Stacy Compton

Stacy Marshall Compton (born May 26, 1967)[1] is a NASCAR former team owner and former driver. He is a former co-owner of Bobby Hamilton Racing-Virginia in the Craftsman Truck Series, and is a former racing analyst for ESPN full-time. Before he ran in NASCAR, Compton was a successful short track racer in Virginia.

Stacy Compton
Compton in 1997
Born	Stacy Marshall Compton (1967-05-26) May 26, 1967 Hurt, Virginia, United States
Awards	1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
89 races run over 7 years
2012 position	56th
Best finish	33rd (2001)
First race	1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500 (Martinsville)
Last race	2012 Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
173 races run over 6 years
Best finish	11th (2003)
First race	2001 GNC Live Well 300 (Homestead)
Last race	2006 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 33 1
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
158 races run over 10 years
Best finish	4th (1999)
First race	1997 Chevy Trucks Challenge (Disney)
Last race	2010 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win	1998 Craftsman 200 by NAPA (Portland)
Last win	1998 Lund Look 275K (Topeka)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 65 9
Statistics current as of June 9, 2012.

Early career

Compton was born in Hurt, Virginia, and grew up racing in Virginia with his focus on late models in local racing divisions. Eventually, he moved up to the NASCAR Winston Racing Series, and won 36 races in seven years of late model competition. During this time, Compton also hosted a TV show dedicated to covering Virginia races. In 1996, Compton made his debut in a major NASCAR series driving for Dean Monroe, when he qualified in 9th place for the Goody's Headache Powder 500 at Martinsville Speedway in the Winston Cup series. He finished 33rd that day after suffering brake failure. He ran one other race during his rookie season, the fall Martinsville event. He finished 33rd in that race as well.

1997–1999

In 1997, Compton signed up with a new team, Impact Motorsports, to run the No. 86 Ford F-150 for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year Award. During his initial Truck Series season, Compton had three Top 5 finishes and a 13th-place finish in the final points standings, but fell well short of the top rookie award. For the 1998 season, in the third race of the season held at Phoenix International Raceway, Compton won his first career pole position, and finished in third in the race. The next week at Portland Speedway, he led all but two laps and won his first career Truck Series race. He got another win later that season at Heartland Park Topeka. He finished seventh in the final points standings and was named the Most Popular Driver. Compton had high hopes for 1999 season as Impact switched to Dodge Rams and getting a teammate in Randy Tolsma, but he failed to go to victory lane that season, although he did finish fourth in points. Late that season, Compton began competing in some Winston Cup races for Melling Racing. Soon afterwards, Melling announced that Compton would driver their No. 9 Ford Taurus in the Winston Cup Series in 2000 season.

2000–2002

Compton struggled during his first year in the Cup series, as his best finish was 16th at New Hampshire International Speedway. In the summer Michigan race, he crashed during qualifying and suffered minor injuries. He was replaced by Bobby Hillin Jr. at the following event. Compton ended the year 38th in points.

In 2001, Melling switched the car's number and manufacture to 92 and Dodge and had a new crew chief with Chad Knaus. Compton started the season by qualifying on the outside pole next to Bill Elliott in the Daytona 500 and went on to score a 10th-place finish. At the next restrictor-plate race at Talladega Superspeedway, he won his first career Cup pole position, but finished last due to mechanical issues. After winning a second career pole at Talladega, he was only able to improve his points position by five spots. At the end of the year, sponsorship problems at Melling forced him to look elsewhere for a job.

In the 2002 season, Compton signed with A.J. Foyt Racing to drive the No. 14 Pontiac, replacing Ron Hornaday Jr. He had a best finish of 18th when his sponsor Conseco filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He was let go after the New England 300. He returned to Melling for one race before competing in two for BAM Racing at the end of the season. His last career Cup start for nine years came in the 2003 Pepsi 400 for Morgan-McClure Motorsports.

2001–2012

In 2001 at the GNC Live Well 300, Compton made his Busch Series debut with JTG Daugherty Racing, then known as ST Motorsports. He qualified 12th and finished 10th. For four consecutive seasons, Compton ran every Busch Series race with JTG. Although he did not win a Busch Series race, he has 33 career top-ten finishes and one pole position. His best points finish was a 9th in 2002.

Compton in the No. 59 racing at Daytona in 2006

Following the conclusion of the 2006 season, Compton was replaced by Marcos Ambrose and returned to the Truck Series, sharing the No. 09 Ford with Joey Clanton for nine races. In 2006, Compton founded Turn One Racing, LLC, as a way of promoting talented young drivers in the southeastern United States. He made a total of fourteen starts that season, ten for Wood Brothers/JTG, as well as one for Key Motorsports and three for Xpress Motorsports. He bought into Bobby Hamilton Racing in 2008, and was named driver of the No. 4 Dodge for the team during the season. After the race at Bristol Motor Speedway the No. 4 team shut down, leaving Compton out of a job. He drove the No. 60 Toyota for Wyler Racing in 2009, finishing with 8 top-tens and finishing 11th in points. Despite the new sponsorship, Jeff Wyler was unsure if the team would continue into 2010, so Compton and Turn One Racing bought the No. 60 from Wyler, though the team continued into 2010 under the Wyler Racing banner. Compton would split the No. 60 Truck with former Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and Red Bull development driver Cole Whitt, while also changing manufacturers to Chevrolet. Compton later took sole ownership of the team and renamed it Turn One Racing. Compton scored only five top tens and finished 20th in points. Karthikeyan left at the end of the year to drive for Hispania Racing in F1, while Safe Auto left the team to sponsor ThorSport Racing's No. 13 Truck.

