Mike Bliss

Mike Bliss
Mike Bliss
	Bliss at Road America in 2012
Born	April 5, 1965 (age 59); Milwaukie, Oregon
Achievements	1993 USAC Silver Crown Champion; 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
	179 races run over 17 years
2015 position	66th
Best finish	28th (2005)
First race	1998 NAPA Autocare 500 (Martinsville)
Last race	2015 Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	359 races run over 18 years
2016 position	119th
Best finish	5th (2004, 2008, 2009)
First race	1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 (California)
Last race	2016 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)
First win	2004 Lowe's Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300 (Charlotte)
Last win	2009 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	206 races run over 13 years
2016 position	46th
Best finish	1st (2002)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2016 Rattlesnake 400 (Texas)
First win	1995 Lowe's 150 (North Wilkesboro)
Last win	2006 EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta)
	Statistics current as of September 24, 2016.

Michael D. Bliss (born April 5, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver. A journeyman NASCAR competitor and the 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, he has run in all three national series.

Racing career

Bliss began racing at age 10. He captured his first major victory in 1993 with the USAC Silver Crown National Championship.

1995–1999

Bliss began racing in NASCAR in 1995, driving the Nos. 08 and 2 Ford F-150 for Ultra Motorsports in the new Craftsman Truck Series. Competing in 19 out of 20 races, Bliss picked up a win at North Wilkesboro Speedway and finished eighth in points. The next year, with sponsorship from Team ASE Racing, he won at Evergreen and I-70 and finished fifth in points. In 1998, he made his debut in the upper-NASCAR ranks. First, he finished 26th at the Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 driving a car owned by Kevin Schwantz, then two weeks later, finished seventh at Indianapolis Raceway Park for Michael Waltrip Racing. He also ran a pair of Winston Cup races that season, finishing 25th at Martinsville Speedway in the No. 96 for American Equipment Racing.

After winning six poles and finishing tenth in points in 1998, Bliss announced he would not return to the team after 1998, and signed with Roush Racing to drive the No. 99 Exide Batteries Ford. He picked up a win at Heartland Park Topeka and finished ninth in points. During the season, he began to pick up offers to run in the Cup Series, and left Roush. In 1999, Bliss ran two Winston Cup races for Bahari Racing with sponsorship from Sara Lee products.

2000–2004

In 2000, Bliss signed to drive the No. 14 Conseco-sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix owned by A.J. Foyt Racing in a bid for NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year honors. Because the team had no owner's points, Bliss failed to qualify for three out of the first four races of the season, and he was quickly released. He soon signed to drive the No. 27 Pfizer/Viagra-sponsored Pontiac for Eel River Racing. He had a ninth-place run at Talladega Superspeedway and finished 39th in points that year.

Bliss was unable to pick up a full-time ride for the 2001 season. He finished 40th at Daytona International Speedway in a one-race deal for David Ridling, but that team soon closed its doors. During the middle of the season, he briefly returned to Eel River after they fired their regular driver but he was unable to qualify for a race. Late in the season, he garnered a ninth-place run at South Boston in a one-race deal for IWX Racing's Steve Coulter.

In 2002, Coulter returned full-time to the Truck Series and signed Bliss as the driver. Bliss picked up five wins and won the Truck series championship. He would sign to drive the No. 20 Rockwell Automation-sponsored Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Busch Series the following year, posting fourteen Top 10s and finishing tenth in points. That same year, he competed in the International Race of Champions, winning at Chicagoland Speedway. He ran only one Winston Cup race in 2002, subbing for Jamie McMurray (who was subbing for the injured Sterling Marlin, but had a prior commitment) in the No. 40 Coors Light-sponsored Dodge. In 2004, Bliss picked up his first career Busch win at Lowe's Motor Speedway and finished fifth in points. After he was declined a job as driver for Gibbs’ Cup program, Bliss announced his departure, and replaced Ward Burton at Haas CNC Racing’s Cup ride, posting a tenth place run at Darlington Raceway.

