Kevin Paul Lepage (born June 26, 1962)[1] is an American former professional stock car racing driver, who last drove in NASCAR in 2014.
The highlight during this time was 3 victories at Vermont's Thunder Road International SpeedBowl in its famous "Milk Bowl" race in 1985, 1989 and 1993.
[2] Lepage made his Busch Series debut in 1986 at Oxford Plains Speedway, starting 41st and finishing 15th in the No.
He won his first career race at the season finale Jiffy Lube Miami 300 with Hype Energy sponsorship.
He had one top 5, two top-tens and won the pole at the season-ending NAPA 500, earning him a 25th-place points finish.
In 2001 Lepage returned to the Busch Series to run his own team, Matrix Motorsports, driving the No.
Early in 2002, Lepage's team went inactive due to a lack of sponsorship, even though he had an 8th at Daytona and a 4th at Las Vegas.
In 2003, Lepage ran his own team at the Cup level for one race, finishing 32nd at the Coca-Cola 600 along with the Winston Open.
He also ran eleven races in the Busch Series for MacDonald Motorsports, where he had two top-fifteen finishes.
Unfortunately, the closest Lepage came to another top 10 was a 12th-place finish at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600, and was released from the ride after the Brickyard 400.
He signed with Peak Performance Racing for the balance of the year, and had a sixth-place qualifying effort at Kansas.
That year, Lepage made his debut in the Craftsman Truck Series for Green Light Racing at Dover finishing 19th.
Lepage returned to Peak for 2006, but due to a lack of funding, the team was sold to Front Row Motorsports in April.
He also ran a limited schedule in the Busch Series for Mac Hill Motorsports with a best finish of 19th in seven races.
While racing for Specialty, Lepage made one of the most infamous racing moves in the history of NASCAR at Talladega when he exited pit road and merged onto the track just before turn 1 directly in front of the lead pack, which was approaching him at speeds nearing 190 mph (306 km/h), while himself only driving at roughly 110 mph (177 km/h), triggering a 15 car accident and drawing out a red flag.
Lepage blamed it on the spotter for every other team stating "nobody recognized my car was damaged and vastly underpowered," but later apologized for the accident himself.
52 Means Racing entry for Brad Teague in order to maintain his position in the driver's points.
73 at Bristol, Lepage joined Jimmy Means' team at Texas in April until leaving after the June race at New Hampshire.
Lepage announced on February 5, 2010, that he would be returning to Mac Hill Motorsports for the 2010 season with sponsorship from Revolucion World Wide/Start Energy Drink.
Lepage joined back up with Morgan-McClure Motorsports to run the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol with sponsorship from Alpha Natural Resources/Joy Mining Machinery.
On November 20, 2010, Mac Hill Motorsports announced that it was discontinuing its Nationwide Series team, allowing Lepage to seek another ride.
24 team in the Nationwide Series, bringing sponsorship from RaceDaySponsor.com, marking the first time since 2008 that Lepage would run a full race distance.
On April 26, Lepage announced that he would be joining Means Racing starting at Richmond and would work with the team to procure more sponsorship for the rest of the season.
Sponsorship was found to allow Lepage to run 17 races without having to start and park, with a best finish of 20th at Phoenix.
87 NEMCO Motorsports car in practice in preparation for owner/driver Joe Nemechek to arrive from Pocono Raceway to run the race.
Due to the Iowa race being delayed a day cause of rain, Lepage got to drive the 87 to a 19th-place finish while Nemechek drove at Pocono.
Lepage later drove start and park efforts for Tri-Star Motorsports at Michigan and JGL Racing at Elkhart Lake.
Lepage was unable to find sponsorship to compete in NASCAR after the 2014 season and instead focused on his business interests.
[6] On August 23, 2017, Lepage announced State Water Heaters, Citgo, Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Allen Lumber and Shearer Chevrolet as the sponsors for his final race.
* Season still in progress 1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.