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. At the end of the year, FamilyClick ended its backing and Roush closed the 16 team. That season Lepage restarted his No. 71 Busch team as Matrix Motorsports in a partnership with

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with sponsorship from Red Man, Southern Pride Chewing Tobacco and State Fair Corn Dogs. He finished 42nd in points with 10 starts, one Top 5 and two Top 10s with a best finish of 3rd at

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. In 2001 Lepage returned to the Busch Series to run his own team, Matrix Motorsports, driving the No. 71 State Fair Corn Dogs/ Ball Park Franks Ford. Running 15 races, he had one top-five (3rd at

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), four top-tens and a pole at

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. In addition to those races he drove for Phoenix Racing at Loudon (Finished 35th). His team also won the pole (Finished 8th) at Watkins Glen with

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. He also returned to the Cup series, running the No. 4

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for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, replacing

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after five races. Lepage had a best finish of 11th (Texas) in 21 races with them. Late in the season, he switched to the No. 7 Nations Rent

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Ford, posting a 10th-place finish at

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. Despite missing seven races, Lepage ended up 36th in points.

2002–2007

Early in

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, Lepage's team went inactive due to a lack of sponsorship, even though he had an 8th at Daytona and a 4th at Las Vegas. He soon joined

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, driving their No. 37 Timber Wolf Chevy. In 24 starts that year, he had six top-tens and two poles, finishing 25th in points. He also ran three Cup races, two in the No. 38 Quest Motor Racing Ford, and another for

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at Talladega in a car sponsored by

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's show ''

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''. His best finish that year was a 40th at Loudon. In

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, Lepage ran his own team at the Cup level for one race, finishing 32nd at the

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along with the Winston Open. He ran two races that year for CLR Racing, where he had a fourth place start at

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, before returning to Morgan-McClure to finish the year, his best finish a fourteenth at

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. He teamed with Morgan-McClure again in 2004, but after six races, Lepage departed due to a lack of sponsorship. He then signed with Competitive Edge Motorsports, posting a best finish of 41st twice, before leaving the team. He ended the season with R&J Racing, where he had a best finish of 27th at

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. He also ran eleven races in the Busch Series for MacDonald Motorsports, where he had two top-fifteen finishes. In

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, Lepage returned to R&J, and started the season off with a third-place finish in the

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and a ninth-place finish at the

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. Unfortunately, the closest Lepage came to another top 10 was a 12th-place finish at

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in the

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, and was released from the ride after the

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. He signed with Peak Performance Racing for the balance of the year, and had a sixth-place qualifying effort at Kansas. He finished the season 39th in points. He also ran six races with MacDonald in the Busch Series as well, posting a ninth-place finish at Lowe's. That year, Lepage made his debut in the

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for Green Light Racing at

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finishing 19th. Lepage returned to Peak for

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, but due to a lack of funding, the team was sold to Front Row Motorsports in April. Lepage ran a couple of races for FRM before leaving for

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. He ran 12 races for BAM with a best finish of 21st at

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before leaving them. Lepage then rejoined Front Row Motorsports making two of the final eight races in their No. 34 and No. 61 cars. He ended up 40th in points even with missing 14 races. He also ran a limited schedule in the Busch Series for

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with a best finish of 19th in seven races. Lepage ran two races for Green Light Racing in the

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with a best finish of 21st at

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. At the end of the year, Lepage sold the remnants of Matrix Motorsports to start a lawn care business called Matrix Lawn and Landscaping. In

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, Lepage started the year driving the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports car in the races where the team could afford to run two cars. Starting in late April, Front Row would mainly run the No. 37 car with Lepage making most of the attempts. In 27 attempts, Lepage was only able to make two races; at

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and

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. He also drove a part-time schedule for a few teams in the

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including the No. 52

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Ford, as well as some additional races for

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and D.D.L. Motorsports with a best finish of 28th at Watkins Glen. Lepage also had two starts for Team Racing in the

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with a best finish of 35th at

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.

2008–2017

Lepage returned to driving full-time in the Nationwide Series (formerly known as the Busch Series) in

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, driving for

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. While racing for Specialty, Lepage made one of the most controversial moves in the history of NASCAR at Talladega when he proceeded to pull off pit road and directly in front of the entire field which was bearing down on him at almost triggering a 15 car accident. Lepage blamed it on the spotter for every other team stating "nobody recognized my car was damaged and vastly underpowered," but later apologized for the accident himself. Lepage was released by Specialty after the July Daytona race and was replaced by Brandon Whitt. The following race at Chicagoland, he failed to qualify a car brought by Front Row Motorsports. After he failed to qualify, Lepage drove the No. 52

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entry for

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in order to maintain his position in the driver's points. He then attempted to race at Gateway in

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's No. 84

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, but failed to qualify. Later in the season, he was hired to drive the No. 73 for

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, and finished the season 28th in driver's points, despite missing 8 races. Lepage ran one Truck Series race at Homestead for Green Light Racing finishing 35th. 04KevinLepage2010Bucyrus200RoadAmerica

He began the 2009 season without a full-time ride, but after running

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's No. 73 at

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, Lepage joined

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' team at

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in April until leaving after the June race at

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. He then joined

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's team for the rest of the season at

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primarily driving the No. 78, but also occasionally driving the No. 73. Lepage also ran one race for Green Light Racing at

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in the

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finishing 33rd, his most recent start in that series to date. Lepage announced on February 5, 2010, that he would be returning to

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for the 2010 season with sponsorship from Revolucion World Wide/Start Energy Drink. Unfortunately the sponsorship deal fell through after four races and the team was forced to "

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" races in order to keep costs down. Even with this measure, finances forced the team to start skipping races by mid year. The team partnered up with RaceDaySponsor.com in order to give local sponsors an opportunity to be a sponsor each week. This earned the team finances to get to the track, but not enough to run full races. When the Mac Hill team was unable to get to the track, Lepage got to run some races for No. 52

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Chevrolet (made four out of five attempts) and No. 04

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Chevrolet at

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. Even with the limited finances, Lepage was able to make 25 out of 31 race attempts and ended up 40th in points. In 2010, Lepage was in a Sprint Cup car for the first time since 2007. Lepage joined back up with Morgan-McClure Motorsports to run the

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at Bristol with sponsorship from Alpha Natural Resources/ Joy Mining Machinery. Lepage was unable to qualify for the race. On November 20, 2010, Mac Hill Motorsports announced that it was discontinuing its Nationwide Series team, allowing Lepage to seek another ride. On January 10, 2011, Lepage announced that he would drive for

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No. 24 team in the Nationwide Series, bringing sponsorship from RaceDaySponsor.com, marking the first time since 2008 that Lepage would run a full race distance. Not enough sponsorship was found and the team was forced to start and park four of the five races they ran. After the spring Texas race, they closed down. On April 26, Lepage announced that he would be joining

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starting at Richmond and would work with the team to procure more sponsorship for the rest of the season. Sponsorship was found to allow Lepage to run 17 races without having to start and park, with a best finish of 20th at Phoenix. Lepage finished 27th in Points, which was his best finish since 2008. Kevin Lepage Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Texas April 2012

Kevin Lepage Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Texas April 2012

In February 2012, Lepage announced that Race Day Sponsor.com and himself were no longer working together. Lepage wasn't able to start his season until securing a ride in the No. 28 Robinson-Blakeney Racing for the 4th and 5th races of the season at Bristol and California with a best finish of 31st at Bristol. That team shut down but Lepage was able to start and park the next weeks race at Texas with Mike Harmon Racing's No. 74. The next three weeks Lepage drove the No. 52

Means Racing Jimmy Means Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro part-time for Harrison Rhodes, Gar Robinson, and Brennan Poole. It is owned by former driver ...

car at Richmond, Talladega and Darlington with a best finish of 27th at Richmond. Lepage then substituted in