Before leaving Joe Gibbs Racing, Mike Bliss had his career-best finish to date in his Cup series career in the 2004 Chevy Rock & Roll 400. Bliss, driving the No. 80 Hunt's Ketchup-sponsored JGR car, got penalized for speeding on pit road on lap 332. Despite this, he formed a tremendous comeback, climbing through the field during the final 50 laps, and finishing 4th, his first and only Top 5 to date.

2005–2009

Bliss signed with Haas CNC full-time in 2005, where he posted two top-tens in the latter half of the season and finished 28th in points. He came near to a Cup victory, nearly winning a large bonus paycheck and a win in the Nextel Open event but was crashed by Brian Vickers on the final lap in the final turn. Vickers won the race and the bonus paycheck, while Bliss slid across the finish line in 2nd place. Mike Bliss was visibly upset with Vickers in the post-race ceremonies saying "I just got plain dumped and I would not have wrecked him to win this race. Now he is in the big show (the All-Star Race) and I am not."^{[citation needed]}

At the end of the year, Bliss departed to return to the No. 16 in the Truck Series, winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finishing eleventh in the final standings. In addition, he ran a part-time in the Busch Series this season, splitting time between Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly and SKI Motorsports. Late in the season, Bliss began driving the No. 49 BAM Racing Dodge Nextel Cup Car, and finished out the 2006 season driving the car for BAM. Bliss was signed to drive the car in 2007, but after a long string of DNQs, he resigned from the organization midway through the season. He drove the first four races of the 2007 Craftsman Truck season for Key Motorsports and drove 13 more Truck races for Bobby Hamilton Racing in the No. 4 Dodge Ram. He also drove 22 races in the Busch Series for Fitz Motorsports in the No. 22 Dodge Charger with sponsorships from Supercuts and Family Dollar. He had signed to drive for Fitz full-time in 2008, but joined Phoenix Racing shortly after the season started. He matched his career best fifth-place finish in points and also ran part-time schedules in Cup and Trucks.

Bliss scored his second career Nationwide win, taking advantage of his fuel mileage and getting a caution at the right time, at Lowes Motor Speedway, and NASCAR declared the race official after 170 of 200 laps due to rain. On August 2, 2009 Bliss was let go from Phoenix Racing but he was still raced the team in cup series. He spent the rest of the season splitting time with MSRP Motorsports, NEMCO Motorsports, and CJM Racing before returning to Phoenix for the season finale at Homestead. Despite parking early in multiple races, three late top 5 runs pushed Bliss into 5th overall again. This was one spot better than when he was when he was fired from the No. 1 car.

2010–present

On December 3, 2009, it was announced that Bliss would return to the Sprint Cup Series full-time driving for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 36 Wave Energy Drink Chevrolet Impala for the 2010 season. However, in April, Bliss parted ways with TBR after Phoenix, and returned to Phoenix Racing to drive the No. 09 beginning at Talladega.

He returned to full-time status in 2011 by joining Mark Smith's TriStar Motorsports in the Nationwide Series in the No. 19 Chevrolet. Despite being originally paired with old crew chief Dave Fuge, Fuge left the team to form a Nationwide Series team with Derrike Cope. After interim crew chief Wes Ward left the team, former TRG Motorsports crew chief Paul Clapprood took over, leading Bliss to a 12th-place points finish. For 2012, Bliss moved to the No. 44. When teammate Tayler Malsam was released from the 19 team in October, he drove it for the remainder of the year. He ended the season with 1 top 10 at Daytona in July where he finished 8th, and also finished 8th in points.

While continuing to drive for TriStar in the Xfinity series through the 2014 season, he also drove part-time in the Sprint Cup Series for Smith's start and park Humphrey Smith Motorsports team. In September 2013, he drove Phoenix Racing's No. 51 Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which was James Finch's final start as a team owner. Bliss had scored Finch's last win during a Nationwide race at Charlotte in 2009.^[1]

Bliss served as standby driver for David Ragan in the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford at the 2014 Pocono 400 with Ragan on paternity watch.^[2] Later in the season, Bliss joined BK Racing in the No. 93 Toyota for the Quaker State 400,^[3] finishing 41st.^[4]

Bliss was hired by Go FAS Racing to drive the No. 32 Sprint Cup car sharing it with Bobby Labonte and Boris Said in 2015, while being scheduled to continue driving full-time for TriStar in the Xfinity Series.

