James Peter Spencer (born February 15, 1957) is an American former racing driver, team owner, talk show host and television commentator. He is best known for competing in NASCAR. He hosted the NASCAR-inspired talk show, What’s the Deal?, on Speed,[1] and was co-host, with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace, of Speed's pre-race and post-race NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane. Before retiring, Spencer had a segment on Speed's NASCAR Race Hub offering commentary and answering viewer questions (on Tuesdays and Thursdays). During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement"[2] for his aggressive racing style. Spencer is one of the few drivers to have won a race in all three of NASCAR's top series: the NASCAR Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Truck Series.

Jimmy Spencer
Spencer in 1998
Born (1957-02-15) February 15, 1957 (age 67)
Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Achievements1986, 1987 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series Champion
1985 World Series of Asphalt Tour-Type Modified Champion
1982, 1983 Shangri-La Speedway NASCAR Winston Racing Series Track Champion
1984 Spring Sizzler Winner
1983 Race of Champions Winner
AwardsNamed ninth on NASCAR's all-time Top 10 Modified Drivers
1979 Shangri-La Speedway NASCAR Modified Division Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
478 races run over 18 years
Best finish12th (1993)
First race1989 Budweiser 500 (Dover)
Last race2006 Pennsylvania 500 (Pocono)
First win1994 Pepsi 400 (Daytona)
Last win1994 DieHard 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 80 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
212 races run over 20 years
Best finish7th (1988)
First race1985 Sandhills 200 (Rockingham)
Last race2005 Aaron's 312 (Atlanta)
First win1989 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Last win2002 Food City 250 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
12 93 3
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
31 races run over 3 years
Best finish12th (2005)
First race2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)
Last race2005 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win2003 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 11 1

Spencer's Cup wins both came in summer 1994 at the restrictor plate races at Daytona and Talladega.

Racing career

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Early years

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Jimmy Spencer followed his father, Ed Spencer Sr., commonly known as "Fast Eddie", in racing. Spencer started driving Late Models in Pennsylvania. He captured his first win in the Late Model division at Port Royal Speedway in 1976. He moved to NASCAR Modifieds at Shangri-La Speedway (Owego, New York), then branched out to bigger events throughout the Northeast. In 1984, Spencer was one of the top contenders for NASCAR's National Modified Championship, at a time when all sanctioned races counted toward that title; after running over sixty races, he was second to Richie Evans in the final standings. When NASCAR changed the National Modified Championship into the smaller-schedule Winston Modified Tour (now the Whelen Modified Tour) in 1985, Spencer continued to run, and won the title in 1986 and 1987.

Spencer debuted in the Busch Series in 1985, finishing 19th at North Carolina Motor Speedway in the No. 67 Pontiac for Frank Cicci Racing, which was also his Modified team. The team ran twice in 1987 with a best-finish 36th, then ran the full season in 1988, finishing seventh in the point standings with 5 top-5's and 13 top-10's in the No. 34. In 1989, Spencer won his first career Busch race, the Mountain Dew 400 at Hickory Motor Speedway. Spencer later won another two that season at Orange County and Myrtle Beach, finishing 15th in the final standings.

1989–1994

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Spencer's No. 88 race car in 1989.

In 1989, he moved to the Winston Cup Series, driving the No. 88 Crisco-sponsored Pontiac for Buddy Baker's team in 17 of the 29 races. He posted three top 10's and finished 34th in points. He then ran full-time in 1990, finishing in the top 10 twice for Rod Osterlund Racing in the No. 57 Heinz-sponsored Pontiac and finished 24th in points. In 1991, Spencer moved to the No. 98 Banquet Foods Chevrolet for Travis Carter Motorsports. Despite six top-10 finishes, Spencer dropped one position in the standings due to twelve DNFs. He began 1992 with Carter, but moved down to the Busch Series to drive the No. 20 Daily's 1st Ade-sponsored Oldsmobile for Dick Moroso after Carter's team folded early in the season. He responded with his second career wins at both Myrtle Beach Speedway and Orange County Speedway.