Tri-Star Motorsports TriStar Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that used to compete in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series primarily during the early to mid 1990s, suspending racing oper ...

start and park No. 10 for the next 4 races highlighted by qualifying efforts of 25th at Dover and Michigan. After the sub job ended, Lepage start and parked for

Means Racing Jimmy Means Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro part-time for Harrison Rhodes, Gar Robinson, and Brennan Poole. It is owned by former driver ...

at Kentucky. Lepage then joined the Deware Racing Group in their No. 86. In preparation for the 2013 season, the team ran a limited schedule of 9 of the final 17 races. Due to a lack of sponsorship the team start and parked 7 of the nine races, though with sponsorship from Qello at Bristol and Kengor Metals at Charlotte the team had finishes of 20th and 26th respectively. Lepage ended up 35th in points with only running 20 of 33 races. The 2013 season started with the Deware Racing Group unable to secure sponsorship, which left them mostly inactive and Lepage starting the season without a ride. It took to the third race of season at Las Vegas for Lepage to get a ride with No. 74 Mike Harmon Racing for that race and weeks later at Texas with a best finish of 28th at Texas. Three weeks later, Lepage start and parked for

Means Racing Jimmy Means Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro part-time for Harrison Rhodes, Gar Robinson, and Brennan Poole. It is owned by former driver ...

at Darlington. In June at Iowa, Lepage drove the No. 87

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car in practice in preparation for owner/driver

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to arrive from

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to run the race. Due to the Iowa race being delayed a day cause of rain, Lepage got to drive the 87 to a 19th-place finish while Nemechek drove at Pocono. Lepage would finish the season start and parking the No. 74 in four races, failing to qualify the No. 86 at Bristol and running JD Motorsports's No. 4 car in races at Mid-Ohio and Kentucky with finishes of 20th and 19th respectively. Lepage ended up 39th in points with only running 10 of 33 races. Lepage started the 2014 season without a ride. Starting with the third race of the season at Las Vegas, Lepage drove the No. 74 Mike Harmon Racing

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. He drove for them through the fifth race of the season at California with a best finish of 30th at California. Lepage joined JD Motorsports in their No. 87 for the next three races. His best finish was a 19th at Darlington, but the ride ended when the 87 team's only car was wrecked at Richmond. Lepage drove the 74 at Charlotte but finished 39th due to a rear gear failure. Lepage later drove start and park efforts for

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at Michigan and

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at Elkhart Lake. Starting at Kentucky in June, Lepage drove the Mike Harmon Racing No. 74 at six race weekends until Richmond in September with a best finish of 33rd at New Hampshire to go with 2 DNQ's. Lepage would make his last career start with

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at Dover finishing 31st. Lepage did attempt to qualify at Homestead with Mike Harmon Racing but failed to qualify. Lepage was unable to find sponsorship to compete in NASCAR after the 2014 season and instead focused on his business interests. On March 21, 2017, Lepage announced he would run in the 55th Milk Bowl on October 1, 2017, at

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with Boyce Racing in what is hinted at as his final race. On August 23, 2017, Lepage announced State Water Heaters,

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,

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, Allen Lumber and Shearer Chevrolet as the sponsors for his final race. Unfortunately for Lepage, he had to run the Last Chance qualifying race due to a slow qualifying speed. Due to a spin during that race, Lepage came up two positions short of being able to compete in the 55th Milk Bowl.

Personal life

Lepage was born in Shelburne in

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on June 26, 1962. He was the only stock car driver from Vermont competing in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in the 1990s. Lepage is a practicing Catholic.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

=Daytona 500

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Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lepage, Kevin Living people 1962 births People from Shelburne, Vermont Racing drivers from Vermont NASCAR drivers NASCAR team owners ARCA Menards Series drivers CARS Tour drivers American Speed Association drivers RFK Racing drivers

Racing career

Early career

Early Busch Series career

Winston Cup 1998–2002

2002–2007

2008–2017

Personal life

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Sprint Cup Series

=Daytona 500

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

References

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