Jason Bowles (born November 24, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He won the

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championship in 2009.

Racing career

Early career

He made his NASCAR West Series debut in the No. 22 Sunrise Ford/Turbo Torq

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in 2007, posting two wins – one at

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and the other at

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– on his way to becoming Rookie of the Year. For 2008 he recorded four wins and five poles, finishing second in the points. In 2009 Bowles won at Phoenix International Raceway,

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and

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, recorded 3 poles, and won the Camping World West Series championship.

NASCAR

For 2010 he no longer had a full-time ride, instead running partial schedules in the K&N Pro Series West and

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. He entered the

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at Irwindale winning on a late-race pass, the biggest win of his career. Nationwide 64 Jason Bowles 2011 Road America Bucyrus 200

He made his

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debut at Phoenix International Raceway in 2009 for Specialty Racing, crashing out and finishing 31st. In 2010 he finished 25th in the spring Phoenix race for

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. Bowles also ran in three truck races in 2010 with a best finish of 16th. He ran 3 Nationwide Series races with

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in 2011 in the #64

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. For 2012 he moved up to the Nationwide Series full-time with MacDonald Motorsports, competing for Rookie of the Year in the No. 81; he finished 13th in season points. In practice and qualifying for the 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at

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, Bowles substituted for

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in the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, as Vickers was running both the Sonoma race and the Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America that weekend.

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. ** – All laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

Nationwide Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

Canadian Tire Series

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowles, Jason Living people 1982 births People from Ontario, California Racing drivers from California 24 Hours of Daytona drivers NASCAR drivers Rolex Sports Car Series drivers U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers International Kart Federation drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers