Scott Lynch (racing driver)

Scott Lynch (born May 4, 1980 -  ) is a part-time NASCAR driver from Burley, Idaho. He competes for MB Motorsports and Windward Racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is Windward's full-time driver in the NASCAR Winston West Series, where is the 2003 champion. In his national NASCAR career, Lynch has two NASCAR Busch Series starts (best finish of 37th) and thirteen NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events (best finish of 12th twice)

Biography
Winning championships is nothing new to Orleans Racing and this season is no exception. Fielding Scott Lynch in the 08 Yerf-Dog/Orleans Dodge, this top ranked team earned the 2003 NASCAR Grand National Division, Winston West Series title.

Declared the champion when NASCAR cancelled the season finale at California Speedway due to the massive California wild fires, Lynch held down a 14-point lead. "Naturally we would rather have raced," said Lynch who became the second person in 50 years to win the Winston West crown in his rookie year. "Our hearts go out to all those people who have lost their homes and/or loved ones."

Running a total of twelve races, Lynch, who also earned Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors and the Bud Pole Award scored a total of three wins, Irwindale Speedway, Rocky Mountain Raceways and Phoenix International Speedway, three poles, plus seven top 5 and ten top 10 finishes.

"Winning both the Championship and the Raybestos Rookie of the Year title is just awesome," exclaimed an obviously pleased Lynch. "Our goal at the beginning of the year was simply to earn Rookie of the Year. Then as the season unfolded, we wanted to bring home both honors. Everyone on the Orleans team worked with that goal in mind and we did it. It was very much a team effort. The Orleans guys are absolutely the best and I certainly wouldn't have been able to do any of this without them and without the support of our major sponsor Yerf-Dog."

Winning this Championship also earned Lynch and Orleans Racing the distinction of being the first Dodge team to bring home a Winston West Championship since 1976 when Ray Elder took the title.

Lynch, a University of Utah graduate, joins Paul Wolfe, Tracy Hines and Mark McFarland as the fourth driver in line to take over the seat of the No. 6 Hungry Drivers(tm) Dodge. The Hungry Drivers(tm) program allows four hungry up-and-coming drivers the opportunity to compete in three races throughout the 2004 season. The driver who delivers the best performance will be in a prime position to secure a full NASCAR Busch Series ride in 2005.

Lynch will climb into the seat of the No. 6 Hungry Drivers(r) Dodge for his NASCAR Busch Series debut at Richmond International Raceway on May 14, 2004, followed by events later in the season at Lowe's Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway, both in October.

Lynch's racing career began just three days after his 16th birthday when he started racing in the Modified Division at the Magic Valley Speedway in Twin Falls, ID. From the start it was obvious that Lynch had natural talent. Competing locally over the next few years, Lynch began to make a name for himself, earning numerous honors and accolades along the way.

After racing in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series, where he brought home the Rookie of the Year honors in 1999, Lynch began running a limited schedule in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series in 2000. In 11 starts from 2000-2002, Lynch posted one win, seven top-10's and three top-five finishes.

Last year, in his first full season of competition in the series, Lynch clearly showed his potential as an up-and-coming NASCAR star when he not only earned the Rookie of the Year honors but clinched the championship title as well, with a total of three poles, three wins, seven top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in 12 starts.

Team owner Tommy Baldwin had been searching for the fourth driver to round out his Hungry Drivers(tm) program for several months when Dodge recommended the 23-year-old Lynch.

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