Deac McCaskill
| Deac McCaskill | |||||||
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| Born |
September 26, 1977 Raleigh, North Carolina United States of America | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 35th - 2007 (Busch Series) | ||||||
| First race | 2007 Kroger 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| Last race | 2007 Kroger 200 (IRP) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of May 24, 2009. | |||||||
Deac McCaskill (born September 26, 1977) is an American stock car driver from Raleigh, North Carolina. He currently drives the #08 Puryear Tanklines Chevrolet in the Late Model Stock class at South Boston Speedway in Virginia
Early years
Deac began driving racing at age 12 at the Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his first start, he finished 10th out of 28 Cars. He would eventually win his first race in his 6th start at the bullring. At the age of 16, he became the youngest winner in the Limited Late Model class in his first start at Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, North Carolina. At 18 years old, Deac won his first Late Model Stock race at Orange County Speedway, and then finishing 2nd in points that year. Later that year, Deac qualified on the pole out of 128 cars at the Richmond International Raceway, and followed that up with a 5th-place finish.
Professional career
In 2000, Deac was once again a bridesmaid with a second-place finish in points at Orange County Speedway. He won 4 races that year to make his career total 50 by the time the year was over. In 2001 and 2002, Deac had 2 wins and a 7th and 3rd-place finish in points at Orange County Speedway. The 2003 season brought 6 wins in 13 starts at Orange County Speedway, as well as a 4th-place finish at Martinsville Speedway.
In 2004, Deac won the LMSC Championship at Southern National Speedway, and had a 4th-place finish in the UARA Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In 2005 Deac returned to Bristol and nabbed a 2nd-place finish. He made 10 more starts in the UARA Series in 2005 and got 2 wins. In 2006, Deac outran NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Denny Hamlin at Southern National Speedway's annual event, the Thanksgiving Classic. He also won the 2006 track championship at Southern National.
2007 saw Deac's first ever NASCAR start in the Busch (Now Nationwide) Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Driving the #9 Puryear Tank Lines Dodge for Evernham Motorsports, Deac started 42nd and worked his way up the top 10 using pit strategy. He eventually led 5 laps and was the highest running non cup driver, in 8th place, until Steve Wallace wrecked him on lap 153. In 2008, Deac finished 3rd in the Latemodel Stock points at South Boston Speedway. Deac McCaskill will once again be trying to go for the championship at SoBo again in 2009.