 
Spencer's race car in 1994.

Late in the 1992 season, Spencer joined Bobby Allison Motorsports' Cup team and posted three top-fives in the last four races of the season. He signed to drive Allison's No. 12 Meineke-sponsored Ford Thunderbird full-time in 1993, and finished in the top 5 five times, resulting in a career-best 12th-place in the final standings. In 1994, he drove the No. 27 McDonald's-sponsored Ford for Junior Johnson and won his first two and only career Cup races, the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, and the DieHard 500 at Talladega. On the final lap at Daytona, Spencer won his first career Cup race passing Ernie Irvan for his only scored lap lead.[3] He also won his first career pole award for the Tyson Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Other than that, the season was a huge disappointment, as he would only score two further Top 10 finishes and finished the season 29th in the standings.

1995–2001

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Spencer's 1997 Camel Ford
 
Spencer's Busch Series car at Dover in 2000

After finishing 29th in the standings in 1994, Spencer left to reunite with Travis Carter, who was then fielding the No. 23 Smokin' Joe's-sponsored Ford. He finished in the Top 10 four times in 1995 and in 1996, Spencer had two Top 5's en route to a 15th-place finish in points. He fell to 20th in 1997.

In 1998, Winston/No Bull became his team's new primary sponsor and he was 11th in points when he suffered injuries at the Brickyard 400, forcing him to sit out the next two races to recover and fall to 14th in points. During the season, Spencer formed his own NASCAR team, Spencer Motor Ventures, which fielded the No. 12 Zippo-sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series for himself and Boris Said, Steve Grissom, and Rick Mast. The team expanded to two cars in 1999, fielding the No. 12 and the No. 5 Schneider National-sponsored Chevy for Dick Trickle. In 2000, he moved his team up to Cup to run the road course races with Boris Said in the No. 23 Federated Auto Parts-sponsored Ford Taurus. The team ceased operations at the end of the season.

 
A diecast car of Spencer's 2001 Cup Series car

After a 20th-place finish in 1999, Winston left the team, and Kmart became the team's new sponsor, causing Spencer to switch to the No. 26 to accommodate the new sponsor, who was already backing the No. 66 car driven by Spencer's teammate, Darrell Waltrip. Spencer had two Top 5's and in 2001 won the pole positions at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway and advanced to 16th in points.

2002–2004

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For the 2002 season, Spencer would join Chip Ganassi Racing and drive the No. 41 Target-sponsored Dodge Intrepid. He began the season by failing to qualify for the Daytona 500, then had a streak of four top-5 qualifying efforts, including at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he started fourth and was leading the race when he was bumped by Kurt Busch to win, starting a long rivalry between the two. After another DNQ at Watkins Glen International, Spencer was released from the ride at the end of the season, causing him to file a lawsuit against the Ganassi organization, saying his dismissal was a violation of his contract. Also in 2002, Spencer won his last career Busch Series race, the Food City 250 at Bristol driving for Phoenix Racing.

 
A diecast car of Spencer's 2003 Cup Series car

Spencer joined Ultra Motorsports in 2003, piloting the No. 7 Sirius Satellite Radio-sponsored Dodge. After some on-track incidents with Kurt Busch, Spencer confronted Busch after the GFS Marketplace 400 while Busch was still in his car. He was suspended for the next week's race, the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway while Busch was placed on probation. Despite the events that took place at Michigan, he had four top 10s and ended the season 29th in points. He was also hired to drive three races for in the No. 2 Team ASE Racing Dodge Ram for Ultra's Truck Series team, winning the pole and the race in his second start at New Hampshire International Speedway. He became a part-owner of the Cicci organization that season, when he put Stuart Kirby in Cicci's No. 34 United States Air Force-sponsored Chevy, but that partnership soon dissolved. He continued to remain involved as a part-owner, when he leased his shop to Bang! Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2004.

