In 2003, Fike won the World Championship Midget Feature in Auckland, New Zealand, and the USAC Night Before the 500 race.
He competed in the full Infiniti Pro Series schedule, with a win at Pikes Peak on route to a sixth-place finish.
Fike made his stock car debut towards the end of 2003 in an ARCA RE/MAX Series race at South Boston Speedway, where he finished 9th.
He began racing part-time in the Busch Series in 2004 in the #43 Curb Agajanian Performance Group car, and for GIC-Mixon Motorsports.
For 2005, Fike signed a driver development contract with Brewco Motorsports, and split time in their #66 Duraflame Ford Taurus with Greg Biffle.
He was arrested in the parking lot of Kings Island in July 2007, and subsequently suspended by NASCAR and released from his contract.
[2] On July 7, 2007, Fike and his long-time girlfriend and fiancée, Red Horse crew member Cassandra "Casi" Davidson, were arrested in the parking lot of Kings Island in Mason, Ohio.
[5] In an April 2008 interview for ESPN, Fike admitted to years of painkiller abuse, as well as heroin use on race days.