 13	TMP								TMP 31	MAR				33rd	554	^[46]
	Bill Weeb Racing	81																		RIV 11	STA	TMP	POC 18	TIO	OXF	STA 14
1987		91		ROU	MAR	TMP	STA	CNB	STA	MND	WFD	JEN	SPE	RIV 17	TMP	RPS	EPP	RIV 21														31st	657	^[47]
		81																	STA 17	TMP	RIV	SEE	STA 16	POC 21	TIO	TMP	OXF	TMP	ROU	MAR	STA 15
1988	Info not available			ROU 24				JEN 4																								13th	2505	^[48]
		81	Chevy		MAR 25				IRP 24	MND																	MAR 24
	Bill Weeb Racing					TMP 21										TMP 23
							MAR 16				OSW 27	OSW 24	RIV 21	JEN 16	RPS 18		RIV 14	OSW 22	TMP 30	OXF 20	OSW 10	TMP 9	POC 43	TIO 11	TMP 17	ROU 11
1989	Postley Motorsports		Chevy	MAR 16	TMP 4	MAR 12	JEN 19		IRP 8	OSW 15	WFD 26	MND 21	RIV 4	OSW 19	JEN 21	STA 18	RPS 18	RIV 20	OSW 10	TMP 8	TMP 33	RPS 14	OSW 21	TMP 13	POC 23	STA 6	TIO 2	MAR 25				12th	3099	^[49]
			Pontiac					STA 11
			Chevy																										TMP 8
1990	Park Racing	24	Chevy	MAR	RCH	TMP	STA	MAR	TMP	STA	MND	HOL	STA	RIV 20	JEN	EPP	RPS															31st	604	^[50]
	Info not available																	RIV DNQ	TMP	RPS
	Bill Weeb Racing	81	Chevy																		NHA 27	TMP
	Park Racing	24	Pontiac																				POC 7	STA	TMP 10
	Merkel Racing Engines																									MAR 8
1991	Curt Chase	77	Pontiac	MAR	RCH	TMP 7	NHA	MAR 17	NZH 20	STA 4	TMP 3	FLE 5	OXF 9	RIV 12	JEN 6	STA 2	RPS 6	RIV 18	RCH 30	TMP 14	NHA 15	TMP 1	POC 27	STA 8	TMP 6	MAR 6						11th	2701	^[51]
1992				MAR 26	TMP 4	RCH 17	STA 11	MAR 5	NHA 32	NZH 6	STA 16	TMP 3	FLE 7	RIV 5	NHA 3	STA 16	RPS 6*	RIV 3*	TMP 28	TMP 6	NHA 2	STA 15	MAR 9	TMP 11								4th	2820	^[52]
1993	Tony Marciel / Guy Ronzoni	1	Chevy	RCH 36	STA 10	TMP 4	NHA 7	NZH 21	STA 17	RIV 1*	TMP 8	RPS 19	HOL 18	LEE 15	RIV 20	STA 5	TMP 3	TMP 21	STA 8	TMP 18												9th	2136	^[53]
1994				NHA 4	STA 9	TMP 11	NZH 37	STA 25	LEE 4	TMP 24	RIV 11	TIO 18	NHA 5	RPS 3*	HOL 4	TMP 4	RIV 1*	NHA 1*	STA 13	SPE 8*	TMP 5	NHA 3	STA 17	TMP 14								4th	2877	^[54]
1995	Scott Bandzul	8	Chevy	TMP 5	NHA 39	STA 30	NZH 30	STA 7	LEE 21	TMP 3	RIV 5	BEE 1**	NHA 1*	JEN 1*	RPS 16	HOL 2*	RIV 7	NHA 26*	STA 1*	TMP 1*	NHA 1*	STA 2	TMP 4	TMP 1*								2nd	3019	^[55]
1996				TMP 1	STA 19	NZH 15	STA 19	NHA 3	JEN 1	RIV 5*	LEE 21	RPS 2	HOL 3	TMP 1*	RIV 3	NHA 4	GLN 29*	STA 23	NHA 1*	NHA 22*	STA 4*	FLE 2	TMP 1*									2nd	2907	^[56]
2004	Whelen Engineering	00	Dodge	TMP	STA	WFD	NZH	STA	RIV	LER	WAL	BEE	NHA	SEE	RIV	STA	TMP	WFD	TMP	NHA 32	STA	TMP										80th	67	^[57]
2005	Mystique Motorsports	82	Chevy	TMP	STA	RIV	WFD	STA	JEN	NHA	BEE	SEE	RIV	STA	TMP	WFD	MAR	TMP	NHA	STA 28	TMP											74th	79	^[58]
2013	Michael Smeriglio Racing	20	Ford	TMP	STA	STA	WFD	RIV	NHA	MND	STA	TMP	BRI DNQ	RIV	NHA	STA	TMP															N/A	-	^[59]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		Pts	Ref
2011	Bill Park	20	Chevy	CRW	HCY	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS	BRI	CRW	LGY	THO 5	TRI	CRW			28th	282	^[60]
	Jimmy Baker	73	Chevy													CLT 12	CRW
2013	Michael Smeriglio Racing	20	Ford	CRW	SNM	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS	BRI DNQ	LGY	CRW	CRW	SNM	CLT			N/A	-	^[61]

ARCA Racing Series

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=parkst01 Steve Park Career Statistics
2. http://www.steve-park.com/history.htm Steve Park Career History
3. News: Park hospitalized . Thomas. Stephen. September 1, 2001. CNN/Sports Illustrated. April 21, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20010903133934/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/nascar_plus/news/2001/09/01/busch_park_crash/. September 3, 2001.
