Jimmy Weller III

Jimmy Weller III (born November 20, 1985) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has driven in various levels of racing, including the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Racing career

Early years Weller started his racing career in big-block modifieds near his family's steel business in Ohio. He returned to big-blocks in 2016 at Sharon Speedway and Lernerville Speedway after sponsorship issues in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Weller was critically injured in a 2004 sprint car accident at the Charlotte Motor Speedway dirt track. He was in the ICU for three weeks, two of them in a coma. His family credits the quick work of a local paramedic to save Weller's life after he flipped and got tangled in the catchfence.

K&N Pro Series East Weller broke into the series in 2011, driving for family friend and NASCAR driver Dave Blaney. He finished 14th in his only race that year. In 2012, Weller ran the entire season with a family team. He scored two top-ten finishes, including an eighth at Dover International Speedway. He ran a limited schedule in 2013 while also running some NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. He recorded a best finish of eighth at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Camping World Truck Series Weller debuted in the Camping World Truck Series in 2013 with SS-Green Light Racing, driving the No. 81 truck to a 24th-place finish at Iowa Speedway. He failed to qualify in SS-Green Light's No. 07 truck the next race at Eldora Speedway, and continued to struggle in occasional runs in the 07 until he returned to the 81 truck for the season finale, posting a career-best finish of 17th. Sticking with SS-Green Light in 2014, Weller made ten starts. He failed to finish half (two crashes, three mechanical problems), but recorded his first top-ten in the season's opening race. He also cracked the top-fifteen later in the year at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Xfinity Series At the same time running a limited Truck slate, Weller attempted his first two NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2014, starting and parking in one and failing to qualify for the other with SS-Green Light Racing. Splitting time between SS-Green Light (five races) and Rick Ware Racing (four races) in 2015, Weller failed to finish three of his starts and finished in the top-30 in five races. He performed well at Chicagoland, recording a career-best finish of 26th.

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.) 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 2014 SS-Green Light Racing 55 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH40 TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN 118th 01 77 CLTDNQ TEX PHO HOM 2015 90 DAY ATL33 LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH33 TAL IOW CLT26 DOV CLT30 KAN TEX PHO HOM 39th 117 Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevy MCH30 CHI29 DAY KEN NHA IND 90 IOW33 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH39 SS-Green Light Racing 15 Chevy CHI26 KEN DOV

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 Pts Ref 2013 SS-Green Light Racing 81 Toyota DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW24 HOM17 39th 82 07 Chevy ELDDNQ POC MCH BRI MSP Toyota IOW35 CHI25 LVS TAL MAR36 TEX PHO 2014 08 Chevy DAY9 MAR CLT14 DOV30 TEX17 GTW KEN22 IOW ELD POC MCH24 BRI19 MSP CHI NHA LVS26 TAL30 MAR TEX PHO HOM 28th 225 07 KAN25

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 Pts Ref 2011 Dave Blaney 10 Toyota GRE SBO RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY NHA14 COL GRE NHA DOVDNQ 46th 191 2012 Jim Weller Jr. 31 Toyota BRI13 GRE22 RCH12 IOW21 BGS13 JFC16 LGY12 CNB19 COL8 IOW14 NHA11 DOV8 GRE21 CAR14 12th 412 2013 BRI8 GRE21 RCH17 BGS 25th 130 Chevy FIF19 IOW25 LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points