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| Tyler Walker | |||||||
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| Born | July 16, 1979 Los Angeles, California |
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| Awards |
1992-1996 California State Go-Kart Champion 1996 Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year 1997 All-Star Circuit of Champions Rookie of the Year 2002 World of Outlaws Gumout Series Champion 2004 USAC Silver Crown Series Most Improved Driver |
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series career | |||||||
| First race | 2004 Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries 250 (Pikes Peak) | ||||||
| Last race | 2005 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| First race | 2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) | ||||||
| Last race | 2007 Quaker Steak & Lube 200 Presented by Circle K (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of April 1, 2007. | |||||||
Tyler Walker (born July 16, 1979), is a NASCAR driver. Walker began racing bicycles at the age of six and motorcycles at age eight. He then began racing go-karts, and won four California state karting championships and had a total of 200 wins. At the age of sixteen Walker started racing in the All Star Circuit of Champions sprint car series and won seven races throughout the season. He moved up to World of Outlaws competition and won several main feature events over the next two seasons.
In 2002 Walker won the World of Outlaws Gumout Series championship, winning a total of sixteen races during the season. During this time, he began celebrating his victories by doing a backflip off of his racecar, a celebration soon copied by Carl Edwards. He began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2003, racing 3 races in the #7 Mopar Performance Dodge Ram for Ultra Motorsports, his best finish a 21st at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In 2004 he began racing in the USAC Silver Crown Series for Kasey Kahne Racing, while competing three times in the Busch Series. He made his series debut at Pikes Peak, qualifying eighth and finishing 27th. After driving one race for BACE Motorsports, he drove another Busch race in the #38 Great Clips Dodge for Akins Motorsports.
In 2007, Walker was slated to drive the #36 truck for Bill Davis Racing full time, but after 6 races it was announced that Ryan Mathews would drive part time sharing the ride with him.
[edit] Career
In March 2008, Walker finished 9th in the Meyers Wins Cactus Classic at Manzanita Speedway.[1] He also won a heat race in the Mini Gold Cup at the Silver Dollar Speedway.[2]
Walker was hired to drive the Mike Heffner 27 in Pennsylvania to start the 2010 season. After decent finishes, he left the Heffner car, and was hired by Keen Motorsports to race the 17 Peterbilt sponsored car. Since changing cars he has posted very good finishes, including 4 wins to date. By switching rides, Walker has traveled out of Pennsylvania to follow the World of Outlaws on occasion.