At the season opening Xfinity race at Daytona in 2015, Bliss was replaced by Scott Lagasse, Jr. because Lagasse brought sponsorship. Bliss returned to the car and drove through the spring Talladega race before being permanently removed from the car because former teammate Eric McClure brought full sponsorship. Bliss' ride was replaced by the new No. 24 driven by McClure and the No. 19 was relegated to a start and park ride. Bliss moved to a mentoring role for TriStar drivers McClure, Blake Koch, Cale Conley, and David Starr. He also continued in his part-time Sprint Cup ride with Go FAS Racing, but was released from the team after the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Late in the season, he returned to the track in TriStar's No. 14 after Conley was released due to sponsorship issues, parking the car in the last three races of the season.

In 2016, Bliss has made a handful of one-off starts across the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series for various teams including TriStar, Contreras Motorsports and MB Motorsports. Since 2016, Mike Bliss has made no further starts in any of NASCAR's top 3 series. He currently serves as a driving coach for Joe Graf Jr. and Chad Bryant racing in the Arca series.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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	NSCC	Pts
1995	Ultra Motorsports	08	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL						NA	-
1997	Ultra Motorsports	02	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX DNQ	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH DNQ	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL					NA	-
1998	Am. Equipment Racing	96	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	CLT	DOV	RCH	MCH	POC	SON	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 25	CLT	TAL	DAY	PHO 35	CAR	ATL				58th	146
1999	Eel River Racing	30	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR 32	CLT	TAL	CAR 42	PHO	HOM	ATL			58th	104
2000	A. J. Foyt Racing	14	Pontiac	DAY 33	CAR DNQ	LVS DNQ	ATL DNQ	DAR	BRI	TEX																														39th	1748
2000	Eel River Racing	27	Pontiac								MAR 35	TAL 24	CAL 35	RCH 41	CLT 32	DOV 35	MCH 37	POC 33	SON 22	DAY 28	NHA 32	POC 24	IND 31	GLN 39	MCH 28	BRI DNQ	DAR 28	RCH DNQ	NHA 19	DOV 43	MAR 28	CLT 43	TAL 9	CAR 21	PHO 38	HOM 40	ATL DNQ			39th	1748
2001	Eel River Racing	27	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY DNQ	CHI DNQ	NHA DNQ	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM	ATL	NHA	NA	-
2002	Chip Ganassi Racing	40	Dodge	DAY	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 14	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	64th	121
2003	Joe Gibbs Racing	80	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 26	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL DNQ	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	65th	85
2004	Joe Gibbs Racing	80	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI 31	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH 4	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO			49th	407
2004	Haas CNC Racing	0	Chevy																																			DAR 10	HOM 40	49th	407
2005	Haas CNC Racing	0	Chevy	DAY 18	CAL 12	LVS 16	ATL 18	BRI 37	MAR 36	TEX 22	PHO 20	TAL 36	DAR 19	RCH 37	CLT 15	DOV 18	POC 35	MCH 27	SON 39	DAY 20	CHI 34	NHA 21	POC 9	IND 11	GLN 26	MCH 37	BRI 7	CAL 27	RCH 15	NHA 36	DOV 30	TAL 32	KAN 15	CLT 35	MAR 41	ATL 13	TEX 17	PHO 31	HOM 12	28th	3262
2006	BAM Racing	49	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL 26	CLT 42	MAR DNQ	ATL 26	TEX 23	PHO 41	HOM 39	48th	387
