Jesse Love
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| Jesse Love | |
|---|---|
 Love at New Smyrna Speedway in 2020 | |
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | Jesse Love Jr. January 14, 2005 Menlo Park, California |
| ARCA Menards Series West career | |
| Debut season | 2020 |
| Current team | Bill McAnally Racing |
| Car number | 19 |
| Engine | Toyota |
| Crew chief | Kyle Wolosek |
| Starts | 6 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Last updated on: August 8, 2020. | |
Jesse Love Jr. (born January 14, 2005) is an American stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West in Bill McAnally Racing's No. 19 Toyota.
Racing career
Love began racing at age five. Early in his career, he drove in the Quarter Midgets of America Series, where he won multiple races and championships before turning ten years old. He then went on to win championships in three different divisions of USAC in the same year, becoming the first driver to accomplish that. At age 13, Love, competing for Naake-Klauer Motorsports, was granted an age waiver to compete in the RPM Pro Late Model Series by Madera Speedway track promoter Kenny Shepherd due to his talent in the 51Fifty Energy Drink Jr. Late Model Series the prior year (in which he won another championship). In 2018, Love drove full-time in the INEX Legend Car Racing Series, winning five of the eight races on the schedule en route to that series' championship. The other series he raced in that year were the BCRA Midget Series and the Hunt Magneto Sprint Car Series, both of whom Love had to apply for an age exception to participate in.[1] Love drove for Keith Kunz Motorsports in the SRL Southwest Tour, a late model racing series, in 2019.[2]
On January 14, 2020, it was announced that Love would run full-time and for rookie of the year in the ARCA Menards Series West in the No. 19 Toyota for Bill McAnally Racing.[3] He replaced Hailie Deegan in that car, who left the McAnally team and Toyota's driver development program to join Ford's driver development program, running full-time in the 20-race ARCA Menards Series for DGR-Crosley.[4]
After finishing second in the season-opener at Las Vegas Bullring, Love won his first West Series race in the first of the two races in the doubleheader at the Utah Motorsports Campus road course on June 27. It was just his second start in the series.[5]
In addition, Love and his BMR teammates would compete in the ten races of the 20-race ARCA Menards Series' Sioux Chief Showdown, so he made his debut in that series in the first Showdown race at Phoenix Raceway on March 6. A few weeks earlier, those drivers would also run the ARCA Menards Series East race at New Smyrna, and Love finished twelfth in his East Series debut.
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 16 |
TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW 12 |
KAN | GTW | MAD | GLN | ISF | DSF | BRI | MEM | KAN | SLM | MOH | MCH | ELK | 36th* | 28* | [6] |
ARCA Menards Series East
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Toyota | NSM 12 |
TOL | BLN | NSH | BRI | DOV | NHA | FFL | 18th* | 32* | [7] |
ARCA Menards Series West
| ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Toyota | LVS 2 |
UMC 1* |
UMC 2 |
IRW 1* |
EVG 2 |
DCS 3 |
CNS | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 1st* | 263* | [8] |
* Season still in progress
References
- ^ "13 Year Old Racing Phenom Jesse Love Earns Age Exemption for RPM Pro Late Model Series". Newswire. August 23, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ Seelman, Jacob (January 14, 2020). "Four Rookies Chasing ARCA West Title With BMR". Speed Sport. Turn 3 Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ Christley, Jason (January 29, 2020). "New Faces Readying For West Coast Title Run". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ Albert, Zack (December 17, 2019). "Hailie Deegan moves to Ford development program, sets 2020 plans". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ Christley, Jason (June 27, 2020). "Utah Doubleheader Produces Pair of First-Time Winners". ARCARacing.com.
- ^ "Jesse Love – 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Jesse Love – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Jesse Love – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Jesse Love driver statistics at Racing-Reference