2012 saw Compton expand his Truck Series team, Turn One Racing, into the Cup series with the No. 74 Chevrolet, starting at Bristol Motor Speedway in March[2] He himself would attempt to qualify the car at Texas Motor Speedway but failed to do so. However, Compton did later manage to get into the field for the Pocono 400 in June. He has not raced since then.[3]

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
1996	Monroe Racing	46	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR 33	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH DNQ	DOV	MAR 33	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL						56th	128
1999	Melling Racing	9	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR 36	PHO 39	HOM 30	ATL DNQ			55th	174
2000				DAY 26	CAR 34	LVS 32	ATL 35	DAR 29	BRI 28	TEX 36	MAR 39	TAL 33	CAL 28	RCH 22	CLT 33	DOV 30	MCH 42	POC 37	SON 31	DAY 39	NHA 29	POC 35	IND 37	GLN 29	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH 24	NHA 16	DOV 29	MAR 39	CLT DNQ	TAL 23	CAR DNQ	PHO DNQ	HOM 38	ATL DNQ			38th	1857
2001		92	Dodge	DAY 10	CAR 41	LVS 27	ATL 24	DAR 43	BRI 11	TEX 15	MAR 15	TAL 43	CAL 38	RCH 29	CLT 34	DOV 32	MCH DNQ	POC 23	SON 24	DAY 32	CHI 26	NHA 31	POC 32	IND 33	GLN 20	MCH 21	BRI DNQ	DAR 42	RCH 22	DOV 24	KAN 34	CLT 32	MAR 16	TAL 11	PHO 21	CAR 36	HOM 43	ATL 18	NHA 34	33rd	2752
2002	A.J. Foyt Racing	14	Pontiac	DAY 27	CAR 43	LVS 39	ATL 31	DAR 27	BRI 38	TEX 19	MAR 18	TAL 27	CAL 41	RCH 26	CLT 37	DOV 24	POC 28	MCH 35	SON DNQ	DAY 18	CHI 35	NHA 30	POC	IND	GLN															42nd	1557
	Melling Racing	92	Dodge																							MCH 30	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN
	BAM Racing	49	Dodge																														TAL 22	CLT 42	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM
2003	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 33	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	71st	39
2012	Turn One Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX DNQ	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC 39	MCH DNQ	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	TAL	CLT	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	56th	5

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2000	Melling Racing	Ford	33	26
2001		Dodge	2	10
2002	A.J. Foyt Racing	Pontiac	24	27

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
1999		28		DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN DNQ																			NA	-
		19																			MLW DNQ	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM
2001	ST Motorsports	59	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	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM 10			96th	134
2002				DAY 20	CAR 22	LVS 10	DAR 10	BRI 36	TEX 11	NSH 9	TAL 2	CAL 3	RCH 12	NHA 27	NZH 13	CLT 17	DOV 21	NSH 13	KEN 17	MLW 33	DAY 10	CHI 32	GTY 31	PPR 10	IRP 16	MCH 8	BRI 34	DAR 21	RCH 18	DOV 15	KAN 12	CLT 16	MEM 2	ATL 11	CAR 5	PHO 2	HOM 13		9th	4042
2003				DAY 38	CAR 22	LVS 15	DAR 4	BRI 15	TEX 16	TAL 32	NSH 31	CAL 21	RCH 7	GTY 6	NZH 8	CLT 18	DOV 29	NSH 28	KEN 4	MLW 9	DAY 19	CHI 19	NHA 10	PPR 6	IRP 3	MCH 17	BRI 29	DAR 8	RCH 15	DOV 12	KAN 8	CLT 23	MEM 11	ATL 23	PHO 35	CAR 16	HOM 21		11th	3893
2004			Ford	DAY 31	CAR 20	LVS 17	DAR 15	BRI 19	TEX 28	NSH 14	TAL 23	CAL 3	GTY 20	RCH 18	NZH 12	CLT 26	DOV 17	NSH 10	KEN 19	MLW 20	DAY 42	CHI 21	NHA 8	PPR 2	IRP 18	MCH 31	BRI 11	CAL 24	RCH 32	DOV 29	KAN 9	CLT 26	MEM 16	ATL 17	PHO 23	DAR 20	HOM 15		14th	3614
2005				DAY 23	CAL 16	MXC 28	LVS 38	ATL 41	NSH 10	BRI 16	TEX 23	PHO 19	TAL 25	DAR 31	RCH 39	CLT 26	DOV 15	NSH 16	KEN 8	MLW 25	DAY 13	CHI 28	NHA 33	PPR 9	GTY 20	IRP 12	GLN 27	MCH 28	BRI 15	CAL 32	RCH 16	DOV 18	KAN 29	CLT 20	MEM 22	TEX 37	PHO 17	HOM 17	16th	3345
2006				DAY 27	CAL 24	MXC 43	LVS 33	ATL 27	BRI 14	TEX 22	NSH 20	PHO 26	TAL 26	RCH 37	DAR 14	CLT 30	DOV 12	NSH 19	KEN 24	MLW 6	DAY 20	CHI 20	NHA 25	MAR 15	GTY 17	IRP 12	GLN 30	MCH 41	BRI 16	CAL 18	RCH 34	DOV 20	KAN 34	CLT 3	MEM 24	TEX 22	PHO 22	HOM 17	16th	3339

