Jeffery Purvis was born on February 19,1959 and is a former race car driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
49 Facts About Jeff Purvis
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Jeff Purvis is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes.
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Jeff Purvis suffered a massive brain injury after a 2002 crash and has not run a NASCAR-sanctioned race since 2004.
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Jeff Purvis was hired to drive Bobby Allison's No 12 Raybestos Buick at Martinsville Speedway.
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Jeff Purvis started in 31st position for that race, but crashed out and finished 28th.
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Jeff Purvis set his best start of 1990 there, 24th.
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Jeff Purvis set his career best finish to that date at Atlanta.
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Jeff Purvis ran two races for Finch finishing 27th at Michigan and 36th at Phoenix.
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Jeff Purvis ran four more races for the No 12 Raybestos Brakes Chevy for Bobby Allison.
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Jeff Purvis's highlight was his career-best finish of 22nd at Richmond.
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In 1993, Jeff Purvis ran the most races in a season for his career.
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Jeff Purvis earned his best qualifying effort of 18th at Richmond and quickly followed it up with his career-best 16th-place finish.
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In 1994, Finch picked up sponsorship for the No 51 from Country Time, and Jeff Purvis raced in the Chevy for six races, replacing original driver Neil Bonnett, who was killed in a practice accident for the Daytona 500.
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However, at Michigan, Jeff Purvis was able to break his best start record, with a 13th place start in the race.
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Jeff Purvis started that race in 23rd and finished 28th.
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Jeff Purvis earned two top-10 qualifying efforts in 1996, the better being his best career start of sixth at the Pepsi 400.
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In 1997, with Jeff Purvis driving for himself in the Busch Series, he drove his No 12 Chevy into three races.
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Jeff Purvis mustered only a 37th, 38th and 39th in those efforts, but did start eighth for the fall race at Charlotte.
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Jeff Purvis was able to make four races in the No 51 owned by Finch, who bought Fords from Bill Elliott Racing.
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Jeff Purvis started in the top-20 for three of the four races, but his best finish of the year was a 34th in the No 51 Subway Ford at Talladega.
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In 1989, Jeff Purvis made his debut at Charlotte driving the No 49 Phoenix Racing Buick.
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In 1990, Phoenix Racing and Jeff Purvis teamed up, with Jeff Purvis driving the No 15 Buick.
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The next year, Jeff Purvis added four more races to his Busch career, driving Finch's No 23 Seal-Tech Buick.
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Also, at Darlington, Jeff Purvis matched his career best qualifying effort of 14th.
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Jeff Purvis ran two races in 1993, both with Morgan-McClure Motorsports, who he was racing with in the Cup Series.
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Jeff Purvis ran up front all day, and finished in fifth position.
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Jeff Purvis would drive the car in nine races, the most starts in a season to date.
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Jeff Purvis had a career season, finishing ninth at Atlanta and Charlotte, 12th at Michigan, and then back at Charlotte, he set his career best finish of third.
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Jeff Purvis won the pole at Talladega , setting his sights on a full 1996.
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Jeff Purvis finished third at Rockingham in the second race of the season.
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Jeff Purvis went and teamed with Larry Lockamy to drive the No 28 Opryland Chevy for a handful of races.
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At Nashville Speedway USA, Jeff Purvis made his first start in the No 28 and showed off with a 4th-place finish.
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Back at Myrtle Beach, Jeff Purvis started 2nd and finished 8th.
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At Homestead-Miami, Jeff Purvis debuted the No 4 Lance Snacks Chevy, but finished 38th in the race.
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Jeff Purvis had 5 other top-5s, including the Milwaukee, where he started on the pole and finished 3rd.
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Mark Green and Jeff Purvis had been racing hard, making contact several times.
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Jeff Purvis had two less top-5s than in 1998, but two more top-10s, as well as being able to run every race.
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Jeff Purvis finished 2nd three times at Milwaukee Mile, Gateway and IRP.
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Unfortunately, Jeff Purvis was injured at Myrtle Beach and could not race at Watkins Glen.
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In 17 races with the team, Jeff Purvis managed a 2nd at Fontana and 4 other top-10s.
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However, Mike McLaughlin's team had to fold and with two drivers and one spot open, Jeff Purvis was released from JGR.
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Jeff Purvis did not run in the next two races, but Richard Childress had his No 21 Rockwell Automation Chevy open for most of the summer.
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Jeff Purvis was able to gain the No 59 Kingsford Chevrolet ride at ST Motorsports.
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Jeff Purvis made three starts with the team, finishing 5th at Memphis and had finishes of 14th and 17th.
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In twelve starts for the team, Jeff Purvis finished in the top-20 five times.
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Four laps later, the rain stopped and Jeff Purvis won his 4th career win when the race could not restart.
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Six races later, at Nazareth Speedway, Jeff Purvis was among the top-15 drivers, when he blew his engine and spun in his own oil on the backstraightaway.
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Jeff Purvis suffered a broken neck and broken ribs and cuts and bruises and was taken to Cullman regional medical center where he was then airlifted to Vanderbilt university medical center in Nashville.
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Jeff Purvis was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in the inaugural 2001 class.