The 16yearold has signed with agi sport, with support from transportation company sct logistics, after sampling formula 4 machinery during test sessions in 2015. Smith won his first race at martinsville speedway in 1956, won the most popular driver award in 1959 and moved to spartanburg in 1960 to work with legendary team owner bud moore. Hes won two out of three races with cody coughlin and team jegs already. Supercars 2020, supercars 2020 silly season, brad jones. A winner of 21 nascar races over a 15year career and member of the national. Jack smith will make a second supercars wildcard outing for the season at winton next weekend. There were three nascar drivers in history named jack smith. Oct 08, 2016 rookie jack smith could be slapped with a 100,000 bill after his bid to conquer mount panorama ended with him slamming into a concrete wall. Smith moves to jfr after a two year stint with don schumacher racing where he was the crew chief for funny car driver jack beckman. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for jack smith on. Spartanburgs rich racing history lost one of its more colorful characters when jack smith died wednesday.
Dec 01, 2008 jack smith race car driver and his ponitac catalina the legend that nascar forgot high performance pontiac magazine. However, long before this development was built, this intersection was home to an interesting piece of jacksonvilles historyspeedway park. Drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs. Winners and losers from virtual texas nascar talk nbc sports. Shae davies career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Jan 28, 2020 the robert yates racing driver took the lead for the first time on lap 3 when his team got him off pit road first ahead of rusty wallace.
Australian driver jack smith has taken the round win at manfeild circuit chris amon at feilding this weekend. Jack smith born 9 july 1999 on the gold coast is an australian racing driver who currently races in the virgin australia supercars championship, driving for brad jones racing in the no. The robert yates racing driver took the lead for the first time on lap 3 when his team got him off pit road first ahead of rusty wallace. Smith made his supercars championship debut as a wildcard entry at the 2019 tasmania supersprint for brad jones racing. Jack harvey set to race partial season with michael shank racing. Race two of the weekend held on sunday morning was won by smith, with nick ross and lance hughes rounding out the podium. Speedy thompson and jack smith repeated the effort. Dick smith was 73 years old and was a very experienced aviator being a commercial pilot at one time, he passed away doing one of his favorite pasttimes. Jack smith ilfrom illinois, this jack smith won 21 sprint cup series events or jack smith njfrom new jersey, this jack smith competed in one sprint cup series event in 1953.
Supercars 2020, adelaide 500, jack smith driver photo, supercars. This website uses cookies and similar technologies. His wife sue and son mark were with him in the pits, and experienced stockcar racings unique camaraderie. He raced in the very first nascar race ever in 1949 and is a member of the nmpa hall of fame in darlington, south carolina. Familiarity with his home track isnt really an advantage as its the test track for almost half the teams, but the lessons taken away from his experience in tasmania places him in an improved position for a better result we wish you well jack smith racing hope you have an awsome weekend.
Veteran jack smith hoping to make the most of cra starts the. A 17yearold rookie race car driver could be slapped. Credit for postponed andor cancelled races will be added on to the race length of your subscription. Dave smith, chillicothe, ohio, crew chief for sprint car hall of fame driver danny smith jt stapp, greensburg, indiana, veteran of nonwing sprint racing jon steed, millroy, indian, veteran midget driver jimmy stenson, vandalia, ohio, a hard charging veteran brandon wimmer, fairmount, indiana, a world of outlaw veteran. Jun 02, 2007 09 supermodified practice laps sandusky speedway june 2 2007 camera used aiptek mzdv. Smith thought his harness racing dream had perished when he was 12. Mar 30, 2020 the robert yates racing driver took the lead for the first time on lap 3 when his team got him off pit road first ahead of rusty wallace. Most popular driver award winners nascar cup series mrn. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. Veteran driver, jack smith has been around champion racing association cra powered by jegs off and on for the past 10 seasons.
