Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith (born November 3, 1986) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR East Series full-time for three years from 2007 to 2009. In 2010, his most recent season as a driver, Smith ran part-time in the same series.

Racing career Smith started racing at the age of five on dirtbikes, and by the age of 12, he was racing BMX bicycles, where he was crowned State Champion in his first year. At the age of 14, Smith began racing go-karts in the Nite Series at Poughkeepsie Speedway in New York proving himself in his first year by finishing in second place in both series' championships. In his second year of competition, Smith moved to Stock Light division, Poughkeepsie Speedway's most competitive go-karting class, where he took home the championship. In 2001, Smith decided to take a break from racing to focus on high school.

When he returned to racing the spring of 2006, Smith entered into automobile racing in the Dodge Weekly Series driving a late-model in the NASCAR sanctioned division. In his rookie season, with the help of Ryan Posocco Racing, Smith's team ran at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford Springs, Connecticut and finished in the top-three of the championship race, and as the runner up in the Rookie of the Year competition. Smith's talent did not go unnoticed, and he was selected to participate in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program where he was placed with veteran Barney McRae and Motion Racing in 2007. During this season, Smith debuted in the NASCAR Busch East Series, NASCAR's top developmental racing series. Smith finished the year 16th in the point standings, scoring a top-five finish in only his second series race. In 2008, Smith joined Troy Williams Racing with Sean Watts to pilot their No. 21 Aqua Pure Health/Raintree Vacations Dodge in the newly named Camping World Series East (formerly Busch East, currently K&N Pro Series). He also drove in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program for a second season that year. In the 2009 season, Smith was brought on by two time series champion Mike Olsen and Fadden Racing. He returned to Fadden in 2010 to run a limited schedule, but has not raced in the East Series or any other series since then.

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.)

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 Pts Ref 2007 Motion Racing 5 Chevy GRE SBO STA NHA TMP NSH ADI LRP MFD NHA DOV 16th 1286 51 ELK IOW 2008 Troy Williams Racing with Sean Watts 21 Dodge GRE SBO GLN TMP MCM ADI LRP MFD NHA DOV STA 19th 1219 Chevy NHA 12 Dodge IOW 2009 Fadden Racing 16 Chevy GRE TRI SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV 11th 1277 76 IOW 2010 16 GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA 41st 218 61 LRP LEE JFC NHA DOV