Stacy Compton

Stacy Compton

Born: May 26, 1967
Age: 57
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Stacy Compton (born May 26, 1967) is a NASCAR former team owner and former driver. 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.

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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, when he qualified in 9th 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.

1997-1999

In 1997, Compton signed up with a new team, Impact Motorsports, to run the #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 5 finishes and a 13th-place finish in points, 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 in third in the race. The next week at Portland Speedway, he led all but two laps and won his 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 the points. Late that season, Compton began competing in some Winston Cup races for Melling Racing. Soon afterwards, Melling announced that Compton would driver their #9 Ford Taurus in for 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 10th-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 #14 Pontiac, replacing Ron Hornaday, Jr. He had a best finish of 18th when his sponsor Conseco filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He was let go 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 10th. 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 a 9th in 2002.

Following the conclusion of the 2006 season, Compton was replaced by Marcos Ambrose and returned to the Truck Series, sharing the #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 #4 Dodge for the team during the season. After the race at Bristol Motor Speedway the #4 team shut down, leaving Compton out of a job. He drove the #60 Toyota for Wyler Racing in 2009, finishing with 8 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 #60 from Wyler, though the team continued into 2010 under the Wyler Racing banner. Compton would split the #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 #13 Truck.

2012 saw Compton expand his Truck Series team, Turn One Racing, into the Cup series with the #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.

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 NSCC Pts
1996 Monroe Racing 46 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR
TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND
GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH
DOV MAR
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 CAR
PHO
HOM
ATL
55th 174
2000 DAY
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL
CAL
RCH
CLT
DOV
MCH
POC
SON
DAY
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI DAR
RCH
NHA
DOV
MAR
CLT
TAL
CAR
PHO
HOM
ATL
38th 1857
2001 92 Dodge DAY
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL
CAL
RCH
CLT
DOV
MCH
POC
SON
DAY
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MAR
TAL
PHO
CAR
HOM
ATL
NHA
33rd 2752
2002 A.J. Foyt Racing 14 Pontiac DAY
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL
CAL
RCH
CLT
DOV
POC
MCH
SON
DAY
CHI
NHA
POC IND GLN 42nd 1557
Melling Racing 92 Dodge MCH
BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN
BAM Racing 49 Dodge TAL
CLT
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 DAY
CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH
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 TEX
KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC
MCH
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 NBSC Pts
1999 28 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN
NA -
19 MLW
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 HOM
96th 134
2002 DAY
CAR
LVS
DAR
BRI
TEX
NSH
TAL
CAL
RCH
NHA
NZH
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI
GTY
PPR
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
ATL
CAR
PHO
HOM
9th 4042
2003 DAY
CAR
LVS
DAR
BRI
TEX
TAL
NSH
CAL
RCH
GTY
NZH
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI
NHA
PPR
IRP
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
ATL
PHO
CAR
HOM
11th 3893
2004 Ford DAY
CAR
LVS
DAR
BRI
TEX
NSH
TAL
CAL
GTY
RCH
NZH
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI
NHA
PPR
IRP
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
ATL
PHO
DAR
HOM
14th 3614
2005 DAY
CAL
MXC
LVS
ATL
NSH
BRI
TEX
PHO
TAL
DAR
RCH
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI
NHA
PPR
GTY
IRP
GLN
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
TEX
PHO
HOM
16th 3345
2006 DAY
CAL
MXC
LVS
ATL
BRI
TEX
NSH
PHO
TAL
RCH
DAR
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
DAY
CHI
NHA
MAR
GTY
IRP
GLN
MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
TEX
PHO
HOM
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 NCWTC Pts
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 LVS
144th 0
1997 Impact Motorsports 86 Ford WDW
TUS
HOM
PHO
POR
EVG
I70
NHA
TEX
BRI
NZH
MLW
LVL
CNS
HPT
IRP
FLM
NSV
GLN
RCH
MAR
SON
MMR
CAL
PHO
LVS
13th 3057
1998 WDW
HOM
PHO
POR
EVG
I70
GLN
TEX
BRI
MLW
NZH
CAL
PPR
IRP
NHA
FLM
NSV
HPT
LVL
RCH
MEM
GTY
MAR
SON
MMR
PHO
LVS
7th 3542
1999 Dodge HOM
PHO
EVG
MMR
MAR
MEM
PPR
I70
BRI
TEX
PIR
GLN
MLW
NSV
NZH
MCH
NHA
IRP
GTY
HPT
RCH
LVS
LVL
TEX
CAL
4th 3623
2001 HT Motorsports 92 Dodge DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV
TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA
IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH
SBO TEX LVS PHO
CAL 44th 598
2002 17 DAY DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH
TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO
HOM
50th 333
2006 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 21 Ford DAY
CAL
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 DAY
ATL
MAR
21st 1632
Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 09 Ford CAL
KAN
CLT MFD DOV
MCH
MLW
IRP
NSH BRI GTW NHA
LVS
TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO
HOM
21 TEX
Key Motorsports 40 Chevy MEM
KEN
2008 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge DAY
CAL
ATL
MAR
KAN
CLT
MFD
DOV
TEX
MCH
MLW
MEM
KEN
IRP
NSH
BRI
GTW NHA 24th 1748
HT Motorsports 59 Toyota LVS
TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2009 Wyler Racing 60 Toyota DAY
CAL
ATL
MAR
KAN
CLT
DOV
TEX
MCH
MLW
MEM
KEN
IRP
NSH
BRI
CHI
IOW
GTW
NHA
LVS
MAR
TAL
TEX
PHO
HOM
11th 3124
2010 DAY
ATL
MAR 20th 1856
Chevy NSH
KAN DOV
CLT TEX MCH
IOW
GTY
IRP POC
NSH DAR
BRI
CHI KEN
NHA
LVS MAR
TAL TEX
PHO
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 ARSC Pts
1996 Davis Paint 64 Chevy DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH
FRS TOL POC MCH IND SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL 131st NA

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