Jennifer Jo Cobb (born June 12, 1973) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. She competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 10 truck for her own team, Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing. She has also previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, ARCA Menards Series and the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
| Jennifer Jo Cobb | |||||||
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 Cobb in 2011 | |||||||
| Born | June 12, 1973 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 31 races run over 12 years | |||||||
| 2018 position | 107th | ||||||
| Best finish | 29th (2011) | ||||||
| First race | 2004 Ford 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Sparks Energy 300 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 233 races run over 17 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 10 (Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing) | ||||||
| 2023 position | 80th | ||||||
| Best finish | 16th (2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2008 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Heart of America 200 (Kansas) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of May 6, 2024. | |||||||
Racing career
editCobb started racing in 1991 at Lakeside Speedway. Her father, Joe Cobb, races at Lakeside Speedway in the modified division. Since 2002, she has made nine starts in the ARCA Racing Series, including three top-10s in three starts in 2004 while driving for Keith Murt.
In 2004, Cobb made her NASCAR debut in the Busch Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway. She drove the No. 50 Vassarette Chevrolet for Keith Coleman Racing and finished 43rd due to a crash on lap 2.
In 2006, Cobb created a line of clothing for female race fans called Driver Boutique. Proceeds from the sales of this line go towards her racing efforts, and she has attempted to qualify for various Busch and ARCA races in 2007 with the Driver Boutique sponsorship.
On July 19, 2008, she competed in the Camping World Truck Series event at the Built Ford Tough 225. She started in 35th and finished 26 driving the No. 74 Dodge for The Annexus Group completing 144 laps. On April 27, 2009 she competed at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 driving the No. 73 Dodge for Derrike Cope Inc. She started 34th and completed 72 laps before experiencing engine trouble, finishing 26th out of 35 drivers winning a purse of $10,680.
In 2010, Cobb announced that she would run full-time in the truck series, after purchasing the assets of the No. 10 truck team from Rick Crawford, whose Circle Bar Racing downsized from a two-truck operation to one — Crawford's own No. 14 (which would also close down early in the season). Cobb kept the same truck number and owner points from Circle Bar.[1] Also that year, Cobb became the highest female points finisher in history in any of the three major NASCAR Series to that time, achieving 17th place.[2]
For 2011, Cobb continued racing her own No. 10 truck full-time in the Camping World Truck Series, and also drove the first 5 races in the Nationwide Series in the No. 79 for 2nd Chance Motorsports.[3] On the truck side, Cobb became the highest finishing female in Truck Series history by finishing 6th at the 2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250. She would hold this record for nine years, when Natalie Decker broke the record with a fifth-place finish, also at the season-opening Daytona race, in 2020. Cobb later announced that she would run the full season with 2nd Chance Motorsports in their No. 79 Ford and run for Rookie of the Year. Cobb later gave her truck's owners points to Chase Mattioli and his team while she also started her own driver development program with Cody Cambensy planning to drive in the Truck Series in 2011. She later left 2nd Chance Motorsports after a dispute with owner Rick Russell over whether to start and park after losing their second car at Las Vegas. Rick Ware Racing later gave her a ride in the No. 41.
In early 2011, Cobb for her own team called Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing and partnered with U.S. Army Family and MWR Command[4] to launch Driven 2 Honor, a promotion honoring women in the U.S. military. Cobb hosted two female service members and their guests at the first five Nationwide races of the 2011 NASCAR season.
2012–2018
editIn 2012 Cobb ran the entire Camping World Truck Series schedule in the No. 10, along with selected Nationwide Series races in the No. 13.[5] She returned to the Camping World Truck Series for 2013.
For the 2014 season, Cobb again ran in the Truck Series in her own No. 10 Chevrolet Silverado. The team began the season with a 21st-place finish in the NextEra Energy Resources 250. At the SFP 250 Cobb raced to 13th place which earned her highest finish of the season, she then had another strong run at the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) finishing 16th. However, since that 16th-place finish, the team has seen a decline in performance as they have only managed to eclipse a best of 20th on three occasions (Dover, Kentucky, and Michigan).
Cobb also ran one race in the No. 87 car for Rick Ware Racing at the Kansas Lottery 300 finishing 24th, which was her first Nationwide Series start of 2014.
