Jason Leffler
Jason Leffler | |||||||
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![]() Leffler at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in 2008 | |||||||
Born | Jason Charles Leffler September 16, 1975 Long Beach, California | ||||||
Died | June 12, 2013 Bridgeport, New Jersey | (aged 37)||||||
Cause of death | Blunt force neck injury from racing accident | ||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||
Achievements | 1997, 1998, 1999 USAC National Midget champion 1998 USAC Silver Crown champion | ||||||
Awards | National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame inductee (2003) USAC Hall of Fame inductee (2018) | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
73 races run over 9 years | |||||||
2013 position | 52nd | ||||||
Best finish | 37th (2001) | ||||||
First race | 2001 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Party in the Poconos 400 (Pocono) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
294 races run over 12 years | |||||||
Best finish | 3rd (2007) | ||||||
First race | 1999 Kroger 200 (IRP) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Great Clips 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
First win | 2004 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
Last win | 2007 Kroger 200 (IRP) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
56 races run over 7 years | |||||||
Best finish | 4th (2002) | ||||||
First race | 2000 Power Stroke 200 (IRP) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
First win | 2003 MBNA Armed Forces Family 200 (Dover) | ||||||
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IndyCar Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 30th (2000) | ||||||
First race | 1999 Transworld Diversified Services 200 (Disney) | ||||||
Last race | 2000 Indianapolis 500 (Indy) | ||||||
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Jason Charles Leffler (September 16, 1975 – June 12, 2013) was an American professional open-wheel and stock car racing driver. Leffler began racing in the open-wheel ranks, competing in the 2000 Indianapolis 500 before moving to primarily NASCAR competition. He died from injuries sustained in a 410 sprint car race at Bridgeport Speedway in Bridgeport, New Jersey.
Racing career[]
Open wheel career[]
Leffler began his career racing midget cars in the USAC series, where he won three consecutive midget championships from 1997 and 1999, as well as the Silver Crown series championship in 1998. He was the third driver to win three consecutive midget car championships.[1] He won the Hut Hundred and Belleville Nationals in 1997, and the Turkey Night Grand Prix and Copper Classic in 1999.[1] He won his second Turkey Night Grand Prix in 2005.
Roger Penske met Leffler at the 1998 Hut 100. Leffler's success also caught the attention of Joe Gibbs Racing, a team which had previously signed Tony Stewart from the USAC ranks. Leffler joined the team in 1999 and made four starts in the Busch Series during the season with moderate success. At the same time, he also started a race in the Indy Racing League at Walt Disney World Speedway in the No. 5 Treadway Racing machine, but finished last after crashing early in the race.
Leffler made his first, and only, start in the Indianapolis 500 in 2000. This effort was put forth by Treadway Racing with backing from Roger Penske's United Auto group. Leffler qualified in the 17th position, which was also where he finished.
NASCAR career[]
During the 2000 season, Leffler drove full-time for the No. 18 MBNA sponsored Joe Gibbs Racing team in the Busch Series. He finished twentieth in the final standings, earned three pole positions during the year, and finished second at Phoenix. He also made two IRL starts, among them a start for Treadway in the Indianapolis 500 where he started and finished seventeenth. After that season he moved up to the Winston Cup Series to become the driver of the #01 Cingular Wireless Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing as the permanent replacement for Kenny Irwin, Jr., who was killed in a practice crash while driving for the same team at New Hampshire in 2000. Leffler's car retained sponsorship from BellSouth through its Cingular Wireless property, and with Ganassi's purchase of a stake in Felix Sabates' former team came a switch in manufacturer as Leffler became one of several drivers to drive Dodge Intrepids in the brand's return to NASCAR. It was a controversial decision, as Leffler performed poorly the season prior in excellent Joe Gibbs equipment in the Busch series. During his inaugural Cup season, he had only one top 10 finish and four failures to qualify. He was, however, the inaugural pole setter at Kansas Speedway. After his 37th-place finish in the 2001 championship, Ganassi replaced him with Jimmy Spencer for the 2002 season and remade Leffler's former car into the #41 Target Dodge.
