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Stanton Barrett
Barrett atCharlotte Motor Speedway in 2018
Born	Stanton Thomas Barrett (1972-12-01)December 1, 1972 (age 52) Bishop, California, U.S.
NASCARCup Series career
25 races run over 7 years
2020 position	38th
Best finish	38th (2020)
First race	1999Las Vegas 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2020Go Bowling 235 (Daytona RC)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
206 races run over 26 years
2019 position	97th
Best finish	5th (2005)
First race	1992Food City 250 (Bristol)
Last race	2023Shriners Children's 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 7 2
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2015 position	104th
Best finish	29th Crash (2015)
First race	2015Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
8 races run over 5 years
Best finish	4th (2022)Memphis International Raceway
First race	1995Hoosier General Tire 500K (Atlanta)
Last race	20232023 General Tire 100 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
4 races run over 1 year
Best finish	42nd (1992)
First race	1992Big Apple Food Stores 200 (Oxford)
Last race	1992Diet Coke 150 (Oxford)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	71st (2001)
First race	2001Pontiac Widetrack Grand Prix 200 (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
IndyCar Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Best finish	29th (2009)
First race	2009Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2009Indy Japan 300 (Motegi)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of November 18, 2024.

Stanton Thomas Barrett (born December 1, 1972) is an American professionalstock car racing driver andHollywoodstuntman who last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series,WRL, HSR/SVRA Vintage Series and starting his long time NASCAR Xfinity team Stanton Barrett Motorsports to compete in 2025 part time.

The son of former stuntmanStan Barrett, he beganNASCAR racing in the early 1990s, starting with the Daytona Dash Series in 1991 and moving on to theBusch North and Busch Series in 1992. Seven years later, he started racing in theCup Series, making his series debut withDonlavey Racing in 1999. Barrett has since run part-time across NASCAR's top three series, sometimes as anowner/driver. Barrett has also competed in theIndyCar Series, running four races in 2009 forTeam 3G.

Barrett first started racing when he was sixteen^[1] inkarts, winning 21 races in 28 starts.^[2] In 1992, Barrett started racing in NASCAR'sBusch North Series, his debut coming at the Big Apple Food Stores 200 atOxford Plains Speedway at the age of nineteen; Barrett finished 21st, eleven laps behind race winnerJoe Bessey.^[3] He also ran in theNASCAR Goody's Dash Series, funding the car with money earned as a stuntman for the movieFreejack. Despite running as high as second in points while leading many races, crashes resulting in other hard racing drivers resulted in his final finish in the standings to sixth.^[4]

During the 1992 season,Busch Series driverClifford Allison was killed in a crash atMichigan International Speedway, leaving a ride open for Barrett.^[4] He made a few limited starts with his own team in the series for several years, and in his sixth career start, finished fifth at the spring race atAtlanta in 1996.^[5]

For the following two years, he drove forPro-Tech Motorsports^[6] andNorthStar Motorsports, recording an eighth-place finish at Bristol with the latter.^[7] In 1999, Barrett ran a partial Busch slate withGalaxy Motorsports, but left the team in the middle of the season when management suggested he would be replaced for an upcoming race atWatkins Glen International. Later Galaxy Motorsports would fail to qualify for many races and go out of business.^[8]

In 2003, he signed withRoush Racing and finished in the top-ten four times, butOdoban ended its sponsorship after fifteen races due to financial trouble, forcing the team to close down.^[4] He returned to driving his own car for the remainder of the season, on a partial bases.^[9] Barrett continued driving for his team in 2004, and joinedDCT Motorsports for the 2005 season,^[1] scoring his only top ten of the season atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway.^[10] In 2006, Barrett ran a variety of Busch events forMacDonald Motorsports andMcGill Motorsports,^[11] and ran some races forStanton Barrett Motorsports in 2007.^[12]

In 2008, Barrett became the primary driver forSKI Motorsports in the #30 and qualified for 26 of 29 attempted races for the team.^[13] Barrett had an average start of 29.3, an average finish of 25.7, 5 DNFs and 2 laps lead in his 2008 campaign, which included a start for his own team for race 32 atMemphis International Raceway. Barrett failed to qualify the #30 for SKI and had to race in his own #31 that was qualified byKenny Hendrick to make the field, resulting in a DNF on lap 155 due to transmission issues.^[14] Barrett also failed to qualify atHomestead Miami Speedway for race 35. Stanton finished the 2008 season 22nd in points and would only make 31 moreNASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series starts from 2009-2023.

