Michael Simko

Michael Simko
Born	(1981-05-23) May 23, 1981 (age 44) Clarkston, Michigan, U.S.
ARCA Menards Series career
51 races run over 12 years
Best finish	21st (2005)
First race	2001 Jasper Engines & Transmissions 200 (Toledo)
Last race	2012 Berlin ARCA 200 presented by Hantz Group (Berlin)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 17 0
Statistics up to date as of December 3, 2022.

Michael Simko (born May 23, 1981) is an American professional racing driver. He competed in the ARCA Racing Series from 2001 to 2012 with 17 top-10s. He is the son of former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver David Simko.

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In 2001, Simko would make his ARCA Re/Max Series debut at Toledo Speedway driving the No. 96 Chevrolet, finishing 20th after starting 12th.^[1] In 2002, he would make three more starts, one for Bob Schacht at Toledo, one for his own team at Winchester Speedway, and one for Arne Henriksen at Salem Speedway. He would finish sixth at Toledo and Salem respectively. For 2003, he would run five races, finishing eighth at Kentucky Speedway driving for Mark Gibson.

In 2004, he would make seven starts, with six of those starts coming with Schacht, and one coming with Greg Sarff at Chicagoland Speedway, where he would finish seventh. In the following year, he would run 13 of the 23 races of the schedule driving the No. 45 entry for father David Simko. His best finish would come in his last start of the year at Salem, where he would lead 39 laps to finish third in the race. In 2006, he would solely run in a Chevrolet, and would get four top-10's, including a best finish of fourth at Winchester.

On September 26, ten days after his last ARCA start of 2006 at Salem, Simko was involved in a crash with Don St. Denis on the 112th lap of the Great Lakes Chevy Dealers/Budweiser Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway.^[2] After the crash, Simko climbed out of his car and ran over to St. Denis, who was unable to shut off his car at the time due to a piece of plexiglass that fell by the ignition switch, and made a running jump and landed both feet into the windshield of St. Denis' car. Afterwards, Simko would throw his helmet at St. Denis' car and walk away. St. Denis would then get out of the car and run over to Simko in the infield of the track where the two engaged in a fist-fight with several punches being thrown as race officials tried to break up the fight. Since the series that hosted the event was sanctioned by ARCA, both Simko and St. Denis were suspended indefinitely from all ARCA-sanctioned events.^[3][4] Both Simko and St. Denis would later apologize for said incident and were later reinstated.^[5][6]

In 2007, Simko would make his ARCA Re/Max Series return at Salem driving the No. 75 Chevrolet for Bob Schacht Motorsports, where he would finish sixth after starting eleventh.^[7] He would make another start that year at Toledo, where he would finish third. He would run three more races with the team in 2008, getting a best finish of 11th at Toledo. Simko would drive the No. 27 Chevrolet for Don DeWitt for three races, finishing tenth at Chicagoland Speedway.^[8] He would make three more starts for DeWitt over the next two seasons, finishing in the top ten at Berlin Raceway in 2010 and 2011 with eighth and ninth respectively. In 2012, he would run two races, finishing 17th at Iowa Speedway with Hendren Motorsports in the No. 41 Chevrolet, and 14th at Berlin with Venturini Motorsports in the No. 35 Toyota. The latter event would be his most recent ARCA start.

Since his last ARCA start, Simko has recently competed in the CRA Super Series and the CRA Jegs All-Stars Tour.^[9]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2001	?	96	Chevy	DAY	NSH	WIN	SLM	GTY	KEN	CLT	KAN	MCH	POC	MEM	GLN	KEN	MCH	POC	NSH	ISF	CHI	DSF	SLM	TOL 20	BLN	CLT	TAL	ATL	148th	130	[10]
2002	Bob Schacht Motorsports	75	Ford	DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM	KEN	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	TOL 6	SBO	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF										47th	585	[11]
	Michael Simko	38	Chevy																	WIN 14	DSF	CHI
	ECC Motorsports	17	Chevy																				SLM 6	TAL	CLT
2003	Bob Schacht Motorsports	75	Chevy	DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM 10	TOL 27																					35th	755	[12]
	Mark Gibson Racing	56	Chevy						KEN 8	CLT	BLN	KAN
	Bob Schacht Motorsports	75	Pontiac										MCH 14	LER	POC	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI 25	SLM	TAL	CLT
	ECC Motorsports	17	Chevy																						SBO DNQ
2004	Bob Schacht Motorsports	75	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL 16				MCH 20	SBO	BLN	KEN 11	GTW	POC	LER	NSH	ISF	TOL 21	DSF		SLM 25	TAL				23rd	1080	[13]
		39							CLT 10	KAN	POC
	Greg Sarff	38	Chevy																				CHI 7
2005	Auburn Racing	45	Chevy	DAY	NSH 21		KEN 14					MCH 26	KAN	KEN 20	BLN	POC	GTW	LER 18	NSH	MCH 24	ISF	TOL 13	DSF	CHI 10	SLM 3				21st	2195	[14]
			Pontiac			SLM 12		TOL 11	LAN 32	MIL 12	POC
			Ford																							TAL QL†
2006	Auburn Racing Enterprises		Chevy	DAY	NSH DNQ	SLM 28	WIN 4	KEN	TOL 7	POC	MCH 23	KAN	KEN 32	BLN 10	POC	GTW	NSH	MCH 34	ISF	MIL				SLM 32	TAL	IOW			34th	1215	[15]
		65																			TOL 6	DSF	CHI
2007	Bob Schacht Motorsports	75	Chevy	DAY	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM 6	TAL				62nd	415	[16]
			Ford																							TOL 3
2008			Chevy	DAY	SLM	IOW	KAN	CAR	KEN	TOL 11	POC													TOL 27					48th	645	[17]
			Ford									MCH 22	CAY	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	DSF	CHI	SLM	NJE	TAL
2009	D&B Motorsports	27	Chevy	DAY	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH 29	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN 28	POC	ISF	CHI 10	TOL	DSF	NJE	SLM	KAN	CAR					74th	355	[18]
2010				DAY	PBE	SLM	TEX	TAL	TOL	POC	MCH 16	IOW	MFD	POC	BLN 8	NJE	ISF	CHI	DSF	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR						64th	340	[19]
2011				DAY	TAL	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC	MCH	WIN	BLN 9	IOW	IRP	POC	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KAN	TOL							97th	185	[20]
2012	Hendren Motorsports	41	Chevy	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	WIN	NJE	IOW 17	CHI	IRP	POC												71st	305	[21]
	Venturini Motorsports	35	Toyota															BLN 14	ISF	MAD	SLM	DSF	KAN
† - Qualified but replaced by Robert Richardson Jr.

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CARS Super Late Model Tour results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	CSLMTC	Pts	Ref
2020	Michael Simko	45S	Chevy	SNM	HCY	JEN 19	HCY	FCS	BRI 15	FLC	NSH	N/A	0	[22]
2021		45		HCY	GPS	NSH 13	JEN	HCY	MMS	TCM	SBO	N/A	0	[23]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

ASA STARS National Tour results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	ASNTC	Pts	Ref
2023	Michael Simko	45	Ford	FIF	MAD	NWS	HCY	MLW	AND	WIR	TOL 16	WIN	NSV			77th	36	[24]
2024				NSM	FIF	HCY	MAD	MLW	AND	OWO 11	TOL 14	WIN	NSV			33rd	80	[25]
2025	David Simko	51	N/A	NSM	FIF	DOM	HCY	NPS	MAD	SLG	AND	OWO	TOL DNS	WIN	NSV	84th	5	[26]

• Michael Simko driver statistics at Racing-Reference