29 Facts About Matt Jaskol

Matthew Allen Jaskol was born on October 15,1984 and is an American professional auto racing driver and spotter.

Matt Jaskol has competed in a variety of different racing disciplines including kart, open-wheel, and stock car racing.

Matt Jaskol began his career in motorcycle racing, driving in the World Mini Motorcycle series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 1994.

Two years later, Matt Jaskol won a racing scholarship at the Skip Barber Scholarship Runoffs, which was followed by finishing third in the 2003 Skip Barber National Championship.

In 2003, Matt Jaskol was one of four drivers selected for the Red Bull Driver Search, which provided him with Red Bull sponsorship for the 2004 racing season.

Matt Jaskol won three races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as he finished fourth in points; the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve victory marked the first motorsports win for the Red Bull brand in North America.

Matt Jaskol won in his lone North American Formula Renault 2000 start at Molson Indy Toronto.

For 2005, Matt Jaskol raced in the Star Mazda Championship and the American Speed Association's Speed Truck Challenge.

Besides continuing to race stock cars such as late models at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Bullring, Matt Jaskol signed with Michael Crawford Motorsports to compete in the Indy Pro Series in 2007.

Matt Jaskol ran five Indy Pro races with a best finish of seventh in the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis and his final start at Infineon Raceway.

Matt Jaskol focused on the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in 2008, primarily competing at the LVMS Bullring and winning three times.

Matt Jaskol returned to the Speed Truck Challenge and won on Phoenix International Raceway's road course; another victory in the series came at Firebird Raceway in 2010.

In May 2015, Matt Jaskol competed in the Best in the Desert's Silver State 300, finishing third in the UTV Pro 1900 alongside Scott Yancey, Derryke Rich, and Robert Casey Wiesel.

Matt Jaskol's driving career would be halted that year as he concentrated on his family business.

In 2016, he was the spotter for Alexander Rossi in practice for the Indianapolis 500, a race that Rossi went on to win; Matt Jaskol previously tutored Rossi in karting.

In 2021, Matt Jaskol joined MBM Motorsports on a four-race schedule in NASCAR Xfinity Series beginning at Martinsville in April.

The opportunity arose when Matt Jaskol was introduced to team owner Carl Long by driver Stan Mullis.

On February 10,2022, it was announced that Matt Jaskol would run full-time for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2022 for the new G2G Racing team owned by Tim Viens, driving his No 46 Toyota Tundra.

Matt Jaskol would fail to qualify for the season-opener at Daytona.

Matt Jaskol would fail to qualify again at Las Vegas, this time in Las Vegas and with the No 47, but Brennan Poole gave him his No 46.

On March 11,2024, Matt Jaskol tweeted that he would be making his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the race at Circuit of the Americas in the No 66 car for MBM Motorsports, who he previously drove part-time for in the Xfinity Series in 2021 and 2022.

Two days later, Matt Jaskol posted that he had failed to secure sponsorship in time for the race, but that he still planned on making a start with MBM later this season, although that never came to fruition.

Matt Jaskol has worked as a stunt driver for productions like the movie Smiley Face Killers.

In 2018, Matt Jaskol participated in the ABC reality television series Castaways.

Matt Jaskol was one of five contestants who survived all 41 days.

Matt Jaskol was the head presenter for Bridgestone's Teens Drive Smart program from 2011 to 2015.

Matt Jaskol provides drifting and driving demonstrations at SEMA and meetings for car manufacturers like Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota.

Matt Jaskol's family operates Mountain West Floors, a woodworking business in Las Vegas.

In 2015, Matt Jaskol took over the company, which was facing bankruptcy, after his father suffered a heart attack.