| 55 Steve Payne | | Updated by Driver: 3/27/2006
Proofed by Staff: 3/28/2006 |
Nickname: Double Nickel
Hometown: Fulton,�MO
Marital Status: Married
Children: Michael - 11, Thomas - 9, Devin - 3
Employer: Callaway Collision Center
Year Started Racing: 1985
Total Years Racing: 21
Racing Hero: Dale Earnhardt and Ronnie Hoover
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Year/Make/Model: Allen Autosports / Dirtworks
Owner: Steve Payne
Crew Chief: Buck
Crew: Buck, Ryan, Skillet, Slim, Michael, Thomas.
Sponsors & Support: DockPushers, D&D Truck Leasing, Fast Lube, Jones PowerSports.
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Other Than Dirt Driver Tracks & Series
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| Awards & Accomplishments | Too many wins to keep track, including many MLRA wins and Championships.
1993-1994 Capital Speedway Modified Track Championships.
1994 24 Raceway Park Modified Track Championship.
1997 State Fair Speedway Modified Track Championship.
2001 USMTS Feature winner at Capital Speedway.
2002 Callaway Raceways Modified Track Championship.
2003 Callaway Raceways Modified Track Championship.
2003 Capital Speedway Modified Track Championship.
2004 LOS 360 Nationals Modified win.
2005 Callaway Raceways Modified Track Championship.
2005 Lake Ozark Speedway Modified Track Championship.
| | Career Summary | I started off in Street Stocks at State Fair Speedway in Sedalia. I then moved up to Modifieds and swept the 93-94 Championships at Capital Speedway. In 94 I won the Track Championship at 24 Raceway Park in Moberly, MO. I continued on winning a couple more Chapionships and tons of races. In 99 I moved to the MLRA Late Model division. I won a Championship and many races in the Late Model. I then moved back to a Modified in 02, bought a Harris car, and won many races including 3 of 4 Track Championships. I then bought an 02 Dirtworks car and raced it at Capital Speedway in 03, winning 15 of 19 races and the Track Chapionship. We were so dominant that year that they put a bounty on us with seven races left in the season, and there were drivers, including Mark Burgtorf, coming out of state to try and win double the purse to beat me, and no one ever did. Capital closed down at the end of the 03 season, putting my home track, where I had raced for almost two decades, in pieces. It now has homes on it. But we continued on, buying an 03 Dirtworks and selling the old one. we raced at Callaway with the Haris in 04, and ran the last 10 races at Lake Ozark Speedway. We won 5, finished 7 times in the Top 5, broke twice, and came back and finished 5th in Points, only racing 10 of 18 races. We also won Night 2 of the LOS 360 Nationals.
We raced the full 05 season at Lake Ozark Speedway, winning 11 of 19 starts, had 14 Top 5's, and was one of two drivers to start all 19 Feature events. I went on to win the Championship by 249 points.
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