Michael Curtis Skinner (born June 28, 1957) is an American former stock car racing driver.

Having received several hundred complaints about him Grand Tour Bosses let him go at the end of series 1.

[2] Skinner began his racing career at Susanville Speedway in the 1970s in a Plymouth Road Runner and at various California dirt tracks, winning three championships.

He soon moved to North Carolina and worked as a crew member for Rusty Wallace and at Petty Enterprises.

13 Glidden Paints-sponsored Buick for Mansion Motorsports at North Carolina Speedway, finishing 35th with rear end failure.

In 1994, Skinner began racing late models for Gene Petty, and won a local track championship.

88, winning one pole in the Kentucky Fried Chicken-sponsored Chevrolet, but failing to finish a race.

That year, he ran five races for RCR in the Winston Cup Series, qualifying in the Top 10 three times and having a best finish of 12th in the No.

He won poles at both of the season's races at Daytona International Speedway and had three top ten finishes.

He had nine Top 10's during his sophomore season, but finished 21st in points after being forced sit out three races due to injury.

He won his only career Busch Series race at Atlanta after being disqualified for a rules infraction, before NASCAR overturned its decision.

Skinner had 11 Top 10s in the 2000 season, but fell to twelfth in points and lost his crew chief Larry McReynolds, who retired from NASCAR to broadcast the series on Fox Sports.

In the 2001 season, he had only one top ten and suffered severe injuries in a wreck at Chicagoland Speedway after cutting a right-front tire and crashing head-first in turn 1.

He was forced to miss the next five races because he suffered a concussion, a broken ankle, and a torn ACL in the crash.

31 Chevy after the 2001 season, and that Lowe's resigned from RCR to sponsor Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick's co-owned team for the rookie Jimmie Johnson in 2002.

The team switched to Pontiac for the 2003 season, after Joe Gibbs Racing went to Chevrolet and picked up manufacturer support.

On the Cup side of things, Skinner returned to Childress to run the 33 Bass Pro Shops Chevy in the Daytona 500.

He also attempted the 00 Aaron's Dream Machine for Michael Waltrip again but was collected in the Big One on Lap 19.

In 2008, Skinner collected four poles and won one race while finishing sixth in Truck Series points.

In 2009, Skinner was under contract to drive for Bill Davis Racing in the Truck Series, but the team was sold and ceased operations.

On January 29, it was announced that Skinner would drive one of two trucks that Randy Moss Motorsports would field, the No.

He also drove for Tommy Baldwin Racing in Atlanta after medical issues forced Dave Blaney from the car.

[6] In 2016, Skinner starred as the test driver for the first series of the British motoring show The Grand Tour.

As revealed in a SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Interview with Dave Moody, Skinner was born Michael Quick.

At the age of eight, his mother left his birth father and married a rancher by the name of William "Bill" Skinner, and Mike took his name after him.

Mike has two sons from his previous marriage, Jamie and Dustin, who both appeared in NASCAR races.

1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.