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Jeff Fuller (born March 27, 1957) is an American former professionalstock car racing driver. Before joining NASCAR's major leagues, Fuller won the 1992Winston Modified Tour championship, driving for Sheba Racing. The Massachusetts native has 31 wins on the Modified Tour and was named the series' most popular drivers for three consecutive seasons (1992–1994). He is the older brother of the fellow NASCAR driverRick Fuller.^[1]

Fuller made his Busch Series career in 1992, making one start. Driving the #20 First AdeOldsmobile forDick Moroso, Fuller started 27th and finished 26th, twenty-nine laps down.

Three years later, in 1995, after a run in the Whelen Modified Series, Fuller moved to the Busch Series to compete forRookie of the Year. His team would be the No. 47Sunoco Chevy owned byST Motorsports. His sole top-five was a fourth in the fall race atCharlotte. He also added on five other top-tens. His best start in the season was only a pair of tenths atNew Hampshire andRockingham. He also finished in the top-thirty in all but one race and only recorded five DNFs. This enabled him to finish tenth in points in just his first season in Busch Series, earning him Rookie of the Year honors.

Missing two races relegated Fuller back to seventeenth in points in 1996. In the same weekend atBristol, Fuller won his first career pole, won his first career race and his wife Liz gave birth to a child. Fuller only managed three other top-tens in 1996. He made one of his starts in aMichael Ritch-owned car, driving the No. 02ECU Pirates at Rockingham to a 38th place finish. To top off this great year, Fuller had a daughter named Tiffany Fuller. He had two more children, daughter Shannon and son Jeffrey Jr. That same year, Fuller won a race in a one-off start at Thompson Speedway in what was then the Busch North Series.

Fuller's team continued to struggle in early 1997. Fuller managed only two top-tens in his first fifteen races, (7th at Darlington and 3rd at New Hampshire) Fuller was released from the No. 47 after running eighteenth in points. Fuller missed the next two races, but then signed on to become the driver for the No. 45Hunters Specialties Chevy forMike Laughlin, earning finishes of seventh atGateway and 9th at Bristol. However, Fuller was replaced for the last race byGreg Sacks, but drove the No. 5Alka-Seltzer Chevy forTerry Labonte. After finishing 14th, he cemented a 21st-place finish in points.

In 1998, Fuller only made eleven starts, making races with five different teams. Most of the season was with the #89 Allerest Chevy owned byMeredith Ruark. His best finish with them was 25th at Charlotte. Overall, Fuller's best finish of 1998 was with Laughlin's racing team atPikes Peak, where he finished eleventh. Fuller also paired with Joe Gibbs Racing in 1998. He drove their #42Carolina Turkey Pontiac at Charlotte to a fifteenth-place finish. Fuller's other top-20 finish in 1998 was forBill Elliott at Miami, where he finished fifteenth as well.

In 1999, Fuller made 27 of the season's 32 races, but did not record a single top-ten. Fuller ran the first twenty-two races with Ruark's team, earning a best finish of twelfth at Pikes Peak andIRP. While with the team, he also had a vicious accident a Dover when he spun and slammed into the pit road wall hard twice and breaking it after contact withPhil Parsons. Fuller made four starts for Joe Gibbs again, driving the No. 42Circuit City Pontiac to a best of 12th at Darlington. Fuller also added on one more start withLyndon Amick's team. He finished 33rd atMemphis Motorsports Park. Fuller's best start in 1999 was fifth at Pikes Peak, and he finished 22nd in points.

When Fuller went to Winston Cup racing, he only made one 2000 start. It was forMoy Racing, where he started 43rd on the field at Bristol, but came back to a 21st place finish.

Fuller only made one start in 2001, as well. Driving forNEMCO Motorsports, he started 40th atCalifornia and finished 42nd after only completing five laps.

Fuller made two more starts for NEMCO in 2002, running at Daytona andTalladega. However, despite a fifth place start at Daytona, he finished 42nd there and fortieth at Talladega due to large multi car crashes.

Fuller made thirteen starts overall in 2003, driving for assorted teams. Mainly, he split his time between NEMCO andStanton Barrett's team. His best finishes on the year were a fifteenth at Bristol for NEMCO and 18th atNashville for Barrett. He also had a 24th place run at Daytona forBost Motorsports. He only finished three races that year.

In 2004, Fuller ran the most races in a season of his career since 1999 for NEMCO Motorsports. Unfortunately, his best finish was 35th atNazareth, as he did not finish a race that year. He also caused controversy during the season as he rarely completed more than a handful of laps before pulling out of the race.