2007	BAM Racing	49	Dodge	DAY DNQ	CAL DNQ	LVS DNQ	ATL 21	BRI 17	MAR 30	TEX 41	PHO DNQ	TAL DNQ	RCH DNQ	DAR DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV DNQ	POC DNQ	MCH DNQ	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	53rd	325
2008	Michael Waltrip Racing	00	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR 39	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	70th	46
2009	Phoenix Racing	09	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL 43	BRI	MAR	TEX 42	PHO	TAL	RCH 37	DAR	CLT 43	DOV 40	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI 40	IND	POC	GLN	MCH 38	BRI	ATL 41			DOV 40	KAN 41	CAL 43				TEX DNQ	PHO	HOM	44th	577
2009	TRG Motorsports	71	Chevy																										RCH 42	NHA				CLT 24	MAR	TAL				44th	577
2010	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Chevy	DAY 42	CAL 22	LVS 39	ATL 24	BRI DNQ	MAR 25	PHO DNQ																														42nd	1050
	Phoenix Racing	09	Chevy								TEX 42	TAL 10	RCH 40	DAR DNQ	DOV 40	CLT DNQ	POC	MCH	SON	NHA DNQ
	TRG Motorsports	71	Chevy																		DAY 9
	Braun Racing	32	Toyota																			CHI 41	IND	POC	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI DNQ
	Prism Motorsports	55	Toyota																									ATL 42	RCH QL^†	NHA 41	DOV 40	KAN DNQ	CAL DNQ	CLT DNQ	MAR	TAL		PHO 39
	Prism Motorsports	66	Toyota																																		TEX 39		HOM 43
2011	FAS Lane Racing	32	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV 25	CLT 30	KAN	POC 31	MCH 32	SON	DAY	KEN 34	NHA 32	IND 32	POC	GLN	MCH		ATL 26	RCH 36	CHI 25	NHA 31	DOV 36	KAN 28	CLT 30	TAL	MAR	TEX 34	PHO 30		58th	0¹
	Phoenix Racing	51	Chevy																								BRI 29
	TRG Motorsports	71	Ford																																				HOM 21
2012	FAS Lane Racing	32	Ford	DAY	PHO 24	LVS	BRI																																	64th	0¹
	Humphrey Smith Racing	19	Toyota					CAL 40	MAR DNQ	TEX 40	KAN 42	RCH 42	TAL	DAR DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV 36	POC 38	MCH 39	SON	KEN 42		NHA DNQ	IND 43	POC 39	GLN	MCH	BRI 43	ATL DNQ	RCH 40	CHI 42	NHA	DOV DNQ	TAL	CLT 39	KAN 36	MAR DNQ	TEX 41	PHO 41	HOM 43
	Phil Parsons Racing	98	Ford																		DAY QL^‡
2013	Humphrey Smith Racing	19	Toyota	DAY DNQ	PHO 42	LVS DNQ	BRI 43	CAL 43	MAR DNQ	TEX 41	KAN 41	RCH 43	TAL	DAR 43	CLT DNQ	DOV 41	POC	MCH 41	SON	KEN 41	DAY	NHA 43	IND DNQ	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI DNQ		RCH DNQ	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	69th	0¹
2013	Phoenix Racing	51	Chevy																									ATL 33												69th	0¹
2014	BK Racing	93	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN 41	DAY	NHA 43	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI													69th	0¹
2014	Tommy Baldwin Racing	37	Chevy																									ATL 43	RCH 35	CHI 43	NHA	DOV 36	KAN 43	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 43	HOM	69th	0¹
2015	Go Fas Racing	32	Ford	DAY	ATL 31	LVS DNQ	PHO 33	CAL 40	MAR 34	TEX 36	BRI 31	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT DNQ	DOV 35	POC	MCH 40	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH														66th	0¹
2015	Circle Sport	33	Chevy																								BRI 37	DAR 32	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	66th	0¹
^† - Qualified for Terry Labonte · ^‡ - Qualified for Michael McDowell

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2000	A. J. Foyt Racing	Pontiac	35	33
2005	Haas CNC Racing	Chevrolet	35	18
2007	BAM Racing	Dodge	DNQ
2010	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	28	42
2013	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota	DNQ

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	NXSC	Pts
1998	Lone Star Motorsports	88	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL 26	SBO																70th	231
1998	Michael Waltrip Racing	21	Ford																					IRP 7	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM					70th	231
1999	Team Amick	35	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN 28	MLW 24	MYB	PPR	GTY															84th	204
1999	Michael Waltrip Racing	21	Chevy																						IRP 43	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM				84th	204
2000	Emerald Performance Group	19	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX 23	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM				98th	94
2001	Emerald Performance Group	19	Chevy	DAY 40	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			142nd	43
2003	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Pontiac	DAY 33						TAL 5											DAY 39																		10th	3932
2003			Chevy		CAR 6	LVS 3	DAR 32	BRI 5	TEX 22		NSH 4	CAL 17	RCH 28	GTY 12*	NZH 3	CLT 5	DOV 9	NSH 33	KEN 31	MLW 21		CHI 10	NHA 33	PPR 16	IRP 10	MCH 16	BRI 30	DAR 12	RCH 27	DOV 5	KAN 31	CLT 3	MEM 8	ATL 21	PHO 20	CAR 15	HOM 7		10th	3932
2004			Chevy	DAY 30	CAR 13	LVS 12	DAR 10	BRI 17	TEX 18	NSH 8	TAL 39	CAL 17	GTY 17	RCH 8	NZH 33	CLT 16	DOV 19	NSH 4	KEN 3	MLW 6	DAY 5	CHI 33	NHA 32	PPR 6	IRP 7	MCH 10	BRI 21	CAL 16	RCH 6	DOV 18	KAN 19	CLT 1	MEM 5	ATL 27	PHO 12	DAR 3	HOM 27		5th	4115
2005	SKI Motorsports	30	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY 33	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	130th	64
2006	Frank Cicci Racing	34	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI 36	TEX 12	NSH 26	PHO 38	TAL	RCH																									62nd	596
2006	SKI Motorsports	30	Chevy												DAR 31	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY 36	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL 30	RCH	DOV	KAN 27	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	62nd	596
2007	Fitz Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI 10	NSH 10	TEX	PHO 15	TAL 14	RCH 33	DAR 18		DOV 9	NSH 16	KEN 9	MLW 25	NHA 13	DAY 17	CHI	GTY 33		CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI 13	CAL	RCH 5	DOV 4	KAN 31	CLT 29	MEM 2	TEX 43	PHO 32	HOM 23	21st	2608
	Fitz Motorsports	44	Dodge													CLT 39
	Braun Racing	10	Toyota																						IRP 9
2008	Fitz Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY 17	CAL 13	LVS 26	ATL 7	BRI 5	NSH 11																														5th	4518
2008	Phoenix Racing	1	Chevy							TEX 24	PHO 6	MXC 9	TAL 7	RCH 8	DAR 14	CLT 15	DOV 18	NSH 12	KEN 8	MLW 7	NHA 8	DAY 10	CHI 11	GTY 31	IRP 3	CGV 19	GLN 13	MCH 6	BRI 13	CAL 12	RCH 11	DOV 2	KAN 12	CLT 19	MEM 7	TEX 27	PHO 8	HOM 14	5th	4518
