T. J. Duke III (born September 21, 1993) is an American professional

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driver. He has driven in the

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for Key Motorsports and

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, the

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for

SS-Green Light Racing SS-Green Light Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS for multiple drivers and the No. 14 primarily for Garrett Smithley. The team ha ...

and has also raced

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around

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Racing career

NASCAR

Duke started his Truck career at the age of eighteen, driving for

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. With funding from

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, he finished 34th of 36 trucks, 41 laps behind race winner

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. Three weeks later, Duke was hired by Key Motorsports to drive the team's No. 40 car in the penultimate race of the 2011 season at Phoenix. He avoided multiple crashes to finish 23rd, and turned in another top-30 effort the following week at Homestead-Miami Speedway. A return to SS-Green Light was in store for 2012, as Duke ran the season-opening

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but was swept up in one of the race's many crashes. Although he didn't return to NASCAR that year, he continued racing, competing in the

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division at Citrus County Speedway. In 2013, Duke returned for one race at

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with

, finishing 25th.

After NASCAR

Duke has continued to run late models around the southeast, competing around tracks like

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

( key) Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duke, T. J. Living people 1993 births People from Southwest Ranches, Florida Racing drivers from Miami NASCAR drivers CARS Tour drivers Sportspeople from Broward County, Florida