Jason Small (born June 7, 1979) is an American former stock car racing driver.[1]

Jason Small
Born (1979-06-07) June 7, 1979 (age 45)
Bakersfield, California
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish80th (2002)
First race2002 Sirius Satellite Radio 400 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
36 races run over 5 years
2004 position52nd
Best finish21st (2002)
First race2000 Dodge California 250 (Mesa Marin)
Last race2004 Darlington 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of March 21, 2017.

Winston Cup Series

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Small made his only career NASCAR Cup Series (then called the Winston Cup Series) start in 2002 at Michigan for Price Motorsports. He started 41st and ended up finishing there, after his brakes failed early.

Craftsman Truck Series

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Small made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in 2000, running at Mesa Marin. That race he started 20th in the truck owned by Walker Evans, but struggled to a 28th-place finish. He then switched to Green Light Racing, where he competed one race for the team at O'Reilly Raceway Park with a 25th-place result.

Small started three races then for Sonntag Racing in 2001. His best run for the team came in his debut with them, where he started 19th and finished 25th at Homestead-Miami. Small then moved onto a family owned team for two late races in the year. He earned his then best career run at Phoenix, when he came home 19th.

Small reunited with Green Light Racing in 2002 and his runs with the team earned him 21st in the points as he competed in all the races. Immediately, Small started out with a 9th place in the season opener at Daytona.[1] Small, though, would only earn one more top-ten on the year: a 10th at Las Vegas. Small's meager 22nd in points could largely be blamed to inconsistency. Small did not finish seven races. At one point, he did not even finish six consecutive races. Such inconsistency led to Small's release at the end of the season.

Small did not go away, however, and once again he restarted his family team for three 2003 races. After a 21st place season debut, Small earned his third career top-10: a 10th at California. A 23rd-place finish at Phoenix would be his last start of the year.

Small was called upon in mid-2004 to drive the No. 13 ThorSport Racing Chevy in place of Tina Gordon. Small did his fill-in role decently, earning a best finish of 21st at Darlington. However, the ride did not convert into any more races and Small has not raced in NASCAR since.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston 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 NWCC Pts Ref
2002 Price Motorsports 59 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH
41
SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 80th 40 [2]

Craftsman Truck Series

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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 NCTC Pts Ref
2000 Walker Evans Racing 20 Chevy DAY HOM PHO MMR
28
MAR PIR GTY MEM PPR EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH 102nd 79 [3]
Green Light Racing 45 Chevy IRP
25
NSV CIC RCH DOV TEX CAL
2001 Tagsby Racing 73 Chevy DAY
DNQ
HOM
25
MMR
33
MAR
28
GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW 53rd 444 [4]
Ken Small 74 Chevy KAN
29
KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO
24
CAL
2002 Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY
9
DAR
21
MAR
13
GTY
21
PPR
22
DOV
21
TEX
25
MEM
33
MLW
26
KAN
30
KEN
29
NHA
32
MCH
19
IRP
25
NSH
15
RCH
24
TEX
14
SBO
27
LVS
10
CAL
24
PHO
29
HOM
22
21st 2116 [5]
2003 JRS Motorsports 39 Chevy DAY DAR MMR
21
MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL
10
LVS
DNQ
SBO TEX MAR PHO
23
HOM 64th 328 [6]
2004 ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL
22
TEX
33
MAR PHO DAR
21
HOM
31
52nd 331 [7]

References

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  1. ^ a b WHEEL THING: Small planning more Cup races", The Bakersfield Californian, February 10, 2006.
  2. ^ "Jason Small – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jason Small – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jason Small – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jason Small – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jason Small – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "Jason Small – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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