Jennifer Jo Cobb
Jennifer Jo Cobb | |||||||
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Born | Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
June 12, 1973 ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
28 races run over 9 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 10 (JJC Racing) | ||||||
2015 position | 110th | ||||||
Best finish | 29th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2004 Ford 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
116 races run over 8 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 10 (JJC Racing) | ||||||
2015 position | 17th | ||||||
Best finish | 16th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2008 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 20, 2015. |
Jennifer Jo Cobb (born June 12, 1973 in Kansas City, Kansas)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. She has competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series along with the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and currently competes in the latter series, driving for her own team Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing in the No. 10 Chevrolet Silverado.
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Racing career
She started racing in 1991 at Lakeside Speedway. Her father, Joe Cobb, races at Lakeside Speedway in the modified division. Since 2002, she has made 9 starts in the ARCA Racing Series, including 3 top-10s in 3 starts in 2004 while driving for Keith Murt.
In 2004, Cobb made her NASCAR debut in the Busch Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway. She drove the #50 Vassarette Chevrolet for Keith Coleman Racing and finished 43rd due to a crash on lap 2.
In 2006, Cobb created a line of clothing for female race fans called Driver Boutique. Proceeds from the sales of this line go towards her racing efforts, and she has attempted to qualify for various Busch and ARCA races in 2007 with the Driver Boutique sponsorship.
On July 19, 2008 she competed in the Camping World Truck Series event at the Built Ford Tough 225. She started in 35th and finished 26 driving the #74 Dodge for The Annexus Group completing 144 laps. On April 27, 2009 she competed at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 driving the #73 Dodge for Derrike Cope Inc. She started 34th and completed 72 laps before experiencing engine trouble, finishing 26th out of 35 drivers winning a purse of $10,680.
In 2010, Cobb announced that she would run full-time in the truck series, after purchasing the assets of the #10 truck team from Rick Crawford, whose Circle Bar Racing downsized from a two-truck operation to one — Crawford's own #14.[2]
In addition to the Trucks, Cobb is negotiating the purchase of a NASCAR Nationwide Series car to compete in 4 or 5 NNS events for 2010. Her long range goals include entering the NASCAR Sprint Cup series sometime within the next two to three years.[3]
In 2010, Cobb became the highest female points finisher in history in any of the three major NASCAR Series to that time, achieving 17th place.[4] For 2011, Cobb continued racing her own #10 truck full-time in the Camping World Truck Series, and also drove the first 5 races in the Nationwide Series in the #79 for 2nd Chance Motorsports.[5] Cobb later announced that she would run the full season with 2nd Chance Motorsports in the #79 and run for Rookie of the Year. Cobb became the highest finishing female in Truck Series history by finishing 6th at the 2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250. She later gave her truck's owners points to Chase Mattioli and his team while she also started her own driver development program with Cody Cambensy planning to drive in the Truck Series in 2011. She later left 2nd Chance Motorsports after a dispute with owner Rick Russell over whether to start and park after losing their second car at Las Vegas. Rick Ware Racing later gave her a ride in his #41.
In early 2011, Cobb for her own team called Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing and partnered with U.S. Army Family and MWR Command [6] to launch Driven 2 Honor, a promotion honoring women in the U.S. Military. Jennifer hosted 2 female service members and their guests at the first 5 Nationwide races of the 2011 NASCAR season.
In 2012 Cobb ran the entire Camping World Truck Series schedule in the No. 10, along with selected Nationwide Series races in the No. 13.[7] She returned to the Camping World Truck Series for 2013.
For the 2014 season Cobb is again running in the Truck Series in her own #10 Chevrolet Silverado. The team began the season with a 21st place finish in the NextEra Energy Resources 250. At the SFP 250 Cobb raced to 13th place which earned her highest finish of the season, she then had another strong run at the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) finishing 16th. However since that 16th place finish, the team has seen a decline in performance as they have only managed to eclipse a best of 20th on three different occasions (Dover, Kentucky, and Michigan).
Cobb also ran one race in the #87 car for Rick Ware Racing at the Kansas Lottery 300 finishing 24th, which was her first Nationwide Series start of 2014.
On May 29, 2015, Cobb angrily approached the race car driven by Tyler Reddick on foot after apparently by being spun out by Reddick's truck at the Lucas Oil 200. It is expected that Cobb will be the first driver penalized under the new NASCAR rule instituted after Kevin Ward Jr. died in a similar incident. [8] She wound up receiving a $5,000 fine from the officials.
