Deac McCaskill
Deac McCaskill is an American professional stock car racing driver from Raleigh, North Carolina. He currently drives the No. 08 Puryear Tanklines Chevrolet in the Late Model Stock class at South Boston Speedway in Virginia.
McCaskill is a former champion of the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, having won the championship in 2016.
Early years
McCaskill began race car driving at the age of twelve at the Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his first start, he finished tenth out of 28 cars. He would eventually win his first race in his sixth start at the bullring. At the age of sixteen, he became the youngest winner in the Limited Late Model class in his first start at Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, North Carolina. At eighteen years old, McCaskill won his first Late Model Stock race at Orange County Speedway, and then finishing second in points that year. Later that year, McCaskill qualified on the pole out of 128 cars at the Richmond International Raceway, and followed that up with a fifth place finish.Professional career
In 2000, McCaskill was once again a bridesmaid with a second-place finish in points at Orange County Speedway. He won four races that year to make his career total fifty by the time the year was over. In 2001 and 2002, McCaskill had two wins and a seventh and third-place finish in points at Orange County Speedway. The 2003 season brought six wins in thirteenstarts at Orange County Speedway, as well as a fourth-place finish at Martinsville Speedway.In 2004, McCaskill won the LMSC Championship at Southern National Speedway, and had a fourth place finish in the UARA STARS Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In 2005, McCaskill returned to Bristol and nabbed a second place finish. He made ten more starts in the UARA STARS in 2005 and got two wins. In 2006, McCaskill outran NASCAR Nextel Cup Series star Denny Hamlin at Southern National Speedway's annual event, the Thanksgiving Classic. He also won the 2006 track championship at Southern National.
2007 saw McCaskill's first ever NASCAR start in the Busch Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Driving the No. 9 Puryear Tank Lines Dodge for Evernham Motorsports, McCaskill started 42nd and worked his way up the top-ten using pit strategy. He eventually led five laps and was the highest running non Cup driver, in eighth place, until he was involved in a crash with Steve Wallace on lap 153. In 2008, McCaskill finished third in the Late Model Stock points at South Boston Speedway.