Jimmy Spencer

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Jimmy Spencer
Spencer in 1998
Born	(1957-02-15) February 15, 1957 (age 67) Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Achievements	1986, 1987 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series Champion 1985 World Series of Asphalt Tour-Type Modified Champion 1982, 1983 Shangri-La Speedway NASCAR Winston Racing Series Track Champion 1984 Spring Sizzler Winner 1983 Race of Champions Winner
Awards	Named ninth on NASCAR's all-time Top 10 Modified Drivers 1979 Shangri-La Speedway NASCAR Modified Division Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
478 races run over 18 years
Best finish	12th (1993)
First race	1989 Budweiser 500 (Dover)
Last race	2006 Pennsylvania 500 (Pocono)
First win	1994 Pepsi 400 (Daytona)
Last win	1994 DieHard 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 80 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
212 races run over 20 years
Best finish	7th (1988)
First race	1985 Sandhills 200 (Rockingham)
Last race	2005 Aaron's 312 (Atlanta)
First win	1989 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Last win	2002 Food City 250 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 12 93 3
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
31 races run over 3 years
Best finish	12th (2005)
First race	2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)
Last race	2005 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win	2003 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 11 1

James Peter Spencer (born February 15, 1957) is an American former racing driver, team owner, talk show host and television commentator. He is best known for competing in NASCAR. He hosted the NASCAR-inspired talk show, What’s the Deal?, on Speed,^[1] and was co-host, with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace, of Speed's pre-race and post-race NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane. Before retiring, Spencer had a segment on Speed's NASCAR Race Hub offering commentary and answering viewer questions (on Tuesdays and Thursdays). During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement"^[2] for his aggressive racing style. Spencer is one of the few drivers to have won a race in all three of NASCAR's top series: the NASCAR Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Truck Series.

Spencer's Cup wins both came in summer 1994 at the restrictor plate races at Daytona and Talladega.

Jimmy Spencer followed his father, Ed Spencer Sr., commonly known as "Fast Eddie", in racing. Spencer started driving Late Models in Pennsylvania. He captured his first win in the Late Model division at Port Royal Speedway in 1976. He moved to NASCAR Modifieds at Shangri-La Speedway (Owego, New York), then branched out to bigger events throughout the Northeast. In 1984, Spencer was one of the top contenders for NASCAR's National Modified Championship, at a time when all sanctioned races counted toward that title; after running over sixty races, he was second to Richie Evans in the final standings. When NASCAR changed the National Modified Championship into the smaller-schedule Winston Modified Tour (now the Whelen Modified Tour) in 1985, Spencer continued to run, and won the title in 1986 and 1987.

Spencer debuted in the Busch Series in 1985, finishing 19th at North Carolina Motor Speedway in the No. 67 Pontiac for Frank Cicci Racing, which was also his Modified team. The team ran twice in 1987 with a best-finish 36th, then ran the full season in 1988, finishing seventh in the point standings with 5 top-5's and 13 top-10's in the No. 34. In 1989, Spencer won his first career Busch race, the Mountain Dew 400 at Hickory Motor Speedway. Spencer later won another two that season at Orange County and Myrtle Beach, finishing 15th in the final standings.

In 1989, he moved to the Winston Cup Series, driving the No. 88 Crisco-sponsored Pontiac for Buddy Baker's team in 17 of the 29 races. He posted three top 10's and finished 34th in points. He then ran full-time in 1990, finishing in the top 10 twice for Rod Osterlund Racing in the No. 57 Heinz-sponsored Pontiac and finished 24th in points. In 1991, Spencer moved to the No. 98 Banquet Foods Chevrolet for Travis Carter Motorsports. Despite six top-10 finishes, Spencer dropped one position in the standings due to twelve DNFs. He began 1992 with Carter, but moved down to the Busch Series to drive the No. 20 Daily's 1st Ade-sponsored Oldsmobile for Dick Moroso after Carter's team folded early in the season. He responded with his second career wins at both Myrtle Beach Speedway and Orange County Speedway.

