Lance Norick (born September 20, 1968) is an American stock car and sprint car racing driver, and a professional remote control car racer. A former competitor in the NASCAR Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, he is the son of former Oklahoma City mayor Ron Norick.

Career The son of Oklahoma City mayor Ron Norick, Lance Norick began his career in motocross, before moving to Formula Ford 2000 open-wheel cars, where he was a teammate to the son of Johnny Rutherford, before moving to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for the 1996 season.

Driving the No. 19 Dodge Ram for Walker Evans Racing with sponsorship from Macklanburg-Duncan, Norick made his NASCAR debut in 1996 at the Homestead–Miami Speedway, qualifying and finishing eighteenth in his first race in the series. Norick posted his best finish of the season, ninth, at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 200 in June; midway through the season Norick's father purchased the team from Evans, switching to the No. 90 and Ford with sponsorship from the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce; now named L & R Motorsports, they completed the season with a best finish in the second half of 13th at Sears Point Raceway, and Norick finished eighteenth in the final season points standings.

For 1997 Norick ran just fifteen races but gained financial backing from the National Hockey League, which arranged for a different team to be featured on the truck at each event. Norick posted a best finish of the season at Homestead, in the second race of the year and the first with NHL sponsorship, finishing tenth; Norick finished the season 25th in series points. The NHL returned with a full season's sponsorship for 1998; Norick's team, based in Blythe, California, added a second truck for veteran Butch Miller, with sponsorship from Dana. Norick had a best finish of seventh at Sears Point International Raceway, a new career best, but failed to qualify for two races; he finished 23rd in the series standings at the end of the year. Norick also competed in six events in the NASCAR Winston West Series during the 1998 season, posting a best finish of seventh at California Speedway in July.

Norick started 1999 with sponsorship from Oklahoma City-based Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce; the company ran into issues with its racing program, and the sponsorship deal was dropped after eight races of the 24-race schedule, leaving Norick's team, once again a single-truck effort, to run most of the year unsponsored. Norick's best finish of the year was ninth at Watkins Glen; he finished 20th in series points. At Watkins Glen, Norick was the first Truck Series driver to operate his vehicle under racing conditions while using rain tires, when practice sessions were run under sprinkly conditions. His team also switched from Dodge to Chevrolet during the season, although it also ran a Ford in a race at Gateway Motorsports Park.

In 2000 with backing from Aventis Behring, Norick qualified for every race on the Truck Series season schedule for the first time in his career, and finished sixteenth in points. Norick was involved in a major wreck at the season-opening Daytona 250 at Daytona International Speedway, suffering burns to his neck.

In 2001 Norick posted his best career finish overall in the Craftsman Truck Series, finishing third at the short-lived Chicago Motor Speedway; finishes of fourth in the season-opening race at Daytona and fifth in October at Texas Motor Speedway proved to be the only other top five finishes he would score in his career in the series, pointing the way to Norick's scoring a career best in the series points standings, finishing eleventh at the end of the season. Norick returned to the series in 2002 with sponsorship from Express Personnel Services; he scored five top-ten finishes during the season, finishing 13th in points; however additional funding for continuing in the series failed to materialise, and Norick's team closed at the end of the year, the team being sold off.

In 2003 Norick ran a limited schedule in the NASCAR Busch Series, signing with Carroll Racing to co-drive with Kevin Grubb with sponsorship from Express Personnel Services. He also signed with Morgan-Dollar Motorsports to compete in the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race, co-driving a Chevrolet Corvette in the GTS class with Charles and Rob Morgan and Jim Pace. The team led the GTS class for 23 of the 24 hours, before mechanical issues dropped them to finish second in class, and tenth overall in the event. Norick and Morgan co-drove a Corvette in the following event on the Grand American Sports Car schedule at Homestead–Miami Speedway, finishing eleventh.

Norick's debut in Busch Series competition was originally scheduled to be at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, but due to a lack of testing time his debut was moved back one week to the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Norick's best finish with Carroll Racing came at Nashville Superspeedway in April, where he finished 17th; after five races with the team, and a DNQ at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Norick moved to Braun Racing for the final two events of his 2003 season, finishing 31st at Daytona and 29th at Chicagoland Speedway in July; these were the final NASCAR-sanctioned events that Norick would compete in.