Leffler joined Ultra Motorsports in 2002 to drive the #2 Carquest/Team ASE Dodge Ram in place of the departed Scott Riggs and had great success early on with the team. In his first year, he tied a single season Craftsman Truck Series record by scoring eight pole positions, and qualified no worse than eighth at any race during the season. Despite not winning a race, he had six second-place finishes and a fourth-place finish in the championship. He also won the Night Before the 500 midget race and got to drive Ultra's #7 car in the final two races of the Cup Series season after the team fired Casey Atwood. Leffler finally broke through in 2003 when he scored his first career victory at Dover.
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Despite the success, Leffler ended up losing his ride at Ultra in controversial fashion. Haas CNC Racing, which was fielding its first full-time Cup Series team, had fired its driver Jack Sprague after the Tropicana 400. Team owner Gene Haas named John Andretti as his replacement, but he was unavailable for the Brickyard 400 due to a prior commitment with Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. Haas approached Leffler to drive the #0 NetZero Pontiac Grand Prix in the race and he agreed to do so. Ultra, which had warned Leffler that such a move would be in violation of his contract, responded by firing him.
Leffler made ten starts in the #0, becoming the permanent driver after the Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen. The team then signed Ward Burton away from Bill Davis Racing to take over the car, and he joined the team before the season was over to get a head start. Leffler was moved to the #00 Haas Automation car in the Busch Series for the remainder of 2003, with the idea that he would remain there for 2004. At Nashville Superspeedway in 2004, Leffler scored his first career Busch Series victory. He also was involved in a controversial finish at the Winn-Dixie 250; he was penalized by NASCAR for "over-aggressive driving" on the final lap, that saw Michael Waltrip get spun, and then Dale Earnhardt Jr. get wrecked, both by Leffler. He was running third in the points when the team released him from his contract. He ended up finishing twelfth in the championship despite missing the last seven races.
Shortly after his dismissal, Leffler signed a deal to re-join Joe Gibbs Racing for 2005, taking over a newly created Cup team sponsored by FedEx. The No. 11 Chevrolet was regularly outside of the top 35 in points, meaning that it was not guaranteed a starting spot for all races; Leffler was unable to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600 because of it. He was replaced by Terry Labonte for the two road-course races and, eventually, was fired from JGR after nineteen starts in which he failed to record a top ten finish. He was replaced by a mix of Labonte and JGR developmental drivers J.J. Yeley and Denny Hamlin, the latter of whom took over the car full-time the following season.
While racing with Gibbs, Leffler briefly raced with Braun Racing in the Busch Series, a team that had lost their regular driver, Shane Hmiel, to a drug suspension. After leaving Gibbs, Leffler joined Braun Racing on a full-time basis for the remainder of the season. Leffler had scored four top ten finishes with Braun in nine starts for the team.
For the 2006 season, Leffler was signed to return to Braun Racing to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet. The team carried sponsorships from Lucas Oil, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and ABF U-Pack Moving. The No. 32 team became the No. 38 team with sponsorship from Great Clips after it merged with Akins Motorsports. Jason also attempted to qualify for the second to last race of the chase at Phoenix in the No. 71 for Braun Racing but failed to qualify. He also owned the 2006 USAC Silver Crown championship team.[2]
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During the 2007 season, Leffler won the pole for the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway. He finished ninth. Leffler would make NASCAR history July 28, 2007 as he passed Greg Biffle with two laps remaining to win the Busch Series Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. The win marked the first race victory for a Toyota Camry in Busch Series competition, and the first win for a foreign manufacturer in a top-tier NASCAR series since Al Keller won in a Jaguar in 1954. The win also marked Leffler's second career Busch Series win and first win since the 2004 season. Leffler returned to Sprint Cup in 2008 for a few races in the No. 70 Haas CNC Chevy while driving full-time for Braun Racing's No. 38 Toyota Camry.
In 2009 at the July Daytona race weekend it was announced that the No. 38 Toyota car would be shared with Kasey Kahne for the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Leffler remained in the Great Clips Toyota in 2010 and 2011. In late 2011 he was informed that he was free to pursue other opportunities for the 2012 season.
