Originally Posted by racerjim2:
I don't keep uo with NASCAR that much. But where did this kid come from? I'd say he had a good coach at Wood Bros.
And whatever happened to Jon Wood? I thought he'd be running that car.
He comes from Knoxville. Tennessee, not Iowa. He started out in pavement late models and moved on to Pro Cup and the Camping World East Series for Dale Earnhardt Inc. Then he raced his first Nationwide race for Jimmy Means (who else just drove for Jimmy Means this weekend?) Sorta seems like Bill Davis and Jimmy Means can pick drivers.
Then Michael Waltrip hired him for Nationwide. Then they fired him after a year and a half because they didn't have a 2011 sponsor. They then let Martin Truex Jr's brother Ryan spend some of their daddy's seafood money wrecking cars as well.
I think he is now actually a Roush development driver, having replaced Colin Braun. Roush seems to let all the good drivers go (not Braun), and hang on to the ones he should let go.
As far as Jon Wood, I remember him having some medical issues, and I think it was blamed on ADD.