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Ken Weaver (racing driver)

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Ken Weaver (born February 10, 1956) is a former stock car racing driver and team owner from Dallas, Texas. He drove the No. 20 PhoneCo – Industrial Lightspeed Chevrolet in the ARCA stock car series. He ran in NASCAR in 2004 and 2005, before returning to ARCA.

Ken Weaver
Born (1956-02-10) February 10, 1956 (age 68)
Dallas, Texas
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
24 races run over 3 years
Best finish29th (2004)
First race2003 Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin)
Last race2005 Dodge Ram Tough 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0

Craftsman Truck Series career

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Weaver has 24 career starts in the Truck Series. Running his No. 20 PhoneCo Chevy, Weaver made his debut in the 2003 race at Mesa Marin Raceway. It was a decent first race, as Weaver started 26th and finished 29th.

Those runs earned him a new ride in 2004, driving a Green Light Racing No. 08 Chevy, with funding from PhoneCo. He had a best of 18th at Texas and by midseason, Weaver was scaled back to a limited schedule.

Weaver continued to race in the trucks in 2005. This time at Daytona, he scored his first top-ten finish a 6th at Daytona. Weaver made three more races in 2005. He did not finish two of the three races, and his best finish was a 28th at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

ARCA career

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Weaver began racing in the ARCA Re/Max Series in 2002. In 2005 and 2006, after modest results to start his career, his performance significantly, highlighted by 15 top 10s and four 2nd-place finishes in 2005. He drove the No. 20 PhoneCo Dodge for the 2006 season.

Business career

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Weaver purchased Freedom Power Electric in 2006 which provides pre-paid electricity to Texas consumers with credit problems. During August 2009, he transferred his ownership to an irrevocable trust controlled by his ex-wife after it was exposed by the Dallas Morning News [1] that he had a criminal past that he failed to disclose on his initial application with the Texas Public Utilities Commission, a fact that could have affected his ability to purchase the regulated company. It was also discovered that while he claimed to have dual Bachelor degrees from the University of North Texas,[2] he actually had only taken a few classes and dropped out, never obtaining a degree from any university.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Craftsman Truck Series

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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 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2003 Ken Weaver Racing 20 Chevy DAY DAR MMR
26 		MAR CLT DOV
17 		TEX MEM MLW
34 		KAN KEN GTW
19 		MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL
15 		LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 47th 482 [3]
2004 Green Light Racing 08 Chevy DAY
35 		ATL MAR
28 		MFD
33 		CLT
23 		DOV
22 		TEX
18 		MEM
34 		MLW
31 		KAN
20 		KEN
26 		GTW
22 		MCH IRP
DNQ 		NSH
34 		BRI RCH NHA LVS
29 		CAL TEX
24 		MAR PHO
32 		DAR HOM
DNQ 		29th 1212 [4]
2005 DAY
6 		CAL
35 		ATL
28 		MAR GTY
31 		MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 51st 357 [5]

Winston West Series

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NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NWWSC Pts Ref
2003 Norris Racing 32 Ford PHO
24 		LVS 37th 188 [6]
Pontiac CAL
22 		MAD TCR EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO MMR

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARMC Pts Ref
2003 Ken Weaver Racing 22 Pontiac DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT
37 		BLN KAN 38th 720 [7]
96 MCH
40 		LER POC POC
9 		NSH
13 		ISF WIN DSF
Ford CHI
12 		SLM
Chevy TAL
26 		CLT SBO
2004 Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY NSH
25 		SLM CLT
DNQ 		KAN POC MCH SBO BLN 25th 1020 [8]
Ford KEN
4 		TOL
Gibson Racing 56 Pontiac KEN
29
Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Pontiac GTW
DNQ 		POC
31 		LER
Ken Weaver Racing 20 Chevy NSH
17 		ISF TOL TAL
DNQ
Ford DSF
11
Pontiac CHI
23 		SLM
2005 Chevy DAY
15 		SLM
9 		TOL
15 		LAN
26 		MIL
15 		KAN
33 		BLN
23 		GTW
11 		LER
3 		ISF
9 		TOL
5 		DSF
24 		CHI
26 		SLM
2 		TAL
14 		3rd 5140 [9]
Pontiac NSH
6 		POC
27 		MCH
3 		KEN
10 		POC
5 		NSH
2 		MCH
6
10 KEN
4
2006 Eddie Sharp Racing 20 Dodge DAY
6 		NSH
17 		SLM
26 		WIN
9 		KEN
35 		TOL
8 		POC
6 		MCH
6 		KAN
31 		KEN
12 		BLN
5 		POC
34 		GTW
40 		NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 21st 2335 [10]
2009 Cunningham Motorsports 4 Dodge DAY
5 		SLM
20 		CAR
24 		TAL
38 		KEN
11 		TOL
28 		POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 33rd 975 [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Owner of Dallas electricity firm hid past | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News". Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  2. ^ "Active Drivers". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07.
  3. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  9. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Ken Weaver – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
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