Jack Pennington

Jack Pennington (born September 3, 1953) is an American dirt late model driver from Augusta, Georgia.

He was an ace in late model dirt track racing before he moved up to the Busch Series in 1989, making six starts, finishing with two top-tens. He made his Winston Cup debut late in 1989, driving two races that year. He then ran fourteen races in 1990 in the No. 47 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme for Close Racing. He led in the 1990 Daytona 500 at one point, leading six laps in the race. He was second in the 1990 Rookie of the Year standings in questionable situations since the winner was posthumously awarded after being killed in a drunk driving incident returning home from the September North Wilkesboro round with a .22 BAC, more than twice the legal limit. Under current rules, Pennington would have won Rookie of the year under a disciplinary rule. NASCAR has since imposed requiring drivers to finish the season in good standing. He never raced in NASCAR again after that year, returning to the Georgia dirt Late Model circuit, winning often over twenty features each year for the next decade.

He was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2006.

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.) Winston Cup Series NASCAR Winston 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 Pts Ref 1989 Close Racing 47 Olds DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO 75th 91 Chevy ATL 1990 Olds DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 34th 1278

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1990 Close Racing Oldsmobile 23 25

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 Pts Ref 1989 Close Racing 01 Buick DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 47th 553