Jeffrey Earnhardt

Jeffrey Earnhardt
Earnhardt at Road America in 2014
Born (1989-06-22) June 22, 1989
Mooresville, North Carolina
Awards 2007 Busch East Series Most Popular Driver
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
73 races run over 4 years
Car no., team No. 96 (Gaunt Brothers Racing)
2017 position 36th
Best finish 36th (2017)
First race 2015 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond)
Last race 2018 1000Bulbs.com 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
66 races run over 6 years
2015 position 35th
Best finish 18th (2014)
First race 2009 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2015 Great Clips 250 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
10 races run over 2 years
2011 position 38th
Best finish 38th (2011)
First race 2009 CampingWorld.com 200 (Gateway)
Last race 2011 Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 7, 2018.

Jeffrey Earnhardt (born June 22, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Gaunt Brothers Racing.

Family

Jeffrey is a 4th generation NASCAR driver. He is the younger brother of current ARCA Racing Series driver Bobby Dale Earnhardt, middle child of Kerry Earnhardt, nephew of Dale Earnhardt Jr., grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt, and great-grandson of Ralph Earnhardt. Jeffrey also has 4 other siblings: a half-sister named Kayla, two half brothers named James and David and a stepsister named Blade.[1]

Racing career

Earnhardt's first race came in the hornet division at Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, Virginia. He scored three feature wins and finished in the top-five in division points, winning rookie of the year. The following year he moved up to the sportsman division at the Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Virginia, finishing the season in the top-10 of the division standings. He competed in the late model season finale at the track as a teammate to RCR developmental driver Allison Duncan.

In 2006, General Motors created a driver developmental search program wherein they looked for individuals they believed to be the stars of the future and invited them to test a late model and a Busch car at two different tracks with the best moving on.[2] Earnhardt made the final cut. In 2007, Earnhardt drove the No. 1 Chevrolet for Andy Santerre Motorsports in the NASCAR Busch East Series. He finished fifth in the 2007 Busch East point standings and won the Most Popular Driver Award at the end of the season.[3]

In 2008, Earnhardt returned to what is now known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East for another full season, along with selected Nationwide Series races. Earnhardt was unexpectedly replaced in the car at Dover in September 2008 with Aric Almirola who won the race. When DEI subsequently merged with Chip Ganassi Racing, their driver development program went into limbo, and Earnhardt was released.

In 2010, Earnhardt drove several races with Rick Ware Racing which qualified him to drive on all NASCAR tracks in the 2011 season. He signed with RWR to drive a full season in 2011 and make his run for rookie of the year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. However, he was originally released from the team after offering his driving services to other truck teams.[4] Earnhardt and Ware later reconciled, citing a lack of communication from both parties. RWR ran Earnhardt in the 24 Hours of Daytona where they finished 12th.

Earnhardt moved to the grand-am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2012, where he raced in the GT class for Rick Ware Racing.[5][6]

In November 2012, he announced he would be competing for rookie of the year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2013, driving the No. 79 for Go Green Racing;[7] sponsorship issues later limited his schedule with the team.[8]

On April 4, 2013, it was announced that Earnhardt would drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports in a one-race agreement for the Nationwide race at Richmond International Raceway.[9][10]

In the 2013 Charlotte testing for Sprint Cup cars, Earnhardt tested a car for Go Green Racing.[11]

For 2014, Earnhardt moved full-time to the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports.[12] During the Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona, he was replaced by Matt DiBenedetto during the first caution period, since Earnhardt had suffered a fractured collarbone in a motorcycle accident during the week.[13] His car was sponsored by The Great Outdoors RV Superstore for the Nationwide series Zippo 200 race at Watkins Glen International where he finished 21st. He would then finish 18th in the point standings and was also released by JD Motorsports after his disappointing season.

Before the 2015 season started, Earnhardt was picked up by Viva Motorsports to drive the season opener at Daytona. He finished 15th in the Daytona race.

