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J.J. Yeley | Career Highlights |
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Career Highlights |
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| 1991 |
- Voted Rookie of the Year with the Arizona Midget Racing Association
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| 1992 |
- Voted "Most Improved Driver" with AMRA
- Receives United States Auto Club driver's license at age 16. The youngest driver to do so in USAC history.
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| 1993 |
- The youngest driver ever invited to participate in the International Midget Contest in Auckland, New Zealand, for Team USA.
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| 1994 |
- Sets 5 Sprint Car Racing Association track records in his rookie year. (note: Two of the five records have not been broken).
- Named "Rookie of the Year" with SCRA (Sprint Car Racing Association)
- Awarded the National Sprint Car "Rookie of the Year" honor by the Knoxville Museum and Hall of Fame panel of voters.
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| 1995 |
- Sets the six lap track record at the Imperial Raceway in El Centro, California
- Wins his first non-wing Sprint Car feature at Chico, California's Silver Dollar Speedway and becomes the youngest driver in SCRA history to win a main event.
- Follows his non-wing win with a main event victory in a winged Sprint car at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona.
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| 1996 |
- Sets the six lap track record at King's Speedway in Hanford, California
- Sets the one lap track record for non-wing Sprint Cars at Perris Auto Speedway in Perris, California
- Ends the season with six wins with SCRA
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| 1997 |
- Wins SCRA season opener, A.J. Foyt's Cavalcade of Sprints - "Salute to the Copper World Classic" from the 16th starting position, a SCRA record.
- Wins 27th Annual "Tony Hulman Classic" at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, Indiana
- Wins "Jim Hurtubise Memorial Sprint Classic" at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, Indiana
- Only USAC rookie to score back to back wins at Terre Haute Action Track
- Set 30 lap record for non-wing Sprint Cars at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona
- USAC "Indiana Sprint Week" champion, recipient of the Hulman / George Cup
- Recipient of the Walt Kennedy Special Recognition Award
- USAC National Sprint Car "Rookie of the Year"
- University of Northwestern Ohio, Sprint Car Series, "Rookie of the Year"
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| 1998 |
- Wins both main events at the SCRA season opening "Winter Classic" at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona, and breaks his own 30 lap record during Friday's race.
- Qualifies for his first Indianapolis 500 at 218.044 m.p.h., making him the highest qualified rookie in the field, in 13th starting position
- Finishes 9th in the 82nd Annual Indianapolis 500
- Wins first USAC Silver Crown series event in Sacramento, California's Expo Mile
- Wins second consecutive Silver Crown race at Gateway International Speedway in Madison, Illnois
- Recieves Josten's Most Improved Championship Driver Award
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| 1999 |
- Won back to back features at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona for the Non-Wing World Challenge
- The only driver to win three Non-Wing World Challenge features
- Finishes second in Non-Wing World Championship point standings
- Won total of six SCRA features
- Completes first full season of USAC Silver Crown series, finishing 8th in points
- Finishes 2nd in Indiana Sprint Week Championship points
- Won preliminary night at Belleville Nationals, Belleville, Kansas
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| 2000 |
- Won Silver Crown feature of Four Crown Nationals and captures the pole, and runs away with the feature
- Four 2nd place finishes in USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet Series, Silver Crown Division
- Finished 4th in Championship points in the Silver Crown Division
- Finished 4th in Championship points in the Sprint Car Division
- Won 3 Sprint Car features
- Ran last three Indy Racing League races, Northern Light Series, best finish was 13th
- Invited to Auckland, New Zealand for the 2nd time to run in the International Midget contest
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| 2001 |
- USAC Sprint Car Champion
- Voted 3rd in the country by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
- Thirteen "Top 5's", Twenty-one "Top 10's"
- Six feature wins
- Finished 3rd in USAC Midget Division, Winner of four Crown Nationals
- Ten "Top 5's", Fourteen "Top 10's"
- Finished 4th in USAC Silver Crown Division, Winner of four Crown Nationals
- Winner of the NAPA Hawkeye 100
- Six "Top 5's", Seven "Top 10's"
- Awarded the USAC Super License
- Winner of the Oliver Trucking Pole Award
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| 2002 |
- Seven Sprint Car wins
- Nine fast qualifier awards in the Sprint Division
- Set Four Track records: Lima, OH, Fremont, OH, Bloomington, IN, and Lawrenceburg, IN
- Finished 2nd in USAC Sprint Car Championship
- Two SCRA Sprint Car Division wins and four fast time awards
- Won two double header Sprint / Midget shows in Cedar Rapids, IA and Fremont, OH
- Finished second in SCRA Non-Wing World Challenge
- Four Midget Division wins
- Three fast qualifier awards
- USAC Silver Crown Champion
- Three Silver Crown Division wins
- Three fast qualifier awards
- Recipient of the USAC "Super License" for the second year in a row
- Winner of the Annual "Earl's Fast Qualifier" Award ($20,000)
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| 2003 |
- 2003 USAC Silver Crown Champion - (12) Starts (4) Wins (3) 2nd Place (1) 3rd Place (2) Top Ten (5) Fast Qual.
