Jeff Fuller is a NASCAR driver. Before joining NASCAR's major leagues, Fuller won the 1992 Winston Modified Tour championship, driving for Sheba Racing. The Massachusetts native has 31 wins on the Modified Tour and was named the series' most popular drivers for three consecutive seasons (1992–1994).

Nationwide Series Career[link]

Fuller made his Busch Series career in 1992, making one start. Driving the #20 First Ade Oldsmobile for Dick Moroso, Fuller started 27th and finished 26th, twenty-nine laps down.

Three years later, in 1995, after a run in the Whelen Modified Series, Fuller moved to the Busch Series to compete Rookie of the Year. His team would be the #47 Sunoco Chevy owned by ST Motorsports. His sole top-5 was a fourth in the fall race at Charlotte. He also added on five other top-10s. His best start in the season was only a pair of tenths at New Hampshire and Rockingham. He also finished in the top-30 in all but one race and only recorded five DNFs. This enabled him to finish tenth in points in just his first season in Busch Series, earning him Rookie of the Year honors.

Missing two races relegated Fuller back to 17th in points in 1996. In the same weekend at Bristol, Fuller won his first career pole, won his first career race and his wife gave birth to a child. Fuller only managed 3 other top-10s in 1996. He made one of his starts in a Michael Ritch-owned car, driving the #02 ECU Pirates at Rockingham to a 38th place finish. To top off this great year, Fuller had a daughter named Tiffany Fuller. That same year, Fuller won a race in a one-off start at Thompson Speedway in what was then the Busch North Series.

Fuller's team continued to struggle in early 1997. Fuller managed only two top-10s in his first fifteen races, (7th at Darlington and 3rd at New Hampshire) Fuller was released from the #47 after running eighteenth in points. Fuller missed the next two races, but then signed on to become the driver for the #45 Hunters Specialties Chevy for Mike Laughlin, earning finishes of 7th at Gateway and 9th at Bristol. However, Fuller was replaced for the last race by Greg Sacks, but drove the #5 Alka-Seltzer Chevy for Terry Labonte. After finishing 14th, he cemented a 21st place finish in points.

In 1998, Fuller only made eleven starts, making races with five different teams. Most of the season was with the #89 Allerest Chevy owned by Meredith Ruark. His best finish with them was 25th at Charlotte. Overall, Fuller's best finish of 1998 was with Laughlin's racing team at Pikes Peak, where he finished eleventh. Fuller also paired with Joe Gibbs Racing in 1998. He drove their #42 Carolina Turkey Pontiac at Charlotte to a fifteenth place finish. Fuller's other top-20 finish in 1998 was for Bill Elliott at Miami, where he finished fifteenth as well.

In 1999, Fuller made 27 of the season's 32 races, but did not record a single top-10. Fuller ran the first twenty-two races with Ruark's team, earning a best finish of 12th at Pikes Peak and IRP. Fuller made four starts for Joe Gibbs again, driving the #42 Circuit City Pontiac to a best of 12th at Darlington. Fuller also added on one more start with Lyndon Amick's team. He finished 33rd at Memphis Motorsports Park. Fuller's best start in 1999 was 5th at Pikes Peak, and he finished 22nd in points.

When Fuller went to Winston Cup racing, he only made one 2000 start. It was for Moy Racing, where he started 43rd on the field at Bristol, but came back to a 21st place finish.

Fuller only made one start in 2001, as well. Driving for NEMCO Motorsports, he started 40th at California and finished 42nd after only completing five laps.

Fuller made two more starts for NEMCO in 2002, running at Daytona and Talladega. However, despite a 5th place start at Daytona, he finished 42nd there and 40th at Talladega due to large multi car crashes.

Fuller made thirteen starts overall in 2003, driving for assorted teams. Mainly, he split his time between NEMCO and Stanton Barrett's team. His best finishes on the year were a 15th at Bristol for NEMCO and 18th at Nashville for Barrett. He also had a 24th place run at Daytona for Bost Motorsports. He only finished 3 races that year.

In 2004, he ran the most races in a season of his career since 1999 for NEMCO Motorsports. Unfortunately, his best finish was 35th at Nazareth, as he did not finish a race that year. He also caused controversy during the season as he rarely completed more than a handful of laps before pulling out of the race.