Earnhardt made his Sprint Cup Series debut at the 2015 Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway for Go Fas Racing. When he started this race, he became the 2nd 4th generation driver to compete in NASCAR's top series, with Adam Petty being the first.[14]

After his prior success in racing Can-am and Cyclops created a partnership with Earnhardt[15] and on September 18, Go Fas Racing announced that Earnhardt would run the majority of the 2016 Sprint Cup Series season, except for restrictor plate races that Bobby Labonte will run and road course races that Boris Said will run, with sponsorship from Can-Am motorcycles. He competed for Cup Rookie of the Year honors.[16] Earnhardt joined BK Racing for the Hellmann's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 83.[17] He returned to BK for the AAA Texas 500, driving the No. 83 in place of an injured Matt DiBenedetto.[18] Earnhardt then made his final start with BK Racing at Homestead, finishing 31st.

After the 2016 season ended, Go Fas Racing announced that Earnhardt would not return to the No. 32 team next year. In January 2017, Earnhardt announced that he would drive the No. 33 Chevrolet for Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group.[19] The following month, Earnhardt made his CS–TMG debut at the Daytona 500, and in his debut with the team, Earnhardt made NASCAR history by becoming the first-ever fourth-generation driver to compete in the Daytona 500. He started 33rd and finished 26th (which tied his career best finish up to that point) after being involved in a crash on lap 143. [20]

On October 15, 2017, Earnhardt signed a contract extension to remain with CS–TMG for the 2018 season.[21] However, on December 12, Circle Sport Racing and The Motorsports Group ended their partnership,[22] leaving Earnhardt temporarily without a ride.[23] Earnhardt ended up joining the No. 00 StarCom Racing team for the 2018 Daytona 500, marking the 40th consecutive year that a member of the Earnhardt family had driven in the event.[24][25] Earnhardt also ran the next four races for StarCom and planned to run the full season for the team, but after the fifth race of the season, he and the team parted ways.[26] On May 22, it was announced that Earnhardt would drive the No. 55 for Premium Motorsports in Charlotte's Coca-Cola 600.[27] The week following the race, he announced more races with the team but did not name an exact number.[28] On July 7, Earnhardt finished 11th at the Coke Zero Sugar 400, which was his career best Cup Series finish up to that point.[29] On July 28, 2018, it was announced that Earnhardt would join Gaunt Brothers Racing in their No. 96 Toyota for 14 races, with sponsorship from Xtreme Concepts.[30]

MMA career

Earnhardt made his amateur debut in mixed martial arts on May 22, 2012,[31] defeating Chris Faison by unanimous decision in Charlotte, North Carolina.[32]

Sponsorship

As of March 2018, some of Jeffrey Earnhardt's sponsors include FW1 Wax and Wash, Havoc Boats, and VRX Motorsports.[33]

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR 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 MENCC Pts Ref
2015 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH
40		 CHI NHA
35		 DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 70th 01 [34]
2016 DAY ATL
38		 LVS
33		 PHO CAL
34		 MAR TEX
35		 BRI
32		 RCH
38		 TAL KAN DOV
35		 CLT
39		 POC MCH
37		 SON DAY KEN
28		 NHA IND POC GLN BRI
29		 MCH
37		 DAR
38		 RCH
27		 CHI NHA
37		 DOV
36		 CLT
26		 KAN MAR
33		 PHO
33		 41st 159 [35]
BK Racing 83 Toyota TAL
34		 TEX
34		 HOM
31
2017 Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group 33 Chevy DAY
26		 ATL
33		 LVS
32		 PHO
39		 CAL
39		 MAR
36		 TEX
40		 BRI
27		 RCH
35		 TAL
28		 KAN
33		 CLT
40		 DOV
27		 POC
34		 MCH
35		 SON DAY
37		 KEN
29		 NHA
33		 IND
26		 POC
36		 GLN MCH
35		 BRI
40		 DAR
30		 RCH
34		 CHI
34		 NHA
38		 DOV
37		 CLT
30		 TAL
38		 KAN
26		 MAR
38		 TEX
33		 PHO
29		 HOM
32		 36th 128 [36]
2018 StarCom Racing 00 Chevy DAY
21		 ATL
34		 LVS
31		 PHO
35		 CAL
36		 MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN -* -* [37]
Premium Motorsports 55 Chevy CLT
30		 POC MCH SON CHI
7 DAY
11		 KEN NHA
Gaunt Brothers Racing 96 Toyota POC
29		 GLN MCH
39		 BRI DAR
34		 IND
32		 LVS
25		 RCH
37		 CLT
26		 DOV
31		 TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2017 Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 32 26
2018 StarCom Racing Chevrolet 27 21