On January 9, 2012, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Leffler would drive the No. 18 truck for fourteen races with sponsorship from Dollar General.[3] However, strings of bad luck and poor finishes plagued the team, and Leffler was released on August 14.[4]
Leffler also returned to the Cup Series in 2012, driving for Robinson-Blakeney Racing at Watkins Glen International,[5] and for Humphrey Smith Racing at Michigan International Speedway.[6]
Leffler made a single Cup Series start in 2013, driving Humphrey Smith Racing's No. 19 Toyota Camry at Pocono Raceway in early June, three days before his death; he started and parked, finishing 43rd in the event.[7]
Death[]
On June 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Leffler was involved in a crash during a 410 sprint car heat race at the 5⁄8-mile (1.0 km) Bridgeport Speedway in Logan Township, New Jersey.[8] Running second with a few laps left, his car suffered a front suspension failure, causing it to crash into a wall and flip several times.[9]
Leffler instantly lost consciousness in the accident. When it was found that Leffler was not breathing, the rest of the race was cancelled and victory lane ceremonies did not take place. He was Transported by ambulance to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Chester, Pennsylvania,[10] where he was pronounced dead at 9:00 PM EDT, 30 minutes after the accident.[11] An autopsy report stated that the cause of death was a severe blunt force neck and backbone injury.[12]
After his death, many drivers and racing associations such as NASCAR and IndyCar made statements on the death and gave their condolences. NASCAR drivers competing in the 2013 Quicken Loans 400 had special stickers placed on their cars in honor of Leffler. Denny Hamlin, who replaced Leffler in the No. 11 FedEx Toyota in late 2005 had his car repainted to resemble Leffler's livery.[13]
Personal life[]
Leffler was the son of Charles and Patricia Leffler. Leffler had a son with Alison East, Charlie Dean, who was five years old at the time of his father's death. He shared his life with live-in girlfriend Julianna Patterson; they resided in North Carolina and were engaged at the time of his death.[citation needed]
Career awards[]
Leffler was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2003.[1] He had 19 USAC national championship midget car wins at that time.[2] He was inducted in the USAC Hall of Fame in 2018.[2] He also had six USAC Silver Crown wins.[2]
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.)
Sprint Cup Series[]
NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | |||
2001 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 01 | Dodge | DAY 34 |
CAR 33 |
LVS 28 |
ATL 32 |
DAR 39 |
BRI DNQ |
TEX 17 |
MAR DNQ |
TAL 20 |
CAL 18 |
RCH 26 |
CLT 30 |
DOV 13 |
MCH 19 |
POC 41 |
DAY 24 |
CHI 24 |
NHA 27 |
POC 21 |
IND 26 |
GLN | MCH 24 |
BRI 30 |
DAR 43 |
RCH 28 |
DOV DNQ |
KAN 28 |
CLT 43 |
MAR 37 |
TAL 15 |
PHO 41 |
CAR 30 |
HOM 10 |
ATL DNQ |
NHA 30 |
37th | 2413 | ||||
04 | SON DNQ |
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2002 | Ultra Motorsports | 7 | Dodge | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO 31 |
HOM 35 |
63rd | 128 | |||
2003 | Haas CNC Racing | 0 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | MAR | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND 33 |
GLN | MCH 35 |
BRI 26 |
DAR 26 |
RCH 28 |
NHA 27 |
DOV 25 |
TAL DNQ |
KAN 30 |
CLT 35 |
MAR 27 |
ATL | PHO | CAR | HOM | 47th | 764 | |||
2004 | 60 | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND 43 |
GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM | 88th | 34 | |||||
