For the American football player, see Jimmy Spencer (American football). For other people with a similar name, see James Spencer.
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NASCAR driver
Jimmy Spencer
Spencer in 1998
Born
(1957-02-15) February 15, 1957 (age 67) Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Achievements
1986, 1987 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series Champion 1985 World Series of Asphalt Tour-Type Modified Champion 1982, 1983 Shangri-La Speedway NASCAR Winston Racing Series Track Champion 1984 Spring Sizzler Winner 1983 Race of Champions Winner
Awards
Named ninth on NASCAR's all-time Top 10 Modified Drivers 1979 Shangri-La Speedway NASCAR Modified Division Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
478 races run over 18 years
Best finish
12th (1993)
First race
1989 Budweiser 500 (Dover)
Last race
2006 Pennsylvania 500 (Pocono)
First win
1994 Pepsi 400 (Daytona)
Last win
1994 DieHard 500 (Talladega)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
2
80
3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
212 races run over 20 years
Best finish
7th (1988)
First race
1985 Sandhills 200 (Rockingham)
Last race
2005 Aaron's 312 (Atlanta)
First win
1989 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Last win
2002 Food City 250 (Bristol)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
12
93
3
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
31 races run over 3 years
Best finish
12th (2005)
First race
2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)
Last race
2005 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win
2003 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
1
11
1
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,[1] 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"[2] 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.
^"NASCAR News, Results, Schedule & Standings | Sporting News". Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
^Caraviello, David (March 8, 2014). "TOP 10 DRIVERS TOO TOUGH TO TAME". NASCAR. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
Spencer's Cup wins both came in summer 1994 at the restrictor plate races at Daytona and Talladega. JimmySpencer followed his father, Ed Spencer, Sr...
James, Jim or JimmySpencer may refer to: Jim Spencer (American football) (1901–1961), American football player James Spencer (cross-country skier) (born...
Edgar Robert Spencer Sr. (January 5, 1929 – April 3, 2014) was an American modified and stock car racing driver. Father of JimmySpencer and grandfather...
and fourth place JimmySpencer in Bobby Allison's #12 Raybestos Ford. Although Kulwicki was running ahead of both Bodine and Spencer, his fuel situation...
Sterling Marlin 24- Jeff Gordon 10- Johnny Benson Failed to qualify: #41-JimmySpencer, #23-Hut Stricklin, #44-Buckshot Jones, #16-Greg Biffle, #90-Rick Mast...
Superspeedway. Joe Nemechek won the pole. Top ten results 20-Mike McLaughlin 1-JimmySpencer 10-Jeff Green 00-Todd Bodine 21-Mike Skinner 98-Elton Sawyer 43-Jay...
drew the pole. The race was broadcast on ESPN. Top Ten Results 23- JimmySpencer 9- Lake Speed 3- Dale Earnhardt 40- Sterling Marlin 11- Brett Bodine...
Marlin 25 - Jerry Nadeau 3 - Dale Earnhardt 96 - Andy Houston 26 - JimmySpencer 24 - Jeff Gordon 01 - Jason Leffler 51 - Jeff Purvis 15 - Michael Waltrip...
occurred between Kurt Busch and JimmySpencer after the race and punches were thrown. A police report was filed and JimmySpencer was suspended for the next...
inspection. Spencer took his place in the grid as he was the fastest of the four who failed to qualify on time. Last career start for JimmySpencer. Brian...
21-Michael Waltrip 22-Ward Burton 6-Mark Martin 90-Mike Wallace 23-JimmySpencer Marlin passed Earnhardt on the opening lap but Earnhardt repassed and...
Wallace, 6 laps down 10-Derrike Cope, 6 laps down Failed to qualify: 98-JimmySpencer Coach Joe Gibbs started 0–5 as head coach over the Washington Redskins...
lap down 26-Brett Bodine, 1 lap down 11-Bill Elliott, 2 laps down 12-JimmySpencer, 3 laps down Failed to qualify: 45-Rich Bickle, 84-Rick Crawford, 48-James...
from Lowe's. For the #27 car, sophomore Loy Allen Jr. took over for JimmySpencer with sponsorship from Hooters. Before the April Bristol race, Allen...
(#4), P. J. Jones (#34), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Kenny Wallace (#00), JimmySpencer (#50) Complete Results The Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen was held...
Other strong contenders on the tour included Stefanik, George Kent, JimmySpencer, Brian Ross, Reggie Ruggiero, Brett Bodine, Charlie Jarzombek, Jeff...
pole. Top ten results 3–Dale Earnhardt 4–Ernie Irvan 27–Ward Burton 45–JimmySpencer 59–Robert Pressley 0–Rick Mast 60–Mark Martin 17–Darrell Waltrip 15–Ken...
1 lap down 2-L. D. Ottinger 1 lap down 11-Jack Ingram 1 lap down 34-JimmySpencer 1 lap down 56-Ronald Cooper 1 lap down 86-Dana Patten 1 lap down The...
Finishes 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet UAW-Delphi 26 JimmySpencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford Kmart 27 Kenny Wallace Eel River Racing...
Series victories. Drivers include A. J. Foyt, Sam McQuagg, Greg Sacks, JimmySpencer, John Andretti, Greg Biffle, David Ragan, Aric Almirola, Erik Jones...
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