Michael Duane Bliss (born April 5, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Competing in 19 out of 20 races, Bliss picked up a win at North Wilkesboro Speedway and finished eighth in points.

After winning six poles and finishing tenth in points in 1998, Bliss announced he would not return to the team after 1998, and signed with Roush Racing to drive the No.

He finished 40th at Daytona International Speedway in a one-race deal for David Ridling, but that team soon closed its doors.

During the middle of the season, he briefly returned to Eel River after they fired their regular driver but he was unable to qualify for a race.

Late in the season, he garnered a ninth-place run at South Boston in a one-race deal for IWX Racing's Steve Coulter.

20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Busch Series the following year, posting 14 Top 10s and finishing 10th in points.

Before leaving Joe Gibbs Racing, Mike Bliss had his career-best finish to date in his Cup series career in the 2004 Chevy Rock & Roll 400.

Despite this, he formed a tremendous comeback, climbing through the field during the final 50 laps, and finishing fourth, his first and only Top 5 to date.

Bliss signed with Haas CNC full-time in 2005, where he posted two Top 10's in the latter half of the season and finished 28th in points.

Mike Bliss was visibly upset with Vickers in the post-race ceremonies saying "I just got plain dumped and I would not have wrecked him to win this race.

In addition, he ran a part-time in the Busch Series this season, splitting time between Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly and SKI Motorsports.

Bliss was signed to drive the car in 2007, but after a long string of DNQs, he resigned from the organization midway through the season.

Bliss scored his second career Nationwide win, taking advantage of his fuel mileage and getting a caution at the right time, at Lowes Motor Speedway, and NASCAR declared the race official after 170 of 200 laps due to rain.

On December 3, 2009, it was announced that Bliss would return to the Sprint Cup Series full-time driving for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No.

51 Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which was James Finch's final start as a team owner.

32 Sprint Cup car sharing it with Bobby Labonte and Boris Said in 2015, while being scheduled to continue driving full-time for TriStar in the Xfinity Series.

Bliss moved to a mentoring role for TriStar drivers McClure, Blake Koch, Cale Conley, and David Starr.

He also continued in his part-time Sprint Cup ride with Go FAS Racing, but was released from the team after the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

He most recently served as a driving coach for Joe Graf Jr when he drove for Chad Bryant Racing in the ARCA Menards Series East in 2019.