Jesse Little

Jesse Hardin Little (born April 15, 1997) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who currently serves as the vice president of business development for Sam Hunt Racing. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 34 Chevrolet Camaro for Jesse Iwuji Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 02 and 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Chad Little. He and his father as well as Jason Little (Jesse's uncle and Chad's brother) previously owned a Truck, East and West Series team, which was known as Team Little Racing and then JJL Motorsports, from 2012 to 2019.

Racing career Early career A native of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina and a third-generation racer, Little began his racing career in quarter midgets at the age of seven, moving up to Bandoleros in 2007 and Legends cars in 2009. He won the 2010 USAC Eastern Focus Young Guns midget car championship, and in 2011 competed in the UARA Stars late model series. driving a family-owned No. 97 Chevrolet, he was the youngest driver ever to start a race in the series. he finished in the top-ten eight times on his way to the series' Rookie of the Year award. He returned to K&N East competition again in 2014, winning his first race at New Hampshire. Little raced in the K&N East series on a part-time basis in 2015, winning at Iowa Speedway with Hattori Racing Enterprises.

In 2015, Little added a limited schedule in the Camping World Truck Series in a partnership with ThorSport Racing.

In 2016, Little joined his uncle's Truck Series team, JJL Motorsports. He made two attempts in the fall races at Texas and Homestead finishing twentieth and eighteenth respectively.

In 2017, Little and JJL returned, running four races. The first one was at Dover, where he finished fourteenth. He then finished a season-best eighth in Iowa. Little next raced at Bristol, continuing his strong performance, finishing thirteenth. His last start of 2017 came in Phoenix, where he was involved in a late-race crash, finishing eighteenth.

In 2018, Little expanded his schedule to 9 races. He finished with six top-tens, the highest finish a sixth at Iowa, his best finish to date in the Truck Series. In July 2018, Little joined Premium Motorsports for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and finishing 35th. Little later joined Gaunt Brothers Racing at Bristol, also finishing 35th.

In 2019, Little increased his Truck schedule again, planning to run twelve to fifteen races in the newly renamed Gander Outdoors Truck Series.

On November 7, 2019, JD Motorsports announced Little would race full-time for the team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series starting in 2020. Little finished 19th in points with two top-ten finishes. He lost his ride with McLeod's team to Josh Williams in 2022. On December 22, it was announced that Little would drive for Young's Motorsports in the Truck Series for at least 12 races with the No. 02, splitting with Kaz Grala. Little also ran a one-off Xfinity event at Phoenix, replacing Jesse Iwuji, who was at his military duties.

On September 14, 2022, Little announced that he would retire from NASCAR after the 2022 UNOH 200 at Bristol.

Post-racing career On April 21, 2025, it was revealed that Little would serve as the vice president of business development for Sam Hunt Racing.

Personal life Little is the son of former NASCAR driver Chad Little. They are not related to NASCAR on Fox pit reporter Jamie Little.

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series Monster Energy NASCAR 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 Pts Ref 2018 Premium Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN35 NHA POC GLN MCH 70th 01 Gaunt Brothers Racing 96 Toyota BRI35 DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 Pts Ref 2020 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY19 LVS14 CAL28 PHO21 DAR36 CLT15 BRI26 ATL20 HOM18 HOM15 TAL13 POC10 IND18 KEN14 KEN14 TEX14 KAN33 ROA28 DAY18 DOV23 DOV23 DAY10 DAR18 RCH25 RCH33 BRI25 LVS23 TAL25 TEX15 MAR22 PHO29 19th 527 15 CLT30 KAN19 2021 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY17 DAY14 ATL22 MAR32 TAL26 DAR32 DOV37 MOH24 TEX29 GLN27 IND DAR32 RCH BRI28 LVS TAL CLT TEX31 KAN30 MAR PHO 33rd 215 Toyota HOM32 LVS26 PHO40 COADNQ CLT18 NSH27 POC29 ROA ATL28 NHA28 99 MCH32 DAY 2022 Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 34 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHODNQ ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A 0

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 2015 Team Little Racing 97 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV30 TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI30 NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX15 PHO HOM14 42nd 87 2016 Rette Jones Racing 30 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLTDNQ 35th 62 81 TEX19 IOW GTW KEN ELD POC Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota BRI17 MCH MSP MB Motorsports 63 Chevy CHI29 NHA LVS TAL MAR JJL Motorsports 97 Toyota TEX20 PHO HOM18 2017 DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV14 TEX GTW IOW9 KEN ELD POC MCH BRI13 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO18 HOM 33rd 110 2018 Ford DAY ATL8 LVS MAR DOV9 KAN CLT16 TEX IOW6 GTW7 CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI26 MSP LVS15 TAL MAR TEX7 PHO HOM9 19th 275 2019 DAY ATL23 LVS19 MAR TEX13 DOV29 KAN CLT14 TEX IOW22 GTW21 CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI32 MSP LVS TAL MAR PHODNQ HOM17 26th 149 2020 Diversified Motorsports Enterprises Chevy DAY24 LVS CLT21 ATL35 HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 90th 01 2022 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY6 LVS ATL15 COA MAR27 BRI DAR14 KAN24 TEX19 CLT32 GTW20 SON KNO NSH19 MOH BRI25 TAL HOM PHO 27th 213 20 POC26 IRP15 RCH KAN28

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Ref 2012 Team Little Racing 97 Chevy BRI GRE RCH11 IOW18 BGS JFC17 LGY CNB COL IOW NHA23 DOV22 GRE3 CAR5 20th 210 2013 BRI14 GRE16 FIF26 RCH16 BGS5 IOW14 LGY3 COL12 IOW4 VIR11 GRE7 NHA6 DOV5 RAL16 9th 449 2014 NSM18 DAY12 BRI13 GRE4 RCH10 IOW16 BGS16 FIF6 LGY9 NHA1 COL4 IOW10 GLN5 VIR8 GRE9 DOV23 6th 546 2015 Toyota NSM GRE BRI25 IOW3 BGS LGY COL NHA11 DOV30 21st 184 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota IOW1 GLN13 MOT VIR RCH 2016 Rette Jones Racing 29 Toyota NSM MOB3 GRE BRIWth VIR DOM STA COL NHA17 IOW7 GLN GRE NJM DOV2 21st 161 2017 JJL Motorsports 97 Toyota NSM GRE BRI23 SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA 34th 55 Hattori Racing Enterprises 01 Toyota IOW10 GLN LGY NJM DOV

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 2013 Team Little Racing 97 Chevy PHO S99 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO2 49th 42 2014 PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR5 SON SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR3 MMP AAS PHO4 21st 121

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points