Jeff Fuller (racing driver)

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Jeff Fuller
Born	(1957-03-27) March 27, 1957 (age 64) Boylston, Massachusetts
Achievements	1992 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Champion
Awards	1995 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
14 races run over 5 years
Best finish	53rd (2000)
First race	1992 Pontiac Excitement 400 (Richmond)
Last race	2010 AMP Energy Juice 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
188 races run over 16 years
Best finish	10th (1995)
First race	1992 AC-Delco 200 (Rockingham)
Last race	2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis)
First win	1996 Food City 250 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 14 1
Statistics current as of January 10, 2007.

Jeff Fuller (born March 27, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. Before joining NASCAR's major leagues, Fuller won the 1992 Winston Modified Tour championship, driving for Sheba Racing. The Massachusetts native has 31 wins on the Modified Tour and was named the series' most popular drivers for three consecutive seasons (1992–1994).

Racing career[]

Busch Series[]

Fuller made his Busch Series career in 1992, making one start. Driving the #20 First Ade Oldsmobile for Dick Moroso, Fuller started 27th and finished 26th, twenty-nine laps down.

Three years later, in 1995, after a run in the Whelen Modified Series, Fuller moved to the Busch Series to compete for Rookie of the Year. His team would be the #47 Sunoco Chevy owned by ST Motorsports. His sole top-5 was a fourth in the fall race at Charlotte. He also added on five other top-10s. His best start in the season was only a pair of tenths at New Hampshire and Rockingham. He also finished in the top-30 in all but one race and only recorded five DNFs. This enabled him to finish tenth in points in just his first season in Busch Series, earning him Rookie of the Year honors.

Missing two races relegated Fuller back to 17th in points in 1996. In the same weekend at Bristol, Fuller won his first career pole, won his first career race and his wife Liz gave birth to a child. Fuller only managed 3 other top-10s in 1996. He made one of his starts in a -owned car, driving the #02 ECU Pirates at Rockingham to a 38th-place finish. To top off this great year, Fuller had a daughter named Tiffany Fuller. He had two more children, daughter Shannon and son Jeffrey Jr. That same year, Fuller won a race in a one-off start at Thompson Speedway in what was then the Busch North Series.

Fuller's team continued to struggle in early 1997. Fuller managed only two top-10s in his first fifteen races, (7th at Darlington and 3rd at New Hampshire) Fuller was released from the #47 after running eighteenth in points. Fuller missed the next two races, but then signed on to become the driver for the #45 Chevy for , earning finishes of 7th at Gateway and 9th at Bristol. However, Fuller was replaced for the last race by Greg Sacks, but drove the #5 Alka-Seltzer Chevy for Terry Labonte. After finishing 14th, he cemented a 21st-place finish in points.

In 1998, Fuller only made eleven starts, making races with five different teams. Most of the season was with the #89 Allerest Chevy owned by . His best finish with them was 25th at Charlotte. Overall, Fuller's best finish of 1998 was with Laughlin's racing team at Pikes Peak, where he finished eleventh. Fuller also paired with Joe Gibbs Racing in 1998. He drove their #42 Pontiac at Charlotte to a fifteenth-place finish. Fuller's other top-20 finish in 1998 was for Bill Elliott at Miami, where he finished fifteenth as well.

In 1999, Fuller made 27 of the season's 32 races, but did not record a single top-10. Fuller ran the first twenty-two races with Ruark's team, earning a best finish of 12th at Pikes Peak and IRP. While with the team, he also had a vicious accident a Dover when he spun and slammed into the pit road wall hard twice and breaking it after contact with Phil Parsons. Fuller made four starts for Joe Gibbs again, driving the #42 Circuit City Pontiac to a best of 12th at Darlington. Fuller also added on one more start with Lyndon Amick's team. He finished 33rd at Memphis Motorsports Park. Fuller's best start in 1999 was 5th at Pikes Peak, and he finished 22nd in points.

When Fuller went to Winston Cup racing, he only made one 2000 start. It was for Moy Racing, where he started 43rd on the field at Bristol, but came back to a 21st-place finish.

Fuller only made one start in 2001, as well. Driving for NEMCO Motorsports, he started 40th at California and finished 42nd after only completing five laps.

Fuller made two more starts for NEMCO in 2002, running at Daytona and Talladega. However, despite a 5th-place start at Daytona, he finished 42nd there and 40th at Talladega due to large multi car crashes.

