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Jack Pennington

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Jack Pennington
Born (1953-09-03) September 3, 1953 (age 71)
Augusta, Georgia, United States
Achievements1998 National 100 Winner
1998 Blue-Gray 100 Winner
AwardsNational Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame (2006)
NASCAR Cup Series career
16 races run over 2 years
Best finish34th (1990)
First race1989 AC Delco 500 (Rockingham)
Last race1990 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 1 year
Best finish47th (1989)
First race1989 Goodwrench 200 (Rockingham)
Last race1989 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of April 20, 2013.

Jack Pennington (born September 3, 1953) is a dirt Late Model driver from Augusta, Georgia.

He was an ace in late model dirt track racing before he moved up to the Busch Series in 1989 making six starts, finishing with 2 top tens. He made his Winston Cup debut late in 1989, driving two races that year. He then ran fourteen races in 1990 in the No. 47 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme for Close Racing, he led in the 1990 Daytona 500 at one point with leading 6 laps in that race. He was second in the 1990 Rookie of the Year standings in controversial fashion (because the winner was posthumously awarded after being killed in a drunken driving incident returning home from the September North Wilkesboro round; NASCAR has since added a disciplinary rule that requires drivers to finish the season in good standing, which Pennington would have won the title under current rules). He never raced in NASCAR again after that year, returning to the Georgia dirt Late Model circuit, winning often over 20 features each year for the next decade.[1]

Career award

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He was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2006.[2]

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 NWCC Pts Ref
1989 Close Racing 47 Olds DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR
32
PHO 75th 91 [3]
Chevy ATL
24
1990 Olds DAY
25
RCH CAR ATL
30
DAR
20
BRI NWS MAR TAL
11
CLT
20
DOV SON POC
21
MCH
38
DAY
18
POC TAL
23
GLN MCH
38
BRI DAR
22
RCH
DNQ
DOV MAR NWS
DNQ
CLT
12
CAR
24
PHO ATL
36
34th 1278 [4]
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1990 Close Racing Oldsmobile 23 25

Busch Series

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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 29 NBGNC Pts Ref
1989 Close Racing 01 Buick DAY CAR
17
MAR HCY DAR
39
BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT
25
DOV
23
ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR
3
RCH DOV MAR CLT
4
CAR MAR 47th 553 [5]

References

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  1. ^ NASCAR driving Stats, Retrieved March 19, 2007
  2. ^ Inductees in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame, Retrieved March 19, 2007
  3. ^ "Jack Pennington – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jack Pennington – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jack Pennington – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
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