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Jeremy Mayfield
POLES
0
WINS
0
RANK
44
POINTS
578
BEHIND
-2481
Jeremy Mayfield’s career hit a high note when he competed for team owners Michael Kranefuss and then Roger Penske from 1997-2001. He then moved to Evernham Motorsports, where he was a championship contender for two seasons. He debuts with Haas CNC Racing this season.
Career Highlights
- Finished ninth in 2005 Chase For The Nextel Cup
- Finished 10th in inaugural Chase For The Nextel Cup
- Finished a career-best seventh in the 1998 series championship
Driver Details
- Ht: 72 Wt: 190
- Born: 05/27/1969
- Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky
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| 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Summary | |||||||
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| Starts | Poles | Rank | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Winnings |
| 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 578 | 848,175 |
Year-by-Year Sprint Cup Series Recap
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2007 Joined Bill Davis Racing, but struggled to make races and remained outside the top 35 in owners points. Shifted to the No. 66 Haas CNC Racing team for the final four races of the season … Finished 45th in the drivers standings with 17 starts and four DNFs.
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2006 Parted company with team owner Ray Evernham in August and did not race in Cup again. Announced later in year his plans to drive for Bill Davis Racing's Toyota team in 2007 … In his 22 races with Evernham Motorsports, Mayfield had a top finish of 13th at Talladega Superspeedway.
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2005 Finished ninth in series points. ... Third career finish in Nextel Cup top 10. ... Finished with one win, four top-fives and nine top-10s. ... One highlight was Aug. 21 win at Michigan International Speedway. ... Earned a berth in the Chase For The Nextel Cup for the second consecutive year. ... Suffered only one DNF.
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2004 Finished 10th in series points. ... Second time in career he finished in the NASCAR top 10. ... Won dramatic September Richmond race to secure position in Chase for the Nextel Cup. He was 14th in the standings entering the race, but the win bumped him up to ninth. ... Finished season with one win, five top-fives and 13 top-10s. ... Captured poles at both Dover races. ... His two season poles were second highest in a season since 2000 (four). ... Suffered only three DNFs all season ... second lowest total of his career.
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2003 Finished 19th in series points. ... In his second season for Evernham Motorsports, scored his best championship effort since finishing 11th for Penske-Kranefuss in 1999. ... Posted 12 top-10 finishes, including four among the top five. ... Season-best finish was second, which came during the fall events at Richmond and Dover. ... Recorded the seventh pole of his career at Talladega in the spring. It also was his first since 2000 when he recorded a career-high four for the season.
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2002 Finished 26th in series points in his first season for Evernham Motorsports. ... Scored a pair of top-five finishes, a second at Las Vegas and fifth in the spring stop at Richmond.
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2001 Finished 35th in series points. ... Earned a pair of runner-up finishes, but parted ways with No. 12 Penske South team after the inaugural race at Kansas Speedway. ... Announced that he would drive the No. 19 Dodge for Evernham Motorsports in 2002.
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2000 Finished 24th in series points. ... Roller-coaster season included two wins, four poles and 11 DNFs. ... Won at California in April, then passed Dale Earnhardt on final lap to win the Pocono 500 in June. ... Missed two races after sustaining closed head injury in practice accident at Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis.
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1999 Finished 11th in series points. ... Highlight of the season was second-place finish at Darlington in the spring.
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1998 Finished seventh in series points, leading the points race four times in the first 16 races. ... First career victory was at Pocono, passing Darrell Waltrip for the lead 20 laps from the end. ... Won No Bull Sprint qualifier and won Winston Open, both non-points races. ... Won second career pole, at Texas.
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1997 Finished 13th in series points, his first full year with Michael Kranefuss. ... Best finish was fourth at Daytona in July, after starting 25th.
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1996 Finished 26th in series points. ... Went through mid-season driver swap, starting the season with Cale Yarborough, then switching to Michael Kranefuss' team when John Andretti did the reverse. ... Scored a fourth and fifth-place finish with Yarborough, winning his first pole in July at Talladega.
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1995 Finished 31st in series points, his first full season. ... Registered one top-10 finish (Pocono).
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1994 Finished 37th in series points. ... Ran four races each with Earl Sadler and T.W. Taylor before moving to Cale Yarborough's team for the final 12 races of the season.
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1993 Made series debut at Charlotte in October, finishing 29th in only start of the season.