He began 2004 with Ultra's Cup team at the Daytona 500, but when the team closed down due to a lack of sponsorship, he replaced Kevin Lepage at Morgan-McClure Motorsports, which had also been running unsponsored. Spencer's best finish that season had been 17th at Dover after gaining sponsors in Featherlite Trailers and Lucas Oil, when on October 25, he was arrested after trying to interfere with the police, who had a warrant to arrest his son for vandalism. The incident cost Spencer his job at Morgan-McClure, and he sat out the rest of 2004.[2]

2005–2013

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Spencer returned to the No. 2 Ultra truck in 2005. While he failed to win a race, he had nine top-10 finishes and finished 12th in points. He came close to a victory, however, in the season opener at Daytona. He held the lead late in the race and held off 2004 series champion Bobby Hamilton until just before the caution came out on the last lap. Assuming he was in the lead when NASCAR froze the field, he completed the caution lap then pulled into victory lane, only to be told by an official that, in fact, he had finished second. He also ran part-time in Cup, running nine races in the No. 50 Arnold Motorsports Dodge, and one race apiece for Peak Fitness Racing and R&J Racing.

Broadcasting career

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Spencer signing autographs at the 2009 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway

When Arnold was unable to locate a sponsor and Ultra closed its doors following a fallout with the Ford Motor Company, Spencer began working on the Speed TV network. He had run both Cup races at Pocono Raceway for Furniture Row Racing in 2006, finishing 32nd and 36th, respectively, which ended up being his last NASCAR starts as a driver. Spencer then worked full-time as an analyst for NASCAR on Speed on the NASCAR RaceDay pre-race show and NASCAR Victory Lane post-race show. In 2010, he was also was the host of his own show What's The Deal? along with Ray Dunlap. The show only lasted one year.

Spencer also became a co-anchor on NASCAR Race Hub on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In his television commentary, Spencer talked about the NASCAR highlights while he often feigning sobs with his gag called "The Crying Towel", for which a driver gets the crying towel and a fake cigar if they complain about something that cannot be punishable. In 2012, Spencer named his "Crying Towel" segment as "(Driver) Radio Sweetheart."

In a tweet on May 16, 2012, Spencer stated that he was retired from driving.[4] He continued to co-host Race Hub, mainly alongside Steve Byrnes and Danielle Trotta, until the end of 2013.

2014–present

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Spencer quietly left NASCAR on Fox (Speed became Fox Sports 1 in August 2013) and NASCAR Race Hub after the 2013 season. Spencer has been largely inactive in the NASCAR community since then aside from an appearance on The Dale Jr. Download in 2021 and appearing on the last episode of Race Hub on June 11, 2024. In 2017, Spencer was quoted as saying “I still watch some races, it’s not a top priority anymore, but I miss it."[5]

Personal life

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Spencer is married to his wife Pat and has two children and five dogs. He also had a sister, Chrissy, who died of ovarian cancer in 2010. His father, Ed, died of Alzheimer's in 2014. His first grandchild, Hudson, was born in 2016. Spencer and his wife split time between their two residences in North Carolina (where NASCAR teams are based) and Pennsylvania (his home state).[6][7][8]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series