Post-NASCAR life Norick currently is a professional radio-controlled car driver, also producing parts and equipment for the sport, operating tracks, and organizing professional competitions. He is also the former owner of Victory Lane Indoor Karting Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, which he founded and operated before selling to Fred Ogrim in 2007, prior to a move to Arizona, where Norick occasionally competes in local sprint car and short track racing events.

Norick currently resides in Oklahoma; he is married to Darcey, who also races remote-control cars, and both are involved in mounted shooting events. He is also involved in the construction industry, and in 2011 jointly applied to operate a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Scottsdale, Arizona. He opened a hardware store in North Oklahoma City in 2018. He also competes in regional sprint car competition.

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 Pts Ref 2003 Carroll Racing 90 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX35 TAL CLTDNQ DOV 64th 577 26 NSH17 CAL35 RCH GTY NZH NSH23 KEN18 MLW Braun Racing 30 Dodge DAY31 CHI29 NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM

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 26 27 Pts Ref 1996 Walker Evans Racing 19 Dodge HOM18 PHO16 POR24 EVG22 TUS26 CNS24 HPT22 BRI9 NZH29 MLW33 LVL15 I7017 18th 2168 Ford IRP24 FLM13 L&R Racing 90 Ford GLN28 NSV34 RCHDNQ NHA25 MAR23 NWSDNQ SON13 MMR22 PHO36 LVS31 1997 WDW33 TUSDNQ HOM10 PHO15 POR20 EVG31 I70DNQ NHA21 TEX17 BRI28 NZH35 MLW33 LVL CNS HPT34 IRP FLM NSV 25th 1620 Dodge GLNDNQ RCH MARDNQ SON19 MMR25 CAL21 PHODNQ LVS14 1998 WDWDNQ HOM27 PHO35 POR21 EVG14 I7030 GLN25 TEX19 BRI32 MLW22 NZH21 CAL17 PPR21 IRP32 NHA28 FLMDNQ NSV22 HPT19 LVL19 RCH24 MEM20 GTY12 MAR19 SON7 MMR17 PHO23 LVS16 23rd 2539 1999 Chevy HOM14 PHO20 EVG18 MMR16 MAR35 MEM19 PPR19 I7018 BRI17 TEX16 PIR14 GLN9 MLW29 NSV29 NZH15 MCH NHA IRP HPT23 RCH34 LVS17 LVL15 TEX15 CAL19 20th 2313 Ford GTY14 2000 Chevy DAY26 HOM31 PHO28 MMR11 MAR17 PIR28 GTY14 MEM36 PPR26 EVG20 TEX13 KEN11 GLN23 MLW7 NHA32 NZH12 MCH17 IRP18 NSV15 CIC16 RCH18 DOV31 TEX20 CAL27 16th 2430 2001 DAY4 HOM13 MMR27 MAR27 GTY14 DAR20 PPR23 DOV17 TEX12 MEM8 MLW17 KAN11 KEN18 NHA16 IRP15 NSH9 CIC3 NZH21 RCH28 SBO13 TEX5 LVS14 PHO16 CAL27 11th 2820 2002 DAY10 DAR13 MAR12 GTY9 PPR11 DOV36 TEX10 MEM14 MLW13 KAN22 KEN12 NHA18 MCH8 IRP7 NSH20 RCH22 TEX13 SBO15 LVS11 CAL16 PHO28 HOM21 13th 2574

Rolex Sports Car Series (key) Bold – Pole Position. (Overall Finish/Class Finish). Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT results Year Team No. Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref 2003 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevrolet Corvette DAY(10/2) HOM(11/4) PHO ALA FON WGL MOH DAY WGL CMT VIR DAY 18th 60

24 Hours of Daytona (key) 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos. Ref 2003 GTS 46 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Charles Morgan Rob Morgan Jim Pace 639 10 2

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Norick in a sprint car at ET Motorpark in 2012 Norick in 2009