Jason Alan White (born June 5, 1979) is an American professional
stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately . It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It ori ...
driver. He competes part-time in the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of thr ...
, driving the No. 1
Toyota Tundra
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for
TRICON Garage
TRICON Garage, formally known as David Gilliland Racing and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, the ARCA Menards ...
.
Racing career
Early career
White began racing go-karts when he was eleven, and has been racing part-time since. Before moving to Busch Series, White dominated the Virginia
go-kart
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circuit. In a five-year stretch, Jason won six Virginia state titles and finished in the
World Karting Association
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top-ten for three different classes of vehicles.
Xfinity Series
White made his first starts in 1999, running the No. 28 for Larry Lockamy. He started 28th and finished 26th in a solid debut at
IRP. He was then 43rd after an early crash at
Bristol
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.
The runs earned him a spot on
Felix Sabates
Feliciano Sergio "Félix" Sabates Jr. (born September 9, 1945) is a retired Cuban-born entrepreneur and philanthropist
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'
Chip Ganassi Racing
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No. 82 Chevrolet in a fill-in role in 2000. He ran the Channellock Chevrolet at
South Boston
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, putting in his career best of 21st position. Then, he was 28th at
Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous stretch of beach known as "The Grand Strand" in the northeastern part of the state. Its ...
.
White next returned in 2002, running a race at Nashville for
Frank Cicci Racing
Cicci Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Frank Cicci of Elmira, New York and was last driven by Jay Sauter.
Beginnings
FCR first began racing as a short tr ...
. He finished 43rd at Nashville after an early engine problem. Fred Bickford then picked White up for three races, beginning with a 28th-place finish at
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
. His best run came at
Nazareth
Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...
, where he finished 22nd before adding a 37th at
Charlotte
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.
White's busiest year was 2003, when he earned 29th in points after a splitting rides at
Davis Motorsports
JD Motorsports, is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. It is owned and operated by Johnny Davis. It currently fields two Chevrolet Camaro SS teams: The No. 4 for Bayley Currey and ...
and
Jay Robinson Racing
Premium Motorsports (formerly Jay Robinson Racing) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team last fielded the No. 15 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 LE full-time for Brennan Poole, and the No. 27 Ca ...
. He ran mainly for JRR early in the year, finishing a best of 23rd at
Gateway. Beginning at Nashville in June, White took over the No. 0 Davis Motorsports Chevrolet full-time. He ran solidly in that race, earning his best career finish of 17th. He would record one other top-20 finish at
Pikes Peak
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, trying to do his best with the low-budget team. White was released following the Memphis race in favor of
Kertus Davis
Kertus Davis (born February 26, 1981) is a NASCAR driver. He is currently the competition director for JD Motorsports.
Prior to NASCAR/USAR
Davis began racing in go-karts at the age of eight, competing in his hometown of Gaffney around various ...
.
White returned to the series in four races in 2004, all for
MacDonald Motorsports
MacDonald Motorsports (MMS) was a NASCAR team owned by former NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver Randy MacDonald, his mother, Pat MacDonald and his daughter Jenifer MacDonald.
Craftsman Truck Series
MacDonald made its NASCAR debut in 2000 at Dayto ...
. After a pair of 33rds and a 42nd at Richmond, White earned his best run of the year at
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...
, finishing 29th. It was also the site of his best qualifying effort of the year: 28th.
In 2006, White teamed up with the new
Ashton Gray Racing, sponsored by GunBroker.com. Despite being fast in practice, the team broke before qualifying in the spring Nashville race, meaning the team's debut would come at Nashville in June. He was 36th in that race and 30th at Milwaukee. Then at Gateway Jason finished 41st due to engine problems. Next race is the Emerson Radio 250 at Richmond International Raceway. He also made one start in the series in 2007.
White returned to the Nationwide Series in 2013, driving for
SR² Motorsports.
In May, White recorded his best career Nationwide finish, finished 8th in the
Aaron's 312
The Ag-Pro 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway, a 300-mile race. It is held annually before the NASCAR Cup Series race, the GEICO 500.
From its inception in 1992 through 1996, the race was held in the summer, as ...
, at
Talladega.
![Jason white (50949573563)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Jason_white_%2850949573563%29.jpg)
After being without a ride for seven years, White returned to NASCAR in
2021
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, driving
RSS Racing
RSS Racing (also known as Ryan Shane Sieg Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team is owned by Rod Sieg and Pamela Sieg. The main spons ...