In the ninth alltime event in eastern indiana, former nascar camping world truck series driver and recently transplanted hoosier state veteran, jack smith took the lead on lap 19 form early race leader, bret holmes and the 42yearold who now calls. Today, at the intersection of lenox avenue and plymouth street, you will find the lenox court apartment complex. Driver jack smith 3 career statistics racingreference. Brad jones racing, f4au, formula 4, harry hayek, jack smith. Nascar driver free agency scorecard for 2021 nbc sports. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Car owners pappy and bob allen jim anderson sonny aurther.
Jack smith joins formula 4 rookie list australian formula 4. The englishman announced friday that he has partnered with michael shank racing to compete in at least six races during the 2018 season. Bills was a proud whitetop on a budget throughout his racing career but was nonetheless good friends with stars like stu smith and brian wallace, with whom he shared tows and coaches and sometimes stock cars. Jack smith may 24, 1924 in metropolis, illinois october 17, 2001 in spartanburg, south carolina was an american stock car racer. As the driver was still strapped to the race car smith reached in the window and landed a punch. The super2 regular made his main game debut in a brad jones racingrun holden at symmons plains last. Bjr confirms jack smith 2018 super2 campaign speedcafe. One of stockcar racings first stars, smith won 21 races in 15 years. Veteran jack smith earns emotional first ever trip to victory lane at winchester speedway. There are always people in the grandstand who might want to put their name on your car.
Agi sportsct logistics driver jack smith enjoyed a breakthrough weekend at queensland, with two top five finishes awarding the local. Jack harvey set race partial season in 2018 with michael. One of stockcar racing s first stars, smith won 21 races in 15 years. The national association for stock car auto racing. The toughest of initiations greeted jack smith to the world of supercars. Young gold coast racer jack smith will dovetail drives for brad jones racing in the dunlop super2 and the kumho v8 touring car series. Gibbons turned the driving chores over to his son, ed, who has made quite a name for himself. On 9 september 2017, bonhams will offer the collection of the late jack sears, winner of the inaugural british touring car championship, at the goodwood revival sale erudite and always immaculately turned out, sears was known as gentleman jack, by his countless friends in the motoring world, and was one of the most versatile and talented racers of the 1950s and 1960s. Smith and the nissan of nick ross battled throughout the. Driver bradd craft was among the front runners all night and fought his way to the lead after a late race restart to earn the victory. Jack said, folks thought that i couldnt do it or that i was too tired, but the car had a front end problem and i pitted. So usac asked jerry jerome smith to go by jj and jerry used his name but than moved to medina wisconsin and went by jerry medina smith. Jack smith 1960 rex white 1961 joe weatherly 1962 richard petty 1963 fred lorenzen. In between appearances in the nascar camping world truck series, smith has always found time to race either within.
The team won three titles, set nhra national records for elapsed time 3. All the stats, form and information about trainer jack smith available at racing. Jack harvey has partnered with michael shank racing and schmidt peterson motorsport to. Smith lonnie smith maxie smith ray smith roscoe smith ross smith.
Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Brad jones racing will expand to a fourcar operation for the 2020 supercars season, with super2 young gun jack smith to move up to the main game. Jack smith will again line up with brad jones racing in the dunlop super2 series in 2018. Veteran jack smith earns emotional first ever trip to. Nascar sports news, scores, schedules, and videos fox sports. Jack smith stats, race results, wins, news, record. Team boss brad jones says rookie jack smith made a simple mistake by missing a mandatory group photo ahead of the supercars opener in adelaide. Nov 28, 2012 at last the harness racing folk of ohio have finally woken up to the driving talents of their very own jeremy smith. Smith, who died in 2001, won his first race at martinsville in 1956. Nascar 1949 archie smith denton north carolina history. A look at all the most popular driver award winners for the monster energy nascar cup series. Zach veach is an american racing driver, who has climbed the mazda road to indy ladder system to become an ntt indycar series driver.
