Jordan Anderson (racing driver)

Jordan Anderson
Anderson in 2024
BornJordan L. Anderson
(1991-04-15) April 15, 1991 (age 33)
Forest Acres, South Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
22 races run over 6 years
Car no., teamNo. 32 (Jordan Anderson Racing)
2023 position54th
Best finish54th (2023)
First race2015 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Last race2024 United Rentals 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
138 races run over 9 years
2022 position39th
Best finish15th (2018)
First race2014 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2022 Chevy Silverado 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
Statistics current as of August 21, 2023.

Jordan L. Anderson[1] (born April 15, 1991)[2] is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet Camaro for his team, Jordan Anderson Racing.

Racing career

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Anderson's 2016 No. 66 Truck at the NASCAR Hall of Fame

Anderson began racing in karts as an eight-year-old.[3] He raced in Legends and Late model cars as his career developed.[3] Anderson made one start in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2013 along with two starts in the CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series and various Late Model races.[2] He made an April 2014 start in the K&N Pro Series East at Richmond with the intention of running the full season, but his car owner began writing bad checks and the team was forced to close down. Anderson then sold one of his own personally-owned Super Late Models to pay off the debt of his former car owner to keep his name clear of any debts.[3]

As a rookie in the Camping World Truck Series, he drove the No. 50 Living Integrity Chevrolet Silverado for MAKE Motorsports in the second last race of 2014 at Phoenix,[2] and then also competed for Mike Harmon Racing in the final race of 2014 season at Homestead-Miami. Anderson used his savings account to buy a truck to drive and qualify the Daytona race but failed to qualify. Anderson would continue driving for Harmon throughout the entire 2015 season finishing 19th in final driver points with a best finish of 13th at Michigan.[2] Also during 2015, Anderson made his Xfinity Series debut for Harmon.[4]

In 2016, Anderson joined Bolen Motorsports for the full Truck schedule, driving the No. 66 Silverado with sponsorship from Columbia, SC – Famously Hot.[5] After securing the last qualifying spot to race at Daytona in February, the team went on to log 8 Top 20 finishes throughout the season. Anderson's truck garnered national attention in September as it was funded thanks in part to a "Fueled by Fans" campaign with over 120 fans sponsoring the truck to pay for a new motor for the team.[6] Anderson would go on to finish in the Top 20 in the championship standings by only a mere point in the series for a second straight year. He also ran five Xfinity races in 2016, four for Obaika Racing and the season finale for Precision Performance Motorsports.[7]

Anderson in his Jordan Anderson Racing machine at Daytona in 2018

Anderson started off 2017 by failing to qualify at Daytona with Mike Harmon Racing. After his No. 12 truck (which borrowed owner points from Rick Ware Racing) crashed at Atlanta, Anderson was left with no truck to drive for the season and made a website – SponsorJordan.com – for the fans to fund him a truck.[8] While raising funds, Anderson started and parked RSS Racing's second car.[9] Due to the large time gaps between races, Anderson was back two races later at Kansas Speedway.[10] He also ran one race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for B. J. McLeod Motorsports, at Dover International Speedway.[10] Starting at Kansas, Anderson teamed up with TJL Motorsports to use TJL's owner points while bringing his own equipment to the track.[11] He missed two races due to TJL having other drivers signed to drive, but otherwise ran the rest of the season and would go on to finish in the top 20 in the CWTS driver points for a third straight season.[12] Besides his spring SponsorJordan.com initiative, Anderson received additional help throughout the season from former NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace after Gateway[13] and ran another fan-funded campaign to close out the season.[14]

On January 31, 2018, Anderson announced his intentions to run full-time in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season using the number 3 and running under his own Jordan Anderson Racing banner.[15] Anderson chose the number 3 in connection with Junior Johnson.[16] JAR acquired trucks from Niece Motorsports, who switched from Toyota to Chevrolet before 2018[17] and Brad Keselowski Racing, who ceased operations at the end of 2017. As for the first half of the 2018 season Anderson has an average finish of 19.7th and is 2 top 20 finishes away from tying his record of 8 top 20 finishes from the 2016 season.[18] In early July at the Charlotte Motor Speedway during Roval testing it was announced that Ryan Newman would race for the team at Eldora.

