Stacy Compton

Stacy Marshall Compton (born May 26, 1967) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is a former co-owner of Bobby Hamilton Racing-Virginia in the Craftsman Truck Series and is a former racing analyst for ESPN full-time. Before he ran in NASCAR, Compton was a successful short track racer in Virginia.

Early career Compton was born in Hurt, Virginia, and grew up racing in Virginia with his focus on late models in local racing divisions. Eventually, he moved up to the NASCAR Winston Racing Series, and won 36 races in seven years of late model competition. During this time, Compton also hosted a TV show dedicated to covering Virginia races. In 1996, Compton made his debut in a major NASCAR series driving for Dean Monroe, Monroe bought Alan Dillard team beginning 1996, when he qualified in ninth place for the Goody's Headache Powder 500 at Martinsville Speedway in the Winston Cup series. He finished 33rd that day after suffering brake failure. He ran one other race during his rookie season, the fall Martinsville event. He finished 33rd in that race as well.

Motorsports career 1997–1999 In 1997, Compton signed up with a new team, Impact Motorsports, to run the No. 86 Ford F-150 for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year Award. During his initial Truck Series season, Compton had three top-five finishes and a 13th-place finish in the final points standings, but fell well short of the top rookie award. For the 1998 season, in the third race of the season held at Phoenix International Raceway, Compton won his first career pole position, and finished third in the race. The next week at Portland Speedway, he led all but two laps and won his first career Truck Series race. He got another win later that season at Heartland Park Topeka. He finished seventh in the final points standings and was named the Most Popular Driver. Compton had high hopes for 1999 season as Impact switched to Dodge Rams and getting a teammate in Randy Tolsma, but he failed to go to victory lane that season, although he did finish fourth in points. Late that season, Compton began competing in some Winston Cup races for Melling Racing. Soon afterwards, Melling announced that Compton would bypass the Busch Series, to drive their No. 9 Ford Taurus in the Winston Cup Series in 2000 season.

2000–2002 Compton struggled during his first year in the Cup Series, as his best finish was 16th at New Hampshire International Speedway. In the summer Michigan race, he crashed during qualifying and suffered minor injuries. He was replaced by Bobby Hillin Jr. at the following event. Compton ended the year 38th in points.

In 2001, Melling switched the car's number and manufacture to 92 and Dodge and had a new crew chief with Chad Knaus. Compton started the season by qualifying on the outside pole next to Bill Elliott in the Daytona 500 and went on to score a tenth-place finish. At the next restrictor-plate race at Talladega Superspeedway, he won his first career Cup pole position, but finished last due to mechanical issues. After winning a second career pole at Talladega, he was only able to improve his points position by five spots. At the end of the year, sponsorship problems at Melling forced him to look elsewhere for a job.

In the 2002 season, Compton signed with A.J. Foyt Racing to drive the No. 14 Pontiac, replacing Ron Hornaday Jr. He had a best finish of 18th when his sponsor Conseco filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He was fired after the New England 300. He returned to Melling for one race before competing in two for BAM Racing at the end of the season. His last career Cup start for nine years came in the 2003 Pepsi 400 for Morgan-McClure Motorsports.

2001–2012 In 2001 at the GNC Live Well 300, Compton made his Busch Series debut with JTG Daugherty Racing, then known as ST Motorsports. He qualified 12th and finished tenth. For four consecutive seasons, Compton ran every Busch Series race with JTG. Although he did not win a Busch Series race, he has 33 career top-ten finishes and one pole position. His best points finish was ninth in 2002.

Following the conclusion of the 2006 season, Compton was replaced by Marcos Ambrose and returned to the Truck Series, sharing the No. 09 Ford with Joey Clanton for nine races. In 2006, Compton founded Turn One Racing, LLC, as a way of promoting talented young drivers in the southeastern United States. He made a total of fourteen starts that season, ten for Wood Brothers/JTG, as well as one for Key Motorsports and three for Xpress Motorsports. He bought into Bobby Hamilton Racing in 2008, and was named driver of the No. 4 Dodge for the team during the season. After the race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the No. 4 team shut down, leaving Compton out of a job. He drove the No. 60 Toyota for Wyler Racing in 2009, finishing with eight top-tens and finishing 11th in points. Despite the new sponsorship, Jeff Wyler was unsure if the team would continue into 2010, so Compton and Turn One Racing bought the No. 60 from Wyler, although the team continued into 2010 under the Wyler Racing banner. Compton would split the No. 60 Truck with former Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and Red Bull development driver Cole Whitt, while also changing manufacturers to Chevrolet. Compton later took sole ownership of the team and renamed it Turn One Racing. Compton scored only five top-tens and finished 20th in points. Karthikeyan left at the end of the year to drive for Hispania Racing in F1, while Safe Auto left the team to sponsor ThorSport Racing's No. 13 Truck.

