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Joe Plazek

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Joe Plazek
Born (1961-01-25) January 25, 1961 (age 63)
Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada
Retired2002
Debut season1973
Modified racing
Years active1983-2000
Car number1
Championships4
Previous series
Canadian Motorcycle Association, Compact car
Championship titles
1995, 1996, 1997 New York State Fair Champion
Awards
2002 CASCAR Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Canada Series career
12 races run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 0, Playstation 2
Best finish5th (2002 Race City Motorsport Park)
First race2002 MOPAR Parts 250
Last race2002 Great Canadian 300
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0

Joe Plazek (born January 25, 1961) is a Canadian stock car racing driver. He was a three time New York State Fair Champion, and also won Rookie of the Year honors while competing in the Canadian premier touring stock car series.[1][2]

Racing career

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Joe Plazek started his racing career in 1973 motocross racing for the Canadian Motorcycle Association, then in 1977 started racing an asphalt compact car at Cayuga and Flamboro Speedways in Ontario. Within a few years he started racing a Sportsman on clay ovals and then moved to a modified in 1983.[3]

Plazek competed successfully on both sides of the Niagara Frontier as well as in Central New York State, He captured the 1995 track championship at Cayuga County Fair Speedway along with back-to-back track championships in 1996 and 1997 at Canandaigua Speedway NY. Plazek had to share his only title at Ransomville Speedway NY in a tie with Danny Johnson.[3][4]

Plazek was inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 2024, into the Land of Legends Wall of Fame in 2023, into the FOAR SCORE Hall of Fame in 2012, and into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2009.[1][3][5][6]

CASCAR

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Castrol Super Series

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Castrol Super Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2002 PlayStation 2 0 Chevy DEL
21
PET
16
ASE
14
MSP
10
MOS
7
HAM
43
TOR
36
RCS
5
PAC
21
MN
10
KWA
25
DEL
30
18th 1614 [7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rowe, Gary (May 18, 2009). "'Canada' Joe Plazek Makes Lasting Mark In Modified Hall Of Fame". DIRTcar Racing. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  2. ^ Weidner, Nolan (October 8, 1997). "Canada Joe Plazek". The Post-Standard. p. 41. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
  3. ^ a b c Miller, Tim (July 19, 2023). "Dirt Modified racer Joe Plazek honoured for career". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  4. ^ Boggie, Tom (October 8, 1993). "Syracuse victory would help Plazek ease painful memory". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Woodring picked for new ESS Hall". The Buffalo News. NY. December 6, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "NYSSCA names 2023 Hall of Fame". Dirt Track Digest. December 18, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "Joe Plazek – 2002 CASCAR Super Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 7, 2024.