In 2005, Fuller started off the year driving two races for NEMCO, but he was quickly replaced by Kim Crosby, whose team bought the #7 NEMCO ride. Ironically, Fuller replaced Crosby later in the year, driving the #7 Big Boar Customs Chevy for GIC-Mixon Motorsports for the remainder of the year. Fuller qualified for fifteen races with the team, and his best finishes were at Dover, where he finished 24th in the fall and 25th in the spring. After Memphis, where Fuller finished 42nd, the team folded due to lack of funding, leaving Fuller rideless.

Fuller returned to the Busch Series in 2006 at the June Nashville race. He was signed to drive the #34 GlowBuoy Chevrolet for Frank Cicci Racing where he started 38th and finishing 27th.

During the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Nationwide Series Seasons, Jeff drove in a few races for Nemco Motorsports and Stanton Barrett.

Jeff planned to drive the #97 Chevrolet in the 2010 Nationwide Season opener at Daytona for Nemco Motorsports, but he withdrew even though he would have made the race, after qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Fuller was one of five drivers to be paid by John Menard and team owner Jack Roush (the approximate amount for each driver was around $45,000, equivalent to a last-place finish) [1] to drop out so John's son Paul could compete.

Kentucky Crash and Since After[link]

He was involved in an incredible accident at the Kentucky speedway on June 17 when he swerved to avoid Jason Leffler's spinning car and ended up hitting the inside wall at almost full speed. The car practically imploded upon impact and then burst into flames briefly. Despite the car hitting the wall on the right side, the left side came apart. Amazingly, he never lost consciousness but the car's roof had to be cut off to extract him. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and (surprisingly, considering the heavy amount of damage to his car) a broken wrist and finger. He was released the next day. They determined that the implosion of the car was due to a faulty roll cage which failed during the crash.

Fuller made a full recovery from the accident, but when Frank Cicci closed up the #34 team for the rest of the year, Fuller was again left without a ride and his status.

For 2007 Fuller was driving for Stanton Barrett Motorsports on a limited basis.

Jeff is looking for a ride for the 2008 season. Meanwhile you can still find Jeff in the garage area of most Nationwide Series races helping young drivers learn to handle their car and master new tracks. February 2008 Jeff traveled to Afghanistan for a 10 day visit to 6 camps meeting soldiers, signing autographs and seeing first hand what our troops go through while deployed.

R3 Motorsports placed Jeff Fuller behind the wheel of their No. 23 Chevrolet for the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway. Fuller replaced Robert Richardson, Jr. for the 200-lap event. This was his first series start since the Montreal road course race in 2008, and he finished in 30th place.

Sprint Cup Series Career[link]

Fuller made his Cup Series debut in 1992, running the #88 Pontiac for John and Scott Bandzul at Richmond. He started 30th and finished 29th in the thirty-five car field after he broke a water pump.

Fuller then made seven starts in 2000 after a number of years on the Busch Series. He was tapped to drive the #27 Viagra Pontiac for Eel River Racing. Fuller made six of the first seven races, having a best finish of 22nd at Atlanta and a best start of 7th at Texas, but was released in favor of Dick Trickle and Mike Bliss. The Eel River team would eventually go through several drivers to include Kenny Wallace and eventually folded due to lack of funding. Later in 2000, Fuller drove the #98 MacPherson Motorsports Ford at Charlotte. He made the race with them with a 27th place start and 41st place finish. The team closed its doors before the 2001 Daytona 500.

Fuller tacked on three starts in 2004, running the #50 Arnold Motorsports Dodge in the later stages of the year. He was 43rd at California and Dover Downs and then 42nd at Charlotte. Charlotte was his best start on the year with a 26th place start.

Fuller made two starts in 2005, when he drove for Mach 1 Racing. However, Fuller finished 43rd in the both the races. (Darlington and Dover) His best start was 40th at Darlington.

In 2007, Fuller tested the #80 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy at Daytona.

For 2008 Jeff Fuller tested the #87 of Front Row Motorsports for the 2008 Daytona 500. February 2008 Jeff traveled to Afghanistan for a 10 day visit to 6 camps supporting the US and Coalition Forces.

Jeff was going to drive the #97 FrontRowJoe.com Toyota in the 2010 Daytona 500 but failed to qualify. This is a second Nemco Motorsports Toyota. Owner, Joe Nemechek will be driving the #87. Jeff qualified the #97 HeatRedefined.com Nemco Motorsports Toyota in 13th for the 2010 AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega.

