Tracy Lee Hines (born May 1, 1972) is an American professional racing driver. He was the 2000 USAC Silver Crown Champion, 2002 USAC National Sprint Car Champion, and the 2015 USAC National Midget Champion. He is currently the Competition Director for the ThorSport truck team in NASCAR.

NASCAR Hines made his first attempt at a Busch race in 2000, when he attempted to qualify for the Cheez-It 200 in a car owned by Jimmy Spencer. He did not make the field.

2003 Hines broke into NASCAR career in 2003, when he and NASCAR Craftsman Truck owner Jim Smith came to an agreement with Hines to run five Truck Series races for him in the later portions of 2003.

Hines' career started at Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP). Hines qualified 30th in the No. 27 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Ram and had just made it into the top-ten when he wrecked and crashed into the wall, finishing 32nd. At the next race at Texas Motor Speedway, he qualified fourth, and ran in the top-15 all day, coming home with an eleventh-place finish. Hines ran his last two races that season at Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway. At both races, Hines qualified the No. 7 in 22nd place, and finished 13th.

2004 In 2004, Tommy Baldwin signed Hines to drive three races for the Hungry Drivers program, a Busch Series competition to see who would drive his No. 6 Ragú Dodge Intrepid that season. In his debut at Texas, he started 14th and finished 20th despite a late spin. After a 25th at Talladega Superspeedway, Hines had his best finish of the year, a 17th at Michigan International Speedway.

Hines continued to run in the Truck Series, replacing Matt Crafton in the No. 88 Menards Chevrolet Silverado for ThorSport Racing, competing for NASCAR Rookie of the Year. He finished 20th, 16th and 29th in the first three races, before posting a fifth-place finish at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway. Starting at Texas, Tracy Hines had a streak of eight straight top-17 finishes, capped off by a ninth at IRP. He also led two laps at Gateway. Hines finished off the 2004 season, with a pair of 13ths and earned an 18th-place points finish.

2005 In 2005, the No. 88 had gone back to Crafton, and Paul Wolfe was in the No. 6 Hellmann's Dodge for 2005. Despite a lack of sponsorship, ThorSport fielded a second truck for Hines, the No. 13. In 23 races, he finished in the top-20 only seven times. He was released with two races to go in the season.

Hines drove one race in 2005 the No. 43 Channellock Dodge for The Curb Agajanian Performance Group at California, where he started 26th and finishing 36th after a late crash. After Wolfe was released from the No. 6, Evernham Motorsports, who now owned the car, hired Hines to drive at The Milwaukee Mile, where he started ninth and finished nineteenth. He also ran at IRP in the No. 6, starting fifth and finishing 24th. Later in the season at Texas, he attempted a Busch race for Glynn Motorsports, however the No. 92 Ultra Comp Trailers Dodge crashed in practice and withdrew.

2006 Hines was to have signed to drive the No. 92 Glynn Motorsports Dodge in the Busch Series, but the team dissolved. Instead, he signed to drive the No. 14 Dodge Charger for FitzBradshaw Racing, with sponsorship from TakeMeOn Vacation, Bluegrass, and JaniKing. Hines was teamed with fellow hoosier Joel Kauffman. After an aborted attempt at Rookie of the Year, Hines resigned from Fitz Bradshaw Racing. Hines planned to spend the rest of this season racing sprint cars.

Return to open-wheel

2007 Hines raced USAC sprint, midget, and Silver Crown cars for Tony Stewart Racing. He sustained a fractured pelvis and left femur, and dislocated right knee in an off-road motorcycle wreck on April 30, 2007.Auto racing: World midget speed record set at Slinger ; May 18, 2008; Capital Times; Retrieved May 18, 2008

2008 Hines recorded the fastest ever midget car lap on an asphalt quarter mile at Slinger Super Speedway when he ran a 10.845 second qualifying lap on May 17, 2008.

2009–2013

Hines continued his career in the USAC ranks for several years before returning to NASCAR competition in 2013, driving in the Camping World Truck Series for ThorSport Racing in the inaugural Mudsummer Classic on the dirt at Eldora Speedway. Hines finished 13th in the event after starting in 16th.

Awards and honors Hines was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2022.

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.)

Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 2000 Spencer Motor Ventures 12 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRIDNQ TEX 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 N/A - 2004 Tommy Baldwin Racing 6 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX20 NSH TAL25 CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH17 BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 74th 303 2005 Curb-Agajanian Motorsports 43 Dodge DAY CAL36 MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN 85th 252 Evernham Motorsports 6 Dodge MLW16 DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP24 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM Glynn Motorsports 92 Dodge TEXDNQ PHO HOM 2006 FitzBradshaw Racing 14 Dodge DAY20 CAL33 MXC LVS38 ATL41 BRI13 TEX30 NSH PHO43 55th 752 12 TAL25 RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY29 CHI41 NHA34 MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM

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 Pts Ref 2003 Ultra Motorsports 27 Dodge DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP32 NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO 54th 445 7 TEX11 MAR13 PHO13 HOM 2004 ThorSport Racing 88 Chevy DAY20 ATL16 MAR29 MFD5 CLT34 DOV21 TEX16 MEM14 MLW14 KAN14 KEN17 GTW15 MCH16 IRP9 NSH22 BRI21 RCH19 NHA30 LVS18 CAL31 TEX19 MAR35 PHO34 DAR13 HOM13 18th 2604 2005 13 DAY22 CAL33 ATL16 MAR13 GTY25 MFD27 CLT18 DOV25 TEX26 MCH36 MLW32 KAN19 KEN20 MEM16 IRP32 NSH29 BRI24 RCH5 NHA19 LVS36 MAR17 ATL26 TEX35 PHO HOM 25th 2108 2013 ThorSport Racing 13 Toyota DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD13 POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 56th 31

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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