Fuller made thirteen starts overall in 2003, driving for assorted teams. Mainly, he split his time between NEMCO and Stanton Barrett's team. His best finishes on the year were a 15th at Bristol for NEMCO and 18th at Nashville for Barrett. He also had a 24th-place run at Daytona for Bost Motorsports. He only finished 3 races that year.

In 2004, he ran the most races in a season of his career since 1999 for NEMCO Motorsports. Unfortunately, his best finish was 35th at Nazareth, as he did not finish a race that year. He also caused controversy during the season as he rarely completed more than a handful of laps before pulling out of the race.

In 2005, Fuller started off the year driving two races for NEMCO, but he was quickly replaced by Kim Crosby, whose team bought the #7 NEMCO ride. Ironically, Fuller replaced Crosby later in the year, driving the #7 Chevy for GIC-Mixon Motorsports for the remainder of the year. Fuller qualified for fifteen races with the team, and his best finishes were at Dover, where he finished 24th in the fall and 25th in the spring. After Memphis, where Fuller finished 42nd, the team folded due to lack of funding, leaving Fuller without a ride.

Fuller returned to the Busch Series in 2006 at the June Nashville race. He was signed to drive the #34 GlowBuoy Chevrolet for Frank Cicci Racing where he started 38th and finishing 27th.

During the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Nationwide Series Seasons, Fuller drove in a few races for NEMCO Motorsports and Stanton Barrett.

Fuller planned to drive the #97 Chevrolet in the 2010 Nationwide Season opener at Daytona for NEMCO Motorsports, but he withdrew even though he would have made the race, after qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Fuller was one of five drivers to be paid by John Menard and team owner Jack Roush (the approximate amount for each driver was around $45,000, equivalent to a last-place finish) [1] to drop out so John's son Paul could compete.

Kentucky crash[]

Jeff was involved in an incredible accident at the Kentucky Speedway on June 17, 2006 when he swerved to avoid Jason Leffler's spinning car and ended up hitting the inside wall at almost full speed. The car practically imploded upon impact and then burst into flames briefly. Despite the car hitting the wall on the right side, the left side came apart. Amazingly, he never lost consciousness but the car's roof had to be cut off to extract him. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and amazingly only a broken wrist and finger. He was released the next day. They determined that the implosion of the car was due to a faulty roll cage which failed during the crash.

Fuller made a full recovery from the accident, but when Frank Cicci closed up the #34 team for the rest of the year, Fuller was again left without a ride and his status.

For 2007, Fuller drove for Stanton Barrett Motorsports on a limited basis.

Fuller began the 2008 season looking for a ride. Meanwhile, Fuller remained in the garage area during most Nationwide Series races helping young drivers learn to handle their car and master new tracks.^{[citation needed]} In February 2008, Fuller traveled to Afghanistan for a 10-day visit to 6 camps meeting soldiers, signing autographs and seeing first hand what the troops go through while deployed.

R3 Motorsports placed Fuller behind the wheel of their No. 23 Chevrolet for the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway. Fuller replaced Robert Richardson, Jr. for the 200-lap event. This was his first series start since the Montreal road course race in 2008, and he finished in 30th place.

Sprint Cup Series[]

Fuller made his Cup Series debut in 1992, running the #88 Pontiac for at Richmond. He started 30th and finished 29th in the 35-car field after he broke a water pump.

Fuller then made seven starts in 2000 after a number of years on the Busch Series. He was tapped to drive the #27 Viagra Pontiac for Eel River Racing. Fuller made six of the first seven races, having a best finish of 22nd at Atlanta and a best start of 7th at Texas, but was released in favor of Mike Bliss. The Eel River team would eventually go through several drivers to include Kenny Wallace and eventually folded due to lack of funding. Later in 2000, Fuller drove the #98 Ford at Charlotte. He made the race with them with a 27th-place start and 41st-place finish. The team closed its doors before the 2001 Daytona 500.

Fuller tacked on three starts in 2004, running the #50 Arnold Motorsports Dodge in the later stages of the year. He was 43rd at California and Dover and then 42nd at Charlotte. Charlotte was his best start on the year with a 26th-place start.

Fuller made two starts in 2005, when he drove for Mach 1 Racing. However, Fuller finished 43rd in both the races. (Darlington and Dover) His best start was 40th at Darlington.

