__NOTOC__ Kieran Dynes (born 18 December 1970) is an Irish

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driver. He last competed in the European Late Model Series. He has also raced in the

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Busch Series (now

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) and the

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in the United States.

Career

American racing

Dynes along with IndyCar legend Dario Franchitti are the only UK drivers ever to compete in both the NASCAR Xfinity and ARCA series.

NASCAR

In 2000, Dynes made his debut in the Busch Series alongside

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and 2010 Brickyard 400 champion

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. He replaced

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in the #77 Lear UAW sponsored

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which at the time was a very uncompetitive car and team. The race was held at

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, in

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, and was won by

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. Jeff Green wrapped up the championship on the same day. Dynes started the event in 42nd place and retired early with engine problems.

ARCA

In 2001, in final practice at

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, Dynes was caught up in an accident which left him with back injuries.

European racing

In 2003 he competed in Touring Cars and the ASCAR stock car series, based in Rockingham, England. On 10 October 2010 Dynes made a successful return to the race track and took the checkered flag and first place in a late model stock car race at Warneton speedway Belgium. 2011 saw Dynes competing in the European Late Model Series; he drove the #51 Deuce brand-sponsored Chevrolet for British team

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. Dynes retired from racing in 2013 after suffering a serious leg injury at Venray Speedway in the Netherlands; he had 3 European late model victories and a total of 14 podium finishes.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

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* * 1970 births Racing drivers from Northern Ireland NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Sportspeople from Dungannon Living people ASCAR drivers Motorsport people from County Tyrone {{Ireland-autoracing-bio-stub