Steve Portenga
Born (1970-05-22) May 22, 1970
Sparks, Nevada
Achievements1994, 1998 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish137th (1999)
First race1999 NAPA Autocare 250 (Pikes Peak)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
48 races run over 4 years
Best finish13th (1995)
First race1995 Racing Champions 200 (Tucson)
Last race2002 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
Statistics current as of December 24, 2011.

Steven Portenga is a retired NASCAR driver. He spent more than 2 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 #21 & #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 13th in points.

He 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, he 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, 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 NNCC Pts Ref
1999 Golden Gate Racing 96 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON
DNQ		 DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL N/A 0 [1]
2005 Mach 1 Motorsports 34 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO
DNQ		 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 [2]
2006 Rick Ware Racing 52 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO
DNQ		 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 [3]

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 NBSC 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 PPR
41		 GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 137th 0 [4]

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 NCTC Pts Ref
1995 L&M Racing 83 Chevy PHO TUS
22		 SGS MMR
21		 POR
19		 EVG
12		 I70
5		 LVL
6		 BRI
24		 MLW
20		 CNS
9		 HPT
25		 IRP
17		 FLM
16		 RCH
14		 MAR
11		 NWS
13		 SON
16		 MMR
24		 PHO
26		 13th 2048 [5]
1996 HOM PHO
15		 POR
28		 EVG
13		 TUS CNS
17		 HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP
31		 FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON
25		 MMR PHO LVS 41st 591 [6]
2001 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY HOM MMR
32		 MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN
14		 KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO 67th 249 [7]
Portenga Motorsports 39 Chevy CAL
34
2002 DAY
32		 DAR
26		 MAR
DNQ		 GTY
14		 PPR
8		 DOV
13		 TEX
28		 MEM
27		 MLW
17		 KAN
11		 KEN
10		 NHA
16		 MCH
11		 IRP
23		 NSH
22		 RCH
29		 TEX
25		 SBO
13		 LVS
28		 CAL
26		 PHO
22		 HOM
19		 18th 2167 [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Steve Portenga – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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