In 2007, Fuller tested the #80 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy at Daytona.

For 2008, Fuller tested the #87 of Front Row Motorsports for the 2008 Daytona 500. In February 2008, Fuller traveled to Afghanistan for a 10-day visit to 6 camps supporting the US and Coalition Forces.

Fuller was going to drive the #97 FrontRowJoe.com Toyota as a second car for NEMCO Motorsports in the 2010 Daytona 500 as a safety-net car for team owner Joe Nemechek should his #87 not make the race. When Nemechek's car made the race, Fuller started the duel and quickly pulled it behind the wall. Fuller was also entered in the No. 97 for the 2010 Drive 4 COPD 300, and was in the field after qualifying was washed out, but was paid to withdraw when several cars running the full schedule were locked out of the race.

Fuller was entered for the Aarons 499, but withdrew before qualifying with rain threatening qualifying. Fuller and the 97 were not entered for the Coke Zero 400.

Fuller qualified the #97 HeatRedefined.com NEMCO Motorsports Toyota in 13th for the 2010 AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega. He finished 43rd after only completing 2 laps. Again, this car was entered as both a safety net car, as well as a financial gain for the 87 as with both cars making the race, and a fully sponsored 87, allowed Nemechek to run the race to completion.

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
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
1992		88	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH 29	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO									77th	76
		08																														ATL DNQ
2000	Eel River Racing	27	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR 42	LVS 36	ATL 22	DAR 36	BRI 37	TEX 38	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR									53rd	390
		98	Ford																													CLT 41	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL
2004	Arnold Motorsports	50	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	CAL 43	RCH	NHA	DOV 43	TAL	KAN	CLT 42	MAR	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	75th	105
2005		61	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR DNQ	TEX	PHO	TAL																												78th	68
	Mach 1 Motorsports	34	Chevy										DAR 43	RCH DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV 43	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2010	NEMCO Motorsports	97	Toyota	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL 43	TEX	PHO	HOM	74th	34

Daytona 500[]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2000	Eel River Racing	Pontiac	DNQ
2010	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	DNQ

Nationwide Series[]

