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Stanton Barrett
Stanton Thomas Barrett (born December 1, 1972) is an American professional stock car racing driver and Hollywood stuntman. He is the co-owner of Barrett–Cope Racing, which fields the No. 30 Chevrolet in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. which he co-owns. He has previously competed in the WRL and HSR/SVRA Vintage Series.
The son of former stuntman Stan Barrett, he began NASCAR racing in the early 1990s, starting with the Daytona Dash Series in 1991 and moving on to the Busch North and Busch Series in 1992. Seven years later, he started racing in the Cup Series, making his series debut with Donlavey Racing in 1999. Barrett has since run part-time across NASCAR's top three series, sometimes as an owner/driver. Barrett has also competed in the IndyCar Series, running four races in 2009 for Team 3G.
Barrett first started racing when he was sixteen in karts, winning 21 races in 28 starts. In 1992, Barrett started racing in NASCAR's Busch North Series, his debut coming at the Big Apple Food Stores 200 at Oxford Plains Speedway at the age of nineteen; Barrett finished 21st, eleven laps behind race winner Joe Bessey. He also ran in the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series, funding the car with money earned as a stuntman for the movie Freejack. Despite running as high as second in points while leading many races, crashes resulting in other hard racing drivers resulted in his final finish in the standings to sixth.
During the 1992 season, Busch Series driver Clifford Allison was killed in a crash at Michigan International Speedway, leaving a ride open for Barrett. He made a few limited starts with his own team in the series for several years, and in his sixth career start, finished fifth at the spring race at Atlanta in 1996.
For the following two years, Barrett drove for Pro-Tech Motorsports and NorthStar Motorsports, recording an eighth-place finish at Bristol with the latter. In 1999, Barrett ran a partial Busch slate with Galaxy Motorsports, but left the team in the middle of the season when management suggested he would be replaced for an upcoming race at Watkins Glen International. Later Galaxy Motorsports would fail to qualify for many races and go out of business.
In 2003, Barrett signed with Roush Racing and finished in the top-ten four times, but Odoban ended its sponsorship after fifteen races due to financial trouble, forcing the team to close down. He returned to driving his own car for the remainder of the season, on a partial bases. Barrett continued driving for his team in 2004, and joined DCT Motorsports for the 2005 season, scoring his only top ten of the season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In 2006, Barrett ran a variety of Busch events for MacDonald Motorsports and McGill Motorsports, and ran some races for Stanton Barrett Motorsports in 2007.
In 2008, Barrett became the primary driver for SKI Motorsports in the No. 30 and qualified for 26 of 29 attempted races for the team. Barrett had an average start of 29.3, an average finish of 25.7, five DNFs and two laps lead in his 2008 campaign, which included a start for his own team for race 32 at Memphis International Raceway. Barrett failed to qualify the No. 30 for SKI and had to race in his own No. 31 that was qualified by Kenny Hendrick to make the field, resulting in a DNF on lap 155 due to transmission issues. Barrett also failed to qualify at Homestead for race 35. Stanton finished the 2008 season 22nd in points and would only make 31 more NASCAR Nationwide Series starts from 2009-2023.
During the 2008 season, Barrett still ran his own No. 31 as an owner with 18 total starts for the car. Kenny Hendrick ran 14 of them, with Stanton, Jeff Fuller, and Shane Huffman each running one race in the No. 31. Stanton Barrett fielded a second car for his dad Stan at the 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 in the No. 61, he completed only seven laps before pulling off citing brake issues and finished in 39th.
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Stanton Barrett
Stanton Thomas Barrett (born December 1, 1972) is an American professional stock car racing driver and Hollywood stuntman. He is the co-owner of Barrett–Cope Racing, which fields the No. 30 Chevrolet in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. which he co-owns. He has previously competed in the WRL and HSR/SVRA Vintage Series.
The son of former stuntman Stan Barrett, he began NASCAR racing in the early 1990s, starting with the Daytona Dash Series in 1991 and moving on to the Busch North and Busch Series in 1992. Seven years later, he started racing in the Cup Series, making his series debut with Donlavey Racing in 1999. Barrett has since run part-time across NASCAR's top three series, sometimes as an owner/driver. Barrett has also competed in the IndyCar Series, running four races in 2009 for Team 3G.
Barrett first started racing when he was sixteen in karts, winning 21 races in 28 starts. In 1992, Barrett started racing in NASCAR's Busch North Series, his debut coming at the Big Apple Food Stores 200 at Oxford Plains Speedway at the age of nineteen; Barrett finished 21st, eleven laps behind race winner Joe Bessey. He also ran in the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series, funding the car with money earned as a stuntman for the movie Freejack. Despite running as high as second in points while leading many races, crashes resulting in other hard racing drivers resulted in his final finish in the standings to sixth.
During the 1992 season, Busch Series driver Clifford Allison was killed in a crash at Michigan International Speedway, leaving a ride open for Barrett. He made a few limited starts with his own team in the series for several years, and in his sixth career start, finished fifth at the spring race at Atlanta in 1996.
For the following two years, Barrett drove for Pro-Tech Motorsports and NorthStar Motorsports, recording an eighth-place finish at Bristol with the latter. In 1999, Barrett ran a partial Busch slate with Galaxy Motorsports, but left the team in the middle of the season when management suggested he would be replaced for an upcoming race at Watkins Glen International. Later Galaxy Motorsports would fail to qualify for many races and go out of business.
In 2003, Barrett signed with Roush Racing and finished in the top-ten four times, but Odoban ended its sponsorship after fifteen races due to financial trouble, forcing the team to close down. He returned to driving his own car for the remainder of the season, on a partial bases. Barrett continued driving for his team in 2004, and joined DCT Motorsports for the 2005 season, scoring his only top ten of the season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In 2006, Barrett ran a variety of Busch events for MacDonald Motorsports and McGill Motorsports, and ran some races for Stanton Barrett Motorsports in 2007.
In 2008, Barrett became the primary driver for SKI Motorsports in the No. 30 and qualified for 26 of 29 attempted races for the team. Barrett had an average start of 29.3, an average finish of 25.7, five DNFs and two laps lead in his 2008 campaign, which included a start for his own team for race 32 at Memphis International Raceway. Barrett failed to qualify the No. 30 for SKI and had to race in his own No. 31 that was qualified by Kenny Hendrick to make the field, resulting in a DNF on lap 155 due to transmission issues. Barrett also failed to qualify at Homestead for race 35. Stanton finished the 2008 season 22nd in points and would only make 31 more NASCAR Nationwide Series starts from 2009-2023.
During the 2008 season, Barrett still ran his own No. 31 as an owner with 18 total starts for the car. Kenny Hendrick ran 14 of them, with Stanton, Jeff Fuller, and Shane Huffman each running one race in the No. 31. Stanton Barrett fielded a second car for his dad Stan at the 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 in the No. 61, he completed only seven laps before pulling off citing brake issues and finished in 39th.