2013 Season
In 2013, Lucky Dog Racing celebrated its 10th Cup series season. It was a major milestone for the league which ran its first race back in May 2004. The league has a rich history and keeps building on it from year to year. It also tries to add new features as well. This season the league added a new easier to use mobile site where users could easier access the league through their cellphones.
All-time Nationwide and Truck series standings were added during the off-season and a new triple win club was introduced to show off the members who had won a race in all three series. The Cup series drivers page also saw a change by adding the pictures of everyone's cars next to their names.
The new Gen 6 cars took to the track for the first time in 2013 and the new models were introduced to the league as well. A total of 17 new cars were created for members who requested changes.
Prior to the season starting, the league voted on the next two members to enter the Hall of Fame. Dean Higley and Harry Jeffery were granted the honor to become the 3rd and 4th members inducted.
Three rookies started their Cup careers at Daytona, Natalie Jones, Matt Minnich and last year's Nationwide champion and rookie of the year, Brian Blair. Later on Bill Walters and Jay Smogolski would also be added to the Cup field. There was a cost though, the league lost two of its long time veterans, John Sherman during the off-season and Sue Perna later into the year.
There were also a couple of new multi-car teams added as well. Brian Blair and Matt Minnich joined together to form South Mountain Motorsports. Mark Mason formed Slingshot Motorsports from the rest of the defunct Mafia Motorsports after John Sherman left. Ray Perrotta also joined the team.
Slingshot Motorsports got off to a good start at Daytona after their one teammate, Jessy Turgeon kicked the season off by winning the Daytona 500. The following race was won by Lou Demian at Phoenix and then Jose Rodriguez at Las Vegas. The first two time winner was Ron Blackman who won at Bristol and Texas. Shortly after, Lou Demian would win his 2nd at Richmond. Dean Higley would take the all-star win this year, his first win in the event.
The points standings leading up to the chase wasn't dominated by any one member. We saw leads by Teeder Jenkins who led for the first time ever, Lou Demian who led for the first time since one week in 2006 and Bob Douce who led the last seven weeks leading up to the Chase.
Ron Blackman went into the Chase as the number one seed after scoring three wins. Lou Demian went in 2nd with his 2 wins, Jessy Turgeon was 3rd, Bob Douce 4th, Ron Parlacoski Jr. 5th, Paul Scannell 6th, Robby Stone 7th, Jose Rodriguez 8th, Brian Blair was the only rookie in 9th, and 2011 Champion Harry Jeffery in 10th. Last year's champion, Dean Higley did not make it in. The two wildcard spots went to Leon Baker and Ray Perrotta.
Bob Douce went into the Chase leading the standings and even though he went in as the 4th seed, he took back the lead thanks to a 2nd place finish at Chicagoland. Unfortunately for Bob, that would be the final time that he led that year. Lou Demian took over the points lead at New Hampshire and did not look back after that. During the Chase he amassed 5 top 10's and 1 top 5. During the 2nd half of the Chase, Ron Blackman closed in every race until the two were separated by just 4 points heading into Homestead.
Ron nearly won the championship too... his drivers were doing better than Lou's until his one driver Paul Menard went up in flames and fell out of the race. The sealed the championship for Lou who finished 6 spots ahead of him in the race and 10 points in the standings.
Lou had three Nationwide championships and two Truck champions but he had been trying to win a Cup championship for 10 years now. He finally got it done and became the first player to win a championship in all three series.
Northeast Ohio Motorsports won the team championship for the second year in a row and Bob Douce won the MVT award. John Magee won the best of the rest award. It was a big year for Brian Blair who won not only the Cup rookie of the year but won the Truck Championship as well. That gave him two championship years in a row. Over in the Truck series, Jack Thesier held off Stephen DiCaprio to win his first championship.
Over in the LROC series, the Lucky Dog Racing team had a dominant year by winning 13 races and winning their third championship. One of their drivers, Jordan Hunt, also won the drivers championship.
Overall 2013 was a good year for Lucky Dog Racing. The team got to celebrate its 10th Cup series season and look forward to 2014 when the Nationwide series will hit their 10th year. The first decade was full of ups and downs and had plenty of things to remember. Who knows what is in store as we look forward to the next one.
