Jared Landers
{{short description|American racing driver}}
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| image = Jared Landers 777 Lucas Oil Late Model 2015 Oshkosh pan.jpg
| caption = Landers' Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series car at the Oshkosh Speedzone in 2015
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|5|1}}
| birth_place = Batesville, Arkansas
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| car number = 777
| engine = Durham Racing Engines
| crew chief = Jason Durham
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Jared Landers (born May 1, 1982) is an American professional dirt and stock car racing driver. He currently competes in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, driving the No. 777 car for Double L Motorsports.
Racing career
Landers started racing when his father, a former racer, opened a car sales business. The business sponsored sprint car racer Tim Crawley, who built Landers a dirt go-kart. Landers stopped driving when he became an assistant of Crawley and Terrell Chastain, whom Landers' father's business also sponsored. When he turned 17, Landers returned to racing, driving a modified at Batesville Motor Speedway.{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=Ellen|url=http://www.racingjunk.com/news/2015/04/20/behind-the-wheel-jared-landers/|title=Behind the Wheel: Jared Landers Racing|publisher=RacingJunk|date=April 20, 2015|access-date=January 6, 2017}} open-wheel modifieds, Landers has over 100 wins in the discipline.{{cite news|last=Owens|first=Jeff|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/news/mark-martin-scott-bloomquist-partners-dirt-late-model-team-sponsorship-retirement/ij4xdo9o0wf91e9h8mb38tctd|title=Mark Martin to sponsor Scott Bloomquist dirt late model team|newspaper=Sporting News|date=January 4, 2015|access-date=January 6, 2017}}
Landers later moved from Batesville, Arkansas to Welcome, North Carolina. In North Carolina, he became friends with NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer, who invited him to drive for his late model team. Landers also connected with NASCAR drivers Austin and Ty Dillon, building the brothers a dirt modified.
In 2011, Landers started competing in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, winning Rookie of the Year.
In 2013, Landers made his NASCAR debut in the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, NASCAR's first dirt track race since 1970.{{cite web|last=Caraviello|first=David|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/07/18/nascar-camping-world-truck-eldora-entry-list-scott-bloomquist.html|title=Bloomquist leads list of dirt aces at Eldora|publisher=NASCAR|date=July 18, 2013|access-date=September 6, 2013}} While racing for Bowyer, Landers met former NASCAR driver Mark Martin, who assisted him in adjusting to a stock car for the Mudsummer Classic. Landers won his heat race after holding off Matt Crafton for the win;{{cite web|last=DiZinno|first=Tony|url=http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/24/truck-racing-at-eldora-underway-heres-the-race-format/|title=UPDATE: Truck racing at Eldora underway; 5 heat races, LCQ in books|publisher=NBC Sports|date=July 24, 2013|access-date=December 3, 2013}} after starting second in the feature, he finished 12th.{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2013_Inaugural_Mudsummer_Classic/C|title=2013 Inaugural Mudsummer Classic|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 6, 2013}} Landers later attempted the 2014 Mudsummer Classic but withdrew from the event.{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/race/2014_1-800_Car_Cash_Mudsummer_Classic/C|title=2014 1-800 Car Cash Mudsummer Classic|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=June 28, 2015}}
Landers departed Clint Bowyer Racing after the 2014 season and moved back to Arkansas. However, he and Martin remained close and the two co-owned a team with Mark Martin Automotive sponsoring the cars. In 2015, the team hired Scott Bloomquist, who recorded over 550 feature victories, as Landers' teammate.{{cite news|last=Gluck|first=Jeff|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/01/14/mark-martin-jared-landers-scott-bloomquist-dirt-late-model/21750131/|title=Mark Martin partners with dirt Late Model team|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 6, 2017}}
In July 2016, Landers was competing at Tri-City Speedway when his car flipped; the wreck tore his common carotid artery in his neck. He continued to race until it was discovered in mid-August.{{cite web|last=Shelton|first=Ben|url=http://www.stlracing.com/2016/09/14/jared-landers-health-update/|title=Jared Landers Health Update|publisher=STL Racing|date=September 14, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2017}}
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.)
==Camping World Truck Series==
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| colspan=45| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results |
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| 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 ! {{Tooltip|NCWTC|NASCAR Camping World Truck classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |
| 2013
! 6 ! Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM ! 54th ! 32 |
| 2014
! 07 ! Chevy | DAY | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW | style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM ! 112th ! - |
References
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External links
- {{Official|1=http://www.jaredlanders.com/}}
- {{Racing-Reference driver|Jared_Landers}}
{{SS-Green Light Racing}}
{{Eddie Sharp Racing}}
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Category:People from Batesville, Arkansas