James Spencer | | Born: | February 15, 1957 (age 50) | | Birthplace: |
 Berwick, Pennsylvania | | Awards: | Named ninth on NASCAR's all-time Top 10 Modified Drivers 1979 Shangri-La Speedway (Owego, New York) NASCAR Modified Division Rookie of the Year February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Berwick is a borough located in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Wilkes Barre. ...
Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
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Shangri-La Speedway was a speedway in Owego, New York. ...
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| | NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics | | 2006 NEXTEL Cup Position: | 61st | | Best Cup Position: | 12th - 1993 (Winston Cup) | | First Race: | 1989 Budweiser 500 (Dover) | | First Win: | 1994 Pepsi 400 (Daytona) | | Last Win: | 1994 DieHard 500 (Talladega) | | Wins | Top Tens | Poles | | 2 | 80 | 3 | | All stats current as of November 24, 2006. | Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957 in Berwick, Pennsylvania) is an American NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style. Spencer is currently a co-host with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace on the Speed Channel's prerace and postrace NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane. Spencer is one of the few drivers to have won a race in all three of NASCAR's top series: Nextel Cup, the Busch Series, and the Craftsman Truck Series. He has also served as a driving mentor to Brent Sherman and Stuart Kirby. The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ...
The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and will end on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ...
The 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 7 and ended on November 14. ...
The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. ...
At one time, two different NASCAR races were called the Budweiser 500: For the race at Dover International Speedway in 1983, see MBNA NASCAR RacePoints 400 For the race at Dover International Speedway from 1984 to 1994, see MBNA RacePoints 400 Category: ...
Dover International Speedway (nickname: The Monster Mile) is a NASCAR race track located near Dover, Delaware. ...
The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. ...
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Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. ...
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The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
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Kenny Wallace (born August 23, 1963) is a NASCAR Busch Series driver who currently drives the #22 AutoZoneFord Taurus for PPC Racing. ...
SPEED Channel, based in Charlotte, NC, was launched on New Years Day 1996, by Roger Werner, as SpeedVision. ...
NASCAR RaceDay is a pre-race show on Speed Channel. ...
NASCAR Victory Lane is a post-race show on Speed Channel that recaps every Nextel Cup event. ...
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ...
NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel...
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ...
Brent Sherman from Chicago, IL drives the 15 Consort Ford for ppc Racing in the NASCAR Busch Series. ...
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Beginnings
Jimmy Spencer followed his father, Ed Spencer Sr., in racing. Spencer started in Late Models in Pennsylvania. He captured his first racing win in the Late Model division at Port Royal Speedway in 1976. He moved to NASCAR Modifieds at Shangri-La Speedway (Owego, New York), then branched out to bigger events throughout the Northeast. Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
Shangri-La Speedway was a speedway in Owego, New York. ...
Owego is a town located in Tioga County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 20,365. ...
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In 1984, Spencer was one of the top contenders for NASCAR's National Modified Championship, at a time when all sanctioned races counted toward that title; after running over sixty races, he was second to Richie Evans in the final standings. When NASCAR changed the National Modified Championship into the smaller-schedule Winston Modified Tour (now Whelen Modified Tour) in 1985, Spencer continued to run, and won the title in 1986 and 1987. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Richie Evans (born 1941, died 1985) was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR Modified Series titles, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. ...
(The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was previously named NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series) The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (WMT) is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified division. ...
Spencer debuted in the Busch Series in 1985, finishing 19th at North Carolina Motor Speedway in the #67 Pontiac for Frank Cicci Racing, which was also his Modified team. The team ran twice in 1987 with a best finish 36th, then ran the full season in 1988, finishing seventh in the point standings in the #34. In 1989, Spencer won his first career Busch race at Hickory Motor Speedway, then won two more races over the course of the season, finishing fifteenth in the final standings. NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel...
The North Carolina Speedway is a racetrack located in Rockingham, North Carolina. ...
Frank Cicci Racing is a NASCAR Busch Series team. ...
The 1988 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 13 and ended October 30. ...
The 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 18 and ended October 29. ...
Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. ...