Late in the 1992 season, Spencer joined Bobby Allison Motorsports' Cup team and posted three top-fives in the last four races of the season. He signed to drive Allison's No. 12 Meineke-sponsored Ford Thunderbird full-time in 1993, and finished in the top 5 five times, resulting in a career-best 12th-place in the final standings. In 1994, he drove the No. 27 McDonald's-sponsored Ford for Junior Johnson and won his first two and only career Cup races, the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, and the DieHard 500 at Talladega. On the final lap at Daytona, Spencer won his first career Cup race passing Ernie Irvan for his only scored lap lead.^[3] He also won his first career pole award for the Tyson Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Other than that, the season was a huge disappointment, as he would only score two further Top 10 finishes and finished the season 29th in the standings.

After finishing 29th in the standings in 1994, Spencer left to reunite with Travis Carter, who was then fielding the No. 23 Smokin' Joe's-sponsored Ford. He finished in the Top 10 four times in 1995 and in 1996, Spencer had two Top 5's en route to a 15th-place finish in points. He fell to 20th in 1997.

In 1998, Winston/No Bull became his team's new primary sponsor and he was 11th in points when he suffered injuries at the Brickyard 400, forcing him to sit out the next two races to recover and fall to 14th in points. During the season, Spencer formed his own NASCAR team, Spencer Motor Ventures, which fielded the No. 12 Zippo-sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series for himself and Boris Said, Steve Grissom, and Rick Mast. The team expanded to two cars in 1999, fielding the No. 12 and the No. 5 Schneider National-sponsored Chevy for Dick Trickle. In 2000, he moved his team up to Cup to run the road course races with Boris Said in the No. 23 Federated Auto Parts-sponsored Ford Taurus. The team ceased operations at the end of the season.

After a 20th-place finish in 1999, Winston left the team, and Kmart became the team's new sponsor, causing Spencer to switch to the No. 26 to accommodate the new sponsor, who was already backing the No. 66 car driven by Spencer's teammate, Darrell Waltrip. Spencer had two Top 5's and in 2001 won the pole positions at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway and advanced to 16th in points.

For the 2002 season, Spencer would join Chip Ganassi Racing and drive the No. 41 Target-sponsored Dodge Intrepid. He began the season by failing to qualify for the Daytona 500, then had a streak of four top-5 qualifying efforts, including at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he started fourth and was leading the race when he was bumped by Kurt Busch to win, starting a long rivalry between the two. After another DNQ at Watkins Glen International, Spencer was released from the ride at the end of the season, causing him to file a lawsuit against the Ganassi organization, saying his dismissal was a violation of his contract. Also in 2002, Spencer won his last career Busch Series race, the Food City 250 at Bristol driving for Phoenix Racing.

Spencer joined Ultra Motorsports in 2003, piloting the No. 7 Sirius Satellite Radio-sponsored Dodge. After some on-track incidents with Kurt Busch, Spencer confronted Busch after the GFS Marketplace 400 while Busch was still in his car. He was suspended for the next week's race, the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway while Busch was placed on probation. Despite the events that took place at Michigan, he had four top 10s and ended the season 29th in points. He was also hired to drive three races for in the No. 2 Team ASE Racing Dodge Ram for Ultra's Truck Series team, winning the pole and the race in his second start at New Hampshire International Speedway. He became a part-owner of the Cicci organization that season, when he put Stuart Kirby in Cicci's No. 34 United States Air Force-sponsored Chevy, but that partnership soon dissolved. He continued to remain involved as a part-owner, when he leased his shop to Bang! Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2004.

