Deac McCaskill (born September 26, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver from Raleigh, North Carolina. He currently drives the No. 08 Puryear Tanklines Chevrolet in the Late Model Stock class at South Boston Speedway in Virginia.

McCaskill is a former champion of the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, having won the championship in 2016.

Early years McCaskill began race car driving at the age of twelve at the Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his first start, he finished tenth out of 28 cars. He would eventually win his first race in his sixth start at the bullring. At the age of sixteen, he became the youngest winner in the Limited Late Model class in his first start at Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, North Carolina. At eighteen years old, McCaskill won his first Late Model Stock race at Orange County Speedway, and then finishing second in points that year. Later that year, McCaskill qualified on the pole out of 128 cars at the Richmond International Raceway, and followed that up with a fifth place finish.

Professional career In 2000, McCaskill was once again a bridesmaid with a second-place finish in points at Orange County Speedway. He won four races that year to make his career total fifty by the time the year was over. In 2001 and 2002, McCaskill had two wins and a seventh and third-place finish in points at Orange County Speedway. The 2003 season brought six wins in thirteenstarts at Orange County Speedway, as well as a fourth-place finish at Martinsville Speedway.

In 2004, McCaskill won the LMSC Championship at Southern National Speedway, and had a fourth place finish in the UARA STARS Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In 2005, McCaskill returned to Bristol and nabbed a second place finish. He made ten more starts in the UARA STARS in 2005 and got two wins. In 2006, McCaskill outran NASCAR Nextel Cup Series star Denny Hamlin at Southern National Speedway's annual event, the Thanksgiving Classic. He also won the 2006 track championship at Southern National.

2007 saw McCaskill's first ever NASCAR start in the Busch Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Driving the No. 9 Puryear Tank Lines Dodge for Evernham Motorsports, McCaskill started 42nd and worked his way up the top-ten using pit strategy. He eventually led five laps and was the highest running non Cup driver, in eighth place, until he was involved in a crash with Steve Wallace on lap 153. In 2008, McCaskill finished third in the Late Model Stock points at South Boston Speedway.

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 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 2007 Evernham Motorsports 9 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP35 CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 139th 63

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Ref 2015 McCaskill Motorsports 08 Ford SNM2* ROU10 HCY13 SNM1** TCM6 ROU2 CON7 MYB2* HCY7 2nd 289 8 MMS20* 2016 08 SNM1** ROU2* HCY2 TCM2* GRE6 ROU2 CON4 MYB5 HCY1 SNM7 1st 316 2017 8 CON5 4th 329 08 DOM2 DOM11 HCY3 HCY4 BRI28 AND ROU2 TCM4 ROU1* CON3 SBO1* 3 HCY11 2018 08 TCM6 MYB14 HCY5 BRI8 3rd 322 JR Motorsports 88 Chevy ROU1* Tommy Lemons Jr. 22 Ford ACE17 CCS11 KPT5 ROU2* SBO2 60 HCY6 McCaskill Motorsports 22 Ford WKS4 2019 08 SNM3 HCY7 ROU23 ACE3 MMS7 LGY1 DOM7 CCS2 ROU5 SBO23 3rd 274 2 HCY10 2020 08 SNM2 15th 161 Chevy ACE27 HCY12 HCY14 DOM R&S Race Cars 19 Toyota FCS6 LGY CCS FLO7 GRE4 2021 McCaskill Motorsports 08 Chevy DIL9 HCY4 OCS2 ACE14 CRW2 LGY3 DOM21 MMS14 TCM14 FLC10 WKS1* SBO9 5th 321 49M HCY10 2022 08 Ford CRW8 HCY GPS AAS2 FCS10 LGY9 DOM ACE22 MMS1* NWS TCM19 ACE SBO7 CRW 16th 218 99M HCY5 2023 08 SNM1 FLC17 HCY5 ACE13 NWS35 LGY15 DOM CRW TCM21 WKS20 AAS8 SBO1** TCM4 CRW 14th 256 08N HCY11 ACE 2024 08 SNM3 HCY23 AAS23 OCS16 ACE16 TCM3 LGY9 DOM28 CRW15 WCS19 FLC SBO TCM24 NWS 18th 189 08M HCY26 NWS ACE 2025 08 AAS20 WCS22 CDL OCS ACE NWS LGY DOM CRW HCY9 AND FLC SBO20 TCM NWS 29th 96

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