During practice for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Cobb crashed and was subsequently caught on camera removing a cell phone from her truck. Cobb was given a P3 penalty by NASCAR for having a non-engine electronic component in her truck. As a result, Cobb was fined $5,000, plus an additional $2,500 for an infraction occurring while still on probation for the incident with Tyler Reddick where she left her truck following a crash.[9] Cobb was the first driver penalized by NASCAR under the no cell phone rule since it was implemented following the 2012 Daytona 500.
Legal issues
On May 15, 2013, Mike Harmon was arrested and charged with stealing a hauler and racing equipment belonging to Cobb, in association with his sister and Cobb's former partner Dave Novak; Harmon stated that he was innocent.[10] On May 28, officials from the Rowan County Sheriff's Office seized five Camping World Truck Series trucks and two Nationwide Series cars, which were stated as belonging to Cobb, from Harmon's garage.[11]
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.)
Xfinity Series
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2008 | Derrike Cope Inc. | 74 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN 33 |
CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN 26 |
IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 90th | 85 | [23] | |||||||||||||
2009 | 73 | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN 26 |
CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA | LVS | MAR | 92nd | 85 | [24] | |||||||||||||||||||
Boys Will Be Boys Racing | 50 | Dodge | TAL 36 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | JJC Racing | 10 | Ford | DAY 34 |
ATL 21 |
MAR 26 |
NSH 25 |
KAN 28 |
DOV 22 |
CLT 18 |
TEX 14 |
MCH 21 |
IOW 25 |
GTY 20 |
IRP 26 |
POC 27 |
NSH 19 |
DAR 14 |
BRI 28 |
CHI 22 |
KEN 23 |
NHA 22 |
LVS 21 |
MAR 33 |
TAL 23 |
TEX 24 |
PHO 23 |
HOM 24 |
17th | 2326 | [25] | |||||||||||||
2011 | DAY 6 |
PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH DNQ |
DOV | CLT | KAN 27 |
TEX | KEN 30 |
IOW | NSH 23 |
IRP 32 |
POC | MCH | BRI DNQ |
ATL 23 |
CHI 29 |
NHA 35 |
TAL DNQ |
MAR DNQ |
HOM 35 |
90th | 01 | [26] | |||||||||||||||||||
Dodge | KEN 20 |
LVS 18 |
TEX 20 |
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2012 | Ford | DAY DNQ |
27th | 248 | [27] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Ram | MAR 34 |
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10 | CAR DNQ |
KAN 25 |
CLT 26 |
DOV 26 |
TEX 32 |
IOW 29 |
CHI 23 |
POC 36 |
MCH 22 |
BRI DNQ |
ATL DNQ |
IOW 30 |
KEN 16 |
LVS 28 |
TAL 27 |
MAR | TEX 27 |
PHO DNQ |
HOM 31 |
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0 | KEN DNQ |
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2013 | 10 | Chevy | DAY 35 |
KAN 17 |
DOV 27 |
25th | 262 | [28] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ram | MAR 36 |
CAR 31 |
CLT DNQ |
TEX 27 |
KEN 26 |
IOW 32 |
ELD | BRI DNQ |
MSP 23 |
IOW 26 |
CHI 28 |
LVS 23 |
TAL DNQ |
MAR DNQ |
TEX 29 |
PHO 25 |
HOM DNQ |
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Ford | POC 32 |
MCH 25 |
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2014 | Chevy | DAY 21 |
KAN 13 |
CLT 16 |
TEX 20 |
KEN 24 |
IOW 30 |
POC 24 |
MCH 20 |
CHI 21 |
NHA 22 |
LVS 22 |
TAL 18 |
TEX 24 |
PHO 23 |
HOM 32 |
16th | 444 | [29] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ram | MAR 27 |
DOV 20 |
GTW 27 |
ELD DNQ |
BRI 27 |
MSP 23 |
MAR 28 |
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2015 | Chevy | DAY 18 |
ATL 26 |
MAR 24 |
KAN 19 |
CLT 19 |
DOV 32 |
TEX 19 |
GTW 20 |
IOW 21 |
KEN 23 |
ELD 27 |
POC 26 |
MCH 19 |
BRI 25 |
MSP 20 |
CHI 23 |
NHA 22 |
LVS 21 |
TAL 32 |
MAR 31 |
TEX 24 |
PHO 22 |
HOM 26 |
17th | 473 | [30] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
References
- ↑ Jennifer Jo Cobb Career Statistics
- ↑ Jennifer Jo Cobb looks to run a full NASCAR Truck Series season
- ↑ Jennifer Jo Cobb, she's doing NASCAR in a serious way
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External links
- Official website
- Jennifer Jo Cobb driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Jennifer Jo Cobb owner statistics at Racing-Reference