| Jody Lavender | |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Hartsville, South Carolina |
| Total Busch Races: | 1 |
| Years In Busch: | 1 |
| Best Busch Pos: | 124th (2003) |
| First Busch Race: | 2003 Rockingham 200 (Rockingham) |
| Busch Wins: | 0 |
| Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
| Busch Poles: | 0 |
| Total Truck Races: | 22 |
| Years In Truck: | 2 |
| Best Truck Pos: | 17th (2003) |
| First Truck Race: | 2002 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) |
| Last Truck Race: | 2003 Ford 200 (Homestead) |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | July 31, 2013 |
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.
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.
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Busch 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Pts | Ref | ||
| 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 | MEM DNQ | ATL | NA | - | [1] | ||||
| Lavender Racing | 08 | Chevy | CAR DNQ | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Ford | DAY | 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 | [2] | |||
| NASCAR 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 | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Troxell Racing | 93 | Chevy | DAY | DAR | MAR | GTY | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | MCH | IRP | NSH | RCH 33 | TEX | SBO | LVS | CAL | PHO | HOM | 99th | 64 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Green Light Racing | 08 | Chevy | DAY | DAR 25 | MMR 27 | MAR 23 | CLT 18 | DOV 13 | TEX 15 | MEM 13 | MLW 24 | KAN 20 | KEN 24 | GTW 16 | MCH 23 | IRP 21 | NSH 18 | BRI 22 | RCH 19 | NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO 19 | TEX 16 | MAR 26 | PHO 22 | HOM 16 | 17th | 2168 | [4] | |||||||||||||