Matt Jaskol

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Matt Jaskol
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Jaskol driving in the 2007 Freedom 100
BornMatthew A. Jaskol
(1984-10-15) October 15, 1984 (age 39)
Thousand Oaks, California
NASCAR Cup Series career
Car no., teamNo. 66 (MBM Motorsports)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
8 races run over 2 years
2022 position97th
Best finish50th (2021)
First race 2021 Cook Out 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2022 Alsco Uniforms 302 (Las Vegas)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 1 year
2022 position47th
Best finish47th (2022)
First race 2022 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (Las Vegas)
Last race 2022 XPEL 225 (Austin)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Previous series
2007
2005, 2008
2005
2004
2004		 Indy Pro Series
ASA Speed Truck Challenge
Star Mazda Championship
North American Formula Renault 2000
Formula BMW USA
Championship titles
2005
1998
1998		ASA Speed Truck Challenge
SKUSA SuperNationals
WKA Constructors
Last updated on: March 13, 2024.

Matthew A. Jaskol (born October 15, 1984) is an American professional auto racing driver and spotter who competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports. He has competed in a variety of different racing disciplines including kart, open-wheel, and stock car racing (including the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series). As a spotter, Jaskol won the 2016 Indianapolis 500 as the spotter for Alexander Rossi.

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After spending much of his early career in karting, Jaskol became a member of the Red Bull Driver Search and competed in Formula BMW USA, where he won Red Bull's first race in North America in 2004. The following year, he won the American Speed Association Speed Truck Challenge championship. He would later race in the Indy Pro Series and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

He also works as a skydiver, driving instructor, and stunt driver.

Racing career

Jaskol began his career in motorcycle racing, driving in the World Mini Motorcycle series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 1994. [1] After moving into karts, he won the Superkarts! USA (SKUSA) SuperNationals 80cc Shifter Class and a World Karting Association championship in 1998. [2] [3] In 2000, he was recruited by CART driver Paul Tracy to drive for his factory karting team. [4] Two years later, Jaskol won a racing scholarship at the Skip Barber Scholarship Runoffs, which was followed by finishing third in the 2003 Skip Barber National Championship. [3]

In 2003, Jaskol was one of four drivers selected for the Red Bull Driver Search, which provided him with Red Bull sponsorship for the 2004 racing season. [5] [6] That year, he entered the newly created Formula BMW USA series. Jaskol won three races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as he finished fourth in points; [3] [7] the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve victory marked the first motorsports win for the Red Bull brand in North America. [3] Jaskol also won in his lone North American Formula Renault 2000 start at Molson Indy Toronto. [8]

For 2005, Jaskol raced in the Star Mazda Championship and the American Speed Association's Speed Truck Challenge. In the former, he scored podium finishes in the first two races for Hearn Motorsports before departing the team to focus on the Speed Truck Challenge as he was leading the points in that series at the time. The move was also spurred by a lack of financial support in open-wheel racing and the desire to race in NASCAR. [9] Driving for United Nissan Auto Team, [10] Jaskol would become the first rookie to win the championship in Speed Truck Challenge history. [3] In July, he tested a NASCAR Truck for Roush Racing at Martinsville Speedway as part of the team's "Gong Show". [11] He and his Red Bull peers were also test drivers for A1 Grand Prix team A1 Team USA. [12]

Jaskol competing in the 2007 Freedom 100 Matt Jaskol (514579615).jpg
Jaskol competing in the 2007 Freedom 100

Besides continuing to race stock cars such as late models at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Bullring, Jaskol signed with Michael Crawford Motorsports to compete in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. [13] He ran five Indy Pro races with a best finish of seventh in the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis and his final start at Infineon Raceway. [14]

He focused on the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in 2008, primarily competing at the LVMS Bullring and winning three times. He also returned to the Speed Truck Challenge and won on Phoenix International Raceway's road course; another victory in the series came at Firebird Raceway in 2010. [15]

In May 2015, Jaskol competed in the Best in the Desert's Silver State 300, finishing third in the UTV Pro 1900 alongside Scott Yancey, Derryke Rich, and Robert Casey Wiesel. [16] His driving career would be halted that year as he concentrated on his family business. [17] In 2016, he was the spotter for Alexander Rossi in practice for the Indianapolis 500, a race that Rossi went on to win; [18] Jaskol previously tutored Rossi in karting. [19] The two also entered the SKUSA SuperNationals later in the year. [20] For the 2019 Indianapolis 500, Jaskol served as the spotter for Rossi's Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti. [18]

In 2021, Jaskol joined MBM Motorsports on a four-race schedule in NASCAR Xfinity Series beginning at Martinsville in April. [21] The opportunity arose when Jaskol was introduced to team owner Carl Long by driver Stan Mullis. [3]

On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Jaskol would run full-time for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2022 for the new G2G Racing team owned by Tim Viens, driving his No. 46 Toyota Tundra. [22] Jaskol would fail to qualify for the season-opener at Daytona. Jaskol would fail to qualify again at Las Vegas, this time in Las Vegas and with the No. 47, but Brennan Poole gave him his No. 46. On April 7, Jaskol revealed in a tweet that he had parted ways with G2G Racing. Prior to the Martinsville race, G2G suspended Jaskol's contract due to a disagreement between the team and Jaskol's sponsor AutoParts4Less.com. [23]

Jaskol did not make any NASCAR starts in 2023. On March 11, 2024, Jaskol tweeted that he would be making his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the race at Circuit of the Americas in the No. 66 car for MBM Motorsports, who he previously drove part-time for in the Xfinity Series in 2021 and 2022. [24] Two days later, Jaskol posted that he had failed to secure sponsorship in time for the race (the No. 66 would be driven by Timmy Hill), but that he still plans on making a start with MBM later this season. [25]

In media

Jaskol has worked as a stunt driver for productions like the movie Smiley Face Killers . [15]

In 2018, Jaskol participated in the ABC reality television series Castaways . [17] He was one of five contestants who survived all 41 days. [26]

Personal life

Born in Thousand Oaks, California, Jaskol lives in Las Vegas, where he works as a driving instructor and skydiver. [15] [17] He was the head presenter for Bridgestone's Teens Drive Smart program from 2011 to 2015. [15] [27] [28] From 2011 to 2016, he was the track manager and lead teacher at Dream Racing in Las Vegas. Jaskol also provides drifting and driving demonstrations at SEMA and meetings for car manufacturers like Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota. [15]

His family operates Mountain West Floors, a woodworking business in Las Vegas. In 2015, Jaskol took over the company, which was facing bankruptcy, after his father suffered a heart attack. [17]

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Pro Series

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPointsRef
2007 Michael Crawford Motorsports HMS STP1
18		 STP2
13		 INDY
7		 MIL IMS1 IMS2 IOW WGL1 WGL2 NSH MDO KTY SNM1
11		 SNM2
7		 CHI 24th100 [14]

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NCSCPtsRef
2024 MBM Motorsports 66 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA
RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -*-* [29]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2021 MBM Motorsports 13 Toyota DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR
28		 TAL DAR
34		 DOV
39		 COA CLT 50th51 [30]
66 MOH
19		 ROA
DNQ		 ATL NHA GLN IND
DNQ		 MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS
27		 TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO
61 TEX
27		 NSH POC
2022 13 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR
18		 NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS
32		 HOM MAR PHO 97th01 [31]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2022 G2G Racing 46 Toyota DAY
DNQ		 LVS
22		 ATL
19		 COA
33		 MAR
BRI DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNO NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 47th37 [32]
47 LVS
DNQ

* Season still in progress

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