Michael Garvey (born September 13, 1962) is an American professional

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driver who currently works as a crew chief in the

NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...

for

DGM Racing DGM Racing (formerly King Autosport) is a Canadian professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Mario Gosselin (racing driver), Mario Gosselin. The team is now located in Lake Wales ...

's No. 90

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. As a driver, he competed in NASCAR and the

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NASCAR career

Garvey has participated in races in the NASCAR

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, and NEXTEL Cup since 1993. He has participated in three or less races each year except for the 1994 Busch Series and the 2005 NEXTEL Cup Series driving the No. 66 Ford. His best career NEXTEL Cup finish is a 25th-place finish at the 2005

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. During the 2006 season, Garvey made four Nextel Cup starts for Competitive Edge Motorsports owned by

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. His best finish was 38 twice, at

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and

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. The team suddenly shut down in August 2006 due to increased competition and sold its equipment off on eBay and folded. In 2007, Garvey drove the No. 17 Monte Carlo in the

USAR Hooters Pro Cup The zMAX CARS Tour (formerly known as the USARacing Pro Cup Series, USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, CARS Pro Cup Series, Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series, CARS X1-R Pro Cup Series) and the SPEARS CARS Tour West are a pair of stock car auto racing series in the ...

Southern Division series for WJP Motorsports. Garvey served as the crew chief for NASCAR Truck Series driver

Ryan Sieg Ryan Shane Sieg (born June 20, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 39 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RSS Raci ...

in 2010. He has also competed as a teammate to Sieg on several occasions garnering a best finish of 12th at

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. Garvey also has been racing for Tracy Goodson Motorsports on his off weekends from the truck series. Garvey returned to NASCAR in 2022 as the crew chief for

's part-time No. 90 car driven by

Mason Filippi Mason Filippi (born April 23, 1998) is an American auto racing driver who competes in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge for Bryan Herta Autosport. He previously raced for Bryan Herta Autosport, finishing the Michelin Pilot Challenge ...

in the Xfinity Series race at the

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road course. Filippi failed to qualify for the race.

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

Busch Series

Camping World Truck Series

References

External links

*
Statistics at cbs.sportsline.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garvey, Mike Living people 1962 births Sportspeople from Muskegon, Michigan Racing drivers from Michigan NASCAR drivers CARS Tour drivers American Speed Association drivers NASCAR crew chiefs