Steve Peterson (1950 – July 15, 2008) was an American technical director for NASCAR. He joined NASCAR in 1995 and worked with them up until his death. During his time he worked as a technical director and a safety adviser. He led to the improvement of safety barriers, neck and head restraints as well as seatbelts.
Steve Peterson worked with NASCAR until 2009.
Steve Peterson worked until his death in 2008.  There is no mention of him continuing his work postmortem.