2012 saw Compton expand his Truck Series team, Turn One Racing, into the Cup series with the No. 74 Chevrolet, starting at Bristol Motor Speedway in March He himself would attempt to qualify the car at Texas Motor Speedway but failed to do so. However, Compton did later manage to get into the field for the Pocono 400 in June. He has not raced 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.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint 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 1996 Monroe Racing 46 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR33 TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL INDDNQ GLN MCH BRI DAR RCHDNQ DOV MAR33 NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 56th 128 1999 Melling Racing 9 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR36 PHO39 HOM30 ATLDNQ 55th 174 2000 DAY26 CAR34 LVS32 ATL35 DAR29 BRI28 TEX36 MAR39 TAL33 CAL28 RCH22 CLT33 DOV30 MCH42 POC37 SON31 DAY39 NHA29 POC35 IND37 GLN29 MCHDNQ BRI DARDNQ RCH24 NHA16 DOV29 MAR39 CLTDNQ TAL23 CARDNQ PHODNQ HOM38 ATLDNQ 38th 1857 2001 92 Dodge DAY10 CAR41 LVS27 ATL24 DAR43 BRI11 TEX15 MAR15 TAL43 CAL38 RCH29 CLT34 DOV32 MCHDNQ POC23 SON24 DAY32 CHI26 NHA31 POC32 IND33 GLN20 MCH21 BRIDNQ DAR42 RCH22 DOV24 KAN34 CLT32 MAR16 TAL11 PHO21 CAR36 HOM43 ATL18 NHA34 33rd 2752 2002 A.J. Foyt Racing 14 Pontiac DAY27 CAR43 LVS39 ATL31 DAR27 BRI38 TEX19 MAR18 TAL27 CAL41 RCH26 CLT37 DOV24 POC28 MCH35 SONDNQ DAY18 CHI35 NHA30 POC IND GLN 42nd 1557 Melling Racing 92 Dodge MCH30 BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN BAM Racing 49 Dodge TAL22 CLT42 MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 2003 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY33 CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCHDNQ BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM 71st 39 2012 Turn One Racing 74 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEXDNQ KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC39 MCHDNQ SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV TAL CLT KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 56th 5

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2000 Melling Racing Ford 33 26 2001 Dodge 2 10 2002 A.J. Foyt Racing Pontiac 24 27

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 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 1999 28 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLNDNQ 161st 0 19 MLWDNQ MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 2001 ST Motorsports 59 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM10 96th 134 2002 DAY20 CAR22 LVS10 DAR10 BRI36 TEX11 NSH9 TAL2 CAL3 RCH12 NHA27 NZH13 CLT17 DOV21 NSH13 KEN17 MLW33 DAY10 CHI32 GTY31 PPR10 IRP16 MCH8 BRI34 DAR21 RCH18 DOV15 KAN12 CLT16 MEM2 ATL11 CAR5 PHO2 HOM13 9th 4042 2003 DAY38 CAR22 LVS15 DAR4 BRI15 TEX16 TAL32 NSH31 CAL21 RCH7 GTY6 NZH8 CLT18 DOV29 NSH28 KEN4 MLW9 DAY19 CHI19 NHA10 PPR6 IRP3 MCH17 BRI29 DAR8 RCH15 DOV12 KAN8 CLT23 MEM11 ATL23 PHO35 CAR16 HOM21 11th 3893 2004 Ford DAY31 CAR20 LVS17 DAR15 BRI19 TEX28 NSH14 TAL23 CAL3 GTY20 RCH18 NZH12 CLT26 DOV17 NSH10 KEN19 MLW20 DAY42 CHI21 NHA8 PPR2 IRP18 MCH31 BRI11 CAL24 RCH32 DOV29 KAN9 CLT26 MEM16 ATL17 PHO23 DAR20 HOM15 14th 3614 2005 DAY23 CAL16 MXC28 LVS38 ATL41 NSH10 BRI16 TEX23 PHO19 TAL25 DAR31 RCH39 CLT26 DOV15 NSH16 KEN8 MLW25 DAY13 CHI28 NHA33 PPR9 GTY20 IRP12 GLN27 MCH28 BRI15 CAL32 RCH16 DOV18 KAN29 CLT20 MEM22 TEX37 PHO17 HOM17 16th 3345 2006 DAY27 CAL24 MXC43 LVS33 ATL27 BRI14 TEX22 NSH20 PHO26 TAL26 RCH37 DAR14 CLT30 DOV12 NSH19 KEN24 MLW6 DAY20 CHI20 NHA25 MAR15 GTY17 IRP12 GLN30 MCH41 BRI16 CAL18 RCH34 DOV20 KAN34 CLT3 MEM24 TEX22 PHO22 HOM17 16th 3339

