Jimmy Kitchens

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Jimmy Kitchens
Born (1962-04-26) April 26, 1962 (age 61)
Hueytown, Alabama, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
47 races run over 8 years
2005 position104th
Best finish43rd (2002, 2004)
First race 1994 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last race 2005 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish97th (2000)
First race 2000 Daytona 250 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of February 25, 2012.

Jimmy Kitchens (born April 26, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver. He participated in both the Busch Series as well as the Craftsman Truck Series. In 1998, he became part of the famed Alabama Gang. [1] He was employed at Stewart Haas Racing as Ryan Newman's spotter. [2]

Contents

Racing career

Craftsman Truck Series

In 2000, Kitchens made his first and only career start in the Craftsman Truck Series at Daytona International Speedway. After qualifying his No. 42 Dodge Motorsports Chevrolet 25th on the grid, Kitchens led three laps, but was later involved in an accident, prompting him to finish 28th. [3]

Busch Series

Kitchens added seven of starts in 2003, but only finished one race at Chicagoland, where he finished 24th. He start and parked for the other six races, and failed to qualify for four others. [4]

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
1994 Bobby Allison Motorsports 82 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRP
27		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR 89th82 [5]
1996 Bobby Jones Racing 50 Ford DAY
DNQ		 CAR
41		 RCH
DNQ		 ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 105th40 [6]
1998 Washington-Erving Motorsports 50 Ford DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR
32		 GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 112th67 [7]
1999 AllCar Racing 22 Chevy DAY
31		 CAR
DNQ		 LVS
DNQ		 ATL
30		 DAR
DNQ		 TEX
DNQ		 NSV
32		 BRI
29		 TAL
42		 CAL
DNQ		 NHA RCH NZH
41		72nd363 [8]
Bobby Jones Racing 55 Pontiac CLT
DNQ		 DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR
Whitaker Racing 7 Chevy RCH
DNQ		 DOV
DNQ		 CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM
2002 Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH
42		 NSH
42		 KEN 43rd981 [9]
Moy Racing 77 Ford TAL
7		 CAL RCH NHA
22		 NZH
34		 CLT
40		 DOV MLW
24		 DAY
17		 CHI
36		 GTY PPR IRP
27		 MCH
32		 BRI DAR
30		 RCH
41		 DOV
41		 KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR
GIC-Mixon Motorsports 72 Chevy PHO
DNQ
Weber Racing 84 Chevy HOM
DNQ
2003 Stanton Barrett Motorsports 97 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH
40		 KEN
43		 MLW PPR
33		78th318 [10]
Ken Alexander Racing 70 Chevy DAY
DNQ
Moy Racing 77 Ford CHI
24		 NHA
Stanton Barrett Motorsports 91 Chevy IRP
37		 MCH
43		 BRI
43
97 DAR
DNQ		 RCH
DNQ
GIC-Mixon Motorsports 41 Chevy DOV
DNQ		 KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM
2004 Davis Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY
33		 CAR
42		 LVS
40		 DAR
39		 BRI TEX 43rd901 [11]
Stanton Barrett Motorsports 97 Chevy NSH
DNQ
Jay Robinson Racing 39 Ford TAL
32		 CAL GTY RCH
28 NZH
43		 CLT DOV
Moy Racing 77 Ford NSH
39		 KEN
27		 MLW
27		 DAY
41		 CHI
DNQ		 NHA
29		 PPR
32		 IRP
DNQ		 MCH
27		 BRI
37		 RCH
DNQ		 DOV
41		 KAN
DNQ		 CLT
DNQ		 MEM
DNQ		 ATL
DNQ		 PHO DAR HOM
DNQ
07 CAL
40
2005 Jay Robinson Racing 28 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO
QL†		 TAL
15		 DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 104th118 [12]
† - Qualified but replaced by Derrike Cope

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324NCTCPtsRef
2000 McCray Racing 42 Chevy DAY
28		 HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY MEM PPR EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH IRP NSV CIC RCH DOV TEX CAL 97th84 [13]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NWWSCPtsRef
1997 AllCar Racing 47 Ford TUS AMP SON TUS MMR LVS CAL EVG POR PPR AMP SON MMR LVS
16		63rd115 [14]
1998 41 TUS LVS PHO CAL
10		 HPT MMR AMP POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR LVS 69th134 [15]
2003 Christina Adair3 Pontiac PHO
8		 LVS CAL MAD TCR EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO MMR 42nd142 [16]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

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

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122ABSCPtsRef
1997 AllCar Racing 47 Ford DAY
23		 ATL
34		 SLM CLT
20		 CLT
8		 POC
19		 MCH
5		 SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC
21		 MCH
9		 DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT
38		 TAL
21		 ISF ATL
9		NA- [17]
1998 DAY
16		 ATL
15		 SLM CLT
40		 MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR CLT
12		 TAL
12		 ATL
6		NA- [18]
Doc Watson34 Ford POC
33		 KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX WIN
1999 ML Motorsports 67 Chevy DAY
12		 ATL
24		 SLM AND CLT MCH
37		 POC
6		 TOL
11		 SBS
14		 BLN
31		 POC
31		 KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM 26th1370 [19]
AllCar Racing 47 Pontiac CLT
25		 TAL ATL

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References

  1. ↑ Akers, Shawn A. (December 8, 1998). "BUSCH:Billy Kitchens To Drive for Bobby Allison, Dave Carroll". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Stewart-Haas Racing's Ryan Newman lands Jimmy Kitchens as spotter". SceneDaily.com. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2000 Official Race Results : Daytona 250". NASCAR. February 18, 2000. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Jimmy Kitchens – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
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