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Damon Lusk
Lusk's No. 22 ARCA car atAtlanta in 2002
Born	(1977-09-18)September 18, 1977 (age 48) Kennewick, Washington, U.S.
ARCA Re/Max Series career
Debut season	2000
Starts	53
Wins	2
Poles	2
Best finish	17th in2006
Finished last season	93rd (2009)
Previous series
1998–1999 1997–1999	NASCAR Southwest Series NASCAR Northwest Series
NASCAR driver
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
17 races run over 4 years
Best finish	47th (2003)
First race	1999NAPA Autocare 250 (Pikes Peak)
Last race	2004Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
6 races run over 2 years
Best finish	41st (2006)
First race	2001Silverado 350 (Texas)
Last race	2006Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of June 24, 2020.

Damon Lusk (born September 18, 1977) is an American former professionalstock car racing driver. He primarily competed in theARCA Re/Max Series, where he scored two wins in 53 starts between 2000 and2009. In addition, he ran part-time in theNASCAR Busch Series for six years (each year from1999 to2005 excluding2000). This most notably included his2003 campaign, when he left ARCA to focus on competing in the Busch Series, where he ran eleven races forTommy Baldwin Racing.

Lusk enteredNASCAR in 1997, competing in 28NASCAR Northwest Series events from that year until 1999. He had the exact same stats in his 21 starts across two seasons with zero wins (1998 and 1999) in theNASCAR Southwest Series, but also won one pole position. After his three Northwest starts in 1999, specifically when he qualified hisAOL/Kleenex No. 22 Chevy on the outside pole atPortland Speedway, he caught the eye ofNASCAR Winston Cup Series driverJimmy Spencer, who invited Lusk to drive his No. 12 Chevy in theBusch Series atPikes Peak.^{[citation needed]} He started dead last, but was able to improve enough to complete all but eight laps, and finished the race in 34th position.

In2001, Lusk made his firstTruck Series start. He drove the No. 37 BayPak Ford forDerrike Cope'sQuest Motor Racing team atTexas Motor Speedway. He had an impressive debut, starting 21st and finishing eleventh. This was the only race he ran in that truck.

In2002, Lusk was contacted byTommy Baldwin Jr., aWinston Cup Series crew chief who wanted to form his own Busch Series team. Baldwin had driverWally Dallenbach Jr. in for a few races. Lusk brought sponsorship from theWest Virginia Department of Tourism to the No. 6 for the race atRichmond in September of that year. After qualifying 25th, Lusk was involved in an early wreck and finished 42nd. His next start came atAtlanta Motor Speedway, where Lusk started last on the grid but was able to drive through the field and finish 22nd in the race. In2003, Sta-Rite agreed to a 10-race deal with Baldwin's team. This part-time schedule began at the season-opener atDaytona, where Lusk improved on his career best finish with a 21st. He was 22nd two weeks later atLas Vegas. AtTexas Motor Speedway, Lusk was involved in a first-lap crash, relegating 43rd. For the rest of 2003, Lusk had a solid season. He was eighteenth atLoudon. He was 12th atMichigan. Despite being a rookie, he only wrecked twice, and ended the season with an average finish was 25.5.

Lusk signed withBACE Motorsports to drive the No. 74Outdoor Channel Chevy full-time and for rookie of the year in the Busch Series in2004. He also joined the team for the 2003 series finale at Homestead-Miami to prepare for the following year. In that race, Lusk drove the team's No. 33 car, finishing eighteenth. In his first three starts in 2004 with the team, Lusk finished 21st at Daytona, 24th atRockingham and 25th atDarlington. However, that was not good enough for BACE, who was trying to keep their team afloat due to struggling to find sponsorship for Lusk. As a result, Lusk was released and replaced byTony Raines (who had driven for BACE when they had a team in the Cup Series in 2003) for the rest of the season.

In2004, Lusk was scheduled to run two races (the second races at Fontana and Charlotte) in theNextel Cup Series, driving the SWAT Fitness Racing No. 62Chevrolet (owned byLarry Hollenbeck), but he withdrew from both events.

In2005, Lusk was hired by Dan Kinney'sPremier Motorsports team, and planned to drive the No. 85 House Hunter Chevrolet for twenty races. However, the team was greatly underfunded, and failing to qualify for his first three races in the car, he was replaced byJohn Hayden (although Lusk returned to attempt one more race in July, failing to qualify for that one as well). InARCA that year, he joinedVision Racing to drive their No. 37 atPocono,Gateway, andMichigan.

In2006, Lusk started the season in the No. 37 again, but after the season-opening race atDaytona, he moved toBrack Maggard Racing's No. 65Dodge, where he was scheduled to run full-time for the rest of the season. However, he left the team during the year for a Truck Series ride withWoodard Racing in the last five races of the season, replacingBoston Reid. Lusk earned a best finish of seventeenth atAtlanta Motor Speedway and finished 41st in points. Also, he returned to the Cup Series and was scheduled to compete in the second Pocono race in No. 64Chevrolet for Premier, but he withdrew again.

In2007, Lusk was scheduled to run part-time in theNextel Cup Series inJames Hylton's No. 58Chevrolet,^[1] but the team did not attempt any races after failing to qualify for that year's Daytona 500 with Hylton driving. Although Lusk did not attempt to qualify for any Cup Series races in 2007, he did compete for inARCA's season-opener at Daytona and at theMichigan ARCA 200that year for Les Barnart's team. At Michigan, they ran the No. 25 instead of their usual No. 55 in order to use owner points fromVenturini Motorsports. After making no starts in ARCA or NASCAR in 2008, Lusk returned to ARCA in2009 for two races in the Hendren Motorsports No. 66Ford at the dirt tracks ofSpringfield andDuQuoin, which would end up being his final stock car starts.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

• Damon Lusk driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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