- Track record at Tulsa Fairgrounds Motorplex, Tulsa, OK
- "Earl's Fast Qualifier" Award for Weld Racing Silver Crown Series
- Wins USAC "Twin 50's", held at Indiana Raceway Park & Indiana Fairgounds ($50,000 Bonus)
- 2003 USAC Sprint Car Champion - (31) Starts (13) Wins (8) 2nd Place (4) 3rd Place (5) TopTen (8) Fast Qual.
- Indiana Sprint Week Champion
- Track Record at Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, PA
- Track Record at Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN
- Track Record at Bloomington Speedway, Bloomington, IN
- Track Record at Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, IN
- Track Record at Limaland Motorsports Park, Limaland, OH
- Wins Tony Hulman Classic Sprint Car Race, Terre Haute, IN
- 2003 USAC Midget Car Champion - (27) Starts (6) Wins (8) 2nd Place (4) 3rd Place (6) Top Ten (7) Fast Qual.
- Track Record at Hawkeye Downs, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Track Record at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, Mansfield, OH
- Track Record at Madera Speedway, Madera, CA
- "Earl's Fast Qualifier" Award in USAC Western Midget Series
- Sets a new USAC record of 24 wins in a single season and breaks A.J. Foyt's USAC record of 19 wins, set in 1961.
- Becomes the second driver in history to win the "Triple Crown", by winning all three USAC open wheel divisions in one season.
- Harf "Driver of the Year" Award
- Nominated for Speed Channel's Driver of the Year
- Al Holbert Memorial EMPA "Driver of the Year" Award
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| 2004 |
- Invited to compete in IROC XXVIII.
- Competed in 17 Busch races and 2 SPRINT Cup races for Joe Gibbs Racing
- Scored four top-10 Busch Series finishes
- Season's best finish of sixth at Kansas
- Led laps at Chicagoland and the August Bristol race
- Won the Copper World Classic USAC Midget race in Phoenix
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| 2005 |
- Won the Copper World Classic USAC Midget race in Phoenix
- Competed in the full NASCAR Busch Series schedule with Joe Gibbs Racing
- Finished 11th in NASCAR Busch Series points
- Scored 12 top-10 finishes and 4 top-5 finishes in Busch Series action
- Scored a runner-up finish at the Memphis Busch Series race
- Competed in 4 SPRINT Cup Series races for Joe Gibbs Racing
- Named full-time driver of Joe Gibbs Racing's #18 SPRINT Cup Series car for 2006
- Welcomed the birth of his family's first child, Faith Anne, on May 31st
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| 2006 |
- Will compete full-time in the NASCAR SPRINT Cup Series and the NASCAR Busch Series for Joe Gibbs Racing
- One of seven drivers to compete for the NASCAR NEXTEL Raybestos "Rookie of the Year"
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