Jerry Marquis (born February 14, 1956) is a former NASCAR Driver who competed in the NASCAR Busch Series the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, The NASCAR Busch North Series and The NASCAR Featherlight Modified Series. He is from Broad Brook, Connecticut.[1]
Jerry Marquis | |||||||
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Born | Broad Brook, Connecticut, United States | February 14, 1956||||||
Achievements | 2000 Featherlite Modified Series Champion | ||||||
Awards | 1994 Busch North Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
First race | 1995 NE Chevy Dealers 250 (Loudon) | ||||||
Last race | 1995 Meridian Advantage 200 (Nazareth) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 119th (1997) | ||||||
First race | 1997 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last race | 1997 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 17, 2014. |
Marquis has won 7 NASCAR Busch North Series races putting him 16th on the all-time list in the Busch North Series. His home track was Stafford Motor Speedway. Jerry Marquis was also infamous for NASCAR's former commentator Bill Weber and the "bodyguard to the stars" incident. He spun out Tony Stewart who was racing a NASCAR Modified race car that day with five laps to go and when the race was over a personal friend was pulled away by Weber and was to do an interview. Marquis declined to comment.[2]
Marquis also raced in two Busch series races for Mike Greci in the number 51 Wheels Discount Auto Chevy at Loudon and at Nazareth. He also raced in the 18 DANA Corp Truck at Richmond in 1997 driving for Kurt Roehrig. He is most notable for winning the 2000 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Championship with sponsorship from LongView RV and Teddy Bear Pools. He won at Riverhead, Seekonk, Thompson, Waterford, and Stafford Springs.
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
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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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | NBGNC | Pts | Ref | |||||||
1994 | Info not available | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | MAR | DAR | HCY | BRI | ROU | NHA DNQ |
NZH | CLT | DOV | MYB | GLN | MLW | SBO | TAL | HCY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | MAR | CAR | N/A | - | [3] | |||||||||
1995 | Greci Motorsports | 51 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | NSV | DAR | BRI | HCY | NHA 38 |
N/A | 01 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | NZH 29 |
CLT | DOV | MYB | GLN | MLW | TAL | SBO | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Pease Motorsports | 8 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
CAR | RCH | ATL | NSV | DAR | BRI | HCY | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | MYB | GLN | MLW | NHA | TAL | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | HOM | N/A | - | [5] |
Craftsman Truck Series
editNASCAR Craftsman 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||
1997 | Roehrig Motorsports | 18 | Dodge | WDW | TUS | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | NHA | TEX | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | CNS | HPT | IRP | FLM | NSV | GLN | RCH 28 |
MAR | SON | MMR | CAL | PHO | LVS | 119th | 79 | [6] |
1 Competed only in companion events with Busch North Series as BNS driver and ineligible for Busch Series points
References
edit- ^ "BNSracing.com Driver: Jerry Marquis". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2009/06/bill-weber-nascar-security-gua-1.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1996 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "Jerry Marquis – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
External links
edit- Jerry Marquis driver statistics at Racing-Reference