Jerry Marquis (born February 14, 1956) is a former NASCAR Driver who competed in the NASCAR Busch Series the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, The NASCAR Busch North Series and The NASCAR Featherlight Modified Series. He is from Broad Brook, Connecticut.[1]

Jerry Marquis
Born (1956-02-14) February 14, 1956 (age 68)
Broad Brook, Connecticut, United States
Achievements2000 Featherlite Modified Series Champion
Awards1994 Busch North Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 1 year
First race1995 NE Chevy Dealers 250 (Loudon)
Last race1995 Meridian Advantage 200 (Nazareth)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish119th (1997)
First race1997 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)
Last race1997 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 17, 2014.

Marquis has won 7 NASCAR Busch North Series races putting him 16th on the all-time list in the Busch North Series. His home track was Stafford Motor Speedway. Jerry Marquis was also infamous for NASCAR's former commentator Bill Weber and the "bodyguard to the stars" incident. He spun out Tony Stewart who was racing a NASCAR Modified race car that day with five laps to go and when the race was over a personal friend was pulled away by Weber and was to do an interview. Marquis declined to comment.[2]

Marquis also raced in two Busch series races for Mike Greci in the number 51 Wheels Discount Auto Chevy at Loudon and at Nazareth. He also raced in the 18 DANA Corp Truck at Richmond in 1997 driving for Kurt Roehrig. He is most notable for winning the 2000 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Championship with sponsorship from LongView RV and Teddy Bear Pools. He won at Riverhead, Seekonk, Thompson, Waterford, and Stafford Springs.

Motorsports career results

edit

NASCAR

edit

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

edit
NASCAR Busch 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 NBGNC Pts Ref
1994 Info not available DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA
DNQ
NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR N/A - [3]
1995 Greci Motorsports 51 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA
38
N/A 01 [4]
5 NZH
29
CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM
1996 Pease Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY
DNQ
CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM N/A - [5]

Craftsman Truck Series

edit
NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 NCTC Pts Ref
1997 Roehrig Motorsports 18 Dodge WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH
28
MAR SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 119th 79 [6]

1 Competed only in companion events with Busch North Series as BNS driver and ineligible for Busch Series points

References

edit
  1. ^ "BNSracing.com Driver: Jerry Marquis". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  2. ^ http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2009/06/bill-weber-nascar-security-gua-1.html [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1996 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
edit
Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Champion
2000
Succeeded by