Jackson R. Wood (born August 7, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the

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, driving the No. 51 Chevrolet Silverado for

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. He has previously raced in the

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, and also in the ARCA Menards Series East and

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Racing career

Wood competed part-time in the

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

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and again in

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when the series became the

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after

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's merger with ARCA. Driving for his family-owned team, Velocity Racing, Wood collectively scored eight top-10's and one top 5 in those two years in his No. 78 car. On November 2, 2020, it was announced that Wood would be joining

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in 2021 to compete full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East as well as all the Sioux Chief Showdown races in the main

, replacing 2019 and 2020 East Series champion

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in the team's No. 21 car. This would also mean that he would also become a member of the team's driver development program,

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. However, these plans quietly changed, as Wood and his GMS No. 21 were entered for the first two races on the main ARCA Menards Series schedule (which they were not originally scheduled to enter), and they skipped the second race of the East Series schedule, which indicated that they would instead run full-time in the main ARCA Menards Series rather than the East Series. On May 13, 2021, it was announced that Wood would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for GMS in the team's No. 24 truck at

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and would also run the next week's race at

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. The opportunity came after the full-time driver of the No. 24, Raphaël Lessard, could no longer run a full season in that truck due to lack of funding. Wood and his No. 21 car ended up skipping the main ARCA Menards Series race at Toledo (he was at COTA on the same day for the Truck Series race), which meant that they no longer were attempting the full season. Jack Wood 24 Truck Sonoma 2022

On June 10, 2021, GMS announced Wood would pilot the No. 24 truck for the remainder of the 2021 season. He would remain with the team for the full 2022 slate. Wood is due to drive part-time in the No. 51 Chevrolet for

for 2023.

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

Season still in progress

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Jack Living people 2000 births Racing drivers from California People from Loomis, California NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers