Jimmy Kitchens

Jimmy Kitchens
Born	(1962-04-26) April 26, 1962 (age 62) Hueytown, Alabama, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
47 races run over 8 years
2005 position	104th
Best finish	43rd (2002, 2004)
First race	1994 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last race	2005 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	97th (2000)
First race	2000 Daytona 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of February 25, 2012.

Jimmy Kitchens (born April 26, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver. He participated in both the Busch Series as well as the Craftsman Truck Series. In 1998, he became part of the famed Alabama Gang.^[1] He was employed at Stewart Haas Racing as Ryan Newman's spotter.^[2]

Racing career

Craftsman Truck Series

In 2000, Kitchens made his first and only career start in the Craftsman Truck Series at Daytona International Speedway. After qualifying his No. 42 Dodge Motorsports Chevrolet 25th on the grid, Kitchens led three laps, but was later involved in an accident, prompting him to finish 28th.^[3]

Busch Series

Kitchens added seven of starts in 2003, but only finished one race at Chicagoland, where he finished 24th. He start and parked for the other six races, and failed to qualify for four others.^[4]

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

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	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1994	Bobby Allison Motorsports	82	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP 27	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR								89th	82	[5]
1996	Bobby Jones Racing	50	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR 41	RCH DNQ	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM										105th	40	[6]
1998	Washington-Erving Motorsports	50	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR 32	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM					112th	67	[7]
1999	AllCar Racing	22	Chevy	DAY 31	CAR DNQ	LVS DNQ	ATL 30	DAR DNQ	TEX DNQ	NSV 32	BRI 29	TAL 42	CAL DNQ	NHA	RCH	NZH 41																							72nd	363	[8]
	Bobby Jones Racing	55	Pontiac														CLT DNQ	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR
	Whitaker Racing	7	Chevy																										RCH DNQ	DOV DNQ	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM
2002	Means Racing	52	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH 42								NSH 42	KEN																				43rd	981	[9]
	Moy Racing	77	Ford								TAL 7	CAL	RCH	NHA 22	NZH 34	CLT 40	DOV			MLW 24	DAY 17	CHI 36	GTY	PPR	IRP 27	MCH 32	BRI	DAR 30	RCH 41	DOV 41	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR
	GIC-Mixon Motorsports	72	Chevy																																	PHO DNQ
	Weber Racing	84	Chevy																																		HOM DNQ
2003	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	97	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH 40	KEN 43	MLW				PPR 33															78th	318	[10]
	Ken Alexander Racing	70	Chevy																		DAY DNQ
	Moy Racing	77	Ford																			CHI 24	NHA
	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	91	Chevy																						IRP 37	MCH 43	BRI 43
		97																										DAR DNQ	RCH DNQ
	GIC-Mixon Motorsports	41	Chevy																											DOV DNQ	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM
2004	Davis Motorsports	0	Chevy	DAY 33	CAR 42	LVS 40	DAR 39	BRI	TEX																														43rd	901	[11]
	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	97	Chevy							NSH DNQ
	Jay Robinson Racing	39	Ford								TAL 32	CAL	GTY	RCH
		28													NZH 43	CLT	DOV
	Moy Racing	77	Ford															NSH 39	KEN 27	MLW 27	DAY 41	CHI DNQ	NHA 29	PPR 32	IRP DNQ	MCH 27	BRI 37		RCH DNQ	DOV 41	KAN DNQ	CLT DNQ	MEM DNQ	ATL DNQ	PHO	DAR	HOM DNQ
		07																										CAL 40
2005	Jay Robinson Racing	28	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO QL^†	TAL 15	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	104th	118	[12]
^† - Qualified but replaced by Derrike Cope

Craftsman Truck Series

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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2000	McCray Racing	42	Chevy	DAY 28	HOM	PHO	MMR	MAR	PIR	GTY	MEM	PPR	EVG	TEX	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH	MCH	IRP	NSV	CIC	RCH	DOV	TEX	CAL	97th	84	[13]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NWWSC	Pts	Ref
1997	AllCar Racing	47	Ford	TUS	AMP	SON	TUS	MMR	LVS	CAL	EVG	POR	PPR	AMP	SON	MMR	LVS 16	63rd	115	[14]
1998		41		TUS	LVS	PHO	CAL 10	HPT	MMR	AMP	POR	CAL	PPR	EVG	SON	MMR	LVS	69th	134	[15]
2003	Christina Adair	3	Pontiac	PHO 8	LVS	CAL	MAD	TCR	EVG	IRW	S99	RMR	DCS	PHO	MMR			42nd	142	[16]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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	ABSC	Pts	Ref
1997	AllCar Racing	47	Ford	DAY 23	ATL 34	SLM	CLT 20	CLT 8	POC 19	MCH 5	SBS	TOL	KIL	FRS	MIN	POC 21	MCH 9	DSF	GTW	SLM	WIN	CLT 38	TAL 21	ISF	ATL 9	NA	-	[17]
1998				DAY 16	ATL 15	SLM	CLT 40	MEM	MCH	POC	SBS	TOL	PPR										CLT 12	TAL 12	ATL 6	NA	-	[18]
	Doc Watson	34	Ford											POC 33	KIL	FRS	ISF	ATL	DSF	SLM	TEX	WIN
1999	ML Motorsports	67	Chevy	DAY 12	ATL 24	SLM	AND	CLT	MCH 37	POC 6	TOL 11	SBS 14	BLN 31	POC 31	KIL	FRS	FLM	ISF	WIN	DSF	SLM					26th	1370	[19]
	AllCar Racing	47	Pontiac																			CLT 25	TAL	ATL

References

1. Akers, Shawn A. (December 8, 1998). "BUSCH:Billy Kitchens To Drive for Bobby Allison, Dave Carroll". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
2. "Stewart-Haas Racing's Ryan Newman lands Jimmy Kitchens as spotter". SceneDaily.com. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
3. "2000 Official Race Results : Daytona 250". NASCAR. February 18, 2000. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
4. "Jimmy Kitchens 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
5. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
6. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
7. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
8. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
9. "Jimmy Kitchens – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
10. "Jimmy Kitchens – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
11. "Jimmy Kitchens – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
12. "Jimmy Kitchens – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
13. "Jimmy Kitchens – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
14. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
15. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
16. "Jimmy Kitchens – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
17. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
18. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
19. "Jimmy Kitchens – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.

External links

• Jimmy Kitchens driver statistics at Racing-Reference