He began 2004 with Ultra's Cup team at the Daytona 500, but when the team closed down due to a lack of sponsorship, he replaced Kevin Lepage at Morgan-McClure Motorsports, which had also been running unsponsored. Spencer's best finish that season had been 17th at Dover after gaining sponsors in Featherlite Trailers and Lucas Oil, when on October 25, he was arrested after trying to interfere with the police, who had a warrant to arrest his son for vandalism. The incident cost Spencer his job at Morgan-McClure, and he sat out the rest of 2004.^[2]

Spencer returned to the No. 2 Ultra truck in 2005. While he failed to win a race, he had nine top-10 finishes and finished 12th in points. He came close to a victory, however, in the season opener at Daytona. He held the lead late in the race and held off 2004 series champion Bobby Hamilton until just before the caution came out on the last lap. Assuming he was in the lead when NASCAR froze the field, he completed the caution lap then pulled into victory lane, only to be told by an official that, in fact, he had finished second. He also ran part-time in Cup, running nine races in the No. 50 Arnold Motorsports Dodge, and one race apiece for Peak Fitness Racing and R&J Racing.

When Arnold was unable to locate a sponsor and Ultra closed its doors following a fallout with the Ford Motor Company, Spencer began working on the Speed TV network. He had run both Cup races at Pocono Raceway for Furniture Row Racing in 2006, finishing 32nd and 36th, respectively, which ended up being his last NASCAR starts as a driver. Spencer then worked full-time as an analyst for NASCAR on Speed on the NASCAR RaceDay pre-race show and NASCAR Victory Lane post-race show. In 2010, he was also was the host of his own show What's The Deal? along with Ray Dunlap. The show only lasted one year.

Spencer also became a co-anchor on NASCAR Race Hub on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In his television commentary, Spencer talked about the NASCAR highlights while he often feigning sobs with his gag called "The Crying Towel", for which a driver gets the crying towel and a fake cigar if they complain about something that cannot be punishable. In 2012, Spencer named his "Crying Towel" segment as "(Driver) Radio Sweetheart."

In a tweet on May 16, 2012, Spencer stated that he was retired from driving.^[4] He continued to co-host Race Hub, mainly alongside Steve Byrnes and Danielle Trotta, until the end of 2013.

Spencer quietly left NASCAR on Fox (Speed became Fox Sports 1 in August 2013) and NASCAR Race Hub after the 2013 season. Spencer has been largely inactive in the NASCAR community since then aside from an appearance on The Dale Jr. Download in 2021 and appearing on the last episode of Race Hub on June 11, 2024. In 2017, Spencer was quoted as saying “I still watch some races, it’s not a top priority anymore, but I miss it."^[5]

Spencer is married to his wife Pat and has two children and five dogs. He also had a sister, Chrissy, who died of ovarian cancer in 2010. His father, Ed, died of Alzheimer's in 2014. His first grandchild, Hudson, was born in 2016. Spencer and his wife split time between their two residences in North Carolina (where NASCAR teams are based) and Pennsylvania (his home state).^[6][7][8]

