J. R. Heffner

J. R. Heffner (born March 31, 1972) is an American professional dirt and asphalt stock car driver. He currently competes in various dirt racing events.

Heffner has also raced in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Racing career Heffner's interest in racing started at the age of five, when he and his parents attended races at Lebanon Valley Speedway. In his teen years, he raced three-wheelers and eventually started racing in Lebanon Valley's Sportsman's Division, winning the championship in 1990. He moved up to the Big Block Modified division, winning his first race in the division in 1994. a highway construction firm. Heffner and Colarusso have developed a longterm relationship. Heffner joined the company in 2003, becoming the Vice President of Operations, a role he still holds today. From 2007 to 2011, he ran eight ARCA races, with his last start being at Lucas Oil Raceway. His best finish in the series is 14th at Kentucky Speedway in 2009.

In 2013, Heffner entered the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, In the event, Heffner qualified eighth and finished second in his heat race to Ken Schrader, but was relegated to the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ). Despite starting first, he lost fourth gear and retired from the LCQ, finishing last after completing just one lap and failing to make the Feature. The following year, Heffner made the feature after finishing fourth in his heat, finishing 18th in the final. Heffner also ran the Truck race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, finishing 23rd after crashing on lap 137. Heffner skipped the 2015 race at Eldora due to the race clashing with his schedule at Lebanon Valley, loaning the truck to Bobby Pierce, who finished second. In 2016, Heffner returned to Eldora, driving the No. 44 for Martins Motorsports. A year later, Heffner crashed during practice and with no backup, he withdrew from the race. Heffner would return to the Dirt Derby in 2018, securing a ride with Premium Motorsports. He qualified for the main event by finishing fourth in his heat race, and finished 24th in the feature after fading from a top-15 position late with handling problems.

Heffner made his return to the Truck Series in March 2021 when he joined Jordan Anderson Racing for the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt race. However, he withdrew after crashing in the final practice session.

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.) 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 Pts Ref 2013 74 Operations LLC. 44 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELDDNQ POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 120th – 2014 MB Motorsports 63 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD18 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA23 LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 52nd 47 2016 Martins Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD15 POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 56th 18 2017 DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELDWth POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM NA – 2018 Premium Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD24 POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 75th 13 2021 Jordan Anderson Racing 3 Chevy DAY DAY LVS ATL BRIWth RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO NA –

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2007 DGM Racing 72 Chevy DAY 35 USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 175th 55 2008 Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Chevy DAY 16 SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY 77th 300 Darrell Basham Racing 94 Chevy KEN 16 BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 2009 BCR Racing 74 Chevy DAY DNQ SLM CAR TAL 27 KEN 30 TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN 14 BLN POC ISF CHI 16 TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 60th 510 2011 BCR Racing 99 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP 13 POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 106th 165