J. R. Patton Explained

J. R. Patton
Birth Date:	12 September 1983
Birth Place:	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Awards:	2003 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Rookie of the Year
Total Truck Races:	7
Years In Truck:	1
Best Truck Pos:	35th (2004)
First Truck Race:	2004 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last Truck Race:	2004 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Truck Wins:	0
Truck Top Tens:	0
Truck Poles:	0
Updated:	March 26, 2014

J. R. Patton (born September 12, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in NASCAR competition in the Featherlite Southwest Tour and the Craftsman Truck Series.

Career

Educated at New Mexico State University, where he majored in business marketing, and a member of the Zia people,^[1] Patton won the Rookie of the Year award in 2003 in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour.^[2]

Patton made seven starts late in the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season for Fiddleback Racing.^[3] In his debut, Patton ran a second Fiddleback truck, the No. 66, to a fifteenth-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Patton drove for the rest of 2004, but the 15th at Vegas would prove to be Patton's best. He also finished all but one of his starts.^[4]

In 2006, MB Motorsports announced Patton would drive their No. 63 Ford for a limited schedule, running for Rookie of the Year. Despite four attempts, Patton missed every race he tried to make.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

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	25		Pts	Ref
2004	Fiddleback Racing	66	Ford	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS							35th	637	^[5]
		67																					CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM
2005	MB Motorsports	63	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[6]
2006				DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[7]

West Series

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Press Snoop: Edwards takes flight for Vegas trucks. September 26, 2004. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2014-03-26. Bicester, Oxford, England.
2. Web site: 2003 Featherlite Southwest Series Rookie of the Year eyes inaugural Autozone Southwest Series crown. January 15, 2004. RacingWest. 2014-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20140326155024/http://www.racingwest.com/news/articles/8180-2003-featherlite-southwest-series-rookie-of.html. March 26, 2014. dead.
3. Web site: Patton to drive for Fiddle Back at Vegas. Adamczyk. Jay. September 23, 2004. Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. 2014-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121805/http://www.jayski.com/cts/archive/2004sept-cts.htm. March 4, 2016. dead.
4. Web site: J R Patton. NASCAR. 2010-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714154224/http://www.speed.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jpatton00/truck/data/2004/index.html. 2011-07-14. dead.
5. Web site: J. R. Patton – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 10, 2020.
6. Web site: J. R. Patton – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 10, 2020.
7. Web site: J. R. Patton – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 10, 2020.
8. Web site: J. R. Patton – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 10, 2020.
9. Web site: J. R. Patton – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 10, 2020.