2005 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY 36 |
CAL 37 |
LVS 22 |
ATL 25 |
BRI 38 |
MAR 12 |
TEX 36 |
PHO 29 |
TAL 26 |
DAR 38 |
RCH 25 |
CLT DNQ |
DOV 20 |
POC 40 |
MCH 20 |
SON | DAY 18 |
CHI 20 |
NHA 24 |
POC 24 |
IND 33 |
GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 38th | 1538 | |||
2006 | Braun Racing | 71 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO DNQ |
HOM | NA | - | |||
2008 | Haas CNC Racing | 70 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV DNQ |
POC 40 |
MCH DNQ |
SON | NHA | DAY | CHI 27 |
IND 32 |
POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 59th | 192 | |||
2010 | Braun Racing | 32 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL DNQ |
RCH 43 |
NHA | DOV | 70th | 68 | |||||||||||
Prism Motorsports | 66 | Toyota | KAN DNQ |
CAL 43 |
CLT DNQ |
MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO DNQ |
HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Robinson-Blakeney Racing | 49 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | KAN | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN 35 |
BRI 31 |
ATL 38 |
RCH | CHI DNQ |
NHA DNQ |
DOV DNQ |
TAL | CLT | KAN | MAR | TEX | 71st | 01 | ||||||
Humphrey Smith Racing | 19 | Ford | MCH 43 |
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91 | Chevy | PHO 42 |
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Toyota | HOM DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | 19 | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | KAN | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC 43 |
MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 52nd | 1 |
Daytona 500[]
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2001 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dodge | 15 | 34 |
2005 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 40 | 36 |
Nationwide Series[]
NASCAR Nationwide 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | ||||
1999 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | PPR | GTY | IRP 41 |
MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH 22 |
DOV DNQ |
CLT | CAR 24 |
MEM 20 |
PHO | HOM | 74th | 331 | |||||||
2000 | DAY 20 |
CAR 19 |
LVS 28 |
ATL DNQ |
DAR 37 |
BRI 25 |
TEX 22 |
NSV 21 |
TAL 28 |
CAL 39 |
RCH 35 |
NHA 24 |
CLT 21 |
DOV 28 |
SBO 32 |
MYB 7 |
GLN 28 |
MLW 15 |
NZH 15 |
PPR 24 |
GTY 15 |
IRP 4 |
MCH 41 |
BRI 36 |
DAR 28 |
RCH 15 |
DOV 10 |
CLT 36 |
CAR 30 |
MEM 16 |
PHO 2 |
HOM 12 |
20th | 2956 | ||||||||||
2003 | Haas CNC Racing | 00 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN 16 |
CLT 11 |
MEM | ATL 22 |
PHO 11 |
CAR 22 |
HOM 4 |
52nd | 739 | |||||
2004 | DAY 8 |
CAR 32 |
LVS 22 |
DAR 14 |
BRI 32 |
TEX 6 |
NSH 9 |
TAL 5 |
CAL 34 |
GTY 6 |
RCH 11 |
NZH 7 |
CLT 4 |
DOV 14 |
NSH 1* |
KEN 7 |
MLW 15 |
DAY 13 |
CHI 7 |
NHA 3 |
PPR 3 |
IRP 3 |
MCH 7 |
BRI 17 |
CAL 10 |
RCH 4 |
DOV 4 |
KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM | 12th | 3661 | ||||||||
2005 | Braun Racing | 32 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 9 |
CHI 23 |
NHA 29 |
PPR | GTY 18 |
IRP | GLN | MCH 14 |
BRI 20 |
CAL 7 |
RCH 5 |
DOV 3 |
KAN 19 |
CLT 6 |
MEM 24 |
TEX 8 |
PHO 7 |
HOM 27 |
30th | 1829 | ||||
2006 | DAY 6 |
CAL 22 |
MXC 17 |
LVS 11 |
ATL 6 |
BRI 32 |
TEX 17 |
NSH 35 |
PHO 22* |
13th | 3554 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | TAL 18 |
RCH 24 |
DAR 10 |
CLT 18 |
DOV 34 |
NSH 43 |
KEN 40 |
MLW 4 |
DAY 18 |
CHI 19 |
NHA 14 |
MAR 8 |
GTY 33 |
IRP 19 |
GLN 35 |
MCH 13 |
BRI 5 |
CAL 24 |
RCH 20 |
DOV 5 |
KAN 31 |
CLT 28 |
MEM 34 |
TEX 43 |
PHO 14 |
HOM 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Toyota | DAY 22 |
CAL 38 |
MXC 6 |
LVS 37 |
ATL 41 |
BRI 34 |
NSH 4 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 18 |