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

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NNCC	Pts	Ref
1989	Baker-Schiff Racing	88	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV 34	SON		MCH 13	DAY 27	POC 15	TAL 40	GLN 28	MCH 12	BRI 8	DAR 37	RCH 29	DOV 10	MAR	CLT 16	NWS 18	CAR 35	PHO 10	ATL 37								34th	1445	[9]
			Olds													POC 33
1990	Osterlund Racing	57	Pontiac	DAY 15	RCH 9	CAR 8	ATL 15	DAR 25	BRI 18	NWS 20	MAR 11	TAL 32	CLT 21	DOV 32	SON 27	POC 30	MCH 20	DAY 15	POC 19	TAL 24	GLN 29	MCH 25	BRI 18	DAR 23	RCH 27	DOV 18	MAR 18	NWS 23	CLT 41	CAR	PHO	ATL								24th	2579	[10]
1991	Travis Carter Enterprises	98	Chevy	DAY 40	RCH 34	CAR 38	ATL 16	DAR 11	BRI 8	NWS 3	MAR 6	TAL 9	CLT 31	DOV 28	SON 29	POC 14	MCH 32	DAY 10	POC 37	TAL 37	GLN 27	MCH 36	BRI 15*	DAR 31	RCH 15	DOV 18	MAR 28	NWS 23	CLT 23	CAR 22	PHO 7	ATL 38								25th	2790	[11]
1992				DAY DNQ	CAR 20	RCH 12	ATL 37	DAR 36	BRI DNQ	NWS 26	MAR DNQ	TAL 32	CLT 27	DOV	SON	POC	MCH DNQ	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH																		33rd	1284	[12]
	Moroso Racing	20	Ford																				BRI 20	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS
	Bobby Allison Motorsports	12	Ford																										CLT 4	CAR 11	PHO 5	ATL 4
1993				DAY 13	CAR 16	RCH 13	ATL 10	DAR 29	BRI 4	NWS 14	MAR 30	TAL 2	SON 27	CLT 7	DOV 8	POC 4	MCH 18	DAY 39	NHA 18	POC 24	TAL 30	GLN 3	MCH 20	BRI 25	DAR 15	RCH 35	DOV 6	MAR 3	NWS 13	CLT 6	CAR 20	PHO 27	ATL 16							12th	3496	[13]
1994	Junior Johnson & Associates	27	Ford	DAY 37	CAR 12	RCH 22	ATL 10	DAR 27	BRI 35	NWS 32	MAR 18	TAL 4	SON 26	CLT 19	DOV 39	POC 37	MCH 23	DAY 1	NHA 32	POC 24	TAL 1	IND 43	GLN	MCH 20	BRI DNQ	DAR 37	RCH 35	DOV 39	MAR 20	NWS 23	CLT 16	CAR 38	PHO 38	ATL 20						29th	2613	[14]
1995	Travis Carter Enterprises	23	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR 30	RCH 24	ATL 32	DAR 36	BRI 16	NWS 27	MAR DNQ	TAL 9	SON 17	CLT 27	DOV 29	POC 41	MCH 30	DAY 9	NHA 12	POC 17	TAL 10	IND 23	GLN 18	MCH 14	BRI 18	DAR 29	RCH 31	DOV 16	MAR 18	NWS 36	CLT 12	CAR 26	PHO 33	ATL 6						26th	2809	[15]
1996				DAY 11	CAR 27	RCH 29	ATL 7	DAR 32	BRI 13	NWS 31	MAR 19	TAL 40	SON 21	CLT 17	DOV 6	POC 8	MCH 4	DAY 10	NHA 17	POC 24	TAL 5	IND 12	GLN 19	MCH 10	BRI 7	DAR 23	RCH 30	DOV 30	MAR 19	NWS 20	CLT 16	CAR 10	PHO 18	ATL 14						15th	3476	[16]
1997				DAY 35	CAR 40	RCH 22	ATL 32	DAR 22	TEX 39	BRI 15	MAR 11	SON 14	TAL 7	CLT 18	DOV 22	POC 19	MCH 15	CAL 5	DAY 31	NHA 12	POC 7	IND 24	GLN 34	MCH 19	BRI 27	DAR 28	RCH 11	NHA 7	DOV 36	MAR 33	CLT 42	TAL 24	CAR 43	PHO 14	ATL 24					20th	3079	[17]
1998				DAY 15	CAR 4	LVS 7	ATL 41	DAR 21	BRI 14	TEX 7	MAR 30	TAL 2	CAL 21	CLT 13	DOV 24	RCH 14	MCH 11	POC 10	SON 29	NHA 25	POC 19	IND 32	GLN 20	MCH	BRI	NHA 13	DAR 34	RCH 9	DOV 27	MAR 19	CLT 10	TAL 4	DAY 12	PHO 26	CAR 30	ATL 21				14th	3464	[18]
1999	Haas-Carter Motorsports			DAY 41	CAR 25	LVS 26	ATL 17	DAR 20	TEX 28	BRI 17	MAR 16	TAL 16	CAL 36	RCH 29	CLT 38	DOV 23	MCH 43	POC 14	SON 5	DAY 27	NHA 9	POC 20	IND 26	GLN 16	MCH 8	BRI 2	DAR 15	RCH 37	NHA 24	DOV 14	MAR 17	CLT 28	TAL 24	CAR 20	PHO 17	HOM 20	ATL 42			20th	3307	[19]
