21 Facts About Jeremy Petty

Jeremy Petty was born on August 31,1982 and is an American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief and team executive.

Jeremy Petty made one attempt in both the NASCAR Nationwide and Truck Series.

Jeremy Petty, who was always an athletic person, started into racing at the age of ten years by becoming a Colorado State Champion Soap Box Derby driver.

In 2001, Jeremy Petty started his racing career racing modifieds at various dirt tracks throughout Oklahoma and Kansas.

In 2002, Jeremy Petty tried asphalt racing at the Dodge City Raceway Park.

In 2003, Jeremy Petty concentrated his racing efforts to asphalt at Dodge City Raceway Park, where he finished 3rd in points and was rookie of the year in the modified division.

In 2004 Jeremy Petty won a record 17 straight feature wins on the asphalt.

Jeremy Petty went on to win the overall points championship at JRP.

Jeremy Petty was set to compete at Salem driving the Roulo Brothers Racing No 39, but he withdrew.

The only race Jeremy Petty ran the following year was his home track of Kansas, where he finished 33rd after a crash driving the No 2 Pontiac for Hixson Motorsports.

Jeremy Petty brought back his own team in 2007, switching manufacturers to Dodge and driving the No 21 using owner points from Bowsher Motorsports in two races, which were Iowa and Gateway.

Jeremy Petty did not finish the race at Iowa driving the No 29 for Hixson, ending up in 38th place, and did not qualify for Kansas in Norm Benning's No 8 car.

Jeremy Petty did not return to the team in 2010, and was without a ride all year until he made his Truck Series debut in the No 01 for Daisy Ramirez Motorsports at Darlington, surprisingly earning a top-20 finish in 17th.

Jeremy Petty did not race in ARCA in 2011, either, but he did return to Kansas to attempt to qualify for his first Nationwide Series race that year, but after a crash in practice left his only car of the weekend damaged, he and the No 68 Fleur-de-Lis Motorsports team had to withdraw.

Jeremy Petty had attempted to make the season-opening race at Daytona driving Wayne Peterson's No 06, but did not qualify.

In 2019, Jeremy Petty began crew chiefing in the ARCA Series for CCM Racing, owned by driver Eric Caudell who drove the team's No 7 car.

In 2025, Jeremy Petty was named competition director of the new Maples Motorsports team, which was formed by 2024 Fast Track driver Michael Maples.

Ryan Roulette, one of the drivers Jeremy Petty crew chiefed on the No 12 car in 2024, moved over with him to Maples Motorsports.

Jeremy Petty was born in Salina, Kansas on August 31,1982, he has no relation with NASCAR champion Richard Petty.

Jeremy Petty attended Brown Mackie College in Salina, Kansas where he was awarded a scholarship to play baseball.

Jeremy Petty pitched for the Brown Mackie Lions baseball team and received a degree in business management in 2003.