4. News: AUTO RACING; Crash Overshadows Elliott's Triumph . The New York Times . Dave . Caldwell . July 29, 2002.
5. Web site: Park's NASCAR Truck Series results. NASCAR. 20 April 2010.
6. Web site: Park Drives Back To Victory Lane. Christley. Jason. August 2, 2009. NASCAR. 21 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100921084800/http://hometracks.nascar.com/node/3339. 21 September 2010.
7. http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/parkst01/2011/W Steve Park 2011 Sprint Cup Statistics
8. Web site: Courchesne. Shawn. Going Viral: Whelen Modified Tour Driver Mike Stefanik Enjoys Time As A Web Sensation. RaceDay CT. February 26, 2013. February 26, 2016.
9. Web site: Hey Pennzoil! Steve Park Remembers Giving Rides to Skinny Girl Named Mariah Carey. The Auto Channel. November 19, 1998. January 21, 2023.
10. Web site: 247 - The Healing Begins With Steve Park . player.fm . Dirty Mo Media . 31 March 2019.
11. Web site: Steve Park – 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
12. Web site: Steve Park – 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
13. Web site: Steve Park – 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
14. Web site: Steve Park – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
15. Web site: Steve Park – 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
16. Web site: Steve Park – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
17. Web site: Steve Park – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
18. Web site: Steve Park – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
19. Web site: Steve Park – 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
20. Web site: Steve Park – 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
21. Web site: Steve Park – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
22. Web site: Steve Park – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
23. Web site: Steve Park – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
24. Web site: Steve Park – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
25. Web site: Steve Park – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
26. Web site: Steve Park – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
27. Web site: Steve Park – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
28. Web site: Steve Park – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
29. Web site: Steve Park – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
30. Web site: Steve Park – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
31. Web site: Steve Park – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
32. Web site: Steve Park – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
33. Web site: Steve Park – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
34. Web site: Steve Park – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
35. Web site: Steve Park – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
36. Web site: Steve Park – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
37. Web site: Steve Park – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. September 26, 2015.
38. Web site: Steve Park – 1990 NASCAR Busch North Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
39. Web site: Steve Park – 1996 NASCAR Busch North Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
40. Web site: Steve Park – 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
41. Web site: Steve Park – 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
42. Web site: Steve Park – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
43. Web site: Steve Park – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
44. Web site: Steve Park – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
45. Web site: Steve Park – 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 15, 2017.
46. Web site: Steve Park – 1986 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. November 25, 2017.
47. Web site: Steve Park – 1987 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. November 25, 2017.
48. Web site: Steve Park – 1988 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 18, 2018.
49. Web site: Steve Park – 1989 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 18, 2018.
50. Web site: Steve Park – 1990 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
51. Web site: Steve Park – 1991 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
52. Web site: Steve Park – 1992 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
53. Web site: Steve Park – 1993 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
54. Web site: Steve Park – 1994 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
55. Web site: Steve Park – 1995 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
56. Web site: Steve Park – 1996 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
57. Web site: Steve Park – 2004 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 18, 2018.
58. Web site: Steve Park – 2005 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 18, 2018.
59. Web site: Steve Park – 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 18, 2018.
60. Web site: Steve Park – 2011 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
61. Web site: Steve Park – 2013 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. February 21, 2018.
62. Web site: Steve Park − 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. March 24, 2015.