2000		26		DAY 30	CAR 26	LVS 30	ATL 17	DAR 23	BRI 18	TEX 15	MAR 28	TAL 5	CAL 40	RCH 17	CLT 25	DOV 22	MCH 15	POC 36	SON 34	DAY 32	NHA 41	POC 9	IND 17	GLN 31	MCH 7	BRI 24	DAR 32	RCH 33	NHA 15	DOV 34	MAR 7	CLT 15	TAL 38	CAR 39	PHO 13	HOM 5	ATL 33			22nd	3188	[20]
2001				DAY 27	CAR 30	LVS 10	ATL 25	DAR 4	BRI 19	TEX 38	MAR 9	TAL 36	CAL 7	RCH 16	CLT 6	DOV 37	MCH 11	POC 17	SON 27	DAY 19	CHI 5	NHA 4	POC 12	IND 13	GLN 38	MCH 11	BRI 35	DAR 31	RCH 8	DOV 13	KAN 22	CLT 11	MAR 14	TAL 43	PHO 31	CAR 26	HOM 18	ATL 40	NHA 14	16th	3782	[21]
2002	Chip Ganassi Racing	41	Dodge	DAY DNQ	CAR 20	LVS 10	ATL 26	DAR 37	BRI 2	TEX 8	MAR 21	TAL 17	CAL 27	RCH 10	CLT 25	DOV 23	POC 21	MCH 28	SON 36	DAY 4	CHI 32	NHA 11	POC 32	IND 31		MCH 34	BRI 8	DAR 18	RCH 42	NHA 15	DOV 35	KAN 24	TAL 21	CLT 32	MAR 24	ATL 30	CAR 31	PHO 23	HOM 42	27th	3187	[22]
		42																							GLN DNQ
2003	Ultra Motorsports	7	Dodge	DAY 40	CAR 28	LVS 17	ATL 7	DAR 21	BRI 12	TEX 33	TAL 38	MAR 19	CAL 33	RCH 42	CLT 4	DOV 29	POC 39	MCH 29	SON 36	DAY 12	CHI 23	NHA 15	POC 22	IND 8	GLN 23	MCH 26	BRI	DAR 22	RCH 36	NHA 23	DOV 15	TAL 42	KAN 15	CLT 26	MAR 38	ATL 9	PHO 40	CAR 14	HOM 25	29th	3147	[23]
2004				DAY 24	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI																															35th	1969	[24]
	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Chevy							TEX 29	MAR 38	TAL 20	CAL 38	RCH 41	CLT 29	DOV 17	POC 23	MCH 28	SON	DAY 29	CHI 25	NHA 23	POC 23	IND 19	GLN 42	MCH 31	BRI 31	CAL 32	RCH 33	NHA 38	DOV 26	TAL 40	KAN 25	CLT 29	MAR 35	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM
2005	Arnold Motorsports	50	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL 29	BRI 21	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT 42	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN		BRI 28	CAL	RCH 36	NHA 39	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT DNQ		ATL DNQ	TEX 39	PHO 36	HOM 31	46th	667	[25]
	Peak Fitness Racing	66	Ford																							MCH 36
	R&J Racing	37	Dodge																																MAR 40
2006	BAM Racing	49	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR DNQ	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV																								61st	122	[26]
	Furniture Row Racing	78	Chevy														POC 32	MCH DNQ	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC 36	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1990	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	6	15
1991	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevy	23	40
1992			DNQ
1993	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	30	13
1994	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	21	37
1995	Travis Carter Enterprises	Ford	DNQ
1996			19	11
1997			7	35
1998			7	15
1999	Haas-Carter Motorsports		11	41
2000			22	30
2001			11	27
2002	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	DNQ
2003	Ultra Motorsports	Dodge	23	40
2004			40	24