During the 2008 season, Barrett still ran his own #31 as an owner with 18 total starts for the car. Kenny Hendrick ran 14 of them, with Stanton, Jeff Fuller, andShane Huffman each running one race in the #31.^[15] Stanton Barrett fielded a second car for his dad Stan at the2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 in the #61, he completed only 7 laps before pulling off citing brake issues and finished in 39th.^[16]

The following year, Barrett joinedRick Ware Racing.^[17] He raced for them on a part-time schedule with some respectable finishes and top ten qualifying and from 2009 to 2016 until he joinedMBM Motorsports andB. J. McLeod Motorsports.

In 2019, Barrett returned to the Xfinity Series after a three year hiatus. He raced forMBM Motorsports in theZippo 200 atWatkins Glen. He would finish 23rd.

Racing forMike Harmon Racing, Barrett was driving the No. 47 in 2022. However, he failed to qualify for theSunoco Go Rewards 200 atWatkins Glen.^[18]

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Barrett raced in the Xfinity Series in 2023, driving the No. 35 car forEmerling-Gase Motorsports inthe race atRoad America^[19] and theShriners Children's 200 atWatkins Glen.^[20]

In 1999, Barrett announced his intention to compete part-time in theWinston Cup Series, running forRookie of the Year honors withPBH Motorsports, with plans to run full-time in 2000.^[5] During testing forGeneral Motors atDaytona International Speedway, Barrett was the sixth-fastest driver with a speed of 185.624 miles per hour (298.733 km/h).^[7] However, he failed to qualify for theDaytona 500.^[21] Barrett worked out a late-season deal withDonlavey Racing to make eight race attempts in 1999.^[22] in 2000, he attempted theBudweiser Shootout qualifier for drivers who ran the fastest in second-round-qualifying in 1999, but crashed on the first lap whenJimmy Spencer collectedRick Mast andKenny Wallace.^[23] He joined theTri-Star Motorsports team for the2000 Daytona 500.^[24]

In 2004, Barrett returned to Nextel Cup driving the No. 94 Chevrolet forW.W. Motorsports where Barrett helped W.W. Motorsports prepare and field the car fromStanton Barrett Motorsports shop. He failed to finish a race for the team^[25] and parted ways when driving duties were taken byDerrike Cope.^[26] Later in the year, he helpedMeans-Jenkins Motorsports to drive the No. 92 for the race atDover, but failed to qualify.^[25]

In 2005, Barrett began the season helpingFront Row Motorsports start out of Stanton Barrett Motorsports shop but later owner of Front Row Motorsports and Stanton Barrett decided to take different paths; he then ran Cup races under his ownStanton Barrett Motorsports team.^[12] The following year, he ran a partial schedule between SBM andRick Ware Racing, failing to qualify for a number of races.^[27] He reunited with Ware for an attempt at the2007 Daytona 500.^[28] Barrett attempted a limited schedule of 2008 races with in a partnership with Stanton Barrett Motorsports/SKI Motorsports.^[29]

Barrett was initially scheduled to make his Cup Series return in 2017 withRick Ware Racing,^[30] but did not make a start. A year later, he rejoined Ware for the2018 Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte. In 2019, he returned to the series for his first superspeedway Cup start in the2019 GEICO 500 at Talladega.^[31]

In August 2020, Barrett joinedSpire Motorsports for theGo Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course.^[32]

In 2015, Barrett made hisCamping World Truck Series debut for his team atTalladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 91Chevrolet Silverado. The race marked his first at Talladega since 2005.^[33] After qualifying 21st,^[34] Barrett was collected inThe Big One on lap 86, hitting the wall andMatt Crafton.^[35] Barrett was credited with a 29th-place finish.^[34]