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2013 Season Drivers
Drivers are listed alphabetically
Click on each driver to see their 2013 league stats
| Driver |
Team |
# |
Sponsor |
First Race |
Last Race |
Starts |
Finish |
| Charquillia Addison |
Gopher Broke Racing |
#99 |
Taco Bell |
5/20/04 |
Current |
36 |
14th |
| Chip Anglin |
Anglin Motorsports |
#67 |
B.R.A.K.E.S. |
2/27/12 |
Current |
36 |
39th |
| Earl Arnold, Jr. |
Arnold Motorsports |
#95 |
Allstate |
2/17/08 |
3/10/13 |
3 |
46th |
| Leon Baker |
FORD TUFF Motorsports |
#27 |
Ford Racing |
2/14/10 |
Current |
36 |
11th |
| Ed Blackman |
Coast To Coast Racing |
#6 |
Fox Barrel Cider |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
31st |
| Ron Blackman |
Team 48 |
#48 |
Lowe's |
9/18/11 |
Current |
36 |
2nd |
| Brian Blair |
South Mountain Motorsports |
#71 |
Klassic Kollectibles |
2/24/13 |
Current |
36 |
38th |
| Randy Cook |
Randy Cook Racing |
#29 |
Budweiser |
2/18/07 |
Current |
36 |
38th |
| Gwen Demian |
Intimidator Racing, Inc. |
#04 |
OBX.org |
4/4/04 |
Current |
36 |
34th |
| Lou Demian |
Intimidator Racing, Inc. |
#1 |
Blue Moon |
4/4/04 |
Current |
36 |
1st |
| Stephen DiCaprio |
Racing Traditions, Inc. |
#83 |
Xbox 360 |
10/30/05 |
Current |
36 |
24th |
| Bob Douce |
Northeast Ohio Motorsports |
#08 |
Play It Again Sports |
7/23/06 |
Current |
36 |
3rd |
| Greg Eichele |
Slingshot Motorsports |
#2 |
Crown Royal |
2/20/11 |
Current |
36 |
37th |
| Dean Higley |
Racing Traditions, Inc. |
#84 |
Coca-Cola |
2/18/07 |
Current |
36 |
35th |
| Terry Howell |
Southern Style Racing |
#59 |
Amp Energy |
2/17/08 |
Current |
36 |
36th |
| Jordan Hunt |
Northeast Ohio Motorsports |
#07 |
AARP: Drive To End Hunger |
11/5/06 |
Current |
36 |
29th |
| Harry Jeffery |
Coast To Coast Racing |
#21 |
Martin Luther College |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
10th |
| Teeder Jenkins |
PFQ Racing |
#14 |
Sunoco |
2/20/11 |
Current |
36 |
23rd |
| Marvin Jones |
Outlaw Racing |
#21 |
U.S. Army |
2/14/10 |
5/5/13 |
11 |
45th |
| Natalie Jones |
DvlAngel |
#13 |
World of Warcraft |
2/24/13 |
11/10/13 |
35 |
28th |
| Joe Levis |
Southern Style Racing |
#77 |
Gibson Guitar |
11/14/10 |
Current |
36 |
26th |
| John Magee |
Randy Cook Racing |
#60 |
Dr. Pepper |
2/14/10 |
Current |
36 |
13th |
| Mark Mason |
Slingshot Motorsports |
#23 |
Skyline Chili |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
20th |
| Mitch McCown |
Southern Style Racing |
#05 |
Mountain Dew |
11/6/11 |
Current |
36 |
40th |
| Greg Miller |
Coast To Coast Racing |
#12 |
Dupont |
2/9/05 |
Current |
36 |
18th |
| Matt Minnich |
South Mountain Motorsports |
#52 |
alka Seltzer |
2/24/13 |
Current |
36 |
17th |
| Frank Page |
Gopher Broke Racing |
#16 |
Jack Daniel's |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
25th |
| Ron Parlacoski, Jr. |
KrazyRacing3 |
#33 |
Goodwrench Service |
2/14/10 |
Current |
36 |
4th |
| Sue Perna |
2Fast4U |
#20 |
Husky Tools |
7/25/04 |
5/26/13 |
12 |
44th |
| Ray Perrotta |
Slingshot Motorsports |
#31 |
Caterpillar |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
12th |
| Will Riney |
Southern Style Racing |
#64 |
Coke Zero |
2/19/06 |
Current |
36 |
32nd |
| Jose Rodriguez |
Racing Traditions, Inc. |
#47 |
Kroger |
7/7/12 |
Current |
36 |
8th |
| Paul Scannell |
Racing Traditions, Inc. |
#02 |
Amsoil |
2/27/12 |
Current |
36 |
9th |
| Larry Scroggins |
Intimidator Racing, Inc. |
#43 |
Pabst Blue Ribbon |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
21st |
| Hurricane Sidwell |
Sunday Money |
#00 |
Jim Beam |
4/25/10 |
Current |
