Duke Hoenshell

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Duke Hoenshell (born November 27, 1956) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, NASCAR Winston West Series, and NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour.{{Cite web |title=Duke Hoenshell – Driver Statistics |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Duke_Hoenshell/ |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

Racing career

= NASCAR Winston Cup Series =

Hoenshell attempted to make the 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 and 1989 Autoworks 500, combination races with the Winston West Series, but failed to qualify.{{Cite web |title=Duke Hoenshell – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hoensdu01/1989/W |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Duke Hoenshell – 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hoensdu01/1989/P |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

= NASCAR Winston West Series =

Hoenshell ran 3 races in the 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series season, scoring a top 10 at Mesa Marin Raceway.{{Cite web |title=Duke Hoenshell – 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hoensdu01/1978/P |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}} He did not return until the 1989 season, running 4 standalone events as well as attempting the combination races with the Winston Cup Series, and scoring a best finish of 4th at Sears Point International Raceway. He made one final start in 1990, finishing 13th in a race at Saugus Speedway.{{Cite web |title=Duke Hoenshell – 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hoensdu01/1990/P |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

= NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour =

Hoenshell competed in 12 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour races between 1986 and 1988, winning a race at Riverside International Raceway in 1986.{{Cite web |title=Duke Hoenshell – NASCAR Southwest Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=hoensdu01&trk=t0&series=SW |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

Motorsport career results

= NASCAR =

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

== Winston Cup Series ==

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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 !{{Tooltip\|NWCC\|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}} !Pts !Ref
1989 !Hoenshell Racing !38 !Pontiac \|DAY \|CAR \|ATL \|RCH \|DAR \|BRI \|NWS \|MAR \|TAL \|CLT \|DOV \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\|SON DNQ \|POC \|MCH \|DAY \|POC \|TAL \|GLN \|MCH \|BRI \|DAR \|RCH \|DOV \|MAR \|CLT \|NWS \|CAR \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\|PHO DNQ \|ATL !128th !0 !

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! colspan="36" |NASCAR Winston Cup Series results

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1989

!Hoenshell Racing

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