A. J. Fike

A. J. Fike (born December 29, 1980) is an American professional racing driver.^[1] He is the older brother of NASCAR driver Aaron Fike. Fike won the 1999 United States Auto Club (USAC) Midget Car rookie of the year title^[1] and his younger brother Aaron Fike won the award the following season making them the first brothers to win the award in back to back seasons. He later drove in several NASCAR races.

A. J. Fike
Fike's midget car in 2008
Born	(1980-12-29) December 29, 1980 (age 43) Galesburg, Illinois
Awards	1999 USAC National Midget Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
7 races run over 1 year
Best finish	68th (2005)
First race	2005 Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2005 Sam's Town 250 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	108th (2004)
First race	2003 Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2004 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 18, 2008.

Racing career

ARCA

In Chevrolets and Pontiacs fielded by former ARCA RE/MAX Series driving champion Andy Hillenburg, he finished 7th in ARCA RE/MAX Series points in his first season on tour. In 50 career ARCA Series starts, he has 8 top-5 finishes and 19 top-10s with a career-best finish of second at Berlin Raceway in 2004.^[2] He scored his first career win in the ARCA series in 2015 when he led the most laps and won on a green-white-checkered finish at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Fike competed 15 of 20 ARCA Series events in 2016; he finished 9th in points with eight Top 10 and three Top 5 finishes.^[3]

Open-wheel

He finished tenth in the Indianapolis Speedrome midget points in 1997. In 1998 he finished second in NAMARS Midgets points with three feature event victories. He joined the USAC National Midget Tour in 1999 and was the Rookie of the Year. Fike finished a career-best second in USAC Midget points in 2001^[1] with two victories at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas and at the Belleville Midget Nationals, also in Kansas. He finished runner-up in USAC Midget Copper World Classic at Phoenix in 2001. He also finished sixth in USAC Midget national points in 2002; posting a win at Limaland Motorsports Park in Ohio. His career-best Silver Crown finish was a third in the Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway in 2002. Fike also posted three top-10 Silver Crown finishes in 5 starts in 2002. He finished 11th in USAC Sprint national points in 2002 with two runner-up finishes.

He was the Pork Pole winner at the Springfield mile-dirt track. Fike also qualified second at DuQuoin & Berlin. His best superspeedway qualifying effort was tenth at Gateway. Fike led for 48 laps in two races. A veteran of USAC Sprint, Midget and Silver Crown Series competition, NAMARS, Badger and ARCA Midgets and go-karts.

After racing in NASCAR, he resumed racing in ARCA and Open Wheel. In 2009, he finished second in the USAC Silver Crown points.^[4]

NASCAR

Truck Series

Fike made two career starts in the Craftsman Truck Series.^[5] In 2003, Fike drove the #82 Ninetynine Racing Chevy at Phoenix. He started last in his debut, 36th in the field and finished 27th in the race, 6 laps off the pace.^[5] The next year, Fike would compete again for one race. He drove the #08 1-800-For-A-Phone Chevy at Bristol Motor Speedway for Green Light Racing. He once again started 36th and finished 33rd.^[5]

Busch Series

Fike began running the Busch Series part-time in 2005, splitting time with his brother Aaron in the No. 43 fielded by Curb Racing.^[6] He made his debut at the season opener at Daytona, starting 25th and finishing 30th. At Phoenix, A.J. made the field in 36th, but finished in 30th, one lap off the pace. He would race again at Nashville in June, securing his best career finish at that time of 28th. He was 32nd at Milwaukee Mile, 30th at Pikes Peak International Raceway and 33rd at IRP. A.J. started his last race of the season at Memphis Motorsports Park, finishing on the lead lap for the second time that season and finished 21st in his Liberty Village Dodge.

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

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	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
2005	Curb Agajanian Performance Group	43	Dodge	DAY 30	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO 30	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH 28	KEN	MLW 32	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR 30	GTY DNQ	IRP 33	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 21	TEX	PHO	HOM	68th	529	^[7]

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	25	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2003	Ninetynine Racing	82	Chevy	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO 27	HOM	116th	82	^[8]
2004	Green Light Racing	08	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI 33	RCH	NHA	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM	108th	64	^[9]

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2004	Fast Track Racing	11	Pontiac	DAY 18	NSH 10	SLM 15	KEN 17	TOL 6	CLT 12	KAN 16	POC 28		SBO 9	BLN 2		GTW 3		LER 6			TOL 25				TAL 18		7th	4715	^[10]
			Chevy									MCH 38			KEN 25		POC 28		NSH 5	ISF 20		DSF 17	CHI 8	SLM 8
2005		10		DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	LAN	MIL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	LER	NSH	MCH	ISF 8	TOL					83rd	350	^[11]
	RFMS Racing		Chevy																				DSF 17	CHI	SLM	TAL
2006		12	Ford	DAY	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	NSH	MCH	ISF 18	MIL	TOL	DSF 6	CHI	SLM	TAL	IOW	83rd	355	^[12]
2007				DAY	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF 35	MIL	GTW	DSF 4	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL	87th	285	^[13]
2008				DAY	SLM	IOW	KAN	CAR	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	CAY	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF 30	DSF 26	CHI	SLM	NJE	TAL	TOL			102nd	180	^[14]
2009		10		DAY	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF 4	CHI	TOL	DSF 4*	NJE	SLM	KAN	CAR			66th	445	^[15]
2010				DAY	PBE	SLM	TEX	TAL	TOL	POC	MCH	IOW	MFD	POC	BLN	NJE	ISF 5	CHI	DSF 25	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR				65th	330	^[16]
2011				DAY	TAL	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC	MCH	WIN	BLN	IOW	IRP	POC	ISF 28	MAD	DSF 28	SLM	KAN	TOL					98th	180	^[17]
2012		18		DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	WIN	NJE	IOW	CHI	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF 24	MAD	SLM	DSF C	KAN				118th	110	^[18]
2013		11		DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI	NJE	POC	BLN	ISF 14	MAD	DSF 9	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN			71st	350	^[19]
2014		27		DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	ELK	WIN	CHI	IRP 21	POC	BLN 13	ISF 13	MAD 24	DSF 11	SLM	KEN	KAN				32nd	750	^[20]
2015				DAY	MOB	NSH 23	SLM	TAL	TOL 4	NJE	POC	MCH	CHI	WIN 10	IOW 12	IRP 12	POC	BLN 10	ISF 1*	DSF 6	SLM 7	KEN	KAN				18th	1645	^[21]
2016				DAY	NSH 2	SLM 14	TAL	TOL 21	NJE	POC	MCH 7	MAD 8	WIN 7	IOW 12	IRP 13	POC	BLN 5	ISF 2	DSF 16	SLM 10	CHI 12	KEN 8	KAN 14				9th	2945	^[22]
2017				DAY 34	NSH 15	SLM 15		TOL 16	ELK 9	POC 18	MCH 13	MAD 12	IOW 15	IRP 15	POC 20		ISF 8	ROA	DSF 22	SLM 8	CHI	KEN	KAN				12th	2970	^[23]
			Chevy				TAL 11
	Fast Track Racing	10	Toyota													WIN 12

References

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External links

• Official website
• A. J. Fike driver statistics at Racing-Reference