Lou Goss

Lou Goss
Goss in 2019
Born (1987-05-22) May 22, 1987 (age 37)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2019 position95th
Best finish95th (2019)
First race2019 CarShield 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 18, 2019.

Louis Goss[1] (born May 22, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Midwest Tour, driving the No. 36 Chevrolet.

Racing career

Goss' 2006 Mid American car in the pits at Road America

As a local short track driver, Goss raced a number of classes at local tracks in Wisconsin, including super stocks and super late models. He also competed in the Mid-American Stock Car Series,[2] which his father had also raced in.[3] In 2018, Goss' brother talked to a crewman from B. J. McLeod Motorsports, and the two eventually served on pit crews later that year.[2] Also in 2018, Goss was approved by NASCAR to run Truck Series races at tracks one mile in length and under.[2]

During the 2020 season, Goss ran part-time in the ARCA Midwest Tour.[4]

NASCAR

Goss' No. 74 truck on display in 2019

Goss created his own NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series team after buying old trucks from Mike Harmon Racing over the 2018–2019 offseason, and bought his own trucks because of the large expense of renting other teams' trucks.[2] Goss was scheduled to make his series debut at Iowa Speedway in June 2019, but he withdrew from the event after arriving at the track without a fuel cell and some engine parts.[5] He made his series debut in the 2019 CarShield 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway the next week.[6] He also rented owner points to Darwin Peters Jr. at Eldora in 2019.[3]

Personal life

Before quitting his job for his race team in 2019, Goss was a mechanical engineer working in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.[2] He graduated from Green Bay Southwest High School, and attended University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.[3]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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 NGOTC Pts Ref
2019 Lou Goss Racing 74 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW
31 		CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI
DNQ 		MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 95th 6 [7]

References

  1. ^ "Lowell Bennett wins super late model at WIR". Appleton Post-Crescent. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Verdegan, Joe (April 20, 2019). "Green Bay's Lou Goss goes all-in to compete in NASCAR truck series". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  3. ^ a b c Soquet, William (October 1, 2019). "FEATURE: Lou Goss carving his own identity in long line of Wisconsin drivers". LASTCAR.info. Blogger. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Gandrud Auto Group 250 Official Results". ARCA Midwest Tour. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Beard, Brock. "TRUCKS: Victory and adversity still hand-in-hand for Ross Chastain, the Truck Series' first last-place finisher by disqualification". LASTCAR. Blogger. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 CarShield 200". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  7. ^ "Lou Goss – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
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