For the 2019 season, Anderson competed a full schedule in the Truck Series in his No. 3 JAR truck with the exception of Eldora, where Carson Hocevar drove the No. 3.[19] JAR signed Wally Rogers as crew chief midway through the 2019 season.[20]

In the 2020 season opener at Daytona, Anderson nearly won his first Truck race when he escaped numerous wrecks. On the final lap, he passed leader Grant Enfinger as they exited turn four, but Enfinger hindered his momentum by hitting his door, enabling Enfinger to win as Anderson finished a career-best second.[21]

Anderson moved his team to a full-time Xfinity schedule ahead of the 2021 season, though he continued racing in the Truck Series on a part-time basis.[22] In the Daytona Truck race, Anderson once again finished second when he was beat to the finish by Ben Rhodes, also a ThorSport Racing driver like Enfinger.[23] He did not make the field for the following day's Xfinity opener when rain canceled qualifying.[24] As a result, he would also fail to qualify for the next nine races as qualifying would not resume (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) until the inaugural Pit Boss 250 at the Circuit of the Americas on May 22. On May 4, he switched to Truck Series points in order to compete in the week's Truck race at Darlington; the event was a Triple Truck Challenge round that only allowed the series' points-eligible drivers.[25] He finished 10th. Anderson would eventually scale to a part-time Xfinity schedule due to making room for more drivers.

At the Talladega playoff race on October 1, 2022, Anderson survived a fiery crash, sustaining second degree burns on his body.[26]

At Talladega on April 22, 2023, just over 6 months after Anderson suffered the fiery crash, Jeb Burton scored the first win for Anderson's team in all of NASCAR in the Xfinity Series race.[27]

Personal life

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Anderson graduated from Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina, with a degree in business and marketing, and is said to be one of the hardest-working drivers in the sport, with his hands-on, grassroots approach to his career and sponsorship.[3]

In January 2021, Anderson became engaged to Kendall McReynolds, the daughter of former crew chief and NASCAR on Fox analyst Larry McReynolds.[28] The couple was married in April 2022.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity 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 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2015 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Dodge DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI
36 		ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 115th 01 [29]
2016 Obaika Racing 77 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH
31 		BRI ROA DAR RCH 121st 01 [30]
97 CHI
29 		KEN DOV
37 		CLT
33 		KAN TEX PHO
Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Chevy HOM
36
2017 RSS Racing 93 Chevy DAY ATL
39 		LVS
40 		PHO
40 		CAL
40 		TEX
40 		BRI
40 		RCH TAL 106th 01 [31]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Dodge CLT
DNQ
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy DOV
26 		POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2021 Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		DAY
DNQ 		HOM
DNQ 		LVS
DNQ 		PHO
DNQ 		ATL
DNQ 		MAR
DNQ 		TAL
DNQ 		DAR
DNQ 		DOV
DNQ 		COA CLT MOH TEX
34 		NSH POC ROA ATL NHA
34 		GLN IND MCH
15 		DAY
22 		DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL
5 		CLT TEX KAN
20 		MAR PHO 81st 02 [32]
2022 32 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH
DNQ 		GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A 0 [33]
2023 27 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY
15 		DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 54th 22 [34]
2024 32 DAY
4 		ATL
38 		LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL
31 		DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY
6 		DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL
33 		ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [35]