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NASCAR Nextel Cup 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NNCC Pts Ref
1989 Baker-Schiff Racing 88 Pontiac DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV
34
SON MCH
13
DAY
27
POC
15
TAL
40
GLN
28
MCH
12
BRI
8
DAR
37
RCH
29
DOV
10
MAR CLT
16
NWS
18
CAR
35
PHO
10
ATL
37
34th 1445 [9]
Olds POC
33
1990 Osterlund Racing 57 Pontiac DAY
15
RCH
9
CAR
8
ATL
15
DAR
25
BRI
18
NWS
20
MAR
11
TAL
32
CLT
21
DOV
32
SON
27
POC
30
MCH
20
DAY
15
POC
19
TAL
24
GLN
29
MCH
25
BRI
18
DAR
23
RCH
27
DOV
18
MAR
18
NWS
23
CLT
41
CAR PHO ATL 24th 2579 [10]
1991 Travis Carter Enterprises 98 Chevy DAY
40
RCH
34
CAR
38
ATL
16
DAR
11
BRI
8
NWS
3
MAR
6
TAL
9
CLT
31
DOV
28
SON
29
POC
14
MCH
32
DAY
10
POC
37
TAL
37
GLN
27
MCH
36
BRI
15*
DAR
31
RCH
15
DOV
18
MAR
28
NWS
23
CLT
23
CAR
22
PHO
7
ATL
38
25th 2790 [11]
1992 DAY
DNQ
CAR
20
RCH
12
ATL
37
DAR
36
BRI
DNQ
NWS
26
MAR
DNQ
TAL
32
CLT
27
DOV SON POC MCH
DNQ
DAY POC TAL GLN MCH 33rd 1284 [12]
Moroso Racing 20 Ford BRI
20
DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS
Bobby Allison Motorsports 12 Ford CLT
4
CAR
11
PHO
5
ATL
4
1993 DAY
13
CAR
16
RCH
13
ATL
10
DAR
29
BRI
4
NWS
14
MAR
30
TAL
2
SON
27
CLT
7
DOV
8
POC
4
MCH
18
DAY
39
NHA
18
POC
24
TAL
30
GLN
3
MCH
20
BRI
25
DAR
15
RCH
35
DOV
6
MAR
3
NWS
13
CLT
6
CAR
20
PHO
27
ATL
16
12th 3496 [13]
1994 Junior Johnson & Associates 27 Ford DAY
37
CAR
12
RCH
22
ATL
10
DAR
27
BRI
35
NWS
32
MAR
18
TAL
4
SON
26
CLT
19
DOV
39
POC
37
MCH
23
DAY
1
NHA
32
POC
24
TAL
1
IND
43
GLN MCH
20
BRI
DNQ
DAR
37
RCH
35
DOV
39
MAR
20
NWS
23
CLT
16
CAR
38
PHO
38
ATL
20
29th 2613 [14]
1995 Travis Carter Enterprises 23 Ford DAY
DNQ
CAR
30
RCH
24
ATL
32
DAR
36
BRI
16
NWS
27
MAR
DNQ
TAL
9
SON
17
CLT
27
DOV
29
POC
41
MCH
30
DAY
9
NHA
12
POC
17
TAL
10
IND
23
GLN
18
MCH
14
BRI
18
DAR
29
RCH
31
DOV
16
MAR
18
NWS
36
CLT
12
CAR
26
PHO
33
ATL
6
26th 2809 [15]
1996 DAY
11
CAR
27
RCH
29
ATL
7
DAR
32
BRI
13
NWS
31
MAR
19
TAL
40
SON
21
CLT
17
DOV
6
POC
8
MCH
4
DAY
10
NHA
17
POC
24
TAL
5
IND
12
GLN
19
MCH
10
BRI
7
DAR
23
RCH
30
DOV
30
MAR
19
NWS
20
CLT
16
CAR
10
PHO
18
ATL
14
15th 3476 [16]
1997 DAY
35
CAR
40
RCH
22
ATL
32
DAR
22
TEX
39
BRI
15
MAR
11
SON
14
TAL
7
CLT
18
DOV
22
POC
19
MCH
15
CAL
5
DAY
31
NHA
12
POC
7
IND
24
GLN
34
MCH
19
BRI
27
DAR
28
RCH
11
NHA
7
DOV
36
MAR
33
CLT
42
TAL
24
CAR
43
PHO
14
ATL
24
20th 3079 [17]
1998 DAY
15
CAR
4
LVS
7
ATL
41
DAR
21
BRI
14
TEX
7
MAR
30
TAL
2
CAL
21
CLT
13
DOV
24
RCH
14
MCH
11
POC
10
SON
29
NHA
25
POC
19
IND
32
GLN
20
MCH BRI NHA
13
DAR
34
RCH
9
DOV
27
MAR
19
CLT
10
TAL
4
DAY
12
PHO
26
CAR
30
ATL
21
14th 3464 [18]
1999 Haas-Carter Motorsports DAY
41
CAR
25
LVS
26
ATL
17
DAR
20
TEX
28
BRI
17
MAR
16
TAL
16
CAL
36
RCH
29
CLT
38
DOV
