Jimmy Weller III (born November 20, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has driven in various levels of racing, including the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Racing career

Early years

Weller started his racing career in big-block modifieds near his family's steel business in

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. He returned to big-blocks in 2016 at Sharon Speedway and

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after sponsorship issues in the

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. Weller was critically injured in a 2004 sprint car accident at the

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dirt track. He was in the ICU for three weeks, two of them in a coma. His family credits the quick work of a local paramedic to save Weller's life after he flipped and got tangled in the catchfence.

K&N Pro Series East

Weller broke into the series in 2011, driving for family friend and

driver

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. He finished 14th in his only race that year. In 2012, Weller ran the entire season with a family team. He scored two top ten finishes, including an eighth at

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. He ran a limited schedule in 2013 while also running some

Camping World Truck Series races. He recorded a best finish of eighth at

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Camping World Truck Series

Weller debuted in the Camping World Truck Series in

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with

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, driving the No. 81 truck to a 24th-place finish at

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. He failed to qualify in SS-Green Light's No. 07 truck the next race at

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, and continued to struggle in occasional runs in the 07 until he returned to the 81 truck for the season finale, posting a career-best finish of 17th. Sticking with SS-Green Light in

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, Weller made ten starts. He failed to finish half (two crashes, three mechanical problems), but recorded his first top-ten in the season's opening race. He also cracked the top fifteen later in the year at

Xfinity Series

At the same time running a limited Truck slate, Weller attempted his first two

races in

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in one and failing to qualify for the other with

. Splitting time between SS-Green Light (five races) and

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(four races) in 2015, Weller failed to finish three of his starts and finished in the top 30 in five races. He performed well at

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, recording a career-best finish of 26th.

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.)

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weller, Jimmy, III 1985 births Living people Racing drivers from Ohio NASCAR drivers People from Hubbard, Ohio