Jeffrey Earnhardt

Jeffrey Earnhardt
Born	June 22, 1989 (1989-06-22) Mooresville, North Carolina, United States
Awards	2007 Busch East Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
4 race(s) run over 2 year(s)
Best finish	109th – 2009
First race	2009 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
10 race(s) run over 2 year(s)
Truck no., team	No. 1 (Rick Ware Racing)
2011 position	38th
Best finish	38th – 2011
First race	2009 CampingWorld.com 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 19, 2011.

Jeffrey Earnhardt (born June 22, 1989) is an American stock car driver. He is the grandson of the late Dale Earnhardt and son of former NASCAR driver Kerry Earnhardt. After starting his career as a General Motors development driver, Jeffrey moved up to NASCAR's regional series with Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. After DEI merged with Chip Ganassi Racing in late 2008, Jeffrey was removed from the program until he was signed on by Rick Ware. He currently drives the #1 Fuel Doctor Chevrolet Silverado for Rick Ware Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, competing for Rookie of the Year.

Racing career

Jeffrey Earnhardt is the middle child of Kerry Earnhardt, grandson of Dale Earnhardt and the great-grandson of Ralph Earnhardt and nephew to Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Earnhardt's first race came in the Hornet Division at Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, Virginia. He scored 3 feature wins and finished in the top 5 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 also 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 2 different tracks with the best moving on. Jeffrey made the final cut.

In 2007, Earnhardt drove a #1 Chevrolet for Andy Santerre Motorsports in the NASCAR Busch East Series. He finished 5th in the 2007 Busch East point standings and won the Most Popular Driver award at the end of the season.[1]

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 Jeffrey was released.

In 2010, Jeffrey drove several races with Rick Ware Racing which qualified him to drive on all NASCAR tracks in the 2011 season. Jeffrey has 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. However, Earnhardt and Ware later reconciled, citing a lack of communication from both parties. RWR also ran Jeffrey in the 24 Hours of Daytona where they finished 12th.

Earnhardt will move to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2012, where he will race full-time in the GT class for Rick Ware Racing.

External links

• Official website
• Jeffrey Earnhardt at Racing Reference
• Signing Details On MSNBC
• Career Beginnings in Southwest Virginia