TAL 35 |
RCH 37 |
DAR 6 |
CLT 31 |
DOV 11 |
NSH 3 |
KEN 14 |
MLW 3 |
NHA 12 |
DAY 9 |
CHI 33 |
GTY 4 |
IRP 1 |
CGV 26 |
GLN 27 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 2* |
CAL 14 |
RCH 11 |
DOV 30 |
KAN 21 |
CLT 19 |
MEM 5 |
TEX 12 |
PHO 8 |
HOM 14 |
3rd | 3996 | ||||||
2008 | DAY 19 |
CAL 11 |
LVS 39 |
ATL 8 |
BRI 6 |
NSH 13 |
TEX 9 |
PHO 14 |
MXC 21 |
TAL 4 |
RCH 16 |
DAR 9 |
CLT 32 |
DOV 27 |
NSH 26 |
KEN 16 |
MLW 10 |
NHA 32 |
DAY 23 |
CHI 27 |
GTY 4 |
IRP 16 |
CGV 7 |
GLN 8 |
MCH 8 |
BRI 15 |
CAL 26 |
RCH 30 |
DOV 7 |
KAN 8 |
CLT 18 |
MEM 12 |
TEX 17 |
PHO 25 |
HOM 4 |
9th | 4086 | |||||||
2009 | DAY 33 |
CAL 11 |
LVS 4 |
BRI 10 |
TEX 13 |
NSH 6 |
PHO 2 |
TAL 6 |
RCH 10 |
DAR 2 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 8 |
NSH 5 |
KEN 6 |
MLW 10 |
NHA 10 |
DAY 19 |
CHI 4 |
GTY 14 |
IRP 8 |
IOW 3 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 11 |
BRI 6 |
CGV 29 |
ATL 20 |
RCH 32 |
DOV 6 |
KAN 11 |
CAL 30 |
CLT 32 |
MEM 3 |
TEX 3 |
PHO 27 |
HOM 18 |
4th | 4540 | |||||||
2010 | 10 | DAY 33 |
BRI 9 |
DAR 5 |
DOV 5 |
CLT 7 |
BRI 2 |
ATL 7 |
9th | 3941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | CAL 14 |
LVS 12 |
NSH 39 |
PHO 19 |
TEX 12 |
TAL 41 |
RCH 16 |
NSH 34 |
KEN 33 |
ROA 8 |
NHA 14 |
DAY 14 |
CHI 5 |
GTY 23 |
IRP 30 |
IOW 3 |
GLN 35 |
MCH 34 |
CGV 21 |
RCH 14 |
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Turner Motorsports | DOV 8 |
KAN 10 |
CAL 37 |
CLT 15 |
GTY 4 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 33 |
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10 | HOM 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 30 | Chevy | DAY 6 |
BRI 8 |
TEX 15 |
DAR 9 |
BRI 7 |
ATL 9 |
DOV 19 |
CLT 11 |
6th | 1028 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | PHO 11 |
LVS 9 |
CAL 11 |
TAL 15 |
NSH 15 |
RCH 10 |
DOV 11 |
IOW 33 |
CLT 21 |
CHI 5 |
MCH 10 |
ROA 20 |
DAY 2 |
KEN 13 |
NHA 30 |
NSH 18 |
IRP 6 |
IOW 13 |
GLN 18 |
CGV 9 |
RCH 29 |
CHI 12 |
KAN 13 |
TEX 15 |
PHO 26 |
HOM 12 |
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2012 | 30 | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW 8 |
GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO 12 |
HOM | 120th | 01 |
Camping World Truck Series[]
NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
2000 | Ultra Motorsports | 5 | Ford | DAY | HOM | PHO | MMR | MAR | GTY | MEM | TEX | KEN | GLN | MLW | NHA | NZH | MCH | IRP 29 |
NSV | CIC | RCH | DOV | TEX | CAL | 103rd | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
2002 | Ultra Motorsports | 2 | Dodge | DAY 11 |
DAR 30 |
MAR 6 |
GTY 2 |
2* |
DOV 9 |
TEX 27 |
MEM 4 |
MLW 2 |
KAN 4 |
KEN 5 |
NHA 27 |
MCH 2 |
IRP 2 |
NSH 28 |
RCH 12* |
TEX 8 |
SBO 9 |
LVS 5 |
CAL 2 |
PHO 16 |
HOM 3 |
4th | 3156 | |||||||||||||||||
2003 | DAY 30 |
DAR 6 |
MMR 7 |
MAR 11 |
CLT 21 |
DOV 1 |
TEX 27 |
MEM 6 |
MLW 2 |
KAN 7 |
KEN 5 |
GTW 2 |
MCH 4 |
IRP 15 |
NSH 24 |
BRI 9 |
RCH | NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO | TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM | 16th | 2209 | |||||||||||||||||
2004 | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports | 47 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | MFD | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | LVS | CAL | TEX | MAR | PHO | DAR 24 |
HOM | 95th | 91 | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Red Horse Racing | 1 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL 4 |
MAR 23 |
ATL | TEX 9 |
PHO 4 |
HOM 5 |
41st | 707 | ||||||||||||||
2009 | 90 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW 29 |
MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 99th | 76 | |||||||||||||||