Same plans are also in place for 2011

References[link]

• Fuller's Career Stats from racing-reference.info

Jeffrey or Jeff Fuller may refer to:

• Jeff Fuller (racing driver) (born 1957), NASCAR driver
• Jeff Fuller (safety) (born 1962), former American football safety for the San Francisco 49ers, 1984–1989
• Jeff Fuller (wide receiver) (born 1990), his son, American football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
• Jeffrey Fuller, ACLU Membership Director, 1948–1959
• Jeffrey Fuller series, novel series written by Joe Buff
• Geoff Fuller, bass player in the Lou Donaldson quartet

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Justin Labonte (born February 25, 1981) is a former NASCAR Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) driver. He is the son of NASCAR driver Terry Labonte, and the nephew of Bobby Labonte. He currently does not have a ride in the Nationwide Series, and is rumored to be racing late models on North Carolina short tracks. Labonte was born in Trinity, North Carolina.

Racing career[link]

Pre-NASCAR[link]

Labonte began racing at the age of 15 at Ace Speedway and Concord Motorsport Park. He also ran the Legends Summer Shootout Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he won back-to-back championships in 1996 and 1997. During those two years, he split 25 career victories at Ace and Concord. In 1998, he moved to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, where he finished 3rd in points and posted thirteen top-tens. He also won the Consistency award for finishing nearly 97% of all possible laps during the season. The next season, he had three top-tens in seven starts.

NASCAR[link]

In 1999, Labonte began sharing the #44 Slim Jim Chevrolet Monte Carlo with his father in the Busch Series. Qualifying nine times, he had a best finish of 14th at Myrtle Beach Speedway. He ran more races in 2000, his best finish a 20th at Nashville Speedway USA. He also made three starts in the ARCA series, posting two top-five finishes. In 2001, he ran a limited ARCA schedule, making five starts, including a race at Nashville Superspeedway, where he led 70 laps.

Labonte began running late model stock series in 2002 at Caraway Speedway. In his first season at the track, he won one feature event and had ten top-tens in twelve starts. He followed that up by winning the track championship the next season. Labonte also returned to the Busch Series in 2002, attempting but failing to qualify for three races in the #04 Victory Junction Gang Dodge for Kerry Scherer. He made his first start in three years in 2003, starting 23rd and finishing 29th at Michigan International Speedway in the #06 Dodge Intrepid for Scherer.

In 2004, Labonte announced he would make a limited run in the Busch Series that season in the #44 car owned by his father and sponsored by the United States Coast Guard. At the Twister 300, Labonte passed Mike Wallace on the last lap to win his first career race. Out of seventeen starts that season, it was his only top-ten, but finished 35th in points. For 2005, Labonte's team merged with Haas CNC Racing, and he posted two top-tens and finished seventeenth in points. At the end of the season, he was released from his contract. He ran his only Busch race of 2006 at Memphis Motorsports Park in the #5 for Hendrick Motorsports, finishing 22nd. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway, driving the #24 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra to a 22nd finish place finish.

He most recently raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2007 driving Michael Waltrip's #00 Aaron's Toyota Tundra. He finished 27th at O'Reilly Raceway Park, followed by a 12th place finish at Martinsville.

External links[link]

• Justin Labonte.com
• Career statistics at racing-reference.info
• Justin Labonte at The Crittenden Automotive Library

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Johnny Rumley is a former NASCAR driver. He won twice in the Busch Series, but has not been seen in the major leagues of NASCAR since 2000.

Rumley made his debut at New River Valley Speedway in 1992. Rumley went out in his #25 Beverly Racing Olds and won the pole, and finished 10th in the race. Then, at the very next race at Orange County, Rumley managed a 9th-place finish.

Rumley made five races in 1993, and only had one top-10 finish. Rumley scored what was considering an upset victory at Hickory, pulling his #00 Big Dog Coal Chevy into victory lane in just his seventh start. In addition, Rumley had two other top-20s in the season.

Rumley returned in 1994, running thirteen races. He only earned two top-10s, back-to-back finishes of eigjth in his first two season starts. However, in the next eleven races, driving the #41 White House Ford, Rumley could only manage a best finish of 18th and a best start of 9th. Yet, Rumley still recorded his highest points position in his career with a 33rd.

