Paul McMahan Hometown: Elk Grove, CA
Resides: Nashville, TN
Birthday: Dec. 1, 1970
Car: No. 20
Chassis: Eagle
Car Owner: Tony Stewart Motorsports
Web site: http://www.paulmcmahanracing.com2006 Season Review: Finished 18th in championship points.Scored his fist win of the season in only his second series start of 2006. After a solid eight-place run at Manzanita Speedway, he picked the win in the series inaugural visit to USA Race Park in Tucson.
Reeled off three straight Top-10 finishes in April, including a seventh at Eldora Speedway, which is owned by his car owner, NASCAR star Tony Stewart. He followed that up by setting a new track record at U.S. 36 Raceway in Missouri, turning a blazing fast lap of 9.846 seconds. He finished fifth in the feature that night.
He picked up another Top-10 at Eldora in the Kings Royal, and backed that up with an eight-place finish in the finale of the Princeton Nationals at Princeton (Minn.) Speedway.
Returning to the West Coast for a portion of the Gold Rush Tour, McMahan turned in five straight Top-10 runs. The streak began at Southern Oregon Speedway, when he finished fourth. Returning to his state and Calistoga (Calif.), he picked up a runner-up finish on the preliminary night and followed that up with a solid sixth in the finale. At the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar (Calif.) Speedway, he was fourth on the first preliminary night and backed that up with a fifth in the finale.
The season wrapped up with three straight Top-10 finishes, beginning with a 10th at USA Race Park, followed by a fifth in the preliminary night at The Dirt Track @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and a fourth in the season finale.
2006 Season StatsDriver Pts. Team Pts. $ Team Diff. Wins Top 5 Top 10
3144 3144 $63,100 -5170 1 5 14
World of Outlaws history: 2000- 20th in points… 2001- 11th in points- 1 win… 2002- 19th in points… 2003- 7th in points- 2 wins… 2004- 12th in points- 1 win… 2005- 11th in points.
Previous Racing History: 1981- National Quarter Midget Champion… 1987- Began Racing Sprint Car- Won first race at Placerville (Calif.) Speedway… 1992-Hanford (Calif) Speedway- 3rd in points… 1993- Hanford (Calif.) Speedway- 3rd in points… 1994- Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC)- 2nd in points… 1995- Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway- Champion, King of California Speedweek Champion, NARC- 2nd in points… 1999-All Star Circuit of Champions- Rookie of the Year- 7th in points… 2000- World of Outlaws Gumout Series- 2nd in points- 5 wins… 2002- All Star Circuit of Champions- 3 wins…Also won the Short Track National at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, AR…. 2006- National Sprint Tour- 6th in points.
Interesting Facts: Won first World of Outlaws race at State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Missouri in 2001…Drives for 2-time NASCAR Champion- Tony Stewart… Earned the 1995 Motoring Press Association Open-Wheel Driver of the Year… Wife Jan and him have two children, a son and a daughter.