2009	Phoenix Racing	1	Chevy	DAY 28	CAL 13	LVS 22	BRI 35	TEX 7	NSH 8	PHO 9	TAL 41	RCH 33	DAR 7	CLT 1	DOV 14	NSH 4	KEN 28	MLW 7	NHA 4	DAY 29	CHI 9	GTY 4	IRP 33	IOW 14														HOM 16	5th	4075
	MSRP Motorsports	90	Chevy																						GLN 43
	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy																							MCH 27	BRI 15	CGV 34	ATL 34
	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy																											RCH 16		KAN 21
	CJM Racing	11	Toyota																												DOV 2			CLT 2	MEM 4*	TEX 10	PHO 8
	MacDonald Motorsports	81	Dodge																														CAL 13
2010	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY 40	CAL 27	LVS 27	BRI 8	NSH 27	PHO 38	TEX 20	TAL	RCH 13	DAR 32	DOV 22	CLT 12			ROA 31	NHA 34	DAY 19	CHI 18	GTY 19	IRP 13	IOW 17	GLN 14	MCH 19	BRI 17	CGV 15	ATL 15	RCH 40	DOV 18	KAN 19	CAL 9	CLT 31		TEX 21	PHO 12	HOM 31	15th	3450
2010	Kevin Harvick Incorporated	33	Chevy													NSH 5	KEN 24																		GTY 2				15th	3450
2011	TriStar Motorsports	19	Chevy	DAY 13	PHO 20	LVS 17	BRI 26	CAL 19	TEX 19	TAL 35	NSH 31	RCH 18	DAR 30		IOW 18	CLT 18	CHI 22	MCH 23	ROA 15	DAY 20	KEN 24	NHA 14	NSH 24	IRP 11	IOW 18	GLN 22	CGV 15	BRI 18	ATL 15	RCH 12	CHI 15	DOV 9	KAN 22	CLT 20	TEX 23	PHO 31	HOM 17		12th	827
2011		14	Chevy											DOV 15																									12th	827
2012		44	Toyota	DAY 39	PHO 16	LVS 15	BRI 15	CAL 17	TEX 16	RCH 17	TAL 18	DAR 15	IOW 15	CLT 12	DOV 33	MCH 13	ROA 13	KEN 17	DAY 8	NHA 13	CHI 12	IND 11		GLN 14	CGV 13	BRI 13	ATL 22	RCH 15	CHI 13	KEN 18									8th	902
		10																					IOW 20											TEX 18		HOM 19
		19																													DOV 11	CLT 36	KAN 13		PHO 13
2013		19		DAY 23	PHO 14	LVS 17	BRI 13	CAL 18	TEX 20	RCH 13	TAL 14	DAR 19	CLT 19	DOV 18	IOW 10	MCH 21	ROA 33	KEN 19	DAY 14	NHA 17	CHI 19	IND 36	IOW 18	GLN 27	MOH 17	BRI 17	ATL 22	RCH 18	CHI 23	KEN 26	DOV 10	KAN 13	CLT 15	TEX 23	PHO 17				13th	814
2013		10																																		HOM 37			13th	814
2014		19		DAY 20	PHO 17	LVS 14	BRI 26	CAL 18	TEX 32	DAR 16	RCH 16	TAL 12	IOW 31	CLT 20	DOV 22	MCH 18	ROA 10	KEN 34	DAY 38	NHA 32	CHI 19	IND 22	IOW 16	GLN 14	MOH 11		ATL 17		CHI 20	KEN 24	DOV 29	KAN 14	CLT 18	TEX 18	PHO 16	HOM 23			14th	779
2014		10																								BRI 17		RCH 20											14th	779
2015		19		DAY	ATL 25	LVS 39	PHO 20	CAL 26	TEX 24	BRI 20	RCH 23	TAL 34	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN						31st	166
2015		14																																TEX 36	PHO 35	HOM 37			31st	166
2016		10		DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW 39	GLN							KEN 40	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			119th	0¹
2016		14																						MOH 26	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI										119th	0¹

