Dwayne Leik (born February 9, 1964) is an American former NASCAR driver. He was formerly an owner of Leik Motorsports and a part-time driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He formerly worked as the business manager for Marcis Racing and legendary NASCAR driver Dave Marcis. Leik was able to secure racing sponsorship for Marcis for eleven consecutive seasons and he is widely regarded as the key figure in resurrecting Marcis' faltering career. Since Marcis Racing did not have a test team, Leik's car was often seen as a test car for Marcis Racing. Leik also accompanied Marcis and participated in the IROC (International Race of Champions) test sessions. He once logged over in an IROC car at Daytona in a single day test. He has also served as a driving instructor at the Fast Track High Performance Driving School and Richard Petty Driving School.

Early racing career Leik began his racing career with SCCA racing in Florida. He is also a veteran of Late Model Stock divisions.

ARCA racing In thirteen career ARCA RE/MAX Series starts, Leik had one top-five, two top-ten, eight top-twenty finishes. He finished tenth at Charlotte in his first ever ARCA race, with a best finish of fourth at Pococno.

NASCAR career Leik purchased two NASCAR Busch/Nationwide Series cars from Andy Petree Racing. Under funding and time limitations have always plagued his career. Through his career, he qualified and started in fourteen second-tier series races with his best finishes coming at Chicagoland Speedway where he finished 24th twice. His Nationwide career earnings are 247,723.00. One race of note that typifies his career is when he qualified a car for Davis Motorsports in 2008 at the biggest race of the year, Daytona, only to give up his starting spot to the owner's son Kertus whose car did not make the race. "This is a small father and son operation and they didn’t put in all of those long hours to watch me race one of their cars while Kertus sat out... It doesn't matter to me if I qualified it; Kertus deserves to be in their own car... it's the right thing."

In 2006, Leik partnered with Keith Duesenberg to form Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports. The team ran the full 2006 Busch Series season with driver Jay Sauter and sponsor Western Union. In the year of the "Buschwhackers" (half the field being NASCAR Cup Series drivers) the team posted three top-ten, six top-fifteen, and thirteen top-twenty finishes. The team's best qualifying efforts were second at Martinsville, 6th at California and seventh at Richmond. The team earned $751,219 in purse money. Leik ran one race for the team, at Daytona.

Winston Cup Series Between 2000 and 2002, Leik attempted to qualify for four Winston Cup Series races, driving a No. 72 Chevrolet for Marcis Auto Racing in all attempts; he failed to qualify for any of the four races.

Business ventures Leik is the owner of two NASCAR-related companies: Leik Motorsports, Inc., a NASCAR team and Motorsports Marketing, Inc., a NASCAR marketing company. He also owns Mobile Marketing Displays, Inc., a developer of mobile marketing exhibits, Leik Incorporated, a real estate holding company; Mountain Construction Company, Inc., a residential and commercial construction company, and Norman’s Ice Cream Service, Inc., a mobile ice cream business.

Personal life Leik graduated from the University of Michigan. He rowed on the university crew team for four years. Post college, he continued to row and is a three-time U.S. National Rowing Champion.

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.)

Winston Cup Series NASCAR Winston 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 2000 Marcis Auto Racing 72 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CALDNQ RCH CLT DOV MCH POCDNQ SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL N/A - 2001 DAYDNQ CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MAR TAL PHO CAR HOM ATL NHA N/A - 2002 DAYDNQ CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM N/A -

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2001 Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet DNQ 2002 DNQ

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 2001 Leik Motorsports 81 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLTDNQ DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY35 PPR IRP MCHDNQ BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLTDNQ MEM PHO CAR HOM 124th 58 2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR40 BRI TEXDNQ NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KENDNQ MLW DAY CHI24 GTY PPR IRP MCH40 BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL37 CAR PHO HOMDNQ 79th 229 2003 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN26 MLW DAY CHI25 NHA PPR IRP MCH35 BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATLDNQ PHO CAR HOM 88th 231 2006 Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports 26 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY32 CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 128th 67 2008 JD Motorsports 01 Chevy DAYQL KEN40 MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 90th 214 0 CAL38 LVS41 ATL43 BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL40 RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH† – Replaced by Kertus Davis.

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 Pts Ref 1999 Raptor Performance Motorsports 81 Ford HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVSDNQ LVL TEX CAL 123rd 40

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