In 2009, Barrett expressed an interest in runningIndyCar Series races after the series merged withChamp Car.^[36] At the Nationwide Series race atKansas Speedway, he officially announced that he had joinedTeam 3G full-time to drive the No. 98,^[37] while also running 19–21 races in the Nationwide Series.^[4] In his IndyCar debut at theHonda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Barrett qualified 21st and finished twelfth, four laps behind race winnerRyan Briscoe.^[38] Barrett struggled during the season, including failing to qualify for theIndianapolis 500^[39] and missing theABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 due to a crash in practice,^[40] and was eventually sponsorship difficulties that allowedArie Luyendyk Jr. andJaques Lazier.^[41] Barrett returned to the series later in the year atTwin Ring Motegi,^[40] where he finished 19th after a broken hub caused loosing several laps in the race.^[42] Barrett still remained as the driver with the teams best finishing result that season.

In 1996, Barrett made anIMSA GT Championship start atRoad Atlanta in theGrand Prix of Atlanta, driving aChevrolet Camaro forShaver Motorsports withJack Willes as a co-driver. After qualifying fourteenth,^[43] the team finished thirteenth overall and fifth in the GTS-1 class.^[44] Barrett finished fourth at Road Atlanta. He returned to sports car racing in 2017, competing in theTrans-Am Series's TA class in the No. 33 Chevrolet qualifying with the track record and pole position in Homestead-Miami Speedway, Fl.^[45][46]

In 2006, Barrett and nine other NASCAR drivers competed in theGeoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge, a charity race for theBo-Dyn Bobsled Project; Barrett finished third overall,^[47] the only driver to finish in the top three in the event's two races.^[48] Later Barrett went on to help USA athletes with resources, funding and Bobsleds, while at the same time competing in some North America Cup races and the US National Championships with best result of sixth in the two man Bobsled Americas Cup race in Calgary, Canada.

In July 2021, Barrett tested with theStadium Super Trucks ahead of his series debut the following month at theMusic City Grand Prix.^[49]

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Barrett has performed as a stuntman inskiing,motocross andsnowmobile racing. He has worked in over 300 motion pictures and television series and commercials. He has worked additionally in stunt doubling, stunt coordinating, 2nd Unit Director for many Hollywood actors in films such asThe Dukes of Hazzard,Spider-Man 1,2 and3,Jurassic Park 2 and3,Rat Race,Blade,Batman,The Nutty Professor,Volcano,Jumanji,Fastlane,Mr. & Mrs. Smith ,Meeting Evil and127 Hours.

In 2015, Barrett directed his first movie, adirect-to-video film titledNavy Seals vs. Zombies.^[50]Navy Seals vs. Zombies was a Starz #1 movie for several weeks in 2024 and remained in Starz Top Ten movies for several months.

Barrett has received numerous achievement awards winning Red Bull Taurus Stunt Award for best motion picture water work in the movie The Lost World: Jurassic Park, where Barrett stunt doubled for William H. Macy.

His father,Stan Barrett who was also aHollywood stuntman, raced in 19Winston Cup Series races between1980 and1990, posting two top-ten finishes, along with running in the Nationwide Series in2008. He is the godson ofPaul Newman, and the grandson ofDave and Roma McCoy, the founders ofMammoth Mountain Ski Area.^[4]

In 2008, Barrett and his father had the opportunity competed against each other in the Nationwide Series road course races atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve andWatkins Glen with Stanton driving the No. 30 car for his own team and Stan driving the No. 61 car forSpecialty Racing. The younger Barrett thought it would be a great experience to have the opportunity to race with his father and fielded a car for his legendary father Stan Barrett under the Stanton Barrett Motorsports banner.

His mother isPenny McCoy, a formerWorld Cupalpine ski racer. At the age of sixteen, she won the bronze medal in the women'sslalom at the1966 World Championships inPortillo,Chile. His brotherDavid Barrett is a television director, producer and himself a former stuntman.^[4]

He currently owns and operatesStanton Barrett Family Wines, which sponsored him in theXfinity Series race at Road America in 2023.^[19] Stanton Barrett Family Wines is a California based wine company making award winning 100% Variety fine wine.^{[citation needed]}

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

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(key) (Bold – Pole position.Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

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