Rumley had three top-10s in his seventeen starts in 1995. Rumley picked up his second win at Dover International Speedway, leading eleven laps en route to victory. In addition to his win, Rumley had a 6th at Dover, 7th at New Hampshire and three other top-dozen finishes. Overall, it resulted in a 28th place finish in points.

However, despite his quick success, Rumley still could not attract a full-time ride and following his part-time run in 1995 driving the #25 Big Johnson Chevrolet alternating with Kirk Shelmerdine, Rumley's career began to fade. In six starts in 1996, Rumley's best finish was a 16th at Daytona and a 17th at Darlington. It was the first time in his career that Rumley did not record a top-10 in a season.

Rumley returned for two more races in 1997, driving the #27 RGM Chevy at Nashville and a 30th at South Boston. Yet, he was 42nd and 30th in those races respectively, and he did not finish either race.

Rumley disappeared seemingly after his run at South Boston. Yet, he came back in 2000, to drive six races for the fledging Alumni Motorsports. However, he could only manage a best finish of 29th at Dover and Nazareth, as well having struggles in qualifying. Without that success, Rumley currently drives in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup North series, driving for Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s JR Motorsports.

External links[link]

• Career Stats for Rumley

Doug Heveron
Born	March 29, 1961 Liverpool, New York
Awards	inducted in the Quarter Midget of America Hall of Fame (1990) inducted in the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame (2004)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
31 race(s) run over 3 year(s)
Best finish	35th, 1986 Winston Cup
First race	1984 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	1986 Summer 500 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
65 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
Best finish	19th - 1985
First race	1994 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race	1997 Hardee's Fried Chicken 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 0

Doug Heveron (born March 29, 1961) is an American race car driver from Liverpool, New York. He has driven supermodifieds, modifieds, Indy cars, NASCAR Winston Cup cars, NASCAR Busch Grand National cars, sprint cars, late models and midgets.^[1]

Doug Heveron is the son of Gail and Tom Heveron. Tom was an Oswego Speedway Hall of Famer. In 1969 Heveron began racing at the Syracuse Geddes Mic-Rod Track at the New York State Fairgrounds when he was 8 years old. When he was 13 years old, Heveron started racing quarter midgets. When he was in high school at Liverpool High School, he spent time helping regionally-known racer Jim Shampine at Shampine Auto Parts.^[1]

He entered the supermodified ranks in 1978 in one of Shampine's cars known as 8 ball. Heveron used the car to become the youngest winner at Oswego Speedway in the Alean 75 lapper.^[1] He won the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) Rookie of the Year award that year. Heveron became the dominant driver at Oswego. He won 13 races in 1981, the Oswego International Classic in 1981 and 1982, and track championships both years. Heveron was the champion of the ISMA tour series from 1978 until 1981.^[1]

In 1983 he drove in the CART Championship Car race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished 12th then prepared to qualify for the 1983 Indianapolis 500. He spun the car into a wall and shattered his ankle.^[1] Between 1983 and 1986 he raced in NASCAR's Winston Cup series. He qualified in the only field in Talladega Superspeedway history in which every car qualified with a speed in excess of 200 miles per hour.^[1] He raced in 31 races, with no Top 10 finishes. Heveron is best known for fliping over in turn one at the 1984 Firecracker 400, which brought out the final caution to set up an exciting finish with Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough, Petty beat Cale en route of his 200th win. His best year was 1986, when he finished 36th in points.^[2]

After his NASCAR team ran out of money, he returned to modified racing. In 1989 he set a new track record, starting on the pole position as a rookie in the Little 500, the USAC sprint car championship.^[1] He returned to racing in Oswego in May 1989.^[1]

From 1994 until 1997, Heveron returned to the NASCAR, this time racing in the Busch Series. He found more success in NASCAR's second-tier circuit, with five Top 10 and three Top 5 finishes in 65 starts. His best result was a second place finish at Nazareth Speedway in 1995.^[2]

From 2000 until 2002, Heveron raced in the TBARA Winged Sprint asphalt racing series. He then starting racing for Heckman Motorsports, living in Jensen Beach, Florida.^[1]

Awards[link]

Heveron is inducted in two Halls of Fame: the Quarter Midget of America (1990) and the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame (2004).^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Website