American racing driver
NASCAR driver
Jason Bowles (born November 24, 1982) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship in 2009.
Racing career
Early career
He made his NASCAR West Series debut in the No. 22 Sunrise Ford/Turbo Torq Ford in 2007, posting two wins – one at California Speedway and the other at Miller Motorsports Park – on his way to becoming Rookie of the Year. For 2008 he recorded four wins and five poles, finishing second in the points. In 2009 Bowles won at Phoenix International Raceway , Toyota Speedway at Irwindale and Infineon Raceway , recorded 3 poles, and won the Camping World West Series championship.
NASCAR
For 2010 he no longer had a full-time ride, instead running partial schedules in the K&N Pro Series West and NASCAR Canadian Tire Series . He entered the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale winning on a late-race pass, the biggest win of his career.
2011 Nationwide car
He made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Phoenix International Raceway in 2009 for Specialty Racing , crashing out and finishing 31st. In 2010 he finished 25th in the spring Phoenix race for RAB Racing . Bowles also ran in three truck races in 2010 with a best finish of 16th. He ran 3 Nationwide Series races with Rusty Wallace Racing in 2011 in the #64 Toyota . For 2012 he moved up to the Nationwide Series full-time with MacDonald Motorsports , competing for Rookie of the Year in the No. 81;[ 1] he finished 13th in season points.[ 2]
In practice and qualifying for the 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway , Bowles substituted for Brian Vickers in the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, as Vickers was running both the Sonoma race and the Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America that weekend.[ 3]
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. ** – All laps led. )
Sprint Cup Series
Nationwide Series
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Camping World Truck Series
K&N Pro Series East
K&N Pro Series West
Canadian Tire Series
ARCA Racing Series
(key ) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )
References
^ "Former NASCAR K&N West Series champion to race No. 81 for MacDonald Motorsports in 2012" . MacDonald Motorsports PR. February 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-09 .
^ "NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver Leaders, Race #33, 18th Annual Ford EcoBoost "300" " (PDF) . NASCAR via Jayski.com (ESPN). November 20, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2013-08-16 .
^ Albert, Zack (June 18, 2013). "Vickers ready for unique road racing double" . NASCAR . Retrieved 2013-06-20 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2001 NASCAR Winston West Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2007 NASCAR West Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
^ "Jason Bowles – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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Years active 1993–2019
Personnel
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Years active 2010–2021
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Bob Germain
Richard Germain
Stephen Germain
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