In 2005, Fuller started off the year driving two races for NEMCO, but he was quickly replaced byKim Crosby, whose team bought the No. 7 NEMCO ride. Ironically, Fuller replaced Crosby later in the year, driving the No. 7Big Boar Customs Chevy forGIC-Mixon Motorsports for the remainder of the year. Fuller qualified for fifteen races with the team, and his best finishes were at Dover, where he finished 24th in the fall and 25th in the spring. After Memphis, where Fuller finished 42nd, the team folded due to lack of funding, leaving Fuller without a ride.

Fuller returned to the Busch Series in 2006 at the June Nashville race. He was signed to drive the #34 GlowBuoy Chevrolet for Frank Cicci Racing where he started 38th and finishing 27th. He drove for Cicci again at Kentucky. But in that race, Fuller would suffer a terrifying crash and finished 41st.

For 2007, Fuller drove for Stanton Barrett Motorsports on a limited basis.

Fuller began the 2008 season looking for a ride. Meanwhile, Fuller remained in the garage area during most Nationwide Series races helping young drivers learn to handle their car and master new tracks.^{[citation needed]} In February 2008, Fuller traveled to Afghanistan for a ten-day visit to six camps meeting soldiers, signing autographs and seeing first hand what the troops go through while deployed.^{[citation needed]}

R3 Motorsports placed Fuller behind the wheel of their No. 23 Chevrolet for the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway. Fuller replacedRobert Richardson, Jr. for the two-hundred-lap event. This was his first series start since the Montreal road course race in 2008, and he finished in thirtieth place.

Fuller planned to drive the No. 97 Chevrolet in the 2010 Nationwide Season opener at Daytona for NEMCO Motorsports, but he withdrew even though he would have made the race, after qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Fuller was one of five drivers to be paid by John Menard and team owner Jack Roush (the approximate amount for each driver was around $45,000, equivalent to a last-place finish)[1] to drop out so John's son Paul could compete.^{[citation needed]}

Fuller made his Cup Series debut in 1992, running the #88 Pontiac forJohn and Scott Bandzul atRichmond. He started 30th and finished 29th in the 35-car field after he broke a water pump.

Fuller then made seven starts in 2000 after a number of years on the Busch Series. He was tapped to drive the No. 27Viagra Pontiac forEel River Racing. Fuller made six of the first seven races, having a best finish of 22nd atAtlanta and a best start of seventh atTexas, but was released in favor ofMike Bliss. The Eel River team would eventually go through several drivers to include Kenny Wallace and eventually folded due to lack of funding. Later in 2000, Fuller drove the No. 98MacPherson Motorsports Ford at Charlotte. He made the race with them with a 27th-place start and 41st place finish. The team closed its doors before the 2001 Daytona 500.

Fuller tacked on three starts in 2004, running the No. 50Arnold Motorsports Dodge in the later stages of the year. He was 43rd atCalifornia andDover and then 42nd at Charlotte. Charlotte was his best start on the year with a 26th-place start.

Fuller made two starts in 2005, when he drove forMach 1 Racing. However, Fuller finished 43rd in both the races. (Darlington and Dover) His best start was 40th at Darlington.

In 2007, Fuller tested the No. 80Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy atDaytona.^{[citation needed]}

For 2008, Fuller tested the No. 87 of Front Row Motorsports for the 2008 Daytona 500. In February 2008, Fuller traveled toAfghanistan for a ten-day visit to six camps supporting the US and Coalition Forces.

Fuller was going to drive the No. 97 FrontRowJoe.com Toyota as a second car for NEMCO Motorsports in the2010 Daytona 500 as a safety-net car for team ownerJoe Nemechek should his No. 87 not make the race. When Nemechek's car made the race, Fuller started the duel and quickly pulled it behind the wall. Fuller was also entered in the No. 97 for the 2010 Drive 4 COPD 300, and was in the field after qualifying was washed out, but was paid to withdraw when several cars running the full schedule were locked out of the race.

Fuller was entered for the Aarons 499, but withdrew before qualifying with rain threatening qualifying. Fuller and the 97 were not entered for the Coke Zero 400.

Fuller qualified the #97 HeatRedefined.com NEMCO Motorsports Toyota in thirteenth for the2010 AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega. He finished 43rd after only completing two laps. Again, this car was entered as both a safety net car, as well as a financial gain for the 87 as with both cars making the race, and a fully sponsored 87, allowed Nemechek to run the race to completion.

Fuller was involved in an incredible accident at the Kentucky Speedway on June 17, 2006, when he swerved to avoidJason Leffler's spinning car and ended up hitting the inside wall at almost full speed. The car practically imploded upon impact and then burst into flames briefly. Despite the car hitting the wall on the right side, the left side came apart. Amazingly, he never lost consciousness but the car's roof had to be cut off to extract him. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and amazingly only a broken wrist and finger. He was released the next day. They determined that the implosion of the car was due to a faulty roll cage which failed during the crash.

Fuller made a full recovery from the accident, but when Frank Cicci closed up the #34 team for the rest of the year, Fuller was again left without a ride and his status.

(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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