Lee Pulliam
Four-time Whelen All-American Series national champion.
Robert Lee Pulliam (born April 5, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro SS for JR Motorsports, and the No. 87 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Peterson Racing. Pulliam is a four-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division I national champion, and is the owner of late model racing team Lee Pulliam Performance. He won the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 a record six times, which he did so consecutively.
After graduating high school early and working as a diesel mechanic at Callands Repair in Callands, Virginia while in college to save money, Pulliam purchased his first race car in 2007. He raced his first season at South Boston Speedway and won Rookie of the Year in the Limited Sportsman class; he moved up to the late model class in 2011 and claimed 16 wins at Motor Mile Speedway. He also claimed his first ValleyStar Credit Union 300 win in 2011. A year later, Pulliam claimed his first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship.
Quick Facts
- Born
- April 5, 1988
- Role
- Stock car driver and team owner (Lee Pulliam Performance)
- Titles
- Four NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division I national championships (first in 2012)
- Records
- Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 won a record six consecutive times
- First car
- 2007, after working as a diesel mechanic at Callands Repair
- Series
- Part-time NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, No. 9 (JR Motorsports) and No. 87 (Peterson Racing)
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Did You Know?
- Later in 2014, Pulliam claimed his second ValleyStar Credit Union 300 win.
- At the beginning of the 2015 season, South Boston named a section of its grandstands for Pulliam; he won a track championship there in 2013.
- The following year, Pulliam did not chase the All-American championship but instead focused on CARS Tour events.
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