Steve Dorer

Born October 16, 1969, in Jackson, Michigan, to proud parents Joe and Sandy (deceased) Dorer, Steve graduated from Coldwater High School in 1987, and from ITT Technical Institute in 1991 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, before moving to Lakeland, Florida in 1992, where he currently resides in the winter months, returning to the mid-west each summer to race.

When asked why he got into racing, “My dad, Joe Dorer, raced late models in Indiana and Michigan while I was growing up, so I have been around racing my whole life. He was my hero growing up!”
After opening his first auto sales business in 1998, two years later he established Racecar Engineering (www.racecareng.com), a racing performance parts company in Lakeland, Florida that provides world-wide service.
In 2014, Steve and Midnight were blessed with a beautiful daughter, Olyvia, who is his biggest and smallest fan. You can find Olyvia next to her dad during autograph sessions handing out checkered flags to the fans.

Steve’s racing career started in super late models in 1987. He won his first feature race at the age of 19 at Spartan Speedway in Lansing, MI, which started a list of many wins, championships, and accomplishments including:
• • 1994 Spartan Speedway Super Late Model Championship (Lansing, Michigan)
• • 2002 SARA Series Traveling Late Model Championship (Florida traveling series)
• • 2003 Charlotte County Speedway Six Pack Late Model Series Championship (Punta Gorda, Florida)
• • 2004 qualified for and raced in the Snowball Derby (Pensacola, Florida)
• • 2005 Desoto Speedway Late Model Championship (Bradenton, Florida)
• • 2005 Florida United Promoters Series Icebreaker 100 winner (Desoto, Florida)
• • 2011 CRA Super Series Firecracker 125 winner (Jones, Michigan)
• • 2011 CRA Super Series historical Redbud 300 winner, passing Chase Elliott on the outside coming out of turn four on the final lap (Finished 2nd in 2012, Anderson, Indiana). Most Memorable Win
• • 2012 voted 16th overall United States Short Track Racer by Speed 51 (voted 19th in 2011)
• • 2012 nominated by Speed 51 as one of the most popular late model drivers in the United States
• • 2012 Snowball Derby, qualified 20th out of 60 to make the (disappointing engine problems prohibited racing; Pensacola, Florida)
• • 2012 Florida United Promoters Series Championship (Florida traveling series)
• • Florida United Promoters Series Icebreaker 100 winner (Desoto, Florida)
• • 2012 first year traveled to Slinger, Wisconsin to compete in the Slinger Nationals and still makes the annual trip each year
• • 2014 CRA JEGS All-Star Tour Edgewater Woods 100 winner (Anderson, Indiana)
• • 2014 Brian Wescott Memorial 103 (Pinellas Park, Florida)
• • 2015 CRA JEGS All-Star Tour super late model race winner (Springport, Michigan)
• • Racing sportsman late models, in recent years has won several local races at Spartan Speedway, where it all began in 1987 (Lansing, Michigan)
• • 2016 created, promoted, and directed the popular Wheel Man Racing Series, a traveling sportsman series with national sponsorship and a common set of rules consistently enforced at each track. In 2022, the series was turned over to Ricky Brooks, known all over the country as head tech man, as well as race director for many renowned series and events such as the Snowball Derby, Speedweeks, and Southern Super Series to name a few
• • 2016 qualified for and raced in the Snowball Derby (Pensacola, Florida)
• • 2017 Billy Bigley Memorial winner (Punta Gorda, Florida)
• • 2018 Gobbler 125 winner (Auburndale, Florida)
• • 2021 Inaugural Florida Super Fest 150 winner (Pinellas Park, Florida)
• • Throughout the years has won several local late model races throughout the states of Florida and Michigan