1989-1994 In 1989, he moved to the Winston Cup Series, driving the #88 Crisco Pontiac for Buddy Baker's team in 17 of the 29 races. He posted three top-tens and finished 34th in points. He then ran full-time in 1990, finishing in the top-ten twice for Rod Osterlund Racing. During the season, he posted two top-tens in the #57 Heinz Pontiac and finished 24th in points. In 1991, Spencer moved to the #98 Banquet Frozen Foods Chevrolet for Travis Carter Motorsports. Despite six top-ten finishes, Spencer dropped one position in the standings due to twelve DNFs. He began 1992 with Carter, but moved down to the Busch Series to drive the #20 Daily's 1st Ade Oldsmobile for Dick Moroso after Carter's team folded early in the season. He responded with wins at Myrtle Beach Speedway and Orange County Speedway. The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. ...
The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ...
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The 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 10 and ended November 17. ...
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Travis Carter Motorsports is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series team. ...
The 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 9 and ended on November 15. ...
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The Myrtle Beach Speedway originally named Rambi Raceway was built in 1958 and is located on US 501 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. ...
Orange County Speedway first opened in the 1960s, and is located in Durham County, near Rougemont, North Carolina. ...
Late in the 1992 season, Spencer joined Bobby Allison Motorsports' Cup team and posted three top-fives in the last four races of the season. He signed to drive Allison's #12 Meineke Ford Thunderbird full-time in 1993, and finished in the top-five five times, resulting in a career-best fifteenth-place in the final standings. In 1994, he drove the #27 McDonald's Ford for Junior Johnson and won his first two and so far only career Cup races, at Daytona and Talladega. He also won his first career pole at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Bobby Allison (born December 3, 1937) was one of the first NASCAR drivers and was named one of NASCARs 50 greatest drivers. ...
Johann Albrecht Friedrich August Meineke (December 8, 1790 - December 12, 1870), German classical scholar, was born at Soest in Westphalia. ...
The Ford Thunderbird is a car manufactured in the United States by the Ford Motor Company. ...
The 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 7 and ended on November 14. ...
The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. ...
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North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short track which held races in NASCARs top three series from NASCARs inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996. ...
1995-2001 After finishing 29th in the standings in 1994, Spencer left to reunite with Travis Carter, who was now fielding the #23 Smokin' Joe's Ford. He finished in the top-ten four times in 1995 and in 1996, Spencer had two top-fives en route to a fifteenth-place finish in points. He fell to twentieth in 1997. Travis Carter is a former car owner and crew chief in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. ...
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The 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on February 12 and concluded November 12. ...
The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series started on February 18th 1996 and ended on November 10th 1996 with Terry Labonte winning his 2nd championship. ...
The 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 9 and ended on Sunday November 16. ...
In 1998, Winston/No Bull became his team's new primary sponsor and he was eleventh in points when he suffered injuries at the Brickyard 400, forcing him to sit out the next two races to recover and fall to fourteenth in points. During the season, Spencer formed his own NASCAR team, Spencer Motor Ventures, which fielded the #12 Zippo Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series for himself and several other drivers. The team expanded to two cars in 1999, fielding the #12 and the #5 Schnieder National Chevy for Dick Trickle. In 2000, he moved his team up to Cup to run the road course races with Boris Said in the #23 Federated Auto Parts Ford Taurus. The team ceased operations at the end of the season. The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 8. ...
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The Allstate 400 at The Brickyard is an annual 400 mile (644 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup points race held each August at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ...
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The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is an American mid-size car. ...
See also: 1999 in NASCAR The 1999 NASCAR Busch Series season began on February 13 and ended on November 13. ...
Dick Trickle (born October 27, 1941 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) is an American auto racer. ...
The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 13 and ended on Sunday November 20. ...
Boris Said (born September 18, 1962) is an American race car driver from Carlsbad, California. ...
The Ford Taurus is a mid-size, front wheel drive car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. ...
After a 20th-place finish in 1999, Winston left the team, and Kmart became the team's new sponsor, causing Spencer to switch to the #26 to accommodate the new sponsor, who was already backing the #66 car driven by Spencer's teammate, Darrell Waltrip. Spencer had two top-fives and in 2001 won the pole positions at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway and advanced to sixteenth in points. He departed the team at the end of the season. The 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Sunday February 7 and ended on Sunday November 21. ...
Kmart is a chain of department stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam. ...
Darrell Waltrip in 2003 Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, and current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company. ...
The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season began on February 11 and ended on November 23. ...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest surviving automobile racing track in the world (after the Milwaukee Mile), having existed since 1909, and the original Speedway, the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word. ...