2012 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 18 | Toyota | DAY 36 |
MAR 8 |
CAR 34 |
KAN 18 |
CLT 4 |
DOV | TEX 6 |
KEN 8 |
IOW 6 |
CHI 8 |
POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | 23rd | 294 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hillman Racing | 27 | Chevy | HOM 19 |
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 | 21 | ABMSC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||
Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Pontiac | SLM | MCH | POC | BLN | POC | WIN | DSF | TAL | 5 |
87th | 205 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SLM | KIL | FRS | MCH | POC | TOL | KEN | BLN | POC | KEN | DSF | 31 |
TAL | 124th | 100 |
American open-wheel racing[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
IndyCar Series[]
IndyCar Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Treadway Racing | G-Force | 5 | Oldsmobile | WDW 28 |
PHX | CLT | INDY | TXS | PPIR | ATL | DOV | PP2 | LVS | TX2 | 48th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | 55 | WDW | PHX | LVS 15 |
30th | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | INDY 17 |
TXS | PPIR | ATL | KTY | TX2 |
Images[]
2010 Nationwide No. 38
Racing at the 2011 Nationwide race at Road America
At Rockingham Speedway in 2012
See also[]
- Driver deaths in motorsport
- List of people from Long Beach, California
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Biography". WorthyOfHonor.com. National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Wayne County Speedway". USAC National Midgets. October 10, 2020. Event occurs at 19:08. FloRacing.
- ^ "Leffler joins Kyle Busch's truck team". Fox Sports. January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ Pistone, Pete (August 14, 2012). "Jason Leffler out at Kyle Busch Motorsports". Eye on NASCAR. CBS Sports. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ Marquart, Chris (August 11, 2012). "Watkins Glen Notebook: Montoya will start first in Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen". Finger Lakes Times. Geneva, NY. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ Pistone, Pete (August 14, 2012). "Michigan entry list features 45 drivers". Eye on NASCAR. CBS Sports. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ "Jason Leffler – 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ "Leffler remembered as friend, teammate, father". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. June 13, 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Gluck, Jeff (June 21, 2013). "Police say mechanical failure caused Leffler's crash". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^
- Utter, Jim (June 13, 2013). "NASCAR driver Jason Leffler dies after accident in dirt car event". WCNC-TV. Charlotte, North Carolina. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- Ryan, Nate; Jeff Gluck (June 13, 2013). "NASCAR's Jason Leffler dead after dirt track crash". USA Today. Tysons Corner, Virginia. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- Boren, Cindy (June 13, 2013). "NASCAR driver Jason Leffler killed in race". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^
- "Leffler Dies After Accident in Dirt Car Event". ABC News. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- "NASCAR driver Jason Leffler dies from injuries sustained in crash". UPI. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Gluck, Jeff (June 14, 2013). "Autopsy reveals Jason Leffler's cause of death". USA Today. Tysons Corner, Virginia. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ "No. 11 car a tribute to Jason Leffler". ESPN. Associated Press. June 2013.
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