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 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1996 Shenandoah Valley Motorsports 71 Ford HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO LVSDNQ 144th 0 1997 Impact Motorsports 86 Ford WDW10 TUS16 HOM34 PHO33 POR12 EVG8 I7030 NHA15 TEX16 BRI25 NZH14 MLW21 LVL6 CNS3 HPT13 IRP26 FLM14 NSV5 GLN25 RCH18 MAR9 SON10 MMR2 CAL17 PHO14 LVS12 13th 3057 1998 WDW30 HOM6 PHO3 POR1* EVG4 I7011 GLN19 TEX5 BRI37 MLW13 NZH2 CAL14 PPR7 IRP13 NHA9 FLM28* NSV9 HPT1 LVL4 RCH23 MEM16 GTY26 MAR4 SON15 MMR3 PHO8 LVS17 7th 3542 1999 Dodge HOM3 PHO4 EVG4 MMR3 MAR2 MEM4 PPR28 I704 BRI2 TEX9 PIR17 GLN15 MLW10 NSV27 NZH10 MCH6 NHA3* IRP2 GTY4 HPT21 RCH11 LVS6 LVL13 TEX12 CAL3 4th 3623 2001 HT Motorsports 92 Dodge DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV6 TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA9 IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH6 SBO TEX LVS PHO4 CAL 44th 598 2002 17 DAY DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH8 TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO32 HOM13 50th 333 2006 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 21 Ford DAY25 CAL26 ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 62nd 173 2007 Xpress Motorsports 16 Ford DAY17 ATL16 MAR21 21st 1632 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 09 Ford CAL12 KAN14 CLT MFD DOV2 MCH12 MLW12 IRP22 NSH BRI GTW NHA22 LVS8 TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO32 HOM 21 TEX10 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy MEM24 KEN 2008 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge DAY6 CAL21 ATL19 MAR35 KAN20 CLT28 MFD10 DOV23 TEX30 MCH21 MLW24 MEM10 KEN12 IRP23 NSH7 BRI31 GTW NHA 24th 1748 HT Motorsports 59 Toyota LVS28 TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 2009 Wyler Racing 60 Toyota DAY14 CAL15 ATL19 MAR6 KAN13 CLT9 DOV13 TEX21 MCH19 MLW6 MEM17 KEN12 IRP8 NSH15 BRI9 CHI12 IOW16 GTW8 NHA6 LVS20 MAR14 TAL7 TEX22 PHO10 HOM21 11th 3124 2010 DAY7 ATL19 MAR 20th 1856 Chevy NSH9 KAN DOV13 CLT TEX MCH11 IOW6 GTY19 IRP POC17 NSH DAR8 BRI34 CHI KEN12 NHA16 LVS MAR8 TAL TEX14 PHO14 HOM

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 Pts Ref 1996 Monroe Racing 64 Chevy DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH12 FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL 131st -

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2015 Steve James 60 Toyota SNM8 ROU HCY SNM TCM MMS ROU CON MYB HCY 42nd 25