The story behind the jerry medina smith and jerry jerome jj smith is they both were originally from appleton wisconsina and both ran usac stock cars. Vintage cars, car makes, auto racing, car and driver. See more ideas about race cars, racing and vintage race car. On july 27, 2010, approximately 1816 central daylight time, a hawker beechcraft model 390 premier ia business jet, n6jr, registered to and operated by. He competed in two sprint cup series events in his career, recording topten finishes both times. Jack smith is an australian racing driver who currently races in the virgin australia supercars championship, driving for brad jones racing in the no. At just 17, he visited mount panorama for his dunlop super2 series debut and was promptly bitten by a big crash at the dipper that left his paul morris motorsportrun falcon in tatters. He raced in the very first nascar race ever in 1949 and is a member of the nmpa hall of fame in darlington. So far in 2016 smith has proved to everyone that hes also a pretty good crew chief too. Nascar results for jack smith at nascar short tracks. Archie smith is a former nascar driver from denton, nc. The 16yearold has signed with agi sport, with support from transportation company sct logistics, after sampling formula 4 machinery during test sessions in. Supercars 2020, adelaide 500, jack smith driver photo.
Story in 2015 jack smith reminded everyone that hes a pretty good race car driver when he won three straight jegscra allstars tour races, including two at the intimidating winchester speedway. Nascar strictly stock drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing. Driver jack smith 1 career statistics racingreference. Bjr is expanding to four cars for 2020, adding jack smith with a racing entitlements contract purchased by his father pete. Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. V8 supercar legend greg murphy goes under cover as barry ford to take rugby league champ cam smith on an hsv hot lap he was not expecting. Jan 15, 2016 gold coast teenager jack smith has been confirmed as the first newcomer to join the 2016 cams jayco australian formula 4 championship grid. Through an arrangement with pontiac racing representative ray nichels.
Jack smith nascar results, statistics and car numbers. Nascar camping world truck series and jegscra allstars tour driver. Promising striker jack smith 19 has signed a contract to the end of season 201920, the first professional deal of his career, as he looks forward to another season working with the rovers squad and coaching staff this is a great opportunity for a player with massive potential to continue to gain experience and develop as a professional with the club that he signed for at the start of the. A service station worker in georgia, he began racing against local bootleggers across fields, on ragged dirt tracks, and on asphalt speedways. That brought an end to the event and it also brought the cars to the pit lane. Jack smith to wear crew chief hat and drivers helmet at i. Jack smith american racing driver, born 1924 wikipedia. A my driver feature helps fans customize the application to focus on preferred drivers. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all monster energy nascar cup series competitors. Jack smith lands bjr dunlop super2 drive speedcafe. Smith completed his first full season in the second tier of supercars with bjr last year, alongside his. Jack roush crashes private jet at oshkosh 2010 youtube. Jack smith and justin south in the cra pro late model race at bristol motor speedway.
Dec 08, 2017 jack harvey is coming back to the indianapolis 500. Smith is tackling both championships with the support of. Dave smith, chillicothe, ohio, crew chief for sprint car hall of fame driver danny smith jt stapp, greensburg, indiana, veteran of nonwing sprint racing jon steed, millroy, indian, veteran midget driver jimmy stenson, vandalia, ohio, a hard charging veteran brandon wimmer, fairmount, indiana, a. Both of his races came in 1949, when smith debuted in the series inagural event atcharlotte. Agi sportsct logistics driver jack smith enjoyed a breakthrough weekend at queensland, with two top five. Nascars most popular driver award is awarded to the most popular nascar driver in the monster energy nascar cup series, xfinity series, and camping world truck series every year since 1956. Ignored for much of his career, the 32yearold is on the verge of claiming his first driving title at lebanon raceway. Com the first destination for australian horse racing. Gold coast teenager jack smith has been confirmed as the first newcomer to join the 2016 cams jayco australian formula 4 championship grid. This page is dedicated to the history of dirt late model racing, the legends that helped make it, and anyone that had. Jeremy smiths grandfather knew all along harnesslink. One tip jack hewitt has for a young driver is get on the pa system whenever you can. Jack smith race car driver high performance pontiac. Jack pennington rehashes some old battle stories with former driver ed slick gibbons, sr.
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