{{short description|American stock car racing driver}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver | name = Lou Goss | image = Lou Goss WIR 2019.jpg | caption = Goss in 2019 | birth_name = <!-- Only if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|5|22}} | birth_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | height = | weight = | achievements = | awards = | Total_Truck_Races = 1 | Years_In_Truck = 1 | Truck_Car_Team = | Prev_Truck_Pos = 95th | Prev_Truck_Year = 2019 | Best_Truck_Pos = 95th (2019) | First_Truck_Race = 2019 CarShield 200 (Gateway) | Last_Truck_Race = | First_Truck_Win = | Last_Truck_Win = | Truck_Wins = 0 | Truck_Top_Tens = 0 | Truck_Poles = 0 | updated = November 18, 2019 }} '''Louis Goss'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Lowell Bennett wins super late model at WIR |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/motor/2017/06/02/lowell-bennett-wins-super-late-model-wir/102414486/ |website=Appleton Post-Crescent |accessdate=24 June 2019}}</ref> (born May 22, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ASA Midwest Tour, driving the No. 36 Chevrolet.
==Racing career== [[File:Road America (10.25.08) - Mid Am -17 Louie Goss in the pits.jpg|left|thumb|Goss' 2006 Mid American car in the pits at Road America]] As a local short track driver, Goss raced a number of classes at local tracks in Wisconsin, including super stocks and super late models. He also competed in the Mid-American Stock Car Series,<ref name="All-In" /> which his father had also raced in.<ref name="Soquet" /> In 2018, Goss' brother talked to a crewman from B. J. McLeod Motorsports, and the two eventually served on pit crews later that year.<ref name="All-In" /> Also in 2018, Goss was approved by NASCAR to run Truck Series races at tracks one mile in length and under.<ref name="All-In" />
During the 2020 season, Goss ran part-time in the ARCA Midwest Tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gandrud Auto Group 250 Official Results |url=https://midwesttour.racing/2020/08/gandrud-auto-group-250-official-results/ |website=ARCA Midwest Tour |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}</ref>
===NASCAR=== left|thumb|Goss' No. 74 truck on display in 2019 Goss created his own NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series team after buying old trucks from Mike Harmon Racing over the 2018–2019 offseason, and bought his own trucks because of the large expense of renting other teams' trucks.<ref name="All-In">{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/motor/2019/04/20/green-bays-goss-goes-all-compete-nascar-truck-series/3513271002/|title=Green Bay's Lou Goss goes all-in to compete in NASCAR truck series|website=Green Bay Press-Gazette|last1=Verdegan|first1=Joe|language=en|date=April 20, 2019|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> Goss was scheduled to make his series debut at Iowa Speedway in June 2019, but he withdrew from the event after arriving at the track without a fuel cell and some engine parts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beard |first1=Brock |title=TRUCKS: Victory and adversity still hand-in-hand for Ross Chastain, the Truck Series’ first last-place finisher by disqualification |url=http://brock.lastcar.info/2019/06/trucks-victory-and-adversity-still-hand.html |website=LASTCAR |publisher=Blogger |accessdate=24 June 2019}}</ref> He made his series debut in the 2019 CarShield 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway the next week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2019_CarShield_200/C|title= 2019 CarShield 200|website=Racing Reference|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> He also rented owner points to Darwin Peters Jr. at Eldora in 2019.<ref name="Soquet">{{cite web |last1=Soquet |first1=William |title=FEATURE: Lou Goss carving his own identity in long line of Wisconsin drivers |url=http://brock.lastcar.info/2019/10/feature-lou-goss-carving-his-own.html |website=LASTCAR.info |publisher=Blogger |accessdate=October 7, 2019 |date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Before quitting his job for his race team in 2019, Goss was a mechanical engineer working in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.<ref name="All-In" /> He graduated from Green Bay Southwest High School, and attended University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.<ref name="Soquet" />
==Motorsports career results== ===NASCAR=== ====Gander Outdoors Truck Series==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" |- ! colspan=45| NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series results |- ! Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! {{Tooltip|NGOTC|NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 2019 ! Lou Goss Racing ! 74 ! Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | TEX | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW | style="background-color:#EFCFFF"| GTW<br>{{small|31}} | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH | style="background-color:#FFCFCF;"| BRI<br>{{small|DNQ}} | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | HOM ! 95th ! 6 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/gosslo01/2019/C|title=Lou Goss – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|accessdate=}}</ref> |}
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==External links== {{Commons category|Lou Goss}} * {{Racing-Reference driver|Lou_Goss}}
{{Lou Goss Racing}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goss, Lou}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:ARCA Midwest Tour drivers Category:NASCAR drivers Category:Racing drivers from Wisconsin Category:Sportspeople from Green Bay, Wisconsin