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1985	Frank Cicci Racing	67	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	HCY	BRI	MAR	DAR	SBO	LGY	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT	HCY	CAR 19	MAR									75th	106	[27]
1987	Frank Cicci Racing	4	Olds	DAY	HCY	MAR	DAR	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT 36	DOV																											72nd	55	[28]
		24											IRP DNQ	ROU	JFC	OXF 41	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI	JFC	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR
			Buick																									CLT DNQ	CAR	MAR
1988		34		DAY 29	HCY 16	CAR 11	MAR 8	DAR 20	BRI 5	LNG 8	NZH 8	SBO 12	NSV 3	CLT 16	DOV 28	ROU 3	LAN 8	LVL 5	MYB 18	OXF 11	SBO 17	HCY 22	LNG 9	IRP 17	ROU 16	BRI 6	DAR 6	RCH 16	DOV 6	MAR 5	CLT 29	CAR 13	MAR 16						7th	3801	[29]
1989				DAY 34	CAR 8	MAR 6	HCY 1*	DAR 17	BRI 9	NZH 9	SBO 22	LAN 15	NSV 9	CLT 11	DOV 26	ROU 1*	LVL 17	VOL 26	MYB 1*	SBO 17	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU															15th	2704	[30]
	Baker-Schiff Racing	87	Pontiac																						BRI 6	DAR 37	RCH 36	DOV	MAR 10	CLT 5	CAR	MAR
1990	Huffman Racing	77	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY 3	CLT												DAR 17	RCH											46th	642	[31]
	Rodney Franklin	58	Pontiac													DOV DNQ	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI
	Henderson Motorsports	75	Olds																										DOV 26	MAR 6	CLT 19	NHA	CAR DNQ	MAR 18
1991	Laughlin Racing	45	Pontiac	DAY 8	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY QL†	DAR 30	BRI 4	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT QL†	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU													42nd	636	[32]
		98	Chevy																								BRI 26	DAR	RCH	DOV
		45																													CLT 11	NHA 39	CAR	MAR
1992				DAY 4	CAR					BRI 27					CLT 40																								17th	2941	[33]
			Olds			RCH 18	ATL 33	MAR	DAR
	Huffman Racing	77	Buick								HCY 11	LAN	DUB	NZH
	Moroso Racing	20	Olds													DOV 21	ROU 14	MYB 1	GLN 22	VOL 2	NHA 38*	TAL 32	IRP 7	ROU 1*	MCH 25	NHA 10	BRI 13	DAR 12	RCH 8	DOV 4	CLT 6	MAR 4		HCY 24
	Allison Racing	28	Ford																														CAR 32
1993	Ingram Racing	10	Chevy	DAY 37	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI 31	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT 33									BRI 11	DAR 39	RCH			CLT DNQ	MAR											42nd	838	[34]
	Shoemaker Racing	64	Chevy											DOV 9	MYB	GLN	MLW												CAR 12	HCY	ATL
	Three Star Motorsports	22	Chevy															TAL 34	IRP	MCH	NHA
	Ingram Racing	10	Pontiac																						DOV 6	ROU
1994	Shoemaker Racing	64	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR											DOV 4	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH 18	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR								63rd	348	[35]
			Pontiac			RCH 28	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT
1995	Moroso Racing	20	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA 40	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV 10	MYB	GLN 28	MLW	TAL 2	SBO 23	IRP	MCH 7	BRI 9	DAR 33	RCH 6	DOV 36	CLT 35	CAR 39	HOM										34th	1177	[36]
1996	Keystone Motorsports		Chevy	DAY 10	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI 31			CLT 40	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN 7	MLW	NHA	TAL 11	IRP	MCH 42	BRI 4				CLT 9		HOM 6										32nd	1392	[37]
	Bown Racing	51	Chevy								HCY 6	NZH
	Mark III Racing	77	Ford																					DAR 24
	Keystone Motorsports	20	Ford																						RCH 21
	Laughlin Racing	45	Ford																							DOV 40
			Chevy																									CAR 25
1997	Keystone Motorsports	20	Chevy	DAY 39	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS 27	DAR	HCY	TEX 2	BRI	NSV	TAL 21	NHA	NZH	CLT 4	DOV	SBO	GLN 4	MLW	MYB	GTY 40	IRP	MCH 2	BRI 1*	DAR	RCH 11	DOV	CLT 1*	CAL	CAR	HOM 5						30th	1576	[38]
1998	Spencer Motor Ventures	12	Chevy	DAY 9	CAR	LVS 1	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX 31	HCY	TAL 24	NHA	NZH	CLT 3	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 3	DOV	CLT 4	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM 2*					43rd	1164	[39]
1999				DAY	CAR	LVS 5	ATL	DAR	TEX DNQ	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL 15	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT 39	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH 8	BRI 34	DAR	RCH 3	DOV	CLT 4	CAR	MEM DNQ	PHO 3	HOM 3				43rd	1197	[40]
2000				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT 40	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH 42	BRI 39	DAR	RCH 9	DOV 38	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM 25				65th	406	[41]
2001	Phoenix Racing	1	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR 13	BRI 26	TEX 30	NSH		CAL 7	RCH 1*	NHA	NZH	CLT 8	DOV 1	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI 18	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH 31	BRI 7	DAR 8	RCH 1*	DOV 3	KAN 18	CLT 6	MEM	PHO 35	CAR	HOM 36			26th	2329	[42]
			Pontiac									TAL 2*
2002				DAY 28							TAL 37										DAY 8																		26th	2454	[43]
			Chevy		CAR 7	LVS 16	DAR 24	BRI 4	TEX 28	NSH		CAL 35	RCH 32	NHA	NZH	CLT 38	DOV 37	NSH	KEN	MLW		CHI 6	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH 9	BRI 1*	DAR 22	RCH 32	DOV 6	KAN 6	CLT 34	MEM	ATL 38	CAR	PHO 6	HOM 8
2003	Tommy Baldwin Racing	6	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI 24																															86th	241	[44]
	FitzBradshaw Racing	82	Chevy						TEX 6	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM
2004	BACE Motorsports	74	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT 22	MEM	ATL	PHO 39		HOM 28		92nd	222	[45]
	Michael Waltrip Racing	98	Chevy																																	DAR DNQ
2005				DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL 27	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR															120th	82	[46]
	Red Cactus Racing	73	Chevy																						GTY DNQ	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
† - Qualified but replaced by Jeff Burton

