Jeff Fultz (December 14, 1968) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is a multiple time champion of the now defunct NASCAR Southeast Series having won it three times (2002, 2004, 2005), and has the most wins in the category with 26. He has also raced in the NASCAR Busch Series and the ARCA Racing Series.

Jeff Fultz
Born (1968-12-14) December 14, 1968 (age 55)
Blue Ash, Ohio, U.S.
Achievements2002, 2004, 2005 NASCAR Southeast Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
7 races run over 3 years
2003 position77th
Best finish77th (2003)
First race2001 Sam's Club 200 (Rockingham)
Last race2003 Little Trees 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 23, 2020.

Racing career

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Fultz first raced in the NASCAR Southeast Series in 1996, driving in fourteen of the twenty-three races on the schedule with a win at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, North Carolina, and finished 17th in points. For next year, he would run the full schedule and finish second in the point standings behind Hal Goodson, with one win at St. Augustine Speedway. Fultz would spit his schedule the following year driving in the Southeast Series, winning two poles and a best finish of third at Louisville Motor Speedway in just ten starts, and in the ASA National Tour, running the first ten races on the schedule with a top-10 finish at Tri-County Motor Speedway with a seventh place finish.

Fultz would solely focus on the Southeast Series for the next two seasons, finishing 5th in the points in 1999, an 2nd behind Billy Bigley in 2000. It was in the latter year that Fultz would make his ARCA debut, running both Charlotte races with a best finish of 13th in his first start. For 2001, he would finish third in the Southeast Series standings with four wins and two poles. Fultz also made his NASCAR Busch Series debut at North Carolina Speedway driving the No. 86 Chevrolet for Jimmy Craig, finishing 39th due to an engine problem. He would also attempt to make his Winston Cup Series at Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600 driving for Gene DeHart and Mike Clark, ultimately failing to qualify.

In 2002, Fultz would win his first Southeast Series title with three wins at Myrtle Beach, Nashville and Memphis. He would also win his first ARCA race that year at Charlotte, as well as making three Busch Series races that year with a best finish of 26th at Nashville. Although Fultz would win the most races in the Southeast season in 2003, he would ultimately finish second in the standings behind Charlie Bradberry. He would run four races in the ARCA Series, three races in the Busch Series, and would attempt two Winston Cup races, failing to qualify at both Atlanta and Charlotte.

Fultz would win the Southeast championship again in 2004 ahead of J. R. Norris with five wins and two poles. He attempted again to make his debut in the now Nextel Cup Series at Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600, driving the No. 78 Ford for Harrah Racing, failing to qualify for the event. In 2005, he would win the Southeast championship again ahead of Jason Hogan with four wins. He would run one more race in the series the following year before the series folded at the end of the year. He also ran in the Hooters Pro Cup Series that year, running in 14 races with a pole at Lakeland and a best finish of fifth at Myrtle Beach.

Since the folding of the Southeast Series, he would compete sporadically in various late-model events like the Snowball Derby, the Winchester 400 and in various other late-model and modified series. He also acts as the driver and owner of his late-model team Jeff Fultz Racing, which has fielded drivers such as Jordan Anderson, Kodie Conner, and William Byron.

Fultz has recently competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour.[1]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Nextel Cup Series

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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
2001 DeHart Racing 54 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT
DNQ
DOV MCH POC SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MAR TAL PHO CAR HOM ATL NHA N/A - [2]
2003 CLR Racing 57 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL
DNQ
DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN N/A - [3]
Harrah Racing 55 Ford CLT
DNQ
MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM
2004 78 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT
DNQ
DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM NA - [4]

Busch Series

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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 NBSC Pts Ref
2001 Jimmy Craig 86 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT
DNQ
MEM PHO CAR
39
HOM
DNQ
140th 46 [5]
2002 DAY
29
CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH
26
TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT
42
DOV NSH
DNQ
KEN
DNQ
MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT
DNQ
MEM ATL CAR
DNQ
PHO HOM 83rd 198 [6]
2003 DAY
19
CAR
DNQ
LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT
16
DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT
22
MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 77th 318 [7]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARMC Pts Ref
2000 Harrah Racing 55 Ford DAY SLM AND CLT
13
KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM 80th 245 [8]
Jimmy Craig CLT
30
TAL ATL
2002 Jimmy Craig 55 Ford DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT
1
KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT
8
72nd 425 [9]
2003 DAY ATL
36
NSH
4
SLM TOL KEN CLT
2
BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT
11
SBO 42nd 675 [10]

References

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  1. ^ "JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Ready to Close Out Season at Winchester Speedway Friday". Racing America. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2000 ARCA Re/Max Series Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  9. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  10. ^ "Jeff Fultz – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
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