Introduction
Jason Bowles (born November 24, 1982) is an American 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.
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; he finished 13th in season points.
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.
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
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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 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | |||
| 2013 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 55 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | KAN | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON |
KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | NA | - | |||
Nationwide 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 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | |
| 2009 | Specialty Racing | 61 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO |
HOM | 139th | 70 | |
| 2010 | Go Green Racing | 39 | Ford | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI |
NSH | 118th | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RAB Racing | 09 | Ford | PHO |
TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||
| 2011 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 64 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA |
DAY | KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN |
CGV |
BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 61st | 49 | ||
| 2012 | MacDonald Motorsports | 81 | Dodge | DAY |
PHO |
BRI |
BRI |
RCH |
DOV |
KAN |
13th | 715 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toyota | LVS |
CAL |
TEX |
RCH |
TAL |
DAR |
IOW |
CLT |
DOV |
MCH |
ROA |
KEN |
DAY |
NHA |
CHI |
IND |
IOW |
GLN |
CGV |
ATL |
CHI |
KEN |
CLT |
TEX |
PHO |
HOM |
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| 2013 | The Motorsports Group | 47 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH |
TAL | DAR |
CLT | DOV | 88th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 46 | IOW |
MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW |
GLN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Childress Racing | 3 | Chevy | MOH |
BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points
Camping World Truck 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 | NCWTC | Pts |
| 2010 | Germain Racing | 77 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS |
65th | 303 | |||||
| Billy Ballew Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | MAR |
TAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Sharp Racing | 46 | Toyota | TEX |
PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Wauters Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD |
POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 106th | 0 | |||
K&N Pro Series East
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts |
| 2010 | Go Green Racing | 38 | Ford | GRE |
SBO | IOW | MAR | NHA | LRP | LEE | GRE | NHA | DOV | 61st | 88 | ||||
| 2011 | Gaunt Brothers Racing | 75 | Toyota | GRE | SBO | RCH |
IOW | BGS | GRE | LGY | NHA | COL | GRE | NHA | DOV | 53rd | 150 | ||
| 2012 | MacDonald Motorsports | 49 | Dodge | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW |
BGS | GRE | LGY | CNB | COL | IOW | NHA | DOV | GRE | CAR | 58th | 32 |
K&N Pro Series West
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2001 | Triton Realty Motorsports | 42 | Ford | PHO | LVS DNQ |
TUS | MMR | CAL | IRW | LAG | KAN | EVG | CNS | IRW | RMR | LVS | IRW | N/A | 0 | |
| 2007 | Sunrise Ford Racing | 22 | Ford | CTS 5 |
PHO 18 |
AMP 5 |
ELK 5 |
IOW 14 |
CNS 5 |
SON 29 |
DCS 3 |
IRW 11 |
MMP 1 |
EVG 16 |
CSR 1* |
AMP 5 |
3rd | 1871 | ||
| 2008 | AAS 13 |
PHO 11 |
CTS 6 |
IOW 7 |
CNS 3 |
SON 1* |
IRW 1 |
DCS 3 |
EVG 3 |
MMP 10 |
IRW 1** |
AMP 19 |
AAS 1 |
2nd | 2050 | |||||
| 2009 | 6 | CTS 9 |
AAS 2 |
PHO 1* |
MAD 7 |
IOW 4 |
DCS 2 |
SON 1 |
IRW 1* |
PIR 5 |
MMP 3 |
CNS 13 |
IOW 2 |
AAS 4 |
1st | 2158 | ||||
| 2010 | Richard Childress Racing with Jim Offenbach |
31 | Chevy | AAS | PHO 2 |
IOW | DCS | SON 22 |
IRW | PIR | MRP | CNS | MMP | 31st | 410 | |||||
| Sunrise Ford Racing | 6 | Ford | AAS 9 |
PHO | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Gaunt Brothers Racing | 75 | Toyota | PHO | AAS | MMP | IOW 5 |
LVS | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | CNS | MRP | SRP | AAS | 52nd | 228 | ||
| Richard Childress Racing with Jim Offenbach |
31 | Chevy | PHO 30 | |||||||||||||||||
Canadian Tire Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Gaunt Brothers Racing | 11 | Dodge | DEL | MOS |
ASE | TOR |
EDM | MPS | SAS | CTR | MOS2 | CGV |
BAR | RIS | KWA | 26th | 443 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | MOS | ICAR | DEL | MOS2 | TOR |
MPS | SAS | CTR | CGV |
BAR | RIS | KWA | 46th | 170 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Racing 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 | ARSC | Pts |
| 2011 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 6 | Toyota | DAY |
TAL | SLM | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | IOW | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KAN | TOL | 91st | 205 |