Mark E. Smith (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional racing driver with experience in sprint car and stock car racing. He last competed in the United Sprint Car Series and part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports.
Racing career Sprint car career Smith's early career progressed from go-kart racing to Super Sportsman racing to sprint car racing, including 360 and 410 sprint cars, as well as competing in the World of Outlaws. He won the United Sprint Car Series Winter Heat championship in 2019, and has estimated his number of open-wheel victories at 200. In winter 2020, Smith raced in the USCS Thunder Tour, scoring three wins in the first two months of the year.
Stock car career On July 20, 2019, it was announced that Smith was scheduled to make his NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut at the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby in a partnership between Jordan Anderson Racing and Niece Motorsports.
A year later, Smith rejoined Niece in their No. 42 entry to drive the Daytona road course race.
Business career Mach 1 Chassis is owned by Smith, and was a partner in his NASCAR Truck Series debut.
Personal life Smith is married with children.
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.)
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 Pts Ref 2019 Niece Motorsports 38 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 73rd 22 2020 42 DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY36 DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 75th 5
Season still in progress Ineligible for series points
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