Steven Portenga (born May 22, 1970) is an American former NASCAR driver. He spent more than two decades racing in various national and regional support series to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and he won the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour championship for late models in 1994 and 1998. Portenga and his wife, Windi, are now car owners of the No. 21 & No. 31 cars in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, where he's also the crew chief for one of those drivers, Alex Schutte.
Portenga won his first racing championship in 1991 at Silver State Raceway in the Winston Racing Series. In 1995, he competed full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series, winning one pole and finishing in the top-ten three times, finishing thirteenth in points.
Portenga ran six races the following year, his best finish 15th at Phoenix International Raceway. In 1999, he made his Busch Series debut at Pikes Peak International Raceway, finishing 41st. He also attempted to make his Winston Cup debut at Sears Point International Raceway, but failed to qualify.
In 2001, Portenga returned to the trucks, running two races for MacDonald Motorsports and one race in his own truck, finishing fourteenth at Kansas Speedway. He ran two races the next year, posting two top-tens. He attempted Phoenix with Ware Racing Enterprises in the Cup series in 2006, but missed the race.
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.)
Nextel Cup Series NASCAR Nextel 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 Pts Ref 1999 Golden Gate Racing 96 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SONDNQ DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL N/A 0 2005 Mach 1 Motorsports 34 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHODNQ TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 2006 Rick Ware Racing 52 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHODNQ TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A 0
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 Pts Ref 1999 Golden Gate Racing 14 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR41 GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 137th 0
Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 Pts Ref 1995 L&M Racing 83 Chevy PHO TUS22 SGS MMR21 POR19 EVG12 I705 LVL6 BRI24 MLW20 CNS9 HPT25 IRP17 FLM16 RCH14 MAR11 NWS13 SON16 MMR24 PHO26 13th 2048 1996 HOM PHO15 POR28 EVG13 TUS CNS17 HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP31 FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON25 MMR PHO LVS 41st 591 2001 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY HOM MMR32 MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN14 KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO 67th 249 Portenga Motorsports 39 Chevy CAL34 2002 DAY32 DAR26 MARDNQ GTY14 PPR8 DOV13 TEX28 MEM27 MLW17 KAN11 KEN10 NHA16 MCH11 IRP23 NSH22 RCH29 TEX25 SBO13 LVS28 CAL26 PHO22 HOM19 18th 2167
References
External links
Steve Portenga Driver Card