/
Reaume Brothers Racing
Reaume Brothers Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team is owned by Josh Reaume, and it currently fiel ...
No. 23 in the
Xfinity Series season-opener at Daytona. He then drove the No. 13 for
MBM Motorsports
Motorsports Business Management LLC, operating as MBM Motorsports (and sometimes known as Carl Long Motorsports), is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. M ...
in the
spring race at
Talladega.
White also raced at Talladega for MBM at the fall Talladega race but crashed in the final restart.
Craftsman Truck Series
White made his first few starts in the
Craftsman Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...
in 2001, racing in seven events. He ran the No. 86
NWTF Ford in six races. His first career start came at
Mesa Marin, where he had an impressive sixteenth-place run. He then followed that up with a 13th-place run at
Martinsville, which would end up being his best career finish. He had one other top-20 for the team: an 18th at Pikes Peak. Later in the year, White made a one-race start for Troxell Racing. His run in
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
resulted in a 36th-place finish, the last place truck.
White only made two starts in 2002. First, he ran the No. 0
Loni Richardson
Loni Richardson (born November 11, 1970) is an American former stock car racing driver from Paris, Texas. Richardson competed in 19 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races between 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2001 and 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Tru ...
-owned Chevrolet at
Texas
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, finishing 22nd. Then, he joined the
Ware Racing Enterprises
Rick Ware Racing (RWR) is an American motorsports team which currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the NTT IndyCar Series.
History
The organizational roots of RWR date back to Ware & Sons Racing with ...
team at
Kentucky
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. However, he only managed 34th after electrical problems.
White would make two more starts in 2003, running 30th at
Dover
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(running the No. 35 Ford) and 35th at Kansas (running the No. 93 Troxell Racing vehicle). He did not finish either event and would turn to the Busch Series for his attention, as he had not raced in the series since.
![Jason White GB Racing Ford Rockingham 2012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Jason_White_GB_Racing_Ford_Rockingham_2012.jpg)
In 2007, White was scheduled to run two races with MB Motorsports along with sponsor GunBroker.com, but resulted in a one-race deal at Daytona. In April, it was announced that White would run the rest of 2007 season in the No. 7 for Pennington Motorsports with sponsorship from
Hooters
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Energy Drink. For 2008, White joined SS-Green Light Racing and brought along GunBroker.com as a sponsor and had a fair, but uneventful season, which placed him in a Toyota for one race. In 2009, White signed up with GunBroker Racing to drive a full-season in the No. 23 GunBroker.com Dodge Ram. White scored his season best finish at Kansas in May, placing in the top 10. White also led 86 laps at the
O'Reilly 200 at
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Bristol is among the m ...
but finished 14th after a late pit stop. In September, White had his career best qualifying effort and career best finish of 3rd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For 2010, White and GunBroker moved to SS-Green Light Racing, where they started off the season on a high note by winning the pole for the
NextEra Energy Resources 250
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at
Daytona International Speedway
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. White had his best season to date, grabbing 3 top fives and 7 top 10s en route to finishing 10th in points. White and GunBroker.com left SS-Green Light Racing at season's end and moved to the upstart
Joe Denette Motorsports
NTS Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team was owned by Californian Bob Newberry, coming into its current form after Joe Denette Motorsports merged with New ...
. However, White and JDM struggled to a 15th-place finish in points, and White and GunBroker left to form their own team for 2012.
Cup Series
![Jason White Pocono 2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Jason_White_Pocono_2011.jpg)
On August 7, 2011, White made his debut in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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at
Pocono Raceway
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, driving the No. 32 for
FAS Lane Racing
Go Fas Racing (doing business as Circle Sport-Go Fas Racing LLC, and often stylized as Go FAS Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. Founded by long-time crew chief Frank Allen ...
. He returned to drive for the team in the Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono a year later, replacing
John Wes Townley
John Wesley Townley (December 31, 1989 – October 2, 2021) was an American professional stock car racing driver. He competed in NASCAR's Xfinity and Truck Series from 2008 to 2016, winning a race in the latter in 2015.
Townley's father Tony is a ...
.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series
Xfinity Series
Craftsman Truck Series
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Living people
1979 births
Sportspeople from Richmond, Virginia
Racing drivers from Virginia
NASCAR drivers
World Karting Association drivers