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts
1995	Ultra Motorsports	08	Ford	PHO 14	TUS 19	SGS	MMR 3	POR 5	EVG 5	I70 13	LVL 7																				8th	2636
1995		2										BRI 14	MLW 13	CNS 27	HPT 9	IRP 7	FLM 6	RCH 9	MAR 7	NWS 1	SON 8	MMR 2	PHO 12								8th	2636
1996				HOM 27	PHO 28	POR 2	EVG 1*	TUS 19	CNS 23	HPT 4	BRI 21	NZH 11	MLW 5	LVL 13	I70 1	IRP 3	FLM 2	GLN 22	NSV 10	RCH 20	NHA 3	MAR 16	NWS 12	SON 7	MMR 4	PHO 14	LVS 12				5th	3190
1997				WDW 25	TUS 5	HOM 2	PHO 3	POR 6	EVG 7	I70 8	NHA 17	TEX 5*	BRI 30	NZH 3	MLW 23	LVL 13	CNS 2	HPT 17	IRP 19	FLM 10	NSV 9	GLN 2	RCH 7	MAR 3	SON 22	MMR 3	CAL 1*	PHO 10	LVS 5*		4th	3611
1998				WDW 12	HOM 14	PHO 33	POR 28	EVG 30	I70 3	GLN 7	TEX 37	BRI 25	MLW 1*	NZH 25	CAL 9	PPR 6	IRP 27	NHA 15	FLM 12	NSV 12*	HPT 20	LVL 2*	RCH 27	MEM 23	GTY 17	MAR 13	SON 2	MMR 19*	PHO 1*	LVS 6*	10th	3216
1999	Roush Racing	99	Ford	HOM 28	PHO 10	EVG 8	MMR 12	MAR 6	MEM 12	PPR 15	I70 9	BRI 28	TEX 6	PIR 2	GLN 19	MLW 5	NSV 15	NZH 2	MCH 22	NHA 6	IRP 5	GTY 8	HPT 1	RCH 13	LVS 30	LVL 11	TEX 26	CAL 5			9th	3294
2001	Xpress Motorsports	16	Chevy	DAY	HOM	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO 9	TEX	LVS	PHO	CAL				86th	138
2002	Xpress Motorsports	16	Chevy	DAY 33	DAR 3	MAR 2	GTY 3	PPR 1	DOV 5	TEX 12	MEM 18	MLW 8	KAN 1	KEN 1*	NHA 10	MCH 4	IRP 15	NSH 1	RCH 3	TEX 9	SBO 1	LVS 2*	CAL 9	PHO 10	HOM 5						1st	3359
2005	Xpress Motorsports	16	Chevy	DAY	CAL QL^†	ATL	MAR	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH						ATL 36	TEX 22	PHO 10	HOM 4			41st	581
2005	MRD Motorsports	06	Chevy																	BRI 11	RCH DNQ	NHA	LVS	MAR							41st	581
2006	Xpress Motorsports	16	Chevy	DAY 22	CAL 7	ATL 7	MAR 5	GTY 9	CLT 33	MFD 8	DOV 4	TEX 10	MCH 14	MLW 2	KAN 31	KEN 15	MEM 5	IRP 5	NSH 30	BRI 8	NHA 16	LVS 3	TAL 25	MAR 22	ATL 1*	TEX 27	PHO 11	HOM 30			11th	3151
2007	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY 23	CAL 10	ATL 25	MAR 35	KAN																							17th	2186
	Xpress Motorsports	16	Ford						CLT 6	MFD
	Bobby Hamilton Racing	4	Dodge								DOV 5	TEX	MCH	MLW 7	MEM	KEN 9	IRP 11	NSH 24	BRI 7	GTY 25	NHA 5	LVS	TAL 34	MAR 6	ATL	TEX 4	PHO 3*	HOM 32
2008	TRG Motorsports	71	Chevy	DAY 33																											50th	352
	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy		CAL 24	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH
	Billy Ballew Motorsports	51	Toyota											MLW 12	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTY	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX
	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy																								PHO 31	HOM
2009	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY 33	CAL 18	ATL 8	MAR 15	KAN	CLT 27	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTY	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX					38th	731
2009	HT Motorsports	25	Toyota																								PHO 7	HOM 31			38th	731
2016	Contreras Motorsports	71	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR 30	KAN 17	DOV	CLT																						46th	26
2016	MB Motorsports	63	Chevy							TEX 28	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM					46th	26
^† - Qualified for Jack Sprague

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Images

Bliss in the No. 4 truck in 2007
2009 No. 09 Cup car
Bliss in 2009
2009 No. 1 Nationwide car
2010 Nationwide car
Racing at Road America in 2011

References

^ Gluck, Jeff (August 28, 2013). "Bobby Labonte breaks ribs in bike crash, will miss race". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
^ "David Ragan: On Baby Watch at Pocono". RotoWire. January 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
^ Pockrass, Bob (June 27, 2014). "Quaker State 400 lineup breakdown for Sprint Cup race at Kentucky". Sporting News. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
^ "2014 Quaker State 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2014-06-28.

External links

Official website
Mike Bliss driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jack Sprague	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion 2002	Succeeded by Travis Kvapil

[1] Gluck, Jeff (August 28, 2013). "Bobby Labonte breaks ribs in bike crash, will miss race". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-08-28.

[2] "David Ragan: On Baby Watch at Pocono". RotoWire. January 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-07.

[3] Pockrass, Bob (June 27, 2014). "Quaker State 400 lineup breakdown for Sprint Cup race at Kentucky". Sporting News. Retrieved 2014-06-28.

[4] "2014 Quaker State 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2014-06-28.

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