Camping World Truck Series

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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 23 NCWTC Pts Ref
2014 MAKE Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO
24 		62nd 34 [36]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy HOM
30
2015 DAY
DNQ 		ATL
23 		MAR KAN
18 		CLT
23 		DOV TEX
24 		GTW
19 		IOW
22 		KEN
28 		ELD POC
18 		MCH
13 		BRI
DNQ 		MSP
16 		CHI
20 		NHA
25 		LVS
22 		TAL
19 		MAR TEX
21 		PHO
29 		HOM
29 		19th 379 [37]
2016 Bolen Motorsports 66 Chevy DAY
30 		ATL
DNQ 		MAR
DNQ 		KAN
29 		DOV
18 		CLT
24 		TEX
22 		IOW
20 		GTW
11 		KEN
17 		ELD
32 		POC
14 		BRI
16 		MCH
14 		MSP
13 		CHI
23 		NHA
22 		LVS TAL MAR TEX
25 		HOM
24 		20th 212 [38]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy PHO
29
2017 DAY
DNQ 		17th 316 [39]
Rick Ware Racing 12 Chevy ATL
28 		MAR
31
TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy KAN
19 		CLT
21 		DOV
24 		TEX
15 		GTW
17 		IOW
15 		KEN
25 		ELD POC
17 		MCH
23 		BRI
27 		MSP
23 		CHI
21 		NHA
21 		LVS
15 		TAL MAR
24 		TEX
24 		PHO
13 		HOM
21
2018 Jordan Anderson Racing 3 Toyota DAY
9 		TAL
7 		15th 389 [40]
Chevy ATL
24 		LVS
17 		MAR
22 		DOV
18 		KAN
25 		CLT
20 		TEX
19 		IOW
23 		GTW
23 		CHI
17 		KEN
19 		ELD POC
16 		MCH
13 		BRI
22 		MSP
16 		LVS
20 		MAR
26 		TEX
29 		PHO
23 		HOM
20
2019 DAY
25 		ATL
19 		LVS
21 		MAR
26 		TEX
21 		DOV
21 		KAN
13 		CLT
15 		TEX
15 		IOW
18 		GTW
18 		CHI
20 		KEN
30 		POC
13 		ELD MCH
14 		BRI
28 		MSP
16 		LVS
14 		TAL
21 		MAR
12 		PHO
28 		HOM
21 		16th 397 [41]
2020 DAY
2 		LVS
20 		CLT
31 		ATL
37 		HOM
31 		POC
17 		KEN
24 		TEX
28 		KAN
30 		KAN
15 		MCH
32 		DAY
35 		DOV
24 		GTW
17 		DAR
24 		RCH
24 		BRI
23 		LVS
32 		TAL
6 		KAN
30 		TEX
13 		MAR
19 		PHO
22 		18th 323 [42]
2021 DAY
2 		DAY LVS
27 		ATL
25 		BRI RCH KAN
30 		DAR
10 		COA CLT
 TEX
 NSH POC KNX GLN
RL† 		GTW
37 		DAR
26 		BRI LVS TAL
11 		MAR PHO
23 		39th 79 [43]
2022 DAY
DNQ 		LVS
26 		ATL
18 		COA MAR BRI DAR KAN TEX
14 		CLT GTW
16 		SON KNO NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL
36 		HOM PHO 39th 75 [44]
† – Relieved Bobby Reuse

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 MacDonald Motorsports 49 Toyota BRI GRE
25 		FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 71st 19 [45]
2014 Andrew Bloom 91 Toyota NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH
33 		IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE DOV 70th 11 [46]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
2 Switched from Xfinity to Truck points before the spring Darlington race

References

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  3. ^ a b c d Weaver, Matt. ""Entrepreneur at Heart" Jordan Anderson Preps for 2015". Popular Speed. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Driver Jordan Anderson 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "JORDAN ANDERSON AND COLUMBIA, SC PARTNER FOR 2016". NASCAR. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Scott, David (September 24, 2016). "NASCAR driver Jordan Anderson's unique sponsorship drive covered costs for Saturday's race". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  7. ^ "Driver Jordan Anderson 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  8. ^ McFadin, Daniel (March 7, 2017). "Jordan Anderson asks fans for help to build new truck after Atlanta crash". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  9. ^ "XFINITY: Jordan Anderson makes ends meet as team, fans rebuild truck". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Beyond the Cockpit: Jordan Anderson Trying to Be the People's Driver". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  11. ^ "Through the Paddock: Jordan Anderson talks grassroots, grinding and goals". Kickin' The Tires. September 20, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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  27. ^ "Jeb Burton scores second career Xfinity win at Talladega". NASCAR. April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
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