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Jody Lavender

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Jody Lavender

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|12|29}}

| birth_place = Hartsville, South Carolina, U.S.

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| Best_Busch_Pos = 124th (2003)

| First_Busch_Race = 2003 Rockingham 200 (Rockingham)

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| Total_Truck_Races = 22

| Years_In_Truck = 2

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| Best_Truck_Pos = 17th (2003)

| First_Truck_Race = 2002 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)

| Last_Truck_Race = 2003 Ford 200 (Homestead)

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| updated = July 31, 2013

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Jody Lavender (born December 29, 1979) is an American stock car racing driver. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Camping World East Series. He was born in Hartsville, South Carolina.

Racing history

Lavender only competed in one Busch Series race, in a family-owned No. 08 Ford. He started 34th in 2003 at Darlington, and finished 23rd, two laps down.

He made his debut in the Craftsman Truck Series in a one-race deal in 2002, driving for Troxell Racing. Starting last at Richmond, he managed to improve to 33rd in the race after a rear end gear let go.

Lavender was picked up by Green Light Racing, and ran 21 of the 25 races in 2003. However, he never cracked the top-10. He finished all but five of his starts. In those sixteen starts that he was running at the end, he finished in the top-20 eleven times. The highlight of the season was a pair of 13th-place finishes at Dover and Memphis. His worst finish of the year was 27th (out of 36 starters per race). Lavender also led one lap of competition at Kentucky, giving him bonus points toward the 17th-place finish he got in points.

Green Light did not pick him up for 2004, and Lavender was not able to find a ride. Lavender drove the number 88 Chevrolet for JBR in the NASCAR Camping World East Series during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

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.)

==Busch Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| NASCAR Busch Series results

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

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 2002

! Weber Racing

! 84

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| DAY

| CHI

| GTY

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MEM
DNQ

| ATL

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=2| NA

! rowspan=2| -

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/lavenjo01/2002/B|title=Jody Lavender – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2020}}

rowspan=2| Lavender Racing

! rowspan=2| 08

! Chevy

| colspan=31|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| PHO

| HOM

2003

! Ford

| DAY

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
23

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| TAL

| NSH

| CAL

| RCH

| GTY

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| MEM

| ATL

| PHO

| CAR

| HOM

! 124th

! 94

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/lavenjo01/2003/B|title=Jody Lavender – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2020}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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

! 23

! 24

! 25

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Trucks classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2002

! Troxell Racing

! 93

! Chevy

| DAY

| DAR

| MAR

| GTY

| PPR

| DOV

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| NHA

| MCH

| IRP

| NSH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
33

| TEX

| SBO

| LVS

| CAL

| PHO

| HOM

| colspan=3|

! 99th

! 64

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/lavenjo01/2002/C|title=Jody Lavender – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2020}}

2003

! Green Light Racing

! 08

! Chevy

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MMR
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MLW
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GTW
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
23

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
19

| NHA

| CAL

| LVS

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SBO
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
16

! 17th

! 2168

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/lavenjo01/2003/C|title=Jody Lavender – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 22, 2020}}

References

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External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Jody_Lavender}}

{{SS-Green Light Racing}}

{{Mighty Motorsports}}

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Category:1979 births

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Category:Sportspeople from Hartsville, South Carolina

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