Jared Landers

Jared Landers (born May 1, 1982) is an American professional dirt and stock car racing driver. He currently competes in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, driving the No. 777 car for Double L Motorsports.

Jared Landers
Landers' Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series car at the Oshkosh Speedzone in 2015
Born (1982-05-01) May 1, 1982
Batesville, Arkansas
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series career
Current teamDouble L Motorsports
Car number777
EngineDurham Racing Engines
Crew chiefJason Durham
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish54th (2013)
First race2013 Mudsummer Classic (Eldora)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Racing career

Landers started racing when his father, a former racer, opened a car sales business. The business sponsored sprint car racer Tim Crawley, who built Landers a dirt go-kart. Landers stopped driving when he became an assistant of Crawley and Terrell Chastain, whom Landers' father's business also sponsored. When he turned 17, Landers returned to racing, driving a modified at Batesville Motor Speedway.[1] open-wheel modifieds, Landers has over 100 wins in the discipline.[2]

Landers later moved from Batesville, Arkansas to Welcome, North Carolina. In North Carolina, he became friends with NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer, who invited him to drive for his late model team. Landers also connected with NASCAR drivers Austin and Ty Dillon, building the brothers a dirt modified.[1]

In 2011, Landers started competing in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, winning Rookie of the Year.[2]

In 2013, Landers made his NASCAR debut in the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, NASCAR's first dirt track race since 1970.[3] While racing for Bowyer, Landers met former NASCAR driver Mark Martin, who assisted him in adjusting to a stock car for the Mudsummer Classic.[1] Landers won his heat race after holding off Matt Crafton for the win;[4] after starting second in the feature, he finished 12th.[5] Landers later attempted the 2014 Mudsummer Classic but withdrew from the event.[6]

Landers departed Clint Bowyer Racing after the 2014 season and moved back to Arkansas.[1] However, he and Martin remained close and the two co-owned a team[1] with Mark Martin Automotive sponsoring the cars. In 2015, the team hired Scott Bloomquist, who recorded over 550 feature victories, as Landers' teammate.[7]

In July 2016, Landers was competing at Tri-City Speedway when his car flipped; the wreck tore his common carotid artery in his neck. He continued to race until it was discovered in mid-August.[8]

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.)

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts
2013 Eddie Sharp Racing 6 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD
12		 POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 54th 32
2014 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD
DNQ		 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 112th -

References
  1. Richardson, Ellen (April 20, 2015). "Behind the Wheel: Jared Landers Racing". RacingJunk. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  2. Owens, Jeff (January 4, 2015). "Mark Martin to sponsor Scott Bloomquist dirt late model team". Sporting News. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  3. Caraviello, David (July 18, 2013). "Bloomquist leads list of dirt aces at Eldora". NASCAR. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  4. DiZinno, Tony (July 24, 2013). "UPDATE: Truck racing at Eldora underway; 5 heat races, LCQ in books". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  5. "2013 Inaugural Mudsummer Classic". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  6. "2014 1-800 Car Cash Mudsummer Classic". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  7. Gluck, Jeff (January 14, 2015). "Mark Martin partners with dirt Late Model team". USA Today. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  8. Shelton, Ben (September 14, 2016). "Jared Landers Health Update". STL Racing. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
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