Scott Allan Wimmer (born January 26, 1976) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

[1] Wimmer competed in the United States National Junior Olympics in downhill and slalom skiing at age 14, and finished 13th of the 150 competitors.

His father began as the owner of his uncle Larry Detjens' racing team.

[2] Detjens was a champion late model racer who competed at Slinger Super Speedway and Wisconsin International Raceway.

Wimmer started racing at State Park Speedway in Wausau, Wisconsin in 1991 at age 15.

He moved down south, and in 1997 was the Rookie of the Year in the Hooters Cup late model series.

He later finished second for the Rookie of the Year in the American Speed Association (ASA) series in 2000.

20 AT&T-sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix for Bill Davis Racing in the Busch Series.

The team remained open, and Wimmer won four races in the fall of that season at Dover, Memphis, Phoenix, and Homestead, and finished third in points.

23 Hills Brothers Coffee-sponsored car at Talladega earning a season's best finish of 17th.

Wimmer got full-time sponsorships from Stacker 2, YJ Stinger, and Stamina Rx in 2003, but after losing crew chief Bootie Barker and switching to Chevrolet, he won only one race at Pikes Peak with four Top 5 finishes, 12 Top 10s, and finished ninth in points.

He began the year with a very strong performance at the Daytona 500, and appeared in contention to win after the final set of pit stops, but without drafting help, Wimmer was easily overtaken by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart, and ended up finishing third.

The Davis team struggled in 2004; the Cup operation was reduced to only one car and the season was plagued with a lawsuit from Dodge.

He was dismissed from Bill Davis Racing by mail at the end of the season after only managing to squander up a 32nd in the point standings.

At the time, it was only the second instance in Busch Series history that the Drivers' and Owners' Championships were not won by the same team.

He only qualified for one race (Indianapolis), finishing 31st after a pit road accident damaged his car.

Due to the lack of a sponsorship, he was released from Childress and he spent the 2009 season splitting time between the No.

40 StopRepairBills.com/Westerman Companies Chevy for Key Motorsports in the majority of races in the Nationwide Series.

Wimmer also returned to Morgan-McClure Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series driving one race at Bristol in the No.

Outside of his NASCAR endeavors, Wimmer and his father bought and made major improvements to State Park Speedway in Wausau, WI, in the fall of 2009.

Wimmer spent most of the rest of the season without a ride but was able to get a one race deal with Turner Motorsports (NASCAR).

40 for Key Motorsports earning a best finish of 12th at Talladega before leaving after the 11th race due to the lack of a sponsorship.

Wimmer was also able to run a few Sprint Cup Series races in 2011 for Robby Gordon Motorsports.

In 2012, Wimmer partnered with Russ Blakeley, Jim Budzinski and Kurt Wise to form Wild Motorsports.

The team ran the ASA Midwest Tour race at the Milwaukee Mile in June and announced plans to run the Nationwide Series starting with the September race at Richmond with the goal of running the full 2013 schedule.

In early 2014, Coughlin was signed by Joe Gibbs Racing to a driver development contract.

Wimmer continued his role as spotter/coach to Coughlin in both series along with running State Park Speedway.

1 JEGS Late Model in the 34th annual Larry Detjens Memorial 125 at his State Park Speedway.

Wimmer remained Coughlin's spotter/coach in 2016 when he drove 9 races for Kyle Busch Motorsports in their No.

ThorSport's former driver Terry Cook assumed the role of spotter/coach for Coughlin when he joined the team.