23
MCH
43
POC
14
SON
5
DAY
27
NHA
9
POC
20
IND
26
GLN
16
MCH
8
BRI
2
DAR
15
RCH
37
NHA
24
DOV
14
MAR
17
CLT
28
TAL
24
CAR
20
PHO
17
HOM
20
ATL
42
20th 3307 [19]
2000 26 DAY
30
CAR
26
LVS
30
ATL
17
DAR
23
BRI
18
TEX
15
MAR
28
TAL
5
CAL
40
RCH
17
CLT
25
DOV
22
MCH
15
POC
36
SON
34
DAY
32
NHA
41
POC
9
IND
17
GLN
31
MCH
7
BRI
24
DAR
32
RCH
33
NHA
15
DOV
34
MAR
7
CLT
15
TAL
38
CAR
39
PHO
13
HOM
5
ATL
33
22nd 3188 [20]
2001 DAY
27
CAR
30
LVS
10
ATL
25
DAR
4
BRI
19
TEX
38
MAR
9
TAL
36
CAL
7
RCH
16
CLT
6
DOV
37
MCH
11
POC
17
SON
27
DAY
19
CHI
5
NHA
4
POC
12
IND
13
GLN
38
MCH
11
BRI
35
DAR
31
RCH
8
DOV
13
KAN
22
CLT
11
MAR
14
TAL
43
PHO
31
CAR
26
HOM
18
ATL
40
NHA
14
16th 3782 [21]
2002 Chip Ganassi Racing 41 Dodge DAY
DNQ
CAR
20
LVS
10
ATL
26
DAR
37
BRI
2
TEX
8
MAR
21
TAL
17
CAL
27
RCH
10
CLT
25
DOV
23
POC
21
MCH
28
SON
36
DAY
4
CHI
32
NHA
11
POC
32
IND
31
MCH
34
BRI
8
DAR
18
RCH
42
NHA
15
DOV
35
KAN
24
TAL
21
CLT
32
MAR
24
ATL
30
CAR
31
PHO
23
HOM
42
27th 3187 [22]
42 GLN
DNQ
2003 Ultra Motorsports 7 Dodge DAY
40
CAR
28
LVS
17
ATL
7
DAR
21
BRI
12
TEX
33
TAL
38
MAR
19
CAL
33
RCH
42
CLT
4
DOV
29
POC
39
MCH
29
SON
36
DAY
12
CHI
23
NHA
15
POC
22
IND
8
GLN
23
MCH
26
BRI DAR
22
RCH
36
NHA
23
DOV
15
TAL
42
KAN
15
CLT
26
MAR
38
ATL
9
PHO
40
CAR
14
HOM
25
29th 3147 [23]
2004 DAY
24
CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI 35th 1969 [24]
Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy TEX
29
MAR
38
TAL
20
CAL
38
RCH
41
CLT
29
DOV
17
POC
23
MCH
28
SON DAY
29
CHI
25
NHA
23
POC
23
IND
19
GLN
42
MCH
31
BRI
31
CAL
32
RCH
33
NHA
38
DOV
26
TAL
40
KAN
25
CLT
29
MAR
35
ATL PHO DAR HOM
2005 Arnold Motorsports 50 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL
29
BRI
21
MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT
42
DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND
DNQ
GLN BRI
28
CAL RCH
36
NHA
39
DOV TAL KAN CLT
DNQ
ATL
DNQ
TEX
39
PHO
36
HOM
31
46th 667 [25]
Peak Fitness Racing 66 Ford MCH
36
R&J Racing 37 Dodge MAR
40
2006 BAM Racing 49 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR
DNQ
TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV 61st 122 [26]
Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy POC
32
MCH
DNQ
SON DAY CHI NHA POC
36
IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1990 Osterlund Racing Pontiac 6 15
1991 Travis Carter Enterprises Chevy 23 40
1992 DNQ
1993 Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 30 13
1994 Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 21 37
1995 Travis Carter Enterprises Ford DNQ
1996 19 11
1997 7 35
1998 7 15
1999 Haas-Carter Motorsports 11 41
2000 22 30
2001 11 27
2002 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge DNQ
2003 Ultra Motorsports Dodge 23 40
2004 40 24