36 |
27th |
| Dave Smith |
Draftpack 3 88 |
#56 |
Captain Morgan |
2/27/12 |
Current |
36 |
30th |
| Ryan Smith |
Randy Cook Racing |
#51 |
Guinness Beer |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
22nd |
| Jay Smogolski |
Stormdevil Racing |
#66 |
Fat Tire |
6/2/13 |
Current |
25 |
42nd |
| Robby Stone |
Northeast Ohio Motorsports |
#15 |
Bass Pro Shops |
2/15/09 |
Current |
36 |
5th |
| Kevin Sullivan |
Coast To Coast Racing |
#78 |
NC State University |
2/18/07 |
Current |
36 |
15th |
| Jack Thesier |
BetWithJack |
#71 |
Disney |
5/26/13 |
Current |
25 |
43rd |
| Jessy Turgeon |
Slingshot Motorsports |
#91 |
Gatorade |
2/20/11 |
Current |
36 |
7th |
| Bill Walters |
M&B Fantasy Racing |
#8 |
Absolute Vodka |
3/17/13 |
11/10/13 |
32 |
41st |
| Gary Wheat |
Northeast Ohio Motorsports |
#09 |
World Vision |
2/18/07 |
Current |
36 |
19th |
| Troy Wiggins |
Intimidator Racing, Inc. |
#03 |
Asics |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
33rd |
| John Wilson |
Texas Motorsports |
#79 |
Chevrolet |
2/20/05 |
Current |
36 |
15th |
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These are the drivers that left us after the 2012 season.
| Driver |
Team Name |
# |
Sponsor |
Starts |
| Fred Moore |
Hunt To The Front |
#58 |
Anti Monkey Butt |
36 |
| Rene Nadeau |
Quebecois Fan |
#96 |
Iron Maiden |
275 |
| John Sherman |
Mafia Motorsports |
#17 |
Samuel Adams |
319 |
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2013 Race Results
Click on the race to see the results
| Race # |
Date |
Race |
Track |
NASCAR Winner |
League Winner |
| Exhb. |
2/16
Sat. |
The Sprint Unlimited |
Daytona Intl. Speedway |
Kevin Harvick
2013 Winner |
Joe Levis
2013 Winner |
| 1. |
2/24 |
Daytona 500 |
Daytona Intl. Speedway |
Jimmie Johnson
2013 Winner |
Jessy Turgeon
2013 Winner |
| 2. |
3/3 |
Subway Fresh Fit 500 |
Phoenix Intl. Raceway |
Carl Edwards
2013 Winner |
Lou Demian
2013 Winner |
| 3. |
3/10 |
Kobalt Tools 400 |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
Matt Kenseth
2013 Winner |
Jose Rodriguez
2013 Winner |
| 4. |
3/17 |
Food City 500 |
Bristol Motor Speedway |
Kasey Kahne
2013 Winner |
Ron Blackman
2013 Winner |
| 5. |
3/24 |
Auto Club 400 |
Auto Club Speedway |
Kyle Busch
2013 Winner |
Ray Perrotta
2013 Winner |
| 6. |
4/7 |
STP Gas Booster 500 |
Martinsville Speedway |
Jimmie Johnson
2013 Winner |
John Magee
2013 Winner |
| 7. |
4/13
Sat. night |
NRA 500 |
Texas Motor Speedway |
Kyle Busch
2013 Winner |
Ron Blackman
2013 Winner |
| 8. |
4/21 |
STP 400 |
Kansas Speedway |
Matt Kenseth
2013 Winner |
Terry Howell
2013 Winner |
| 9. |
4/27
Sat. night |
Toyota Owners 400 |
Richmond Intl. Raceway |
Kevin Harvick
2013 Winner |
Lou Demian
2013 Winner |
| 10. |
5/5 |
Aaron's 499 |
Talladega Superspeedway |
David Ragan
2013 Winner |
Joe Levis
2013 Winner |
| 11. |
5/11
Sat. night |
Bojangles Southern 500 |
Darlington Raceway |
Matt Kenseth
2013 Winner |
Matt Minnich
2013 Winner |
| Exhb. |
5/18
Sat. night |
Sprint All-Star Race |
Charlotte Motor Speedway |
Jimmie Johnson
2013 Winner |
Dean Higley
2013 Winner |
| 12. |
5/26 |
Coca-Cola 600 |
Charlotte Motor Speedway |
Kevin Harvick
2013 Winner |
Greg Miller
2013 Winner |
| 13. |
6/2 |
FedEx 400 |
Dover Intl. Speedway |
Tony Stewart
2013 Winner |
Leon Baker
2013 Winner |
| 14. |
6/9 |
Party In The Poconos 400 |
Pocono Raceway |
Jimmie Johnson
2013 Winner |
Paul Scannell
2013 Winner |
| 15. |
6/16 |
Quicken Loans 400 |
Michigan Intl. Speedway |
Greg Biffle
2013 Winner |
Ryan Smith
2013 Winner |
| 16. |
6/23 |
Toyota/SaveMart 350 |
Sonoma Raceway |
Martin Truex Jr.
