Drake Stevenson - Revision history

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	=== NSSCRA (2020-Present) ===		=== NSSCRA (2020-Present) ===
			Following the run with Nexus Racing, Stevenson left Grand Prix racing to retake his position as driver consultant for Team Blue.

			==== Super Skychief 500 win ====
			After some close calls, Stevenson's first international triumph took part in the 2022 Super Skychief 500, performing a daring outside pass on [[Kai Qiang]] with five laps to go. The move, referred to by Hapiloppian fans as "The Pass," was the first time a Hapiloppian driver won the Super Skychief 500.

	== Personal Life ==		== Personal Life ==
			Stevenson is in a relationship with [[Taylor Henderson]], a teammate at Team Blue.

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 '''Drake Carl Stevenson II''' (born November 1, 1988), more commonly known as '''Drake Stevenson''', is a [[Hapilopper|Hapiloppian]] race car driver that has competed in the World Grand Prix Championships and the Nationstates Stock Car Racing Association. Stevenson has competed for Team Blue in the HASCAR Challenge Cup and in the NSSCRA. In HASCAR, Stevenson is a four-time winner of the Challenge Cup, winning in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2018.

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	The 2012 season started off strong for Stevenson, winning the first three races of the season, before a string of crashes in the midpoint of the season ruined his chances at repeating as a Challenge Cup winner. The worst of those crashes took place at the West Hampton Motor Speedway, midway through the season. Stevenson, leading the race, experienced a right front tire failure and propelled him into the wall at almost 170 mph. Stevenson suffered a concussion, an injury that some analysts speculated impacted him for the rest of the season.		The 2012 season started off strong for Stevenson, winning the first three races of the season, before a string of crashes in the midpoint of the season ruined his chances at repeating as a Challenge Cup winner. The worst of those crashes took place at the West Hampton Motor Speedway, midway through the season. Stevenson, leading the race, experienced a right front tire failure and propelled him into the wall at almost 170 mph. Stevenson suffered a concussion, an injury that some analysts speculated impacted him for the rest of the season.

			His 2013 and 2014 seasons are considered by experts to be among the finest seasons for a Challenge Cup champion since John Trueman's dominant three-peat championship run from 1975-77. In 2013, Stevenson won his second Challenge Cup with 10 wins on the season, the first time for a Challenge Cup winner to win 10 or more races on a season since Trueman's 16-win 1977 campaign. He followed it up with a third Cup in 2014, with nine wins. In both seasons, Stevenson locked up the championship with multiple races left in the season. At that time, rumors started to build about Stevenson's future with Team Blue, or perhaps in another racing series elsewhere in the multiverse. However, nothing came of it, and Stevenson remained with Team Blue.

			In 2015, Stevenson was mired in a season-long battle with Brooks Benson for the Challenge Cup. Benson won four races to Stevenson's seven, but was more consistent throughout the season, scoring 22 top-10 finishes to Stevenson's 16. More importantly, Benson finished every race that season, while Stevenson was involved in multiple crashes that ruined his title hopes, particularly late in the season. His campaigns in 2016 and 2017 were similar, being marred by one too many accidents. In fact, one critic, H-Sports' Tucker Dunst, suggested that Stevenson was "the ultimate crash-or-win driver" on an episode of The Hot Take in mid-2017.

			The worst of these accidents happened in the 2017 Buckridge 500. Stevenson, running with the lead draft, was turned by Tyson Hoyt coming out of turn two. Stevenson's car took off and flipped a dozen times in the infield grass before landing right-side up in the infield grass. Stevenson was unhurt, but his car was demolished.

			His 2018 campaign was different, however, as Stevenson took five wins en route to his fourth Challenge Cup. To the surprise of many, after the season, he announced that he would not be defending his Challenge Cup title in 2019, choosing instead to pursue a career in the World Grand Prix Championship. "It's something I've always wanted to do," Stevenson told reporters after the season's last race. "Team Blue and HASCAR have done a lot for me, but I have to move on. Otherwise, I don't know if I'll be able to live out this dream."

			Stevenson did not enter another HASCAR race afterwards, although in 2021, when Stevenson's time as a grand prix driver ended, he was rumored to be returning to the series alongside current drivers Mark Arbuckle and Brooks Benson. Such a move never came to pass, however.

	=== World Grand Prix Championship 1 and 2 (2019-2020) ===		=== World Grand Prix Championship 1 and 2 (2019-2020) ===

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	== Personal Life ==		== Personal Life ==

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