Jason Bowles (born November 24, 1982) is an American professional
stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately . It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It ori ...
driver. He won the
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship in 2009.
Racing career
Early career
He made his NASCAR West Series debut in the No. 22 Sunrise Ford/Turbo Torq
Ford in 2007, posting two wins – one at
California Speedway and the other at
Miller Motorsports Park – on his way to becoming Rookie of the Year. For 2008 he recorded four wins and five poles, finishing second in the points. In 2009 Bowles won at
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. P ...
,
Toyota Speedway at Irwindale and
Infineon Raceway, recorded 3 poles, and won the Camping World West Series championship.
NASCAR
For 2010 he no longer had a full-time ride, instead running partial schedules in the K&N Pro Series West and
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He entered the
Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale winning on a late-race pass, the biggest win of his career.

He made his
NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. P ...
in 2009 for
Specialty Racing, crashing out and finishing 31st. In 2010 he finished 25th in the spring Phoenix race for
RAB Racing. Bowles also ran in three truck races in 2010 with a best finish of 16th. He ran 3 Nationwide Series races with
Rusty Wallace Racing in 2011 in the #64
Toyota. For 2012 he moved up to the Nationwide Series full-time with
MacDonald Motorsports, competing for
Rookie of the Year in the No. 81; he finished 13th in season points.
In practice and qualifying for the
2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at
Sonoma Raceway, Bowles substituted for
Brian Vickers in the No. 55
Michael Waltrip Racing
Michael Waltrip Racing Holdings LLC, doing business as Michael Waltrip Racing ("MWR"), was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The company was as a 50–50 partnership betwe ...
Toyota, as Vickers was running both the Sonoma race and the
Johnsonville Sausage 200 at
Road America
Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Champ ...
that weekend.
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. ** – All laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series
Nationwide Series
Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points
Camping World Truck Series
K&N Pro Series East
K&N Pro Series West
Canadian Tire Series
ARCA Racing Series
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
References
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Living people
1982 births
People from Ontario, California
Racing drivers from California
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
NASCAR drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers
International Kart Federation drivers
ARCA Menards Series drivers