DEAC MCCASKILL
Deac began his
racing career at the age of 12, racing a 4-cylinder stock car at Wake
County Speedway. In his first race ever, he finished 10th out of 28
cars. Success continued to follow this great start as Deac won his
first race, in only his 6th start, in the 4-Cylinder Division at Wake
County Speedway. Deac became the youngest driver to win in the Limited
Late Model Division at Southern National, in only his first attempt
driving an 8-Cylinder car, at the age of 16.
At 18 years old,
Deac won his first Late Model Stock Car race at Orange County Speedway,
along with finishing 2nd in the points at OCS. That same year, Deac
qualified on the pole out of 128 cars for a race at Richmond
Interntional Raceway, and finished 5th. At 19, Deac became the youngest
driver to win a race a Southern National Speedway.
In the 2000
season, Deac earned another bridesmaid championship finish at Orange
County Speedway. He earned 4 wins which brought Deac to his 50th career
win.
The 2001 and 2002 seasons brought 2 wins and 7th and 3rd place finishes in the Championship at Orange County Speedway.
The 2003 season brought 6 wins in 13 starts at Orange County Speedway,
along with an 8th place finish, after qualifying 4th, at Martinsville
Speedway.
In 2004 Deac won the Championship at Southern
National Speedway. Deac also competed in the UARA race at Bristol Motor
Speedway, qualifying 5th and finishing 4th.
Deac returned to
Bristol in 2005 for a 2nd place finish in the UARA race, after
qualifying 9th. Deac also made 10 more starts in the UARA Series in
2005 for 2 wins, 5 tops 5s, 7 top 10s.
As the 2006 Southern
National Late Model Champion, for the 2nd time in as many years running
SNRP full time, McCaskill had 6 wins, 19 top tens, and 18 top 5s in 20
races this past season. McCaskill’s biggest win of his career came at
Southern National Raceway Park that same year. After earning the Pole
at the Thanksgiving Classic, McCaskill outran Nascar Nextel Cup driver
Denny Hamlin for the win. Winning the championship allowed McCaskill to
compete in the Nascar Dodge Weekly Racing Series. With 16 top 10s and 4
wins, he finished 5th in the season points, thus ranking McCaskill 5th
in the region and 10th in the nation among Late Model Stock Car drivers.
The 2007 Season saw McCaskill start his first NASCAR Busch, now
Nationwide, Series at O'Reilly Raceway Park with Evernham Motorsports
in the No. 9 Puryear Tanklines Dodge Charger. After starting 36th, and
climbing up to 17th, McCaskill took the lead at halfway with pit
strategy. He led 5 laps and remained in the top 8, on 30 laps older
tires and first non Nextel Cup Series driver, for 35 laps before being
spun by another competitor. McCaskill also attempted to defend his
championship at Southern National Raceway Park and looked to be strong
in achieving yet a third Championship but missing a a few weekends of
twin races in preparation and running of the ORP race dropped McCaskill
out of the championship hunt. McCaskill managed to finish the season
with 4 wins, 14 top 5s, 18 top 10s in 25 races including other tracks
such as South Boston Speedway and Martinsville Speedway where he
finished 9th in the Bailey's 300. McCaskill’s skill also reach outside
driving the racecar to include fabricating the bodies on the racecar
and building his own shocks as learned from Penske Racing School. 
