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Jon Wood
Wood at Daytona International Speedway in 2013
Born (1981-10-25) October 25, 1981 (age 42)
Stuart, Virginia
NASCAR Cup Series career
4 races run over 2 years
2008 position60th
Best finish60th (2008)
First race2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race2008 AMP Energy 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
85 races run over 5 years
2007 position45th
Best finish14th (2006)
First race2002 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last race2007 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 12 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
119 races run over 7 years
2008 position25th
Best finish5th (2003)
First race2001 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2008 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win2003 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Last win2003 Advance Auto Parts 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 51 3
Statistics current as of September 26, 2009.

Jonathan Wood (born October 25, 1981) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is the grandson of Glen Wood, one of the famous Wood Brothers who founded what has become the NASCAR Cup Series' longest continuously active team.

Early career

Wood joins sailors during a special pre-race reenlistment ceremony at Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas, (September 13, 2002)

Wood was given his first go kart as a child by Dale Jarrett, the Wood Brothers' driver at the time. After racing go-karts, he moved up to stock cars, racing in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series and the NASCAR Winston West Series. Wood made his NASCAR debut in the 2001 Craftsman Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway, driving the #15 Ford F-150 for Billy Ballew Motorsports. He started and finished 31st after suffering rear end failures. The release of Chuck Hossfeld allowed Wood to drive Roush Racing's #50 Eldon Ford for the rest of the year. He claimed a pair of top five finishes (Kansas and Fontana) in his limited appearances. In 2002, Jon ran the entire schedule, earning ten top-10s with sponsorship from the United States Navy. That year, he made his Busch Series debut at IRP, subbing for Jeff Burton in the #9 Gain Ford Taurus. He started and finished 6th that day.

In 2003, Wood notched two poles, 10 top fives and 20 top ten finishes, including two wins on his way to a fifth-place standing in the Craftsman Truck Series points. He ran most of the season with sponsored by Bob Graham. He ran his second Busch race that season at the Ford 300 in the #15 for ppc Racing. He finished 22nd. Unfortunately, the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series season was a struggle for Wood, who was forced to run unsponsored for virtually the entire season.

2005–2008

2007 Busch car after a wreck

Wood moved to NASCAR's Busch Series full-time in 2005, driving for ST Motorsports (which later merged with the Wood Brothers to form Wood Brothers/JTG in 2006.) Wood had two top-fives and finished fifteenth in points, finishing fourth in the Rookie of the Year standings. In August 2005, Wood was released from his development contract with Roush Racing and became a member of the Wood Brothers driver development program. Wood had one top-five finish in 2006 and moved up one spot in the standings.

Originally, plans called for Wood to move up to Nextel Cup full-time in 2007; however, because of sponsor issues and the need for more experience, Wood ran only a partial schedule during the 2007 Nextel Cup season. Wood was to continue to drive full-time in the #47 Clorox-sponsored Ford Fusion in the Busch Series but was pulled from the ride following medical issues. He spent the rest of the season back in the Truck Series in the #21 Ford and had six top-tens in eleven starts as well as a pole position. He shared the #21 truck in 2008 with his cousin Keven but only had two top-ten finishes. He also made three Sprint Cup starts that season but failed to finish higher than 33rd. At the end of the season, the truck team for which Woods was running closed down and he has not raced since late 2010.

After retiring from racing, Wood now serves as the Senior Vice President (formerly the Director of Business Development) for Wood Brothers Racing where he actively participates in the day to day operations of the company’s merchandising and business development.[1]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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 NSCC Pts Ref
2005 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL
QL† 		RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [2]
2007 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY CAL LVS
29 		ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV 67th 76 [3]
Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 47 KAN
DNQ 		TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2008 Wood Brothers Racing 21 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL
36 		RCH
DNQ 		DAR CLT
DNQ 		DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY
33 		CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL
33 		CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 60th 183 [4]
† - Qualified for Ricky Rudd