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2009 Rick Ware Racing 31 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV
DNQ		 NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW 100th 161 [38]
Key Motorsports 40 Chevy GLN
24		 MCH BRI CGV
31		 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2011 Rick Ware Racing 41 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT
35		 CHI MCH ROA DAY
19		 KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 120th1 01 [39]
2012 15 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI
26		 CAL TEX RCH TAL
25		 DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY
30		 NHA CHI 43rd 112 [40]
39 Chevy IND
21		 IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV
Go Green Racing Ford CLT
27		 KAN TEX PHO
Randy Hill Racing 08 Ford HOM
23
2013 Go Green Racing 79 Ford DAY
22		 PHO
20		 LVS
26		 BRI
32		 CAL TEX
22		 TAL
16		 DAR CLT DOV
21		 IOW MCH
31		 ROA
26		 KEN DAY
33		 NHA
25		 CHI IND IOW GLN MOH
18		 BRI ATL RCH
28		 CHI KEN
25		 DOV KAN CLT
30		 TEX PHO
20		 HOM 27th 339 [41]
JR Motorsports 5 Chevy RCH
17
2014 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
30		 PHO
27		 LVS
33		 BRI
32		 CAL
23		 TEX
19		 DAR
20		 RCH
24		 TAL
16		 IOW
23		 CLT
25		 DOV
30		 MCH
25		 ROA
23		 KEN
23		 DAY
33		 NHA
23		 CHI
24		 IND
35		 IOW
31		 GLN
21		 MOH
28		 BRI
12		 ATL
25		 RCH
32		 CHI
30		 KEN
16		 DOV
20		 KAN
29		 CLT
40		 TEX
34		 PHO
40		 HOM
21		 18th 586 [42]
2015 Viva Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY
16		 ATL
32		 LVS PHO CAL
28		 TEX BRI
15		 RCH TAL
12		 IOW CLT DOV MCH
34		 CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 35th 128 [43]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2010 Rick Ware Racing 6 Chevy DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY
30		 IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI TAL
32		 TEX PHO 54th 413 [44]
47 KEN
28		 NHA LVS
18		 MAR HOM
26
2011 1 DAY
7		 PHO
19		 DAR
20		 MAR
34		 NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL
34		 MAR TEX HOM 38th 106 [45]

Camping World East Series

NASCAR Camping World East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NCWESC Pts Ref
2007 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 1 Chevy GRE
6		 SBO
20		 STA
12		 NHA
15		 TMP
14		 MCM
4		 ADI
24		 LRP
5		 MFD
5		 NHA
11		 DOV
3		 5th 1736 [46]
11 ELK
16		 IOW
7
2008 8 GRE
23		 SBO
7		 GLN
2		 NHA
34		 TMP
5		 MCM
19		 ADI
4		 LRP
18		 MFD
10		 NHA
14		 DOV STA 15th 1416 [47]
08 IOW
4
2009 Dave Davis 03 Chevy GRE TRI IOW
3		 SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV 49th 165 [48]

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Pts Ref
2016 Dave Jacombs 36 Ford MOS SUN CHA ICA TOR EDM WYA TRO
7		 RIV MOS STE KAW 45th 37 [49]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2011 GT 47 United States Rick Ware Racing Porsche GT3 Cup United States Scott Monroe
United States Doug Harrington
United States Maurice Hull
United States Brett Sandberg		 635 25 11
2012 GT 15 United States Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang United States Chris Cook
United States Timmy Hill
United States Doug Harrington
United States John Ware		 256 51 DNF 38 DNF

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