2013 Winner |
Dean Higley
2013 Winner |
| 17. |
6/29
Sat. night |
Quaker State 400 |
Kentucky Speedway |
Matt Kenseth
2013 Winner |
Ron Blackman
2013 Winner |
| 18. |
7/6
Sat. night |
Coke Zero 400 |
Daytona Intl. Speedway |
Jimmie Johnson
2013 Winner |
Randy Cook
2013 Winner |
| 19. |
7/14 |
Camping World RV Sales 301 |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway |
Brian Vickers
2013 Winner |
Ray Perrotta
2013 Winner |
| 20. |
7/28 |
Samuel Deeds 400 at The Brickyard |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Ryan Newman
2013 Winner |
Bob Douce
2013 Winner |
| 21. |
8/4 |
GoBowling.com 400 |
Pocono Raceway |
Kasey Kahne
2013 Winner |
Jack Thesier
2013 Winner |
| 22. |
8/11 |
Cheez-It 355 at The Glen |
Watkins Glen International |
Kyle Busch
2013 Winner |
Ron Parlacoski, Jr.
2013 Winner |
| 23. |
8/18 |
Pure Michigan 400 |
Michigan Intl. Speedway |
Joey Logano
2013 Winner |
Robby Stone
2013 Winner |
| 24. |
8/24
Sat. night |
Irwin Tools Night Race |
Bristol Motor Speedway |
Matt Kenseth
2013 Winner |
Stephen DiCaprio
2013 Winner |
| 25. |
9/1 |
Advocare 500 |
Atlanta Motor Speedway |
Kyle Busch
2013 Winner |
Frank Page
2013 Winner |
| 26. |
9/7
Sat. night |
Federated Auto Parts 400 |
Richmond Intl. Raceway |
Carl Edwards
2013 Winner |
Dean Higley
2013 Winner |
| 27. |
9/15 |
Geico 400 |
Chicagoland Speedway |
Matt Kenseth
2013 Winner |
Dave Smith
2013 Winner |
| 28. |
9/22 |
Sylvania 300 |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway |
Matt Kenseth
2013 Winner |
Joe Levis
2013 Winner |
| 29. |
9/29 |
AAA 400 |
Dover Intl. Speedway |
Jimmie Johnson
2013 Winner |
Greg Miller
2013 Winner |
| 30. |
10/6 |
Hollywood Casino 400 |
Kansas Speedway |
Kevin Harvick
2013 Winner |
Ron Parlacoski, Jr.
2013 Winner |
| 31. |
10/12
Sat. night |
Bank of America 500 |
Charlotte Motor Speedway |
Clint Bowyer
2013 Winner |
Robby Stone
2013 Winner |
| 32. |
10/20 |
Camping World RV Sales 500 |
Talladega Superspeedway |
Jamie McMurray
2013 Winner |
Stephen DiCaprio
2013 Winner |
| 33. |
10/27 |
Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 |
Martinsville Speedway |
Jeff Gordon
2013 Winner |
Hurricane Sidwell
2013 Winner |
| 34. |
11/3 |
AAA Texas 500 |
Texas Motor Speedway |
Jimmie Johnson
2013 Winner |
Ron Blackman
2013 Winner |
| 35. |
11/10 |
Advocare 500 |
Phoenix Intl. Raceway |
Kevin Harvick
2013 Winner |
Larry Scroggins
2013 Winner |
| 36. |
11/17 |
Ford EcoBoost 400 |
Homestead-Miami Speedway |
Denny Hamlin
2013 Winner |
Jay Smogolski
2013 Winner |
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