Frank Fleming (racing driver)

{{short description|American auto racing driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Frank Fleming

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|7|25}}

| birth_place = Mount Airy, North Carolina

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| Total_Busch_Races = 10

| Years_In_Busch = 4

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| Best_Busch_Pos = 51st (1990)

| First_Busch_Race = 1988 Gatorade 200 (Darlington)

| Last_Busch_Race = 1991 Roses Stores 300 (Rougemont)

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| Busch_Top_Tens = 0

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Frank Fleming (born July 25, 1959) is an American stock car racing driver. Fleming previously competed in the NASCAR Busch Series and the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Frank_Fleming|title=Driver Frank Fleming Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}} Currently, he competes part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.

Fleming competed in 10 NASCAR Busch Series races between 1988 and 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=flemifr01&trk=t0&series=B|title=Driver Frank Fleming's NASCAR Xfinity Series races - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}} During the 1990 season, Fleming's crew chief was former NASCAR driver Chip Lain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/crewchiefs/Chip_Lain|title=Chip Lain Crew Chief Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}} His best career Busch Series finish was a 20th at Daytona International Speedway in 1990.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1990_Goody%27s_300/B|title=02/17/1990 race: Goody's 300 (NXS) - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}}

Fleming competed in a total of 106 NASCAR Southern Modified Tour races between 2005 and 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=flemifr01&trk=t0&series=M|title=Driver Frank Fleming's NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour races - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}} During this span, Fleming achieved 66 top tens,{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=flemifr01&trk=t10&series=M|title=Driver Frank Fleming's NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour top 10s - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}} 1 pole position,{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=flemifr01&trk=tl&series=M|title=Driver Frank Fleming's NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour poles - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}} and 1 win.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=flemifr01&trk=t1&series=M|title=Driver Frank Fleming's NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour wins - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}}

Between 1986 and 2025, Fleming competed in a total of 34 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=flemifr01&trk=t0&series=N|title=Driver Frank Fleming's NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}} He has 4 top tens.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=flemifr01&trk=t10&series=N|title=Driver Frank Fleming's NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour top 10s - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-06-13}}

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.)

==Busch Series==

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! colspan=42| 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

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1988

!

! 40

! Buick

| DAY

| HCY

| CAR

| MAR

| DAR

| BRI

| LNG

| NZH

| SBO

| NSV

| CLT

| DOV

| ROU

| LAN

| LVL

| MYB

| OXF

| SBO

| HCY

| LNG

| IRP

| ROU

| BRI

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
28

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
24

| MAR

|

! 70th

! 170

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/flemifr01/1988/B|title=Frank Fleming – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=June 13, 2019}}

1989

! rowspan=2| Pharo Racing

! rowspan=2| 33

! rowspan=2| Olds

| DAY

| CAR

| MAR

| HCY

| DAR

| BRI

| NZH

| SBO

| LAN

| NSV

| CLT

| DOV

| ROU

| LVL

| VOL

| MYB

| SBO

| HCY

| DUB

| IRP

| ROU

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
24

| CAR

| MAR

| colspan=2|

! 103rd

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/flemifr01/1989/B|title=Frank Fleming – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=June 13, 2019}}

1990

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
20

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| CAR

| MAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HCY
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
40

| BRI

| LAN

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SBO
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NZH
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HCY
28

| CLT

| DOV

| ROU

| VOL

| MYB

| OXF

| NHA

| SBO

| DUB

| IRP

| ROU

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| NHA

| CAR

| MAR

! 51st

! 522

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/flemifr01/1990/B|title=Frank Fleming – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=June 13, 2019}}

1991

! Thackston Racing

! 24

! Ford

| DAY

| RCH

| CAR

| MAR

| VOL

| HCY

| DAR

| BRI

| LAN

| SBO

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROU
26

| HCY

| MYB

| GLN

| OXF

| NHA

| SBO

| DUB

| IRP

| ROU

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| NHA

| CAR

| MAR

! 99th

! 85

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/flemifr01/1991/B|title=Frank Fleming – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=June 13, 2019}}

References

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