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
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
1992		20	Olds	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	BRI	HCY		DUB	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL	IRP		MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR 26	HCY					114th	85
1995	ST Motorsports	47	Chevy	DAY 11	CAR 30	RCH 16	ATL 27	NSV 20	DAR 22	BRI 14	HCY 7	NHA 22	NZH 9	CLT 15	DOV 28	MYB 28	GLN 15	MLW 22	TAL 14	SBO 11	IRP 10	MCH 28	BRI 10	DAR 18	RCH 23	DOV 21	CLT 4	CAR 38	HOM 8										10th	2845
1996				DAY 35	CAR DNQ	RCH 24	ATL DNQ	NSV 24	DAR 25	BRI 10	HCY 14	NZH 42	CLT 16	DOV 27	SBO 12	MYB 15	GLN 33	MLW 9	NHA 22	TAL 8	IRP 20	MCH 26	BRI 1*	DAR 15	RCH 24	DOV 20	CLT DNQ	CAR 20	HOM 33										17th	2399
		02	Chevy				ATL 38
1997	ST Motorsports	47	Chevy	DAY 26	CAR 17	RCH 35	ATL 12	LVS 36	DAR 7	HCY 12	TEX 32	BRI 29	NSV 31	TAL 26	NHA 3	NZH 31	CLT 34	DOV 26	SBO	GLN																			21st	2515
		45	Chevy																		MLW 30	MYB 33	GTY 7	IRP 22	MCH 14	BRI 9	DAR 41	RCH 34	DOV 35	CLT 43	CAL 11
	Taylor Motorsports	40	Chevy																													CAR 40
	Labonte Motorsports	5	Chevy																														HOM 14
1998		89	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT 25	DOV 35	RCH 40	PPR 11	GLN 18	MLW 29	MYB	CAL 40	SBO	IRP 32	MCH	BRI													48th	899
		90	Chevy																								DAR 38	RCH	DOV
	Joe Gibbs Racing	42	Pontiac																											CLT 15	GTY	CAR	ATL
	Bill Elliott Racing	94	Chevy																															HOM 15
1999		89	Chevy	DAY 23	CAR 42	LVS 27	ATL DNQ	DAR 19	TEX 26	NSV 20	BRI 19	TAL 32	CAL 12	NHA 39	RCH 41	NZH 19	CLT DNQ	DOV 31	SBO 20	GLN 15	MLW 32	MYB	PPR 12	GTY 37	IRP 12	MCH 17			RCH 30	DOV 43									22nd	2280
	Joe Gibbs Racing	42	Pontiac																								BRI 20	DAR 13			CLT 37	CAR			HOM 36
		88	Chevy																														MEM 33	PHO
2000	SABCO Racing	82	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX DNQ	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH													96th	100
	PRW Racing	77	Ford																								BRI 21	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM
2001	NEMCO Motorsports	88	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL 42	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			147th	37
2002				DAY 42	CAR	LVS DNQ	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH																													105th	80
			Pontiac								TAL 40	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM
2003	Bost Motorsports	22	Chevy	DAY 24	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX																														54th	688
	NEMCO Motorsports	88	Pontiac							TAL 43											DAY 43	CHI	NHA
	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	91	Pontiac								NSH 18	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH
	NEMCO Motorsports	88	Chevy													CLT 43	DOV
		87																NSH 43	KEN	MLW				PPR 38	IRP	MCH	BRI 15	DAR	RCH
	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	97	Chevy																											DOV 41	KAN 43	CLT 43	MEM 40		PHO DNQ	CAR 43	HOM
		91																																ATL DNQ
2004	NEMCO Motorsports	88	Chevy	DAY	CAR 43	LVS 43	DAR 43	BRI 37	TEX 39	NSH 37	TAL 42	CAL 40	GTY 37	RCH 38	NZH 35	CLT 37	DOV 43	NSH 43	KEN 42	MLW 41		CHI DNQ	NHA 43	PPR 42	IRP 39	MCH 41	BRI 41	CAL 42	RCH 42	DOV 43	KAN 43	CLT	MEM 43	ATL 40	PHO 43	DAR 38	HOM DNQ		37th	1221
			Pontiac																		DAY 43
2005		7	Chevy	DAY 43	CAL 43	MXC																																	51st	929
	GIC-Mixon Motorsports	24	Chevy				LVS DNQ	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL
		7												DAR 38	RCH DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV 25	NSH 30	KEN 35	MLW 41	DAY DNQ	CHI DNQ	NHA 42	PPR 31	GTY 35	IRP 42	GLN	MCH 39	BRI DNQ	CAL DNQ	RCH 43	DOV 24	KAN 34	CLT 27	MEM 42	TEX DNQ	PHO	HOM
2006	Frank Cicci Racing	34	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH 27	KEN 41	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	107th	122
2007	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	31	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL 38	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	146th	49
2008				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV 36	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	136th	55
2009	R3 Motorsports	23	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR 30	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP																100th	186
	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy																					IOW 36	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM 35	TEX	PHO	HOM
2010		97		DAY Wth	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-

Busch North Series[]

NASCAR Busch North Series results
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	NBNSC	Pts
		6	Olds	DAY	CAR	DAR	NZH	MND	OXF	OXF	DOV	OXF	JEN		EPP		OXF	JEN	TMP 11	IRP	OXF 28	RPS 17	DAR	RCH	DOV	OXF	OXF	EPP	40th	348
		51	Chevy	NHA	NHA	MND	NZH	SPE		GLN	JEN	EPP	GLN	NHA		STA	TMP 8	MND		RPS		NHA	LRP						63rd	142
	ST Motorsports	94	Chevy	DAY		JEN	NZH		NHA		BEE	TMP	NZH	NHA	STA	GLN	EPP	RPS		NHA	NHA	BEE	TMP 1	LRP					71st	180
		60	Chevy	DAY		JEN	NHA	NZH		NHA	STA	BEE	TMP	NZH		NHA	STA	THU	GLN	EPP	RPS	BEE	TMP 30	NHA	LRP				92nd	73
		81			RPS	NHA DNQ	TMP	NZH		BEE	JEN	GLN	STA	NHA	NZH	STA	NHA	GLN DNQ	EPP	THU	BEE	NHA	LRP						N/A	-

Whelen Southern Modified Tour[]

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NSWMTC	Pts
	Ed Marceau	66	Ford	CRW	HCY	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS	BRI	CRW	LGY	THO 22		CRW	CLT	CRW	45th	97

References[]

External links[]

• Jeff Fuller driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mike Stefanik	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Champion 1992	Succeeded by