{{short description|American racing driver (born 1953)}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver |name = Jack Pennington |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|9|3}} |birth_place = Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |achievements = 1998 National 100 Winner<br>1998 Blue-Gray 100 Winner |awards = National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame (2006) |Total_Cup_Races = 16 |Years_In_Cup = 2 |Best_Cup_Pos = 34th (1990) |First_Cup_Race = 1989 AC Delco 500 (Rockingham) |Last_Cup_Race = 1990 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta) |Cup_Wins = 0 |Cup_Top_Tens = 0 |Cup_Poles = 0 |Total_Busch_Races = 6 |Years_In_Busch = 1 |Best_Busch_Pos = 47th (1989) |First_Busch_Race = 1989 Goodwrench 200 (Rockingham) |Last_Busch_Race = 1989 All Pro 300 (Charlotte) |Busch_Wins = 0 |Busch_Top_Tens = 2 |Busch_Poles = 0 |updated = April 20, 2013 }} '''Jack Pennington''' (born September 3, 1953) is an American dirt late model driver from Augusta, Georgia.
He was an ace in late model dirt track racing before he moved up to the Busch Series in 1989, making six starts, finishing with two top-tens. He made his Winston Cup debut late in 1989, driving two races that year. He then ran fourteen races in 1990 in the No. 47 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme for Close Racing. He led in the 1990 Daytona 500 at one point, leading six laps in the race. He was second in the 1990 Rookie of the Year standings in questionable situations since the winner was posthumously awarded after being killed in a drunk driving incident returning home from the September North Wilkesboro round with a .22 BAC, more than twice the legal limit. Under current rules, Pennington would have won Rookie of the year under a disciplinary rule. NASCAR has since imposed requiring drivers to finish the season in good standing. He never raced in NASCAR again after that year, returning to the Georgia dirt Late Model circuit, winning often over twenty features each year for the next decade.<ref>[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=pennija01 NASCAR driving Stats], Retrieved March 19, 2007</ref>
==Career award== He was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref>[http://www.dirtlatemodelhalloffame.com/current_members.htm Inductees] in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame, Retrieved March 19, 2007</ref>
==Motorsports career results== ===NASCAR=== (key) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold''' – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.</span>) ====Winston Cup Series==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" |- !colspan=45| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results |- ! Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! 29 ! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! rowspan=2| 1989 ! rowspan=3| Close Racing ! rowspan=3| 47 ! Olds | DAY | CAR | ATL | RCH | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | SON | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | NWS | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR<br>{{small|32}} | PHO | ! rowspan=2| 75th ! rowspan=2| 91 ! rowspan=2| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pennija01/1989/W|title=Jack Pennington – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref> |- ! Chevy | colspan=28| | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|24}} |- ! 1990 ! Olds | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY<br>{{small|25}} | RCH | CAR | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|30}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR<br>{{small|20}} | BRI | NWS | MAR | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL<br>{{small|11}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT<br>{{small|20}} | DOV | SON | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC<br>{{small|21}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH<br>{{small|38}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY<br>{{small|18}} | POC | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL<br>{{small|23}} | GLN | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH<br>{{small|38}} | BRI | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR<br>{{small|22}} | style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH<br>{{small|DNQ}} | DOV | MAR | style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NWS<br>{{small|DNQ}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT<br>{{small|12}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR<br>{{small|24}} | PHO | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|36}} ! 34th ! 1278 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pennija01/1990/W|title=Jack Pennington – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref> |}
=====Daytona 500===== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Year ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Start ! Finish |- | 1990 | Close Racing | Oldsmobile |align=center| 23 |align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |}
====Busch Series==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" !colspan=42| NASCAR Busch Series results |- ! Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! 29 ! {{Tooltip|NBGNC|NASCAR Busch Grand National classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 1989 ! Close Racing ! 01 ! Buick | DAY | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR<br>{{small|17}} | MAR | HCY | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR<br>{{small|39}} | BRI | NZH | SBO | LAN | NSV | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|25}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV<br>{{small|23}} | ROU | LVL | VOL | MYB | SBO | HCY | DUB | IRP | ROU | BRI | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR<br>{{small|3}} | RCH | DOV | MAR | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT<br>{{small|4}} | CAR | MAR ! 47th ! 553 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pennija01/1989/B|title=Jack Pennington – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref> |}
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== External links == *{{Racing-Reference driver|Jack_Pennington}}
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