Jared Landers (born May 1, 1982) is an American professional dirt and
stock car racing
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driver. He currently competes in the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
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, driving the No. 777 car for
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Racing career
Landers started racing when his father, a former racer, opened a car sales business. The business sponsored sprint car racerTim Crawley, who built Landers a dirt go-kart. Landers stopped driving when he became an assistant of Crawley and
Terrell Chastain
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, whom Landers' father's business also sponsored. When he turned 17, Landers returned to racing, driving a modified at Batesville Motor Speedway. open-wheel modifieds, Landers has over 100 wins in the discipline.
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
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and Ty Dillon, building the brothers a dirt modified.
In 2011, Landers started competing in the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is a dirt late model touring series owned and operated by Lucas Oil. The series competes on dirt ovals across the United States, primarily throughout the east coast and the midwest. The cars feature a purpose-bu ...
, winning Rookie of the Year.
In 2013, Landers made his NASCAR debut in the
Mudsummer Classic
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at Eldora Speedway, NASCAR's first dirt track race since 1970. While racing for Bowyer, Landers met former NASCAR driver Mark Martin, who assisted him in adjusting to a stock car for the Mudsummer Classic. Landers won his heat race after holding off
Matt Crafton
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for the win; after starting second in the feature, he finished 12th. Landers later attempted the 2014 Mudsummer Classic but withdrew from the event.
Landers departed Clint Bowyer Racing after the 2014 season and moved back to Arkansas. However, he and Martin remained close and the two co-owned a team with Mark Martin Automotive sponsoring the cars. In 2015, the team hired
Scott Bloomquist
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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.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)