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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	26	27	NCWTC	Pts
1996	Shenandoah Valley Motorsports	71	Ford	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS DNQ				144th	0
1997	Impact Motorsports	86	Ford	WDW 10	TUS 16	HOM 34	PHO 33	POR 12	EVG 8	I70 30	NHA 15	TEX 16	BRI 25	NZH 14	MLW 21	LVL 6	CNS 3	HPT 13	IRP 26	FLM 14	NSV 5	GLN 25	RCH 18	MAR 9	SON 10	MMR 2	CAL 17	PHO 14	LVS 12		13th	3057
1998				WDW 30	HOM 6	PHO 3	POR 1*	EVG 4	I70 11	GLN 19	TEX 5	BRI 37	MLW 13	NZH 2	CAL 14	PPR 7	IRP 13	NHA 9	FLM 28*	NSV 9	HPT 1	LVL 4	RCH 23	MEM 16	GTY 26	MAR 4	SON 15	MMR 3	PHO 8	LVS 17	7th	3542
1999			Dodge	HOM 3	PHO 4	EVG 4	MMR 3	MAR 2	MEM 4	PPR 28	I70 4	BRI 2	TEX 9	PIR 17	GLN 15	MLW 10	NSV 27	NZH 10	MCH 6	NHA 3*	IRP 2	GTY 4	HPT 21	RCH 11	LVS 6	LVL 13	TEX 12	CAL 3			4th	3623
2001	HT Motorsports	92	Dodge	DAY	HOM	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV 6	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA 9	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH 6	SBO	TEX	LVS	PHO 4	CAL				44th	598
2002		17		DAY	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH	RCH 8	TEX	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO 32	HOM 13						50th	333
2006	Wood Brothers/JTG Racing	21	Ford	DAY 25	CAL 26	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM			62nd	173
2007	Xpress Motorsports	16	Ford	DAY 17		ATL 16	MAR 21																								21st	1632
	Wood Brothers/JTG Racing	09	Ford		CAL 12			KAN 14	CLT	MFD	DOV 2		MCH 12	MLW 12			IRP 22	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA 22	LVS 8	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO 32	HOM
		21										TEX 10
	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy												MEM 24	KEN
2008	Bobby Hamilton Racing	4	Dodge	DAY 6	CAL 21	ATL 19	MAR 35	KAN 20	CLT 28	MFD 10	DOV 23	TEX 30	MCH 21	MLW 24	MEM 10	KEN 12	IRP 23	NSH 7	BRI 31	GTW	NHA										24th	1748
	HT Motorsports	59	Toyota																			LVS 28	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2009	Wyler Racing	60	Toyota	DAY 14	CAL 15	ATL 19	MAR 6	KAN 13	CLT 9	DOV 13	TEX 21	MCH 19	MLW 6	MEM 17	KEN 12	IRP 8	NSH 15	BRI 9	CHI 12	IOW 16	GTW 8	NHA 6	LVS 20	MAR 14	TAL 7	TEX 22	PHO 10	HOM 21			11th	3124
2010				DAY 7	ATL 19	MAR																									20th	1856
			Chevy				NSH 9	KAN	DOV 13	CLT	TEX	MCH 11	IOW 6	GTY 19	IRP	POC 17	NSH	DAR 8	BRI 34	CHI	KEN 12	NHA 16	LVS	MAR 8	TAL	TEX 14	PHO 14	HOM

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

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

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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	ABSC	Pts
1996	Monroe Racing	64	Chevy	DAY	ATL	SLM	TAL	FIF	LVL	CLT	CLT	KIL	FRS	POC	MCH 12	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	INF	SBS	ISF	DSF	KIL	SLM	WIN	CLT	ATL	131st	-

References

1. Stacy Compton Career Statistics
2. Turnbull, Doug (March 7, 2012). "Stories from the other side of the garage: News on Roderick, Turn One, and Hamilton Means". WSB Radio. Atlanta, Georgia. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
3. Caraviello, David (June 9, 2012). "Compton makes first Cup race since 2003". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2012-06-10.

External links

• Official website
• Stacy Compton driver statistics at Racing-Reference