Mike Skinner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Skinner
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Jun 28, 1957(1957-06-28)
Age	67
Birthplace	Susanville, CA
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Cancer

Mike Skinner Biography

Mike Skinner is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on June 28, 1957 in Susanville, CA, California, United States. American race car driver who was named 1997 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

He filled in for AJ Allmendinger, racing for Team Red Bull early in the 2008 Sprint Cup season.

Skinner began racing at Susanville Speedway in the 1970s in a Plymouth Road Runner and at various California dirt tracks, winning three championships. He soon moved to North Carolina and worked as a crew member for Rusty Wallace and at Petty Enterprises. In 1986, he made his NASCAR debut in the Winston Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Pontiac for the Zanworth Racing Team, and had a best finish of 22nd in three starts. The following year, he made his Busch Series debut at Darlington Raceway, finishing 27th in the No. 0 Hunt Tire- sponsored Oldsmobile. He did not compete in NASCAR again until 1990, when he drove the No. 13 Glidden Paints-sponsored Buick for Mansion Motorsports at North Carolina Speedway, finishing 35th with rear end failure. He ran four races for Dixon over the next two years, before running one race in 1993 for Jimmy Means.

As revealed in a SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Interview with Dave Moody, Skinner was born Michael Quick. At the age of eight, his mother left his birth father and married a rancher by the name of William “Bill” Skinner, and Mike took his name after him. He was voted class president in eighth grade. He then moved to Colorado in his late teens and worked on the oil derricks and was a manager. After getting his licence suspended in Colorado, he went back to California at the DMV to get his licence redone and then bought a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner. After crashing the car while street racing, he then ended up rebuying the car and converted it into a stock car and nearly won in his first ever race…only to showboat and crash the car, rolling several times and landing on his roof. Skinner was untouched until he kicked the car and broke his lead toe.

His sons Jamie and Dustin Skinner also became professional drivers.

Mike Skinner Net Worth

Mike Skinner is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Skinner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked as a crew member for Rusty Wallace at Petty Enterprises in the 1970s.

He was the champion of the 1995 SuperTruck Series and the 1997 Daytona 500 pole,

Michael Skinner (born June 28, 1957) is an American former stock car racing driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Busch Series and Camping World Truck Series. He has most recently driven the No. 98 Ford Fusion for Phil Parsons Racing in the Cup Series. He is the father of former NASCAR drivers Jamie Skinner and Dustin Skinner. He was born in Susanville, California.

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Who is Mike Skinner Dating?

According to our records, Mike Skinner married to Angela Skinner (m. 2000). As of December 1, 2023, Mike Skinner’s is not dating anyone.

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In the 2001 season, he had only one top ten and suffered severe injuries in a wreck at Chicagoland Speedway after cutting a right-front tire and crashing head-first in turn 1. He was forced to miss the next five races because he suffered a concussion, a broken ankle, and a torn ACL in the crash. Free agent driver Robby Gordon was tapped to replace him and had a few top tens. Then the news broke out that Gordon would replace Skinner in the No. 31 Chevy after the 2001 season, and that Lowe’s resigned from RCR to sponsor Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick’s co-owned team for the rookie Jimmie Johnson in 2002. Skinner returned at Michigan, but after another accident at Richmond, Skinner opted for surgery to repair his ACL. He announced the next morning after the accident that he would miss the remainder of the season. In his announcement, he bid farewell to Richard Childress and his team; he also announced that Robby Gordon would replace him again and wished him luck.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mike Skinner celebrates birthday on June 28 of every year.

In 2004, Skinner returned to the Truck Series to become one of Toyota’s main drivers following their entrance of the Tundra in the truck series. Skinner drove the No. 42 Toyota Tundra for Bang! Racing for the first 18 races. He was running ninth in points when conflicts between Toyota and Bang’s owners allowed the team to split and run the No. 5 Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing. He won two poles and had two top 10s in his six races for Bill Davis Racing while finishing eleventh in the final points. On the Cup side of things, Skinner returned to Childress to run the 33 Bass Pro Shops Chevy in the Daytona 500. He finished in 22nd, one lap down from winner Dale Earnhardt Jr..

What is Mike Skinner doing these days?

Skinner has done anything but slow down since his retirement from full-time NASCAR racing. Today, he joins his wife Angie Skinner as host of Skinner Round-Up on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. He spent a season featured as “The American” on The Grand Tour – Amazon Prime’s remake of BBC’s ever-popular Top Gear.

Did Mike Skinner ever win a Nascar race?

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What did Dustin Skinner say?

Skinner stated, “Frankly I wish they would’ve tied [the noose] to [Wallace] and drug him around the pits because he has single handedly destroyed what I grew up watching and cared about for 30 years now.” Skinner later backtracked his statement, saying, “I disagree with what [Wallace] is doing, but it was stupidly …

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Who is the Grand Tour American driver?

The Grand Tour recruited legendary Nascar driver Mike Skinner , better known as The American on the show, for this position. It’s safe to say that Skinner is no stranger behind the wheel, but fans didn’t take to him quite as fast as the likes of Abbie Eaton.