Kelly Tanner

Kelly Tanner
Kelly Tanner
Nationality	American
Born	September 5, 1962 (age 61) ; Woodinville , Washington , U.S.
NASCAR Raybestos Northwest Series
Years active	1987?1999
Starts	99
Wins	8
Poles	16
Championship titles
1996, 1997	Reb-Co Northwest Tour

Kelly Tanner (born September 5, 1962) is an American stock car racing driver. Now retired, he competed in the NASCAR Winston West Series , Reb-Co Northwest Tour , and Featherlite Southwest Tour , winning the Northwest Tour championship back to back in 1996 and 1997.

Career [ edit ]

Tanner began his racing career in late models at Evergreen Speedway , before moving up to the Winston Northwest Tour (later Reb-Co Northwest Tour and Raybestos Northwest Series) starting with a partial season in 1987. He ran the full series season starting in 1991; in 1996 and 1997 Tanner won back-to-back series championships. In both years, Tanner completed every lap of every race the series ran, also finishing in the top ten in every race. ^[1] Tanner also won the most poles in the series in 1996, with four, ^[2] and in 1997, winning six pole positions. ^[1] After the 1997 season Tanner competed in the Winter Heat Series at Tucson Raceway Park , winning the Featherlite Southwest Tour portion of the event. ^[3]

In 1998 Tanner moved up to compete full-time in the Winston West Series ; he posted seven top ten finishes on the way to seventh in the series standings. ^[4] Following the year was selected to compete in the Coca-Cola 500 exhibitition race at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan; ^[5] he finished 29th. ^[6]

Following the 1999 Winston West season, Tanner retired from his racing career; following his retirement Tanner worked as a crew chief in Northwest Tour competition; ^[7] his son, Tyler Tanner , has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series . ^[8]

References [ edit ]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Woodbury 1998, p.403.
^ Kelly 1997, p.416.
^ "Tanner Wins NASCAR Featherlite Race" . The Associated Press. December 14, 1997 . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .
^ "Kelly Tanner - 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results" . Racing-Reference . USA Today Sports Media Group . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .
^ Miller, Henry (November 21, 1998). "Return of the race cars" . Lodi News-Sentinel . Lodi, CA. p. 30 . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .
^ "1998 NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi" . Racing-Reference . USA Today Sports Media Group . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .
^ Kasper, Jon (August 5, 2000). "Kaltschmidt keeps climbing car racing ladder" . The Missoulian . Missoula, MT . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .
^ "Auburn's Tanner heads to Martinsville for his '12 NASCAR truck series debut March 31" . Auburn Reporter . Kent, WA. March 15, 2012 . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .

Bibliography

Bob Kelly, ed. (1997). The Official NASCAR Preview and Press Guide 1997 . Charlotte, NC: UMI Publications. ASIN B002I7L7UU .
Ward Woodbury, ed. (1998). The Official NASCAR Preview and Press Guide 1998 . Charlotte, NC: UMI Publications. ASIN B001EXRFI2 .

External links [ edit ]

Kelly Tanner driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ron Eaton	NASCAR Reb-Co Northwest Tour Champion 1996, 1997	Succeeded by Gary Lewis

[WNWT1-1] Woodbury 1998, p.403.

[2] Kelly 1997, p.416.

[3] "Tanner Wins NASCAR Featherlite Race" . The Associated Press. December 14, 1997 . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .

[4] "Kelly Tanner - 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results" . Racing-Reference . USA Today Sports Media Group . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .

[5] Miller, Henry (November 21, 1998). "Return of the race cars" . Lodi News-Sentinel . Lodi, CA. p. 30 . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .

[6] "1998 NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi" . Racing-Reference . USA Today Sports Media Group . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .

[7] Kasper, Jon (August 5, 2000). "Kaltschmidt keeps climbing car racing ladder" . The Missoulian . Missoula, MT . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .

[8] "Auburn's Tanner heads to Martinsville for his '12 NASCAR truck series debut March 31" . Auburn Reporter . Kent, WA. March 15, 2012 . Retrieved 2014-04-07 .

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