Джимми Спенсер – Американдық жарыс жүргізушісінің өмірі мен мансабы

American racing driver

James Peter Spencer (born February 15, 1957) is an American former racing driver, team owner, talk show host and television commentator. He is best known for competing in NASCAR. He hosted the NASCAR inspired talk show, What’s the Deal?, on Speed, and was co host, with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace, of Speed's pre race and post race NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane. Before retiring, Spencer had a segment on Speed's NASCAR Race Hub offering commentary and answering viewer questions (on Tuesdays and Thursdays). During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his aggressive racing style. Spencer is one of the few drivers to have won a race in all three of NASCAR's top series: the NASCAR Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Spencer's Cup wins both came in summer 1994 at the restrictor plate races at Daytona and Talladega.

Jimmy Spencer followed his father, Ed Spencer, Sr., commonly known as "Fast Eddie", in racing. Spencer started driving Late Models in Pennsylvania. He captured his first win in the Late Model division at Port Royal Speedway in 1976. He moved to NASCAR Modifieds at Shangri La Speedway (Owego, New York), then branched out to bigger events throughout the Northeast. In 1984, Spencer was one of the top contenders for NASCAR's National Modified Championship, at a time when all sanctioned races counted toward that title; after running over sixty races, he was second to Richie Evans in the final standings. When NASCAR changed the National Modified Championship into the smaller schedule Winston Modified Tour (now the Whelen Modified Tour) in 1985, Spencer continued to run, and won the title in 1986 and 1987. Spencer debuted in the Busch Series in 1985, finishing 19th at North Carolina Motor Speedway in the No. 67 Pontiac for Frank Cicci Racing, which was also his Modified team. The team ran twice in 1987 with a best finish 36th, then ran the full season in 1988, finishing seventh in the point standings with 5 top 5's and 13 top 10's in the No. 34. In 1989, Spencer won his first career Busch race, the Mountain Dew 400 at Hickory Motor Speedway. Spencer later won another two that season at Orange County and Myrtle Beach, finishing 15th in the final standings.

In 1989, he moved to the Winston Cup Series, driving the No. 88 Crisco sponsored Pontiac for Buddy Baker's team in 17 of the 29 races. He posted three top 10's and finished 34th in points. He then ran full time in 1990, finishing in the top 10 twice for Rod Osterlund Racing in the No. 57 Heinz sponsored Pontiac and finished 24th in points. In 1991, Spencer moved to the No. 98 Banquet Foods Chevrolet for Travis Carter Motorsports. Despite six top 10 finishes, Spencer dropped one position in the standings due to twelve DNFs. He began 1992 with Carter, but moved down to the Busch Series to drive the No. 20 Daily's 1st Ade sponsored Oldsmobile for Dick Moroso after Carter's team folded early in the season. He responded with his second career wins at both Myrtle Beach Speedway and Orange County Speedway. Late in the 1992 season, Spencer joined Bobby Allison Motorsports' Cup team and posted three top fives in the last four races of the season. He signed to drive Allison's No. 12 Meineke sponsored Ford Thunderbird full time in 1993, and finished in the top 5 five times, resulting in a career best 12th place in the final standings. In 1994, he drove the No. 27 McDonald's sponsored Ford for Junior Johnson and won his first two and only career Cup races, the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, and the DieHard 500 at Talladega. On the final lap at Daytona, Spencer won his first career Cup race passing Ernie Irvan for his only scored lap lead. He also won his first career pole award for the Tyson Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Other than that, the season was a huge disappointment, as he would only score two further Top 10 finishes and finished the season 29th in the standings.

