Tom Peck Explained

Tom Peck
Birth Date:4 April 1953
Birth Place:McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania
Total Busch Races:171
Years In Busch:9
Best Busch Pos:5th (1990)
First Busch Race:1984 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte)
Last Busch Race:1995 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300 (Charlotte)
Busch Wins:0
Busch Top Tens:52
Busch Poles:0

Thomas Peck (born April 4, 1953) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is a former competitor in the NASCAR Busch Series. He is the uncle of current driver Todd Peck.

Career

Born in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, Peck drove the #89 Pontiac in two races in 1984 in the Busch Grand National Series, but failed to finish either race. In 1988 he ran the #96 Thomas Chevy sponsored Olds in 6 races with a best finish of 9th at Dover.

The next year he piloted the #96 again in 28 races and posted 7 top tens and was 10th in points. In 1990 he made 31 starts and had 12 top tens and finished a career best 5th in the points. The next year he got 1 more top ten but fell in the points to 9th. In 1992 he switched to the #19 Levin Racing Olds with 7 top tens.

After the third race of the 1993 season Peck was third in the point standings with S-K Hand Tools and Delco Remy sponsoring the #19 car. A series of accidents mid-season ended any hopes he had of a top 5 points finish. Tom would end the 1993 season with his 2nd consecutive 13th-place points finish. In 1994, he got hired to drive #31 Channellock Chevy which Steve Grissom won the championship with the previous year. This was the dream ride Peck had been waiting for and set his sights on winning the 1994 Busch Series Championship. This opportunity only lasted a couple months as before the race at Rougemont Peck was released from his ride. The next year he made his final 3 career starts in the #18 Ford and #67 Chevy.

Peck's final appearance in the Busch Series was at Nazareth Speedway in 1996, where he qualified the No. 64 Chevrolet for Shoemaker Racing's regular driver, Dick Trickle, Trickle being at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 1996 Winston Select. He qualified the car 29th, and was replaced by Trickle for the race;[1] Peck has not competed in NASCAR competition since.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031PtsRef
1984Plessinger Racing89PontiacDAYRCHCARHCYMARDARROUNSVLGYMLWDOVCLT
27
SBOHCYROUSBOROUHCYIRPLGYSBOBRIDARRCHNWSCLT
37
HCYCARMAR93rd82[2]
1988Mark Thomas Racing96ChevyDAY
DNQ
HCYCARMARDARBRILGYNZHSBONSVCLT
20
DOV
9
ROULANLMSMYBOXFSBOHCYLGYIRPROUBRI38th596[3]
OldsDAR
24
RCHDOV
16
MARCLT
30
CAR
29
MAR
1989DAY
DNQ
CAR
18
MAR
16
HCY
20
DAR
35
BRI
16
SBO
15
LAN
18
NSV
14
CLT
37
DOV
14
ROU
11
LMS
8
VOL
25
MYB
10
SBO
20
HCY
18
DUB
11
IRP
9
ROU
9
BRI
16
DAR
5
RCH
29
DOV
9
MAR
15
CLT
18
CAR
28
MAR
25
10th3171[4]
86NZH
4
199096DAY
18
RCH
7
CAR
18
MAR
7
HCY
16
DAR
11
BRI
7
LAN
18
SBO
18
NZH
12
HCY
17
CLT
14
DOV
4
ROU
9
VOL
17
MYB
8
OXF
17
NHA
10
SBO
23
DUB
17
IRP
10
ROU
23
BRI
11
DAR
14
RCH
9
DOV
6
MAR
11
CLT
9
NHA
35
CAR
12
MAR
3
5th3868[5]
1991DAY
6
RCH
27
CAR
11
MAR
13
VOL
30
HCY
10
DAR
10
BRI
20
LAN
13
SBO
8
NZH
15
CLT
14
DOV
9
ROU
8
HCY
7
MYB
7
GLN
23
OXF
16
NHA
11
SBO
4
DUB
9
IRP
21
ROU
23
BRI
28
DAR
8
RCH
11
DOV
9
CLT
5
NHA
34
CAR
27
MAR
14
9th3746[6]
1992Levin Racing19OldsDAY
33
CAR
10
RCH
23
ATL
35
MAR
12
DAR
20
BRI
11
HCY
22
LAN
9
DUB
3
NZH
28
CLT
24
DOV
15
ROU
7
MYB
6
GLN
25
VOL
6
NHA
4
TAL
24
IRP
19
ROU
12
MCH
17
NHA
21
BRI
18
DAR
15
RCH
21
DOV
17
CLT
21
MAR
12
CAR
20
HCY
16
13th3512[7]
1993BRI
15
BRI
18
13th3211[8]
ChevyDAY
15
CAR
6
RCH
7
DAR
32
HCY
7
ROU
10
MAR
25
NZH
14
CLT
12
DOV
14
MYB
17
GLN
8
MLW
5
TAL
18
IRP
14
MCH
19
NHA
19
DAR
19
RCH
36
DOV
20
ROU
7
CLT
41
MAR
5
CAR
32
HCY
18
ATL
10
1994Grissom Racing Enterprises31ChevyDAY
10
CAR
6
RCH
20
ATL
26
MAR
25
DAR
27
HCY
7
BRI
29
ROUNHANZHCLTDOVMYB39th1090[9]
H&H Motorsports51ChevyGLN
22
MLWSBOTALHCY
46ChevyIRP
DNQ
MCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLT
Key Motorsports05ChevyMAR
34
CAR
33
1995Group III Racing18FordDAYCARRCHATLNSVDARBRIHCYNHANZHCLTDOVMYBGLNMLWTALSBOIRPMCHBRIDAR
19
RCHDOV
31
64th267[10]
Peck Motorsports67ChevyCLT
24
CARHOM
DNQ
1996Shoemaker Racing64ChevyDAYCARRCHATLNSVDARBRIHCYNZH
QL
CLTDOVSBOMYBGLNMLWNHATALIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCARHOMN/A-[11]
- Qualified for Dick Trickle

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notebook 95-05-17. Corpus. Ken. Motorsport.com. 2013-09-28.
  2. Web site: Tom Peck – 1984 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  3. Web site: Tom Peck – 1988 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  4. Web site: Tom Peck – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  5. Web site: Tom Peck – 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  6. Web site: Tom Peck – 1991 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  7. Web site: Tom Peck – 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  8. Web site: Tom Peck – 1993 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  9. Web site: Tom Peck – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  10. Web site: Tom Peck – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.
  11. Web site: Tom Peck – 1996 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 25, 2024.