35 Facts About Jeffrey Earnhardt

Jeffrey Lynn Earnhardt was born on June 22,1989 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Jeffrey Earnhardt competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos.

Jeffrey Earnhardt is the son of Kerry Earnhardt, grandson of Dale Earnhardt, nephew of Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Jeffrey Earnhardt scored three feature wins and finished in the top five in division points, winning rookie of the year.

Jeffrey Earnhardt competed in the late model season finale at the track as a teammate to RCR developmental driver Allison Duncan.

In 2007, Jeffrey Earnhardt drove the No 1 Chevrolet for Andy Santerre Motorsports in the NASCAR Busch East Series.

Jeffrey Earnhardt finished fifth in the 2007 Busch East point standings and won the Most Popular Driver Award at the end of the season.

In 2008, Jeffrey Earnhardt returned to what is known as the ARCA Menards Series East for another full season.

Jeffrey Earnhardt was unexpectedly replaced in the car at Dover in September 2008 with Aric Almirola who won the race.

In 2010, Jeffrey Earnhardt drove several races with Rick Ware Racing which qualified him to drive on all NASCAR tracks in the 2011 season.

Jeffrey Earnhardt signed with RWR to drive a full season in 2011 and make his run for rookie of the year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Jeffrey Earnhardt moved to the grand-am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2012, where he raced in the GT class for Rick Ware Racing.

For 2014, Jeffrey Earnhardt moved full-time to the Nationwide Series, driving the No 4 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports.

Jeffrey Earnhardt's car was sponsored by The Great Outdoors RV Superstore for the Nationwide series Zippo 200 race at Watkins Glen International where he finished 21st.

Jeffrey Earnhardt made his Sprint Cup Series debut at the 2015 Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway for Go Fas Racing.

Jeffrey Earnhardt competed for Cup Rookie of the Year honors.

Jeffrey Earnhardt joined BK Racing for the Hellmann's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No 83.

Jeffrey Earnhardt then made his final start with BK Racing at Homestead, finishing 31st.

Jeffrey Earnhardt started 33rd and finished 26th after being involved in a crash on lap 143.

Jeffrey Earnhardt raced the full season except for the road courses.

Jeffrey Earnhardt ended up joining the No 00 StarCom Racing team for the 2018 Daytona 500, marking the 40th consecutive year that a member of the Jeffrey Earnhardt family had driven in the event.

Jeffrey Earnhardt ran the next four races for StarCom and planned to run the full season for the team, but after the fifth race of the season, he and the team parted ways.

On July 28,2018, it was announced that Jeffrey Earnhardt would join Gaunt Brothers Racing in their No 96 Toyota for 14 races, with sponsorship from Xtreme Concepts.

In November 2018, Jeffrey Earnhardt joined Joe Gibbs Racing's for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, driving the No 18 Toyota Supra in nine races and sharing the ride with Riley Herbst, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin.

At the summer Charlotte race, Jeffrey Earnhardt scored a career-best third place finish, despite sustaining damage from hitting the turn 3 wall on lap 142.

Jeffrey Earnhardt returned to JD Motorsports in 2020 on a 12-race schedule.

On November 9,2021, Jeffrey Earnhardt announced that he would not return to JD Motorsports in 2022 in order to pursue opportunities to drive for a top-tier team whether it be full-time or part-time.

On January 14,2022, it was announced that Jeffrey Earnhardt would drive part-time for Sam Hunt Racing in 2022.

Jeffrey Earnhardt would drive both of the team's cars, the part-time No 24 and the full-time No 26.

Jeffrey Earnhardt would drive the No 35 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the spring race at Phoenix.

Jeffrey Earnhardt collected his first career Pole award, and finished the race in a career-best second place behind Noah Gragson.

In 2023, Jeffrey Earnhardt would run full-time for Alpha Prime Racing in the No 44 Chevrolet.

Jeffrey Earnhardt made his amateur debut in mixed martial arts on May 22,2012, defeating Chris Faison by unanimous decision in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jeffrey Earnhardt is the middle child of Kerry Earnhardt, nephew of Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Jeffrey Earnhardt has four siblings: a paternal half-sister, Kayla, and two maternal half-brothers, James and David.