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John Mickel
Mickel in 2011
Nationality	English
Born	(1971-01-28)28 January 1971 (age 54) Cambridge, England
Pickup Truck Racing Series career
Debut season	2008
Former teams	TorqueSpeed
Wins	0
Poles	0
Finished last season	23rd
Previous series
2004	ASA Series
NASCAR driver
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 4 years
2008 position	98th
Best finish	43rd (2006)
First race	2005Silverado 350K (Texas)
Last race	2008North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of 20 July 2020.

John Mickel (born 28 January 1971) is a British professionalstock car racing driver and commentator. He has raced in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in the United States and thePickup Truck Racing Series in the United Kingdom. He was also a commentator forSky Sports' coverage of NASCAR racing in 2008 and 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Mickel, a second-generation driver, began racing at the age of ten inMinistox and won his first championship two years later. He soon moved toSuperstox where he was named both World and European champion. He joined theSCSA-Europe tour in its inaugural year in 2001, where he won the series' first championship.

In 2002, Mickel began racing part-time in theUnited States inNASCAR. After failing to qualify for two races in the Craftsman Truck Series in the No. 09 forMidgley Racing, he began racing in theAmerican Speed Association in 2004. He also planned to make hisNextel Cup Series debut that same year in Travis Carter's No. 66 car for the renamedTorqueSpeed Carter team in select races throughout the season, but the deal fell through.^[1] In2005, Mickel returned to the Truck Series and did make his debut in the series after qualifying for the race atTexas, driving the No. 4Dodge Ram forBobby Hamilton Racing, starting 35th and finishing 29th. Mickel had attempted to make one other start that season for Hamilton's team atAtlanta in the team's No. 05 truck, but failed to qualify, in part because it was a fifth part-time team for BHR with no owner points. The next season, he ran the final five races of the Truck Series schedule leasing owner's points and equipment from the No. 07Green Light Racing Chevrolet. His best finish was a 20th at Atlanta. He was scheduled to run with Green Light full-time in2007, but insteadTim Sauter got the ride. During preseason testing atDaytona International Speedway,Speed had reported that Mickel would instead begin the season in the No. 63MB Motorsports truck, and the sponsorship he brought would allow him and the team to run the full season,^{[citation needed]} but this did not end up happening.

For 2008 and 2009, Mickel raced in selected rounds of theU.K.Pickup Truck Racing Series. He ran the multi-race winning truck ofPaul Poulter but with a different engine.

On 31 January 2010, Mickel won the inaugural ASA Transcontinental Series Free State 500^[2] at Phakisa Freeway near Welkom, South Africa in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, having qualified fourth for the 207-lap 500-km race. He took the lead on the last lap after a close and clean race.

In March 2010, Mickel (asMickel Motorsport) started the 2010UK CPC Legends Cars season in car No. 4, also running car No. 14 (the CPC sponsored car, driven byPaul Musselle) and car #39 (driven byJess Gwynne).

On 28 March 2010, it was announced that Mickel would make his NASCAR comeback, returning to the Truck Series again with the TorqueSpeed team, but running by themselves instead of partnering with SS-Green Light or another existing team. No other details were announced besides the fact that the team would run a part-time schedule of around ten racesthat year with a full season run planned in2011.^[3] This also never ended up happening, and Mickel would not make another start in NASCAR.

• 2019 Legends Racing UK - 3rd place
• 2018 Legends Racing UK - Champion (becomes UK career top points scorer)
• 2017 Legends Racing UK - Champion
• 2016 Legends Racing UK - Champion
• 2015 Legends Racing UK - Champion
• 2013 Legends Racing UK - 2nd place
• 2012 Legends Racing UK - 3rd place
• 2011 Legends Racing UK
• 2010 CPC Legends Racing UK - 4th Placed Overall
• 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck SS-Green Light Racing
• 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Atlanta Motorspeedway Texas Motorway Speedway
• 2004 ASA races Charlotte & Atlanta Raced British built SCSA car (shipped from the UK)
• 2001-2006 SCSA-Europe Inaugural Champion in 2001
• 1999-2001 Legends Car Championships Champion - World and British Legends Cars Champion - World Series Legends Cars World Legends Champion (Sears Point, CA)

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

• Official website
• Driver Profile at Mickel MotorsportArchived 14 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
• Driver Profile at TorqueSpeed
• John Mickel driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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• English racing drivers
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• ASCAR drivers

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