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2002-Present In 2002, Spencer announced he had teamed with Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the #41 Target Dodge Intrepid. He began the season by failing to qualify for the Daytona 500, then had a streak of four top-five qualifying efforts, including at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he started fourth and was leading the race when he was bumped by Kurt Busch to win, starting a long rivalry between the two. After another DNQ at Watkins Glen International, Spencer was released from the ride at the end of the season, causing him to file a lawsuit against the Ganassi organization, saying his dismissal was a violation of his contract. During the season, he also won his most recent Busch Series race to date at Bristol driving for James Finch. The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 10 and ended on Sunday November 17. ...
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a racing organization with teams in NASCAR, Champ Cars, and the IRL. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. ...
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The Dodge Intrepid was a large four-door, full-size, front-wheel drive sedan. ...
The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
Bristol Motor Speedway is a NASCAR short track located in Bristol, Tennessee. ...
Kurt Busch (born August 4, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a NASCAR driver. ...
Watkins Glen International (nicknamed The Glen) is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. ...
James Finch is the owner of the Phoenix Racing team in NASCAR. They field the #1 Miccosukee Chevrolet driven by J. J. Yeley in the Busch Series and the #09 Dodge driven by Mike Wallace part-time in the NEXTEL Cup series. ...
Spencer joined Ultra Motorsports in 2003, piloting the #7 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge. He had four top-tens during the season, but at the running of the GFS Marketplace 400, Spencer's tires were nearly cut by Kurt Busch (who admitted it over the team's radio). Spencer later confronted Busch and assaulted him, causing him to be suspended for one race. He ended the season 29th in points. He was also hired to drive three races for in the #2 Team ASE Racing Dodge Ram for Ultra's Truck Series team, winning the pole and the race in his second start at New Hampshire International Speedway. He became a part-owner of the Cicci organization that season, when he put Stuart Kirby in Cicci's #34 United States Air Force Chevy, but that partnership soon dissolved. He continued to remain involved as a part-owner, when he leased his shop to Bang! Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2004. Ultra Motorsports is a NASCAR team. ...
The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 16. ...
Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ...
The GFS Marketplace 400 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. ...
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He began 2004 with Ultra's Cup team at the Daytona 500, but when the team closed down due to a lack of sponsorship, he replaced Kevin Lepage at Morgan-McClure Motorsports, which had also been running unsponsored. Spencer's best finish that season had been 13th, when on October 25, he was arrested after trying to interfere with the police, who had a warrant to arrest his son for vandalism. The incident cost Spencer his job at Morgan-McClure, and he sat out the rest of 2004. The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. ...
Kevin Lepage (born June 26, 1962) is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. ...
The #4 car that will be run in 2006 Morgan-McClure Motorsports(formed in 1983) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team. ...
October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Spencer returned to the #2 Ultra truck in 2005. While he failed to win a race, he had nine top-ten finishes and finished twelfth in points. He did come close to a victory, however, in the season opener at Daytona. He held the lead late in the race and held off 2004 series champion Bobby Hamilton until just before the caution came out on the last lap. Assuming he was in the lead when NASCAR froze the field, he completed the caution lap then pulled into victory lane, only to be told by an official that, in fact, he had finished second. He also ran part-time in Cup, running nine races in the #50 Arnold Motorsports Dodge, and one race apiece for Peak Fitness Racing and R&J Racing. When Arnold was unable to locate a sponsor and Ultra closed its doors following a fallout with the Ford Motor Company, Spencer began working full-time on SPEED. He had run both Cup races at Pocono Raceway for Furniture Row Racing last season, finishing 32nd and 36th, respectively. Spencer now works full time as an analyst for SPEED TV. // Florida Dodge Dealers 250 The Florida Dodge Dealers 250 was held February 18 at Daytona International Speedway Top Ten Results Bobby Hamilton Jimmy Spencer Todd Bodine Ricky Craven Ted Musgrave Ken Weaver Brad Keselowski David Starr Wayne Edwards Johnny Benson American Racing Wheels 200 The American Racing Wheels 200 was...
Bobby Hamilton (born May 29, 1957 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit. ...
Arnold Motorsports is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team owned by Don Arnold. ...
Peak Fitness Racing is a NASCAR Winston Cup team owned by Jeff Stec and fields Fords for Kevin Lepage. ...
R&J Racing is a NASCAR Nextel Cup team. ...
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2005. ...
Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond; it is the site of two annual NASCAR Nextel Cup races held just a few weeks apart in June and July. ...
Furniture Row Racing is a NASCAR team based in Colorado and fields the #78 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. ...
SPEED Channel, based in Charlotte, NC, was launched on New Years Day 1996, by Roger Werner, as SpeedVision. ...
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