Busch Series

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NASCAR Busch 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
1985 Frank Cicci Racing 67 Pontiac DAY CAR HCY BRI MAR DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO LGY HCY MLW BRI DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR
19
MAR 75th 106 [27]
1987 Frank Cicci Racing 4 Olds DAY HCY MAR DAR BRI LGY SBO CLT
36
DOV 72nd 55 [28]
24 IRP
DNQ
ROU JFC OXF
41
SBO HCY RAL LGY ROU BRI JFC DAR RCH DOV MAR
Buick CLT
DNQ
CAR MAR
1988 34 DAY
29
HCY
16
CAR
11
MAR
8
DAR
20
BRI
5
LNG
8
NZH
8
SBO
12
NSV
3
CLT
16
DOV
28
ROU
3
LAN
8
LVL
5
MYB
18
OXF
11
SBO
17
HCY
22
LNG
9
IRP
17
ROU
16
BRI
6
DAR
6
RCH
16
DOV
6
MAR
5
CLT
29
CAR
13
MAR
16
7th 3801 [29]
1989 DAY
34
CAR
8
MAR
6
HCY
1*
DAR
17
BRI
9
NZH
9
SBO
22
LAN
15
NSV
9
CLT
11
DOV
26
ROU
1*
LVL
17
VOL
26
MYB
1*
SBO
17
HCY DUB IRP ROU 15th 2704 [30]
Baker-Schiff Racing 87 Pontiac BRI
6
DAR
37
RCH
36
DOV MAR
10
CLT
5
CAR MAR
1990 Huffman Racing 77 Buick DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY
3
CLT DAR
17
RCH 46th 642 [31]
Rodney Franklin 58 Pontiac DOV
DNQ
ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI
Henderson Motorsports 75 Olds DOV
26
MAR
6
CLT
19
NHA CAR
DNQ
MAR
18
1991 Laughlin Racing 45 Pontiac DAY
8
RCH CAR MAR VOL HCY
QL
DAR
30
BRI
4
LAN SBO NZH CLT
QL
DOV ROU HCY MYB GLN OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU 42nd 636 [32]
98 Chevy BRI
26
DAR RCH DOV
45 CLT
11
NHA
39
CAR MAR
1992 DAY
4
CAR BRI
27
CLT
40
17th 2941 [33]
Olds RCH
18
ATL
33
MAR DAR
Huffman Racing 77 Buick HCY
11
LAN DUB NZH
Moroso Racing 20 Olds DOV
21
ROU
14
MYB
1
GLN
22
VOL
2
NHA
38*
TAL
32
IRP
7
ROU
1*
MCH
25
NHA
10
BRI
13
DAR
12
RCH
8
DOV
4
CLT
6
MAR
4
HCY
24
Allison Racing 28 Ford CAR
32
1993 Ingram Racing 10 Chevy DAY
37
CAR RCH DAR BRI
31
HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT
33
BRI
11
DAR
39
RCH CLT
DNQ
MAR 42nd 838 [34]
Shoemaker Racing 64 Chevy DOV
9
MYB GLN MLW CAR
12
HCY ATL
Three Star Motorsports 22 Chevy TAL
34
IRP MCH NHA
Ingram Racing 10 Pontiac DOV
6
ROU
1994 Shoemaker Racing 64 Chevy DAY
DNQ
CAR DOV
4
MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR
DNQ
RCH
18
DOV CLT MAR CAR 63rd 348 [35]
Pontiac RCH
28
ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT
1995 Moroso Racing 20 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA
40
NZH CLT
DNQ
DOV
10
MYB GLN
28
MLW TAL
2
SBO
23
IRP MCH
7
BRI
9
DAR
33
RCH
6
DOV
36
CLT
35
CAR
39
HOM 34th 1177 [36]
1996 Keystone Motorsports Chevy DAY
10
CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI
31
CLT
40
DOV SBO MYB GLN
7
MLW NHA TAL
11
IRP MCH
42
BRI
4
CLT
9
HOM
6
32nd 1392 [37]
Bown Racing 51 Chevy HCY
6
NZH
Mark III Racing 77 Ford DAR
24
Keystone Motorsports 20 Ford RCH
21
Laughlin Racing 45 Ford DOV
40
Chevy CAR
25
1997 Keystone Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY
39
CAR RCH ATL LVS
27
DAR HCY TEX
2
BRI NSV TAL
21
NHA NZH CLT
4
DOV SBO GLN
4
MLW MYB GTY
40
IRP MCH
2
BRI
1*
DAR RCH
11
DOV CLT
1*
CAL CAR HOM
5
30th 1576 [38]
1998 Spencer Motor Ventures 12 Chevy DAY
9
CAR LVS
1
NSV DAR BRI TEX
31
HCY TAL
