Jesse Little

Jesse Little
Little's 2013 K&N East car
Born (1997-04-15) April 15, 1997
Sherrills Ford, North Carolina
Awards 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 7 (Premium Motorsports)
No. 96 (Gaunt Brothers Racing)
First race 2018 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky)
Last race 2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
20 races run over 3 years
Truck no., team No. 97 (JJL Motorsports)
2017 position 33rd
Best finish 33rd (2017)
First race 2015 Lucas Oil 200 (Dover)
Last race 2018 World of Westgate 200 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
Statistics current as of September 14, 2018.

Jesse Little (born April 15, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Son of Chad Little, he currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 97 Ford F-150 for JJL Motorsports, and part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Premium Motorsports and the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Gaunt Brothers Racing.

Racing career

A native of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina and a third-generation racer, Little began his racing career in quarter midgets at the age of 7,[1] moving up to Bandoleros in 2007 and Legends cars in 2009.[2] He won the 2010 USAC Eastern Focus Young Guns midget car championship,[3] and in 2011 competed in the UARA Stars late model series.[2]

Little made his debut in NASCAR competition at the age of 15, competing in seven K&N Pro Series East events in 2012;[4] driving a family-owned No. 97 Chevrolet,[5] he was the youngest driver ever to start a race in the series.[2] He returned to the K&N Pro Series East full-time in 2013, driving for Coulter Motorsports;[6] he finished in the top 10 eight times on his way to the series' Rookie of the Year award. He planned to return to K&N East competition in 2014. In 2015, he added a limited schedule in the Camping World Truck Series in a partnership with ThorSport Racing.[7]

In July 2018, Little joined Premium Motorsports for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.[8] It was later revealed that Little will join Gaunt Brothers Racing for the 2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race.[9]

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
2018 Premium Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN
35		 NHA POC GLN MCH -* 01* [10]
Gaunt Brothers Racing 96 Toyota BRI
35		 DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM

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 NCWTC Pts
2015 Team Little Racing 97 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV
30		 TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI
30		 NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX
15		 PHO HOM
14		 42nd 87
2016 Rette Jones Racing 30 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT
DNQ		 35th 62
81 TEX
19		 IOW GTW KEN ELD POC
Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota BRI
17		 MCH MSP
MB Motorsports 63 Chevy CHI
29		 NHA LVS TAL MAR
JJL Motorsports 97 Toyota TEX
20		 PHO HOM
18
2017 DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV
14		 TEX GTW IOW
9		 KEN ELD POC MCH BRI
13		 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO
18		 HOM 33rd 110
2018 Ford DAY ATL
8		 LVS MAR DOV
9		 KAN CLT
16		 TEX IOW
6		 GTW
7		 CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI
26		 MSP LVS
15		 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM -* -*

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ Kaminski, Steve. "Jenison-based business teams with third-generation NASCAR driver". September 25, 2013. Grand Rapids, MI: The Grand Rapids Press. Accessed 2013-10-19.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jesse Little". NASCAR.com. Accessed 2013-10-19.
  3. ↑ "Clauson Feted During USAC Banquet". December 4, 2010. National Speed Sport News. Accessed 2013-10-19.
  4. ↑ "Jesse Little Carving Out His Own Career". September 10, 2013. National Speed Sport News. Accessed 2013-10-19.
  5. ↑ Courchesne, Shawn. "Jesse Little, Son Of Whelen Modified Tour Series Director Chad Little, To Compete In K&N Pro Series East In 2012". October 12, 2011. Hartford, CT: Hartford Courant. Accessed 2013-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Jesse Little joins Coulter Motorsports K&N Pro Series East Team". August 17, 2012. Spokane, WA: The Spokesman-Review. Accessed 2013-10-19.
  7. ↑ Pace, Doug. "Behar to test with Rev Racing". October 4, 2013. Spokane, WA: The Spokesman-Review. Accessed 2013-10-19.
  8. ↑ Boarman, John (July 10, 2018). "Jesse Little making MENCS debut at Kentucky". Tireball Sports. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Long, Dustin. "Gaunt Brothers Racing expanding its schedule". NASCAR on NBC. NBC Sports. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Driver Jesse Little 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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