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2003	Ultra Motorsports	2	Dodge	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH 29	NHA 1*	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR 6	PHO	HOM	55th	416	[47]
2004				DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW 16	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI										55th	303	[48]
	Phoenix Racing	09	Dodge																	RCH 28
	ThorSport Racing	13	Chevy																		NHA 18	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM
2005	Ultra Motorsports	2	Dodge	DAY 2	CAL 7	ATL 17	MAR 8	GTY 3	MFD 14	CLT 12	DOV 24	TEX 21	MCH 14	MLW 12	KAN 6	KEN 11	MEM 22	IRP 5	NSH 16	BRI 7	RCH 9	NHA 6	LVS 31	MAR 27	ATL 23	TEX 24	PHO 33	HOM 14	12th	3050	[49]

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

ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	AHSC	Pts	Ref
1989		46	Buick	DAY 15	ATL	KIL	TAL	FRS	POC	KIL	HAG	POC	TAL	DEL	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	SLM	ATL					128th	-	[50]
1994	Junior Johnson & Associates	2	Ford	DAY	TAL	FIF	LVL	KIL	TOL	FRS	MCH	DMS 3	POC	POC	KIL	FRS									100th	325	[51]
	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy														INF 24	I70	ISF	DSF	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL

• NASCAR.com Biography
• Jimmy Spencer driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Jimmy Spencer owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• 2008 Interview by NASCAR.com
• 2006 Interview by NASCAR.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Richie Evans	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Champion 1986–1987	Succeeded by Mike McLaughlin