Only One Super Bowl Champion Has Won a NASCAR Race Ever

NASCAR and the NFL have often crossed over with each other. Especially when it comes to promoting certain big events. Considering that the Super Bowl and the Daytona 500 are barely a week apart, the potential for crossovers is there. However, there was once an NFL player who competed in NASCAR, once upon a time. To make matters even better, he was relatively successful in both fields.

That person was none other than former San Francisco 49ers kicker, Mike Cofer. The best part is that he was part of the Super Bowl winning team in 1988 and 1989. In terms of his NASCAR career, he competed in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour. Cofer even competed in a handful of Truck Series races in 2002, with a best finish of 21st. During that NASCAR tenure, he won his first and only Featherlite Southwest Tour race in 1994 at the Stockton 99 Speedway. He once said that if he took ‘baby steps’, he would end up going further in his career.

How did the NASCAR driver perform in his NFL career?

The kicker began his career in 1987 with the Cleveland Browns as an Off-season and practice squad member. Obviously, since he was seeking some game time, he jumped ship to the New Orleans Saints in the same year. That year, he helped the team to 2nd in the NFC West Division behind the 49ers. Sadly, they lost to the Minnesota Vikings in the Playoffs, but it was a decent start to his career.

In 1988, he joined the 49ers and remained with the squad until 1993. During that tenure, he helped the team to two Super Bowl wins. In 1990, though the 49ers finished on top of their division and beat the Washington Redskins, they lost to the New York Giants. A year later, they missed out on the Playoffs, but redeemed themselves in 1992. However, they beat Washington, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys.

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Finally, they qualified again in 1993 and made it as far as the NFC Championship before losing to the Cowboys again. Later on, he ended his career in 1995 with the Indianapolis Colts. He guided them to the AFC Championship game, which they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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