On May 29, 2015, Cobb angrily approached the race car driven by Tyler Reddick on foot after apparently by being spun out by Reddick's truck at the Lucas Oil 200. It was expected that Cobb would be the first driver penalized under the new NASCAR rule instituted after Kevin Ward Jr. died in a similar incident.[6] She wound up receiving a $5,000 fine from the officials.
During practice for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Cobb crashed and was subsequently caught on camera removing a cell phone from her truck. Cobb was given a P3 penalty by NASCAR for having a non-engine electronic component in her truck. As a result, Cobb was fined $5,000, plus an additional $2,500 for an infraction occurring while still on probation for the incident with Reddick.[7] Cobb was the first driver penalized by NASCAR under the no cell phone rule since it was implemented following the 2012 Daytona 500.
In 2018, Cobb joined Racing Total for her NASCAR Whelen Euro Series debut at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.[8]
2020–present
editIn 2020, Cobb led a career-high 16 laps at Talladega Superspeedway before finishing 24th.[9]
In April 2021, it was announced that Cobb would make her NASCAR Cup Series debut in the spring race at Talladega, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing. However, NASCAR announced on April 19 that she would not be approved to run the race.[10] This was likely due to how the race itself would have been her first time in a Cup car because of the lack of practice and qualifying. NASCAR also did not approve James Davison and Keith McGee to make their Cup and Truck Series debuts, respectively, at Talladega in 2020 for the same reason. J. J. Yeley would replace Cobb in the RWR No. 15 in the race. That year she withdrew from the Rackley Roofing 200. 2022 began with Cobb again missing the season opener at Daytona. The week of the second race at Las Vegas, Cobb released a statement that she would be scaling her operation back to part time, citing funding and equipment issues.
Personal life
editCobb is married to, but currently separated from, NASCAR crew chief and former driver Eddie Troconis, who was Cobb's crew chief in the Xfinity Series in 2012. They married in 2015.[11] Cobb had reportedly been dating spotter Clayton Hughes at the time of Troconis' arrest in January 2022 for assaulting Hughes.[12]
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
editCraftsman Truck Series
editWhelen Euro Series – Elite 1
edit| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | Ref |
| 2019 | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 1 | Ford | VAL |
VAL |
FRA |
FRA |
BRH 27 |
BRH 27 |
MOS |
MOS |
VEN |
HOC |
HOC |
ZOL |
ZOL |
44th | 20 | [45] |
Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2
edit| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 results | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | Ref |
| 2018 | Racing-Total | 10 | Chevy | VAL 17 |
VAL 19 |
FRA | FRA | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | HOC | HOC | ZOL | ZOL | 38th | 38 | [46] | |
| 2019 | Racing-Total JJCR | VAL DNS |
VAL 20 |
FRA | FRA | BRH | BRH | MOS | MOS | VEN | HOC | HOC | ZOL | ZOL | 41st | 17 | [47] | ||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
References
edit- ^ Doug Demmons (January 5, 2010). "Jennifer Jo Cobb looks to run a full NASCAR Truck Series season". The Birmingham News. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ "Acceptance the biggest accomplishment for Cobb - Jan 05, 2011 - NASCAR.COM". www.nascar.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011.
- ^ "Cobb, 2nd Chance announce '11 Nationwide plans | NASCAR Nationwide Series". Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
- ^ "Home". www.armymwr.com. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ "Cobb to run full Truck Series season in 2012". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. February 21, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ "NASCAR driver 'completely forgot' new rule, wanders onto hot track after vehicle crashes". The Washington Post. May 30, 2015.
- ^ Turner, Jared. "Jennifer Jo Cobb fined, team penalized for cell phone in race truck". Fox Sports. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ^ Southers, Tim (April 6, 2018). "Jennifer Jo Cobb to make NASCAR Euro Series debut". Motorsport.com. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Spencer, Reid (October 3, 2020). "Lessard gets first Trucks win in Talladega elimination race". Racer. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb to make Cup debut at Talladega with Rick Ware Racing UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 19, 2021.
- ^ Passantino, Tracey (October 14, 2015). "Cobb goes from wedding to racetrack, all in one week". Wyandotte Daily. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ Norwood, Chris. "Jury convicts N.C. man of life-changing beating of another". The Anniston Star. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2019 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2018 Whelen Euro Elite 2 Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2019 Whelen Euro Elite 2 Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jennifer Jo Cobb – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
External links
edit
- Official website
- Jennifer Jo Cobb driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Jennifer Jo Cobb owner statistics at Racing-Reference