24
NHA NZH CLT
3
DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
3
DOV CLT
4
GTY CAR ATL HOM
2*
43rd 1164 [39]
1999 DAY CAR LVS
5
ATL DAR TEX
DNQ
NSV BRI TAL CAL
15
NHA RCH NZH CLT
39
DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH
8
BRI
34
DAR RCH
3
DOV CLT
4
CAR MEM
DNQ
PHO
3
HOM
3
43rd 1197 [40]
2000 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT
40
DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH
42
BRI
39
DAR RCH
9
DOV
38
CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM
25
65th 406 [41]
2001 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR
13
BRI
26
TEX
30
NSH CAL
7
RCH
1*
NHA NZH CLT
8
DOV
1
KEN MLW GLN CHI
18
GTY PPR IRP MCH
31
BRI
7
DAR
8
RCH
1*
DOV
3
KAN
18
CLT
6
MEM PHO
35
CAR HOM
36
26th 2329 [42]
Pontiac TAL
2*
2002 DAY
28
TAL
37
DAY
8
26th 2454 [43]
Chevy CAR
7
LVS
16
DAR
24
BRI
4
TEX
28
NSH CAL
35
RCH
32
NHA NZH CLT
38
DOV
37
NSH KEN MLW CHI
6
GTY PPR IRP MCH
9
BRI
1*
DAR
22
RCH
32
DOV
6
KAN
6
CLT
34
MEM ATL
38
CAR PHO
6
HOM
8
2003 Tommy Baldwin Racing 6 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI
24
86th 241 [44]
FitzBradshaw Racing 82 Chevy TEX
6
TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM
2004 BACE Motorsports 74 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT
22
MEM ATL PHO
39
HOM
28
92nd 222 [45]
Michael Waltrip Racing 98 Chevy DAR
DNQ
2005 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL
27
NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR 120th 82 [46]
Red Cactus Racing 73 Chevy GTY
DNQ
IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
- Qualified but replaced by Jeff Burton

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman 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 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2003 Ultra Motorsports 2 Dodge DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH
29
NHA
1*
CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR
6
PHO HOM 55th 416 [47]
2004 DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW
16
KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI 55th 303 [48]
Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge RCH
28
ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy NHA
18
LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM
2005 Ultra Motorsports 2 Dodge DAY
2
CAL
7
ATL
17
MAR
8
GTY
3
MFD
14
CLT
12
DOV
24
TEX
21
MCH
14
MLW
12
KAN
6
KEN
11
MEM
22
IRP
5
NSH
16
BRI
7
RCH
9
NHA
6
LVS
31
MAR
27
ATL
23
TEX
24
PHO
33
HOM
14
12th 3050 [49]

ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Hooters SuperCar 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 AHSC Pts Ref
1989 46 Buick DAY
15
ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL 128th - [50]
1994 Junior Johnson & Associates 2 Ford DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS
3
POC POC KIL FRS 100th 325 [51]
Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Chevy INF
24
I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL

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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Champion
1986–1987
Succeeded by