After finishing 29th in the standings in 1994, Spencer left to reunite with Travis Carter, who was then fielding the No. 23 Smokin' Joe's sponsored Ford. He finished in the Top 10 four times in 1995 and in 1996, Spencer had two Top 5's en route to a 15th place finish in points. He fell to 20th in 1997. In 1998, Winston/No Bull became his team's new primary sponsor and he was 11th in points when he suffered injuries at the Brickyard 400, forcing him to sit out the next two races to recover and fall to 14th in points. During the season, Spencer formed his own NASCAR team, Spencer Motor Ventures, which fielded the No. 12 Zippo sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series for himself and Boris Said, Steve Grissom, and Rick Mast. The team expanded to two cars in 1999, fielding the No. 12 and the No. 5 Schneider National sponsored Chevy for Dick Trickle. In 2000, he moved his team up to Cup to run the road course races with Boris Said in the No. 23 Federated Auto Parts sponsored Ford Taurus. The team ceased operations at the end of the season. After a 20th place finish in 1999, Winston left the team, and Kmart became the team's new sponsor, causing Spencer to switch to the No. 26 to accommodate the new sponsor, who was already backing the No. 66 car driven by Spencer's teammate, Darrell Waltrip. Spencer had two Top 5's and in 2001 won the pole positions at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway and advanced to 16th in points.

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 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 1985 Frank Cicci Racing 67 Pontiac DAY CAR HCY BRI MAR DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO LGY HCY MLW BRI DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR MAR 75th 106 1987 Frank Cicci Racing 4 Olds DAY HCY MAR DAR BRI LGY SBO CLT DOV 72nd 55 24 IRP ROU JFC OXF SBO HCY RAL LGY ROU BRI JFC DAR RCH DOV MARBuick CLT CAR MAR 1988 34 DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 7th 3801 1989 DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU 15th 2704 Baker Schiff Racing 87 Pontiac BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 1990 Huffman Racing 77 Buick DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT DAR RCH 46th 642 Rodney Franklin 58 Pontiac DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI Henderson Motorsports 75 Olds DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR 1991 Laughlin Racing 45 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR MAR VOL HCYQL† DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH CLTQL† DOV ROU HCY MYB GLN OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU 42nd 636 98 Chevy BRI DAR RCH DOV 45 CLT NHA CAR MAR 1992 DAY CAR BRI CLT 17th 2941 Olds RCH ATL MAR DAR Huffman Racing 77 Buick HCY LAN DUB NZH Moroso Racing 20 Olds DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA38* TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR HCY Allison Racing 28 Ford CAR 1993 Ingram Racing 10 Chevy DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT BRI DAR RCH CLT MAR 42nd 838 Shoemaker Racing 64 Chevy DOV MYB GLN MLW CAR HCY ATL Three Star Motorsports 22 Chevy TAL IRP MCH NHA Ingram Racing 10 Pontiac DOV ROU 1994 Shoemaker Racing 64 Chevy DAY CAR DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR 63rd 348 Pontiac RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT 1995 Moroso Racing 20 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 34th 1177 1996 Keystone Motorsports Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI CLT HOM 32nd 1392 Bown Racing 51 Chevy HCY NZH Mark III Racing 77 Ford DAR Keystone Motorsports 20 Ford RCH Laughlin Racing 45 Ford DOV Chevy CAR 1997 Keystone Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 30th 1576 1998 Spencer Motor Ventures 12 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 43rd 1164 1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 43rd 1197 2000 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 65th 406 2001 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 26th 2329 Pontiac TAL 2002 DAY TAL DAY 26th 2454 Chevy CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 2003 Tommy Baldwin Racing 6 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI 86th 241 FitzBradshaw Racing 82 Chevy TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 2004 BACE Motorsports 74 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO HOM 92nd 222 Michael Waltrip Racing 98 Chevy DAR 2005 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR 120th 82 Red Cactus Racing 73 Chevy GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM† Qualified but replaced by Jeff Burton

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 Pts Ref 2003 Ultra Motorsports 2 Dodge DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 55th 416 2004 DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI 55th 303 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge RCH ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 2005 Ultra Motorsports 2 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 12th 3050

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Hooters SuperCar 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 Pts Ref 1989 46 Buick DAY ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL 128th 1994 Junior Johnson & Associates 2 Ford DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS 100th 325 Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Chevy INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL