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Dan Press

American racing driver

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ131670392 ↗
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Dan Press (born January 30, 1949 – November 5, 2015) was an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner who has competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from 1996 to 1997, getting a best finish of third at Evergreen Speedway in the former year. He was a former competitor of the NASCAR Southwest Series, having won the championship in 1988.

Press also competed in the NASCAR Winston West Series, the NASCAR Northwest Series, and the Western States Open Competition Series.

Motorsports results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time.

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The public source identifies “Dan Press” as american racing driver. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Press, American and racing.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 2015, 1996, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-01-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Press, American and racing providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Dan Press” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.