Busch Series

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
2002 Roush Racing 9 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP
6 		MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 88th 150 [5]
2003 ppc Racing 15 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX 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
22 		123rd 97 [6]
2005 JTG Racing 47 Ford DAY
31 		CAL
28 		MXC
16 		LVS
17 		ATL
25 		NSH
12 		BRI
11 		TEX
8 		PHO
18 		TAL
2 		DAR
35 		RCH
35 		CLT
33 		DOV
40 		NSH
32 		KEN
10 		MLW
26 		DAY
29 		CHI
37 		NHA
37 		PPR
22 		GTY
21 		IRP
34 		GLN
20 		MCH
19 		BRI
37 		CAL
14 		RCH
17 		DOV
16 		KAN
5 		CLT
7 		MEM
40 		TEX
26 		PHO
33 		HOM
6 		15th 3346 [7]
2006 DAY
4 		CAL
18 		MXC
27 		LVS
14 		ATL
13 		BRI
17 		TEX
26 		NSH
6 		PHO
23 		TAL
19 		RCH
38 		DAR
33 		CLT
37 		DOV
40 		NSH
8 		KEN
22 		MLW
14 		DAY
34 		CHI
21 		NHA
20 		MAR
21 		GTY
15 		IRP
14 		GLN
29 		MCH
36 		BRI
28 		CAL
8 		RCH
25 		DOV
38 		KAN
15 		CLT
23 		MEM
29 		TEX
12 		PHO
38 		HOM
18 		14th 3381 [8]
2007 DAY
15 		CAL
31 		MXC
10 		LVS
11 		ATL
36 		BRI
43 		NSH
16 		TEX
38 		PHO
25 		TAL
31 		RCH
21 		DAR
32 		CLT
13 		DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 45th 1154 [9]

Craftsman Truck Series

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
2001 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Ford DAY HOM MMR MAR
31 		GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX 17th 1917 [10]
Roush Racing 50 Ford MEM
14 		MLW
12 		KAN
4 		KEN
7 		NHA
19 		IRP
27 		NSH
16 		CIC
12 		NZH
6 		RCH
13 		SBO
14 		TEX
24 		LVS
29 		PHO
14 		CAL
3
2002 DAY
21 		DAR
9 		MAR
10 		GTY
7 		PPR
12 		DOV
29 		TEX
9 		MEM
11 		MLW
9 		KAN
9 		KEN
13 		NHA
11 		MCH
10 		IRP
8 		NSH
8 		RCH
28 		TEX
12 		SBO
6 		LVS
18 		CAL
13 		PHO
11 		HOM
14 		12th 2782 [11]
2003 DAY
8 		DAR
19 		MMR
2 		MAR
22 		CLT
22 		DOV
4 		TEX
3 		MEM
4 		MLW
10 		KAN
1* 		KEN
4 		GTW
11 		MCH
6 		IRP
5 		NSH
7 		BRI
8 		RCH
4 		NHA
9 		CAL
9 		LVS
19 		SBO
4 		TEX
6 		MAR
1 		PHO
7 		HOM
8 		5th 3659 [12]
2004 DAY
7 		ATL
27 		MAR
4 		MFD
8 		CLT
17 		DOV
10 		TEX
13 		MEM
8 		MLW
11 		KAN
6 		KEN
12 		GTW
30 		MCH
30 		IRP
27 		NSH
18 		BRI
18 		RCH
14 		NHA
29 		LVS
12 		CAL
13 		TEX
26 		MAR
4 		PHO
26 		DAR
22 		HOM
36 		15th 2835 [13]
2006 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 20 Ford DAY
16 		CAL
9 		44th 408 [14]
21 ATL
6 		MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2007 Wood Brothers Racing DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN
6 		IRP
28 		NSH
7 		BRI GTW
14 		NHA
9 		LVS
3* 		TAL
10 		MAR
16 		ATL TEX
8 		PHO
20 		HOM
13 		27th 1432 [15]
2008 DAY
27 		CAL
32 		ATL
10 		MAR
28 		KAN
26 		CLT
19 		MFD DOV
15 		TEX
10 		MCH
14 		MLW MEM KEN
11 		IRP NSH BRI
16 		GTW NHA LVS
13 		TAL
22 		MAR
30 		ATL
21 		TEX
31 		PHO
23 		HOM 25th 1729 [16]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NWWSC Pts Ref
2001 Wood Brothers Racing 50 Ford PHO
11 		LVS TUS MMR CAL
2* 		IRW LAG KAN
4 		EVG CNS IRW RMR LVS
1 		IRW 23rd 628 [17]

References

  1. ^ "TEAM".
  2. ^ "Jon Wood – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jon Wood – 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jon Wood – 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jon Wood – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jon Wood – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Jon Wood – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  8. ^ "Jon Wood – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jon Wood – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jon Wood – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "Jon Wood – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  12. ^ "Jon Wood – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  13. ^ "Jon Wood – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  14. ^ "Jon Wood – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  15. ^ "Jon Wood – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  16. ^ "Jon Wood – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  17. ^ "Jon Wood – 2001 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

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