Mark "Simo" Simonaitis (born October 1, 1959) is an American race car driver and entrepreneur. He is the twin brother of racer
Brian Simo. Currently, he is the CEO of
No Fear, and is a co-owner of
No Fear Racing.
Simo has made two
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and h ...
Craftsman Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of ...
races, first in his self-owned #94
Mac Tools Ford F-150
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, and later in the #28
Federated Auto Parts Ford for
Ernie Irvan. His best finish was sixth. As an owner, Simo fielded the #44 entry full-time from 1995 to 1998.
Joe Ruttman drove the truck in its first season with sponsorship from
Coca-Cola
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, Mac, and 1-800 COLLECT, winning twice.
Bryan Reffner
Bryan Reffner is a former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He was also a champion in the American Speed Association.
Career prior to NASCAR
Reffner began racing at age 16. Reffner became a regular competitor in the late model division at Ma ...
drove the next season and won Rookie of the Year, before
Boris Said became the team's new driver with Federated sponsoring. In two years, Said won one race at
Sears Point. Following the 1998 season, Simo fielded the #14 car part-time in the Winston Cup Series for Said and
Randy LaJoie, and in the Busch Series for Irvan. He and Irvan planned to field a full-time Winston Cup entry in 2000, but were unable to find sponsorship and leased their equipment to
Robby Gordon
Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, IMSA, IROC and the Dakar Rally. He is active in top-tier off road motorsports such as BITD ...
.
Motorsports career results
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
NASCAR
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key) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Craftsman Truck Series
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American Le Mans Series drivers
American sports businesspeople
Businesspeople from California
Living people
NASCAR drivers
Racing drivers from California
Sportspeople from Carlsbad, California
Trans-Am Series drivers